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April Fool's Day

(Encyclopedia) April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day, holiday of uncertain origin, known for practical joking and celebrated on the first of April. Prior to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in…

U.S. Women's Rights Timeline: 1789-Present Day

Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesWomen's rights and women's suffrage have been contentious issues for centuries, with any movement toward equality and inclusivity being an uphill battle for many. Here…

Seventh-Day Baptists

(Encyclopedia) Seventh-Day Baptists, Protestant church holding the same doctrines as other Calvinistic Baptists but observing the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. In the Reformation in England…

Yom Kippur

(Encyclopedia) Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day…

State of the Union Address: A Hopeful Society

A Hopeful Society America is a great force for freedom and prosperity. Yet our greatness is not measured in power or luxuries, but by who we are and how we treat one another. So we strive to…

2005 World History

Mahmoud Abbas(1935– )Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(1956– )Angela Merkel(1954– )Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf(1938– )2005Worldwide aid pours in to help the 11 Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26, 2004,…

Day, John, English printer

(Encyclopedia) Day, John, 1522–84, English printer. At his London shop Day designed and made type for himself, but not for sale. His types included musical notes and the first Anglo-Saxon type. He…

Supreme Court Facts

Youngest justice appointed: Joseph Story (age 32)Oldest justice appointed: Horace Lurton (age 65)Oldest justice to serve: Oliver Wendell Holmes (retired at age 90)Shortest term as chief…

Samuel Alito, 2005 News

federal judge, was nominated as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice by President Bush in October. Bush selected Alito four days after Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination. If confirmed, Alito…

Netherlands 3, Czech Republic 2

at Prague, Czech Republic (July 12-13) Day One— Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NET) def. Sandra Kleinova (CZE), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5); Jana Novotna (CZE) def. Miriam Oremans (NET), 6-3, 6-0. Day Two—…