explorerDied: June 12, 2007 (Scotland) Best Known as: explorer of Arctic and Antarctic Explorer, who was the first man to walk across the frozen Arctic…
HERGER Walter William (Wally) , a Representative from California; born in Yuba City, Calif., May 20,
1945; graduated from East Nicolaus High School, Nicolaus, Calif.; attended
California State…
HERGER, Walter William (Wally), a Representative from California; born in Yuba City, Calif., May 20, 1945; graduated from East Nicolaus High School, Nicolaus, Calif.; attended California State…
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(Encyclopedia) Edward VIII, 1894–1972, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1936), known in later years as the duke of Windsor; eldest son of George V. He attended the naval colleges at Osborne and…
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in the 1950s, originally working as a milliner (hat maker/…
(Encyclopedia) Book of the Dead, term used to describe Egyptian funerary literature. The texts consist of charms, spells, and formulas for use by the deceased in the afterworld and contain many of…
(Encyclopedia) Mi'kmaq or Micmac, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They inhabit Nova…
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