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Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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Anne (centre) and her sister Mary (left) with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, painted by Peter Lely and Benedetto Gennari II. Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of the Duke of York (later King James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. [1]
Tucci was born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New York, [3] and grew up in nearby Katonah, New York. [4] His parents, Joan (née Tropiano), a secretary and writer, and Stanley Tucci Sr. [4] [5] an art teacher at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York, [6] both of Italian descent, have distant roots in the town of Marzi in Calabria, South Italy.