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Jean Charles de Menezes, 2005 News

27-year-old Brazilian electrician, was shot and killed by London police who thought he was a suspect in the July 7 terrorist attacks on the city's transit system. Authorities later…

Niki de Saint Phalle 2002 Deaths

Niki de Saint PhalleAge: 71 French-born artist and feminist known for her nanas sculptures, papier-mâché figures of enormous, voluptuous women. One of the Nouveaux Réalistes of the early…

Victoria de los Angeles 2005 Deaths

Victoria de los AngelesAge: 81 Spanish soprano who performed with the Metropolitan Opera from 1951 to 1961. Her best-known roles include Desdemona in Otello and Mimi in La Bohème. Died:…

Jacques le Moyne de Morgues Biography

Jacques le Moyne de Morgues artist, cartographer Born: c. 1533Birthplace: Dieppe, France A French cartographer (mapmaker) and painter, Le Moyne de Morgues produced the first map of Florida.…

Brewer's: Connubialis de Mulcibre fecit Apellem

Love turned a blacksmith into a great artist. Said of Quentin Matsys, the blacksmith of Antwerp, who was in love with an artist's daughter. The father scorned the alliance, and said he…

Brewer's: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum

Of the dead speak kindly or not at all. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894De Nihilo Nihil FitDe Lunatico Inquirendo A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Brewer's: Au Pied de la Lettre

(French). Literatim et verbatim; according to the strict letter of the text. ldquo;In reading au pied de la lettre the story of his [Buddha's] fatal illness supervened on a meal of dried…

New Castle County, DE Census Data

Delaware New Castle County, Delaware People QuickFactsNew Castle CountyDelawarePopulation, 2005 estimate 523,008843,524Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 4.5%7.6%…

De Witt County, IL Census Data

Illinois De Witt County, Illinois People QuickFactsDe Witt CountyIllinoisPopulation, 2005 estimate 16,61712,763,371Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.1%2.8%Population…