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111History of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989) — Stalinization (1948 ndash;1963) Following the coup d état of February 1948, when the Communists definitively took power in Czechoslovakia, the country was declared a people s republic mdash; a preliminary step toward socialism and, ultimately,… …
112House of Borgia — The Borgias or Borjas were an Italian noble family of Spanish origin remembered today for their corrupt rule of the Papacy during the Renaissance. They are in fact thought to be history s first criminal family , and a forerunner to the Italian… …
113John Paul Wiggin — ( pl. Jan Paweł Wieczorek) is a fictional character from Orson Scott Card s Ender s Game series. He has appeared in novels Ender s Game , Shadow of the Hegemon , and Shadow Puppets , and is a central character in a prequel to Ender s Game short… …
114History of religion in the United States — The religious history of the United States begins more than a century before the former British colonies became the United States of America in 1776.Some of the original settlers were men and women of deep religious convictions. The religious… …
115Thomas Robinson — (c. 1560 – after 1609? (Julian calendar) ) was an English renaissance composer and music teacher, who flourished around 1600. He taught and wrote music for lute, cittern, orpharion, bandora, viol, and singing.BiographyVery little is known about… …
116Russification — (in Russian: русификация rusifikátsiya )is an adoption of the Russian language or some other Russian attribute (whether voluntarily or not) by non Russian communities. In a narrow sense, Russification is used to denote the influence of the… …
117Thomas Chalmers — (March 17, 1780 May 31, 1847), Scottish mathematician and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland, was born at Anstruther in Fife.OverviewAt the age of eleven Chalmers was entered as a student at St Andrews, where he devoted himself almost… …
118William Peter Blatty — Infobox actor name = William Peter Blatty birthdate = birth date and age|1928|1|7 birthplace = New York City, New York academyawards = Best Adapted Screenplay 1973 The Exorcist goldenglobeawards = Best Screenplay 1973 The Exorcist 1980 The Ninth… …
119Moscow Trials — The Moscow Trials were a series of show trials conducted in the Soviet Union and orchestrated by Joseph Stalin during the Great Purge of the 1930s. The victims included most of the surviving Old Bolsheviks, as well as the leadership of the Soviet …
120Arthur Russell (musician) — Arthur Russell Birth name Charles Arthur Russell, Jr. Also known as Dinosaur, Dinosaur L, Indian Ocean, Killer Whale Born May 21, 1951 Origin Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States …
