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The World Series

The World Series The World Series began in 1903 when Pittsburgh of the older National League (founded in 1876) invited Boston of the American League (founded in 1901) to play a best-of-9 game…

Nikki

WB Sunday 9:30–10:00 p.m. Cast: Nikki Cox, Nick von Esmarch Nikki (Nikki Cox) pursues her dream of becoming a Las Vegas showgirl. Sound cheesy? It's not as bad as one might think…

1900 Olympic Rowing Medalists

Event   Time Single Sculls Henri Barrelet, FRA 7:35.6   André Gaudin, FRA 7:41.6   St. George Ashe, GBR 8:15.6 Coxed Pairs Netherlands 7:34.2   France I…

Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer 2004 Deaths

Marjorie Courtenay-LatimerAge: 97 South African naturalist who in 1938 discovered a coelacanth, a species of fish believed to have been extinct for 70 million years. Died: East London, South…

zoology

(Encyclopedia) zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical…

Shawnee, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) ShawneeShawneeshôˌnēˈ [key] or ShawanoShawneeshôˈwənō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see…

Francis Crick 2004 Deaths

Francis CrickAge: 88 molecular biologist who in 1959 with James Watson codiscovered the double-helical structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the chemical that carries hereditary…