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May 2015 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of May…Penal Laws
(Encyclopedia) Penal Laws, in English and Irish history, term generally applied to the body of discriminatory and oppressive legislation directed chiefly against Roman Catholics but also against…Other Men's 1997 Tournaments: NCAA Division II
The eight regional winners of the 48-team field: NORTHEAST— S. Connecticut St. (28-3); EAST— Salem (W.Va.)-Teikyo (27-2); SOUTH ATLANTIC— Elizabeth City (N.C.) St. (22-6); SOUTH— Lynn, FL (…Brewer's: Ludgate
Stow says, “King Lud, repairing the city, called it after his name Lud's town; the strong gate which he built in the west part he likewise named Ludgate. In the year 1260 the gate was…Antigua and Barbuda Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Antigua and Barbuda Index: History Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Antigua and Barbuda Relations HISTORY Antigua was first inhabited by…TIME Person of the Year
How “Lucky Lindy”—and a slow week for news—gave birth to a memorable annual tradition The founders of TIME Magazine, Henry Luce and Briton Haddon, were strong believers in the idea…Anne, queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
(Encyclopedia) Anne, 1665–1714, queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–7), later queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1707–14), daughter of James II and Anne Hyde; successor to William III.…George Herbert Walker BUSH, Congress, TX (1924)
BUSH George Herbert Walker , a Representative from Texas and a Vice President of the United States and 41st President of the United States; born in Milton, Suffolk County, Mass., June 12, 1924;…steamship
(Encyclopedia) steamship, watercraft propelled by a steam engine or a steam turbine. Despite such innovations as turbo-electric drive, which converts steam energy into rotational power for…Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of
(Encyclopedia) Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart or Stewart, duchess of, 1647–1702, mistress of Charles II of England. The daughter of an exiled Scottish physician, she was educated in…