Catonsville
Catonsville (kā´tənzvĬl), uninc. city (1990 pop. 35,233), Baltimore co., N Md., a suburb of Baltimore. The town is known for the "Catonsville Nine," a group of opponents of the Vietnam War who destroyed draft records there in 1968 in protest against the conflict. The Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, is in the city.
More From encyclopedia.com
Ho Chi Minh City , Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. Ho Chi Mi… Placentia , Placentia, city (1990 pop. 41,259), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1926. Once a rural farming community, it has become a residential city with manufactur… Vietnamese , PRONUNCIATION: vee-et-nuh-MEEZ
LOCATION: Vietnam
POPULATION: 70-80 million
LANGUAGE: Vietnamese
RELIGION: Confucianism; Taoism; Buddhism, Roman Catho… Pham Van Dong , Quang Ngai province, Vietnam
Premier of North Vietnam, 1955–75, and of the reunited Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 1975–86
Pham Van Dong served as th… Le Duc Tho , North Vietnamese political leader
Le Duc Tho was the main negotiator for the Communist government of North Vietnam. He squared off against Henry Kiss… Nguyen Cao Ky , Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Cao Ky
Son Tay, Vietnam
South Vietnamese military officer and political
leader; premier of South Vietnam, 1965–67
Nguyen Cao Ky…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Catonsville