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1 Kings Chapter 6 1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign…January 2017: FBI Arrests Volkswagen Executive for Conspiracy
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of January 2017. 1. Deadly Attack at Istanbul Nightclub 2. French Law: Right to Disconnect 3.…Narnia: A Look Back
It's been fifty-five (Earth) years since our first visit by Holly Hartman "All I can tell you is that pictures come into my head and I write stories about them." —C. S. Lewis According to C. S.…Most Popular Names
Find the most popular baby names given each year to boys and girls in the United States from 1880 to the present. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Boys…Covenanters
(Encyclopedia) CovenantersCovenanterskəvənănˈtərz [key], in Scottish history, groups of Presbyterians bound by oath to sustain each other in the defense of their religion. The first formal Covenant…Freedmen's Bureau
(Encyclopedia) Freedmen's Bureau, in U.S. history, a federal agency, formed to aid and protect the newly freed blacks in the South after the Civil War. Established by an act of Mar. 3, 1865, under…Mitchell, George John
(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, George John, 1933–, U.S. public official, b. Waterville, Maine. An attorney in private and government practice in the 1960s and 1970s, he was a protege of Senator Edmund…Waldenses
(Encyclopedia) WaldensesWaldenseswôldĕnˈsēz [key] or Waldensians, Protestant religious group of medieval origin, called in French Vaudois. They originated in the late 12th cent. as the Poor Men of…XYZ Affair
(Encyclopedia) XYZ Affair, name usually given to an incident (1797–98) in Franco-American diplomatic relations. The United States had in 1778 entered into an alliance with France, but after the…Wolfe, Thomas Clayton
(Encyclopedia) Wolfe, Thomas Clayton, 1900–1938, American novelist, b. Asheville, N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina, 1920, M.A. Harvard, 1922. An important 20th-century American novelist, Wolfe…