Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi buʁasa]; September 1 1868 – August 31 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899 Bourassa was outspoken against the British government’s […]
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Ottokar II of Bohemia
Ottokar II (Czech: Přemysl Otakar II.) (c. 1233 – 26 August 1278) called The Iron and Golden King was the King of Bohemia from 1253 until 1278.
William Lyon Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12 1795 – August 28 1861) was a Scottish-born Canadian and American journalist and politician. He was the first mayor of Toronto Upper Canada and was […]
Graham Hill
Norman Graham Hill OBE (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver and team owner from England who was a two time Formula One World Champion. […]
Alberto Ascari
Alberto Ascari (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto aˈskari]; 13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955) was an Italian racing driver and twice Formula One World Champion. He is one of only two […]
TriMet
TriMet more formally known as the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon is a public agency that operates mass transit in a region that spans most of the Portland metropolitan […]
Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics classic comic strip anthologies magazines graphic novels and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint. Many notable cartoonists publish their work through Fantagraphics […]
Erich Mielke
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (December 28 1907 – May 21 2000) was a German communist politician and secret police official. Mielke spent more than a decade as an operative of […]
Edward Gierek
Edward Gierek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɛdvart ˈɡʲɛrɛk]; January 6 1913 – July 29 2001) was a Polish Communist politician. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the ruling Polish United […]
Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Смысло́в; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. […]