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National Hockey League Yearly Trophy Winners

The Hart Trophy—Most Valuable PlayerVezina Trophy—Leading GoalkeeperJames Norris Trophy—DefensemanLady Byng Trophy—SportsmanshipCalder Trophy—RookieArt Ross Trophy—Leading Scorer

American Ballet Theatre

(Encyclopedia) American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet…

Sir Rex Harrison Biography

Sir Rex HarrisonactorBorn: 3/5/1908Birthplace: Huyton, England Academy and Tony Award-winning film and stage actor known for his suave, nonchalant style. He appeared in the stage (1956–58) and film…

Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamakeractor, directorBorn: 6/14/1919Birthplace: Chicago Forging a five-decade career as an actor and director in both television and films, Wanamaker started in 1948's My Girl Tisa…

Sam Wanamaker Biography

Sam Wanamakeractor, directorBorn: 6/14/1919Birthplace: Chicago Forging a five-decade career as an actor and director in both television and films, Wanamaker started in 1948's My Girl Tisa…

Phil Hartman Biography

Phil Hartman actor, comedianBorn: 9/24/1948Birthplace: Brantford, Ontario, Canada Comedian and actor who excelled with an often deadpan delivery and convincing sendups of the famous and…

Annual Hockey Awards

Hart Memorial Trophy Calder Memorial Trophy Vezina Trophy Lady Byng Memorial Trophy James Norris Memorial Trophy Frank Selke Trophy Jack Adams Award Lester B. Pearson…

Gama, Vasco da

(Encyclopedia) Gama, Vasco daGama, Vasco davăˈskō də găˈmə, Port. väshˈkō dä gäˈmə [key], c.1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, the first European to journey by sea to India. His epochal voyage (1497–99…

mechanized warfare

(Encyclopedia) mechanized warfare, employment of modern mobile attack and defense tactics that depend upon machines, more particularly upon vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel engines. Central to…

tank, military

(Encyclopedia) tank, military, armored vehicle having caterpillar traction and armed with machine guns, cannon, rockets, or flame throwers. The tank, together with the airplane, opened up modern…