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June 2013 Current Events: U.S. News
World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of…Ralph Webster YARBOROUGH, Congress, TX (1903-1996)
Senate Years of Service: 1957-1971 Party: Democrat YARBOROUGH Ralph Webster , a Senator from Texas; born in Chandler, Henderson County, Tex., June 8, 1903; attended the public schools of Chandler…Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester
(Encyclopedia) Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester, 1208?–1265, leader of the baronial revolt against Henry III of England. By 1258 Simon was an active member of the baronial opposition that…Tudor
(Encyclopedia) Tudor, royal family that ruled England from 1485 to 1603. Its founder was Owen Tudor, of a Welsh family of great antiquity, who was a squire at the court of Henry V and who married…Gaveston, Piers
(Encyclopedia) Gaveston, PiersGaveston, Pierspērz găvˈəstən [key], d. 1312, favorite of Edward II of England. Son of a Gascon knight at the court of Edward I, he was a boyhood playmate of the future…Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st ViscountGrey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscountfălˈədən [key], 1862–1933, British statesman. He entered Parliament as a Liberal in 1885 and…Maria Shriver Biography
Maria ShriverBorn: Nov. 6, 1955Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.news anchor As the daughter of Eunice Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, niece to John F., Robert, and Edward Kennedy, Maria grew up in the…Isabella
(Encyclopedia) Isabella, 1296–1358, queen consort of Edward II of England, daughter of Philip IV of France. She married Edward in 1308. Neglected and mistreated by her husband, Isabella nourished…Windsor, Wallis Warfield, duchess of
(Encyclopedia) Windsor, Wallis Warfield, duchess of Windsor, Wallis Warfield, duchess ofwĭnˈzər [key],1896–1986, American-born wife of Edward, duke of Windsor, who, as Edward VIII, abdicated the…Oswald, Lee Harvey
(Encyclopedia) Oswald, Lee Harvey, 1939–63, presumed assassin of John F. Kennedy, b. New Orleans. Oswald spent most of his boyhood in Fort Worth, Tex. Later, he attended a Dallas high school, and…Trending
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