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Bourbon

(Encyclopedia) BourbonBourbonb&oomacr;rbôNˈ, European royal family, originally of France; a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty (see Capetians). One branch of the Bourbons occupies the modern…

The Battle of Iwo Jima

From Allied invasion to national symbol Related Links Slideshow: Statues of Washington, D.C. World War II Axis Powers Allies Memorial Day During the winter of 1945, in the…

1924 Olympic Cycling Results

Event   Time Individual Road Race (1163/4 mls) Armand Blanchonnet, FRA 6:20:48.0   Henri Hoevenaers, BEL 6:30:27.0   René Hamel, FRA 6:40:51.6 Team Road Race…

1928 Olympic Cycling Results

Event   Time Individual Road Race (1041/2 mls) Henry Hansen, DEN 4:47:18   Frank Southall, GBR 4:55:06   Gösta Carlsson, SWE 5:00:17 Team Road Race Denmark 15:…

1960 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Class   Flyweight (-114 1/2 lb) Dumitru Pirvulescu, ROM   Osman Sayed, UAE   Mohamed Paziraye, IRN Bantamweight (-125 3/4 lb) Oleg Karavayev, URS   Ion Cernea, ROM…

Provence

(Encyclopedia) ProvenceProvenceprôväNsˈ [key], region and former province, SE France. It encompasses what now are Var, Vaucluse, and Bouches-du-Rhône depts. and (in part) Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and…

2005–2006 Obie Awards

The 2005–2006 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 15, 2006, at New York…