(Encyclopedia) Rizzio, DavidRizzio, Davidrĭtˈsēō [key], 1533?–1566, favorite of Mary Queen of Scots. He was a Piedmontese musician (also called Riccio) who arrived (1561) in Scotland with the…
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Mary Poppins (1964)
Disney's live action films are often overshadowed by the animated entries, but Mary Poppins is not to be…
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Washington, DC This three-story townhouse was the Washington, DC, residence of educator Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) and the original headquarters of the…
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsentwin child stars Born: 6/13/1986Birthplace: Sherman Oaks, California Ashley and Mary-Kate became wildly popular in the TV series Full House (1987–95), in which…
Mary Ann Dyer Goodnight Mollyearly settler, philanthropist Born: 9/12/1839Birthplace: Madison County, Tenn. Daughter of a prominent lawyer, Mary Dyer was 14 when the family moved to Texas.…
BONO Mary , a Representative from California; born Mary Whitaker in Cleveland,
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 24, 1961; B.A., University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, Calif.; restaurant…
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(Encyclopedia) Darnley, Henry Stuart or Stewart, Lord, 1545–67, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots and father of James I of England (James VI of Scotland). His mother was Margaret Douglas, the…
A ballad. The tale is that these two young ladies, natives of Perth, to avoid the plague of 1666, retired to a rural retreat called the Burnbraes, about a mile from Lynedock, the residence…
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