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1999 Season Review

Andre's Giant 1999 Andre Agassi finished his rise from the ashes in 1999. Ranked 141 in the world just two years ago, he reached the finals of three Grand Slam events and became the fifth person in…

Women's Suffrage

Saudi women vote for the first time Source: AP When and where did women earn the right to vote? Learn the year in which women's suffrage was granted, organized by year. New Zealand was the…

Pizarro, Francisco

(Encyclopedia) Pizarro, FranciscoPizarro, Franciscopĭzäˈrō, Span. fränthēsˈkō pēthärˈrō [key], c.1476–1541, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Peru. Born in Trujillo, he was an illegitimate son of a…

peonage

(Encyclopedia) peonagepeonagepēˈənĭj [key], system of involuntary servitude based on the indebtedness of the laborer (the peon) to his creditor. It was prevalent in Spanish America, especially in…

Amazon, river, Peru and Brazil

(Encyclopedia) Amazon, Port. AmazonasAmazon,ämäzōˈnəs [key], world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the…
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