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Nicolas Leblanc Nicolas Leblanc
Nicolas Leblanc Nicolas Leblanc (1742-1806) was a French surgeon and chemist who discovered how to manufacture soda from common salt. The "Leblanc process" was key to making soap, glass and other products from soda ash. Nicolas Leblanc was born on January 6, 1742, in Ivoy-le-Pre, France. His... Read more
Victor Cousin Victor Cousin
Victor Cousin , 1792-1867, French educational leader and philosopher, founder of the eclectic school. He lectured at the Sorbonne from 1814 until 1821, when political reaction forced him to leave. Recalled to teaching in 1828, Cousin was named in 1830 to the council of public instruction and was... Read more
Dienbienphu Dienbienphu
Dienbienphu or Dien Bien Phu , former French military base, N Vietnam, near the Laos border. It was the scene in 1954 of the last great battle between the French and the Viet Minh forces of Ho Chi Minh in Indochina. The French occupied the base by parachute drop in Nov., 1953; this move... Read more
Philibert Delorme Philibert Delorme
Philibert Delorme , c.1510-1570, French architect. Delorme was one of the greatest architects of the Renaissance in France, but unfortunately most of his work has been destroyed. Having traveled in Italy from 1533 to 1536, he introduced into France a form of classicism that endured until the... Read more
Geneva Agreement on Indochina Geneva Agreement on Indochina
Geneva Agreement on Indochina (1954).The “Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam” ended the eight‐year war over the decolonization of Indochina between France and the Communist forces under the command of the leader of the League for Vietnamese Independence, Ho Chi... Read more
Air Cavalry Air Cavalry
AIR CAVALRY AIR CAVALRY was formed on 16 June 1965, when the U.S. Army received Department of Defense authorization to organize the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile). The First Cavalry was designed to increase troop mobility and included more than four times the number of aircraft in a standard... Read more
Aestheticism Aestheticism
Aestheticism. A term applied to exaggerated expression of the doctrine that art is self-sufficient and need serve no ulterior purpose, whether moral, social, political, or religious. Both the doctrine and its exaggeration are succinctly expressed in the phrase ‘art for art's sake’,... Read more
Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis , 1883?-1957, Greek writer, b. Crete. After obtaining a law degree he studied philosophy under Henri Bergson in Paris and traveled widely in Europe and Asia. Attracted to Communism early in life, he grew disillusioned with revolutionary materialism and rationalism. As the Greek... Read more
anti-Vietnam War movement anti-Vietnam War movement
Vietnam War (1965–75) the most domestically divisive and least militarily decisive overseas campaign ever fought by the U.S. Given the slow and hesitant commitment to the war, its ambiguous results may not be that surprising. From 1950 to 1965, U.S. presidents gradually increased military... Read more
Zacatecas Zacatecas
Zacatecas Pronunciation:zah-kah-TEE-kahs Origin of state name:Original inhabitants of the region were called zacatecasby their neighbors, which means "the people who live on the edge of the zacate (field)." Capital:Zacatecas. Entered... Read more

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