Ascheberg, Rutger von, ( 1621- 1693Events January 11 Eruption of Mt. February 8 The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter July 29 The Battle of Landen October 11 Charleloi falls to the French forces China concentrates all its foreign trade to Canton Eur), Swedish soldier
Aseev, KonstantinKonstantin Aseev ( October 20, 1960 August 22, 2004) was a Russian chess Grandmaster and trainer. Among his tournament successes were first at Leningrad 1989 with 9/13 (beating Leonid Yudasin and Alexander Khalifman among others) and second to Sergei Tivi, chess player
Ashbery, JohnJohn Ashbery (born July 8, 1927) is one of the most influential and innovative American poets of the 20th century. Born in Rochester, New York and a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University, Ashbery has won nearly every major American award for, poet
Ashby, HalHal Ashby ( September 2, 1929 December 27, 1988) was an American film director and Academy Award winner. Ashby grew up in a Mormon household and had a tumultuous childhood which included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide and dropping out of, actor, director, editor, producer
Ashby, JeffreyJeffrey Shears Ashby (born June 1954) is an American astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. Ashby earned degrees in engineering and aviation from the University of Idaho and the University of Tennesse. As a test pilot in the United State, astronaut
Ashcroft, JohnJohn David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is the Attorney General of the United States, having served in the first administration of George W. Bush since 2001. He is noted for his strong conservative stance on many issues, as well as his deep religious convi, Attorney General of US
Ashdown, PaddyJeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon PC KBE (born 27 February 1941), invariably known as Paddy Ashdown is a British politician, who was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 until 1999. He is now a life peer and is the intern, (born 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St), British politician