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Velasco, Luis de

(Encyclopedia) Velasco, Luis deVelasco, Luis delwēsˈ ᵺā [key]Velasco, Luis de vāläsˈkō [key], d. 1564, Spanish administrator, second viceroy (1550–64) of New Spain (now Mexico), successor to Antonio…

Mexico: Presidents

Presidents Guadalupe Victoria (1824–1829) Vicente Ramón Guerrero (1829) Pedro Velez, Lucas Alamán Luis de Quintana, acting presidents (!829–1830) Anastasio Bustamante (1830–1832, 1837–1841)…

Steinbeck, John

(Encyclopedia) Steinbeck, John, 1902–68, American writer, b. Salinas, Calif., studied at Stanford. He is probably best remembered for his strong sociological novel The Grapes of Wrath, considered one…

Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro is the Spanish conquistador known for conquering Peru's Inca Empire and founding the city of Lima in 1535. Little is known about his early years, but it's thought he was an…

Enrique Peña Nieto

Enrique Peña Nieto was elected 1 July 2012 and took office as Mexico's 57th president 1 December 2012. He grew up in the State of Mexico in a politically connected family, joined the Institutional…

Babatunde Olatunji 2003 Deaths

Babatunde OlatunjiAge: 76 influential Nigerian drummer whose 1959 album Drums of Passion, the first African drumming album recorded in stereo in the U.S., created a wide interest in African…

Barbara L. CUBIN, Congress, WY (1946)

CUBIN Barbara L. , a Representative from Wyoming; born in Salinas, San Benito, Calif., November 30, 1946; graduated from Natrona County High School, Casper, Wyo.; B.S., Creighton University, Omaha…

Gary Adrian CONDIT, Congress, CA (1948)

CONDIT Gary Adrian , a Representative from California; born in Salina, Mayes County, Okla., April 21, 1948; A.A., Modesto Junior College, Modesto, Calif., 1970; B.A., California State College,…