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National Recording Registry
In 2002, the Library of Congress took its first step to preserve American sound recordings and selected the first 50 recordings to start a national registry. (Listed in chronological order.)…1970 – 1979 World History
Richard Nixon(1913–1994)The Library of Congress Picture CollectionMao Zedong(1893–1976)Agence France Press/Archive PhotosIngmar Bergman (1918–2007)Archive PhotosLyndon B. Johnson(1908–1973)…January 2016 Current Events: U.S. News
World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of January 2016.…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Cancelled Fragments of "Prometheus Unbound"
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Act 4Note on "Prometheus Unbound", ...Cancelled Fragments of "Prometheus Unbound" [First printed by Mr. C.D. Locock, "Examination of the Shelley Manuscripts at the…Cleanest U.S. Cities for Ozone Air Pollution 2007
Ozone acts as a powerful respiratory irritant at the levels frequently found in most of the nation's urban areas during summer months. Symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain…Aitareya-Aranyaka: Second Aranyaka, Second Adhyâya, Third Khanda
Third Khanda1. While Visvâmitra was going to repeat the hymns of this day (the mahâvrata), Indra sat down near him[70]. Visvâmitra (guessing that Indra wanted food) said to him, “This (the…Rodoreda, Mercè
(Encyclopedia) Rodoreda, Mercè, 1909–83, Spanish novelist writing in Catalan. Exiled for several decades in Paris and Geneva following the Spanish Civil War, Rodoreda focuses her novel Time of the…Dowland, John
(Encyclopedia) Dowland, JohnDowland, Johndouˈlənd [key], 1563–1626, English composer, unsurpassed in his day as a lutenist. His books of Songs or Ayres (1597–1603) established him as the foremost…Michael I, Byzantine emperor
(Encyclopedia) Michael I (Michael Rangabe), d. c.845, Byzantine emperor (811–13), son-in-law of Nicephorus I. He supported orthodoxy against iconoclasm and recalled Theodore of Studium from exile. He…Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes
(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes, 1862–1932, English author. He was a pacifist during World War I, and he was later instrumental in the conception of the League of Nations. His political…Trending
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