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91Glozhene Monastery — The Glozhene Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located on the northern slopes of Stara Planina in Bulgaria, near the village of Glozhene and the Cherni Vit river, 12 km from Teteven.HistoryAccording to the legend, the monastery was built …
92Arthur Jeffery — (18 October 1892 in Melbourne – 2 August 1959 in South Milford, Nova Scotia, Canada) was a Protestant Australian professor of Semitic languages first at the School of Oriental Studies in Cairo, and from 1938 until his death jointly at Columbia… …
93Samuel Neilson — (17 September, 1761 mdash; 29 August, 1803) was one of the founder members of the Society of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper the Northern Star .BackgroundNeilson was born in Ballyroney, County Down, Ireland, the son of… …
94Battle of Skyhill — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Skyhill partof= caption=A stone on the battleground commemorating the conflict date=1079 place=Sky Hill, Ramsey, Isle of Man casus= territory= result=Annexation of the island, formation of the Kingdom… …
95Constantine X Ducas — ▪ Byzantine emperor Ducas also spelled Doukas born c. 1006 died May 22/23, 1067 Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067, successor to Isaac I Comnenus. Constantine s accession was a triumph for the civil aristocracy and was unfortunate… …
96Sindona, Michele — ▪ Italian financier born May 8, 1920, Patti, Sicily, Italy died March 22, 1986, Voghera, Italy Italian financier whose financial empire collapsed amid charges of fraud, bribery, and murder. The scandal also involved the Vatican.… …
97CARTER, JIMMY° — (1924– ), 39th president of the United States (1977–81). Carter was born in Plains, Georgia. A graduate of the Naval Academy, he served in the Navy from 1946 to 1953. In 1962 he was elected to the Georgia State Senate. After losing a… …
98Aaron Douglas — (May 26, 1898 ndash; February 3, 1979) was an African American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Early lifeA native of Topeka, Kansas, Douglas graduated from Topeka High School in 1917. He received his B.A. degree from the… …
99Percival Marling — Sir Percival Scrope Marling, 3rd Baronet VC, CB, DL (6 March 1861 – 29 May 1936) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and… …
100Sara Thornton case — The Sara Thornton case concerns that of British woman Sara Thornton who was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of the 1989 murder of her violent and alcoholic husband. Thornton never denied the killing, but claimed it had been… …
