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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci is best remembered as the painter of the Mona Lisa (1503-1506) and the mural The Last Supper (1495). Leonardo is equally famous for his astonishing multiplicity of talents: he…Tiberius
Name at birth: Tiberius Claudius NeroTiberius was the second emperor of ancient Rome, succeeding the powerful Caesar Augustus. Tiberius's mother Livia divorced her own husband to marry Augustus, and…June Carter Cash
Name at birth: Valerie June CarterJune Carter Cash was the daughter of country music legend Maybelle Carter, the wife of Johnny Cash and a singer on the contemporary classics "Jackson" and "If I Were…Karen Ann Quinlan
Karen Ann Quinlan was the first modern icon of the right-to-die debate. She spent a decade living in a brain-damaged state from 1975 until her death in 1985. Karen Ann Quinlan was only 21 years old…Sir Robert Peel
Robert Peel was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1834-35, and again from 1841-46. Peel entered politics in 1809 as a member of the House of Commons. Although he had fought against Catholic…Trish Stratus
Name at birth: Patricia Anne StratigiasA brassy blonde in the Pam Anderson mode, Trish Stratus was a star of World Wrestling Entertainment, the pro wrestling conglomerate, in the early 2000s. She…Wallace Stevens
Now considered one of the great modernist poets, Wallace Stevens didn't receive many literary honors until late in life: He was over 70 when he won the National Book Award twice (1950 and 1954) and…50 Most Populated Countries in the World
The global population has been increasing ever since humanity invented agriculture around 10,000 B.C. The domestication of food and animals meant that humans had a stable food supply, and could…Anthony Rodney, Walter
(Encyclopedia) Rodney, Walter, 1942–1980, Scholar and revolutionary, b. Georgetown, British Guiana. Ph.D. School of African and Oriental Studies, 1966…Baluchistan
(Encyclopedia) BaluchistanBaluchistanbəl&oomacr;ˈchĭstăn [key] or BalochistanBalochistanbəlôˈ– [key], province (2017 provisional pop. 12,344,408), c.134,000 sq mi (347,000 sq km), Pakistan. The…Trending
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