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San Francisco City Hall

San Francisco, Calif.Designed in 1915 by Arthur Brown Jr. photo by Carol M. Highsmith The American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive selected San Francisco City Hall as…

Aung San Suu Kyi

Name at birth: Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi is a Nobel Prize-winning peace activist who was detained by the military dictatorship of Myanmar from 1989 to 2010, with only brief periods of freedom…

Laura San Giacomo Biography

Laura San Giacomo actressBorn: 11/14/1962Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey   After launching her acting career on the stage, San Giacomo made a remarkable film debut as the seductive Cynthia in the…

Spring Valley

(Encyclopedia) Spring Valley. 1 Uninc. community (1990 pop. 55,331), within the confines of San Diego, San Diego co., SW Calif., on Sweetwater Lake. It is a rapidly growing residential community,…

San Ildefonso, pueblo, United States

(Encyclopedia) San IldefonsoSan Ildefonsosăn ēlˌdəfŏnˈsō [key], pueblo (1990 pop. 447), N central N.Mex., on the Rio Grande, established in the early 1700s. The inhabitants are Pueblo who speak a…

Highland

(Encyclopedia) Highland. 1 City (2020 pop. 55,629), San Bernardino co., SE Calif., in a citrus-grove area at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts. It has…

Portolá, Gaspar de

(Encyclopedia) Portolá, Gaspar dePortolá, Gaspar degäspärˈ dā pôrtōläˈ [key], fl. 1734–84, Spanish explorer in the Far West. After serving in Italy and Portugal, he was sent (1767) to America as…

Domenichino

(Encyclopedia) DomenichinoDomenichinodōmānēkēˈnō [key] or Domenico ZampieriDomenichinodōmāˈnēkō tsämpyĕˈrē [key], 1581–1641, Italian painter, b. Bologna. He was one of the principal pupils of the…

Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez

(Encyclopedia) Cabrillo, Juan RodríguezCabrillo, Juan Rodríguezhwän rôᵺrēˈgāth käbrēˈlyō [key], Port. João Rodrigues Cabrilho, d. 1543, Spanish conquistador and discoverer of California, b. Portugal…

Brannan, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Brannan, Samuel, 1819–89, California pioneer, b. Saco, Maine. Converted to Mormonism, he edited a Mormon paper in New York City before leading a party of Mormons by sea from New York…