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Florida Martin County, Florida People QuickFactsMartin CountyFloridaPopulation, 2005 estimate 139,72817,789,864Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 10.3%11.3%Population,…The History of Martin Luther King Day
Who originated the idea of a national holiday in honor of MLK? Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday in January. It took 15 years to create the federal…Logau, Friedrich, Freiherr von
(Encyclopedia) Logau, Friedrich, Freiherr vonLogau, Friedrich, Freiherr vonfrēˈdrĭkh frīˈhĕr fən lōˈgou [key], 1604–55, German poet, b. Silesia. Influenced by Martin Opitz, Logau wrote epigrams in…Maipú
(Encyclopedia) MaipúMaipúmīp&oomacr;ˈ [key], battlefield, central Chile, a few miles S of Santiago. On Apr. 5, 1818, San Martín routed the Spanish royalist army at Maipú and assured Chilean…Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia) Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Kamen, Martin David
(Encyclopedia) Kamen, Martin DavidKamen, Martin Davidkāˈmən [key], 1913–2002, American biochemist, b. Toronto, Canada, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.S., Ph.D. 1937). He discovered carbon-14, the…Johnson, Martin Elmer
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Martin Elmer, 1884–1937, American explorer and author, b. Rockford, Ill. He left home at 14 to work his way to Europe on a cattle boat, returning as a stowaway. He then joined…O'Higgins, Bernardo
(Encyclopedia) O'Higgins, BernardoO'Higgins, Bernardobĕrnärˈᵺō [key]O'Higgins, Bernardo ōēˈgēns [key], 1778–1842, South American revolutionary and ruler (1817–23) of Chile; illegitimate son of…Dion, Stéphane
(Encyclopedia) Dion, StéphaneDion, Stéphanestāfänˈ dyôn [key], 1955–, Canadian politician, b. Quebec, grad. Laval Univ., Quebec (B.A. 1977, M.A. 1979), Institut d'études politiques, Paris. A…Tours
(Encyclopedia) ToursTourst&oomacr;r [key], city (1990 pop. 133,403), capital of Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Loire River. It is a wine market and a tourist center,…Trending
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