Sacha Guitry(Alexandre-Georges Pierre Guitry)actor, director, playwright, screenwriterBorn: 2/21/1885Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia Sacha Guitry came of age in the glittering and frivolous demi-…
June 17-18, at Le Mans, France
Officially the Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance and first held in 1923. Contested over the 8.451-mile Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. Listed are qualifying…
Notable Composers and Conductors
Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky
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Notable Women Musicians and Dancers
Notable African-American Musicians
Notable African-American Visual and…
(Encyclopedia) Debussy, Claude AchilleDebussy, Claude Achilleklôd äshēlˈ dəbüsēˈ [key], 1862–1918, French composer, exponent of musical impressionism. He studied for 11 years at the Paris…
(Encyclopedia) Boston Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1881 by Henry Lee Higginson, who was its director and financial backer until 1918. The orchestra performed at the Old Boston Music Hall for nearly…
(Encyclopedia) Chrétien, Jean (Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien)Chrétien, Jeanzhōsĕfˈ zhäk zhäN krātyăNˈ [key], 1934–, Canadian politician and prime minister (1993–2003), b. Quebec. He received his legal…
(Encyclopedia) PoitiersPoitierspwätyāˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 82,507), capital of Vienne dept., W central France, on the Clain River. The ancient capital of Poitou, it is now an industrial,…
Detroit A year ago after a party celebrating the Wings' first Cup win in 42 years, a limousine crash seriously injured the Wings' best defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov and team masseur…
