(born September 8, 1157, Oxford, England—died April 6, 1199, Châlus, duchy of Aquitaine), duke of Aquitaine (from 1168) and of Poitiers (from 1172) and...

(born 261, Wu [now Suzhou, Zhejiang province], China—died 303, China), renowned Chinese literary critic and the first important writer to emerge from the...

(born March 26, 1940, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.), American Democratic politician who was a congresswoman from California in the U.S. House of Representatives...

(born July 22, 1822, Heinzendorf, Silesia, Austrian Empire [now Hynčice, Czech Republic]—died January 6, 1884, Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech...

in Judaism, traditional day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples. According to the Talmud, other disastrous events such as the...

(born October 3, 1916, Glasgow, Scotland—died February 23, 1995, Thirlby, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, England), British veterinarian and writer. Wight joined...

(born December 27, 1822, Dole, France—died September 28, 1895, Saint-Cloud), French chemist and microbiologist who was one of the most important founders...

country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, to the northeast by Syria, to the...

American band whose raw brand of glam rock revitalized the New York City underground music scene in the 1970s, foreshadowing punk rock by half a decade....

(born December 30, 1884, Tokyo, Japan—died December 23, 1948, Tokyo), soldier and statesman who was prime minister of Japan (1941–44) during most of the...