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Why is Election Day the first Tuesday in November?
The Question: Why did Congress (in 1845) select the first Tuesday in November as Election Day? The Answer: We found a terrific response to your question at the…Rowland DAY, Congress, NY (1779-1853)
DAY Rowland , a Representative from New York; born in Chester, Mass., March 6, 1779; moved with his parents to Skaneateles, N.Y., in 1805, and from thence to Moravia, N.Y., in 1810; engaged in…Why don't Americans celebrate Boxing Day?
No Love for St. Stephen Boxing Day, also known as St. Stephen's Day, is a holiday celebrated every year the day after Christmas. If Boxing Day falls on the weekend, it is observed the following…Last Judgment
(Encyclopedia) Last Judgment: see Judgment Day.pyrotechnics
(Encyclopedia) pyrotechnicspyrotechnicspīˌrōtĕkˈnĭks, pīˌrə– [key], technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent., and it was they…Telemann, Georg Philipp
(Encyclopedia) Telemann, Georg PhilippTelemann, Georg Philippgāˈôrk fēˈlĭp tĕlˈəmän [key], 1681–1767, German composer. From 1721 until his death he was director of music for the five major churches…Palm Sunday
(Encyclopedia) Palm Sunday, in the Christian calendar, the Sunday before Easter, sixth and last Sunday in Lent, and the first day of Holy Week. It recalls the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem riding…Hess, Victor Francis
(Encyclopedia) Hess, Victor Francis, 1883–1964, American physicist, b. Austria, Ph.D. Univ. of Graz, 1906. After teaching at the universities of Graz and Innsbruck, he came to the United States in…Blake, Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Blake, Nicholas: see Day Lewis, Cecil.calendar
(Encyclopedia) calendar [Lat., from Kalends], system of reckoning time for the practical purpose of recording past events and calculating dates for future plans. The calendar is based on noting…Trending
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