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State of the Union Address: John Adams (November 11, 1800)
John Adams (November 11, 1800) Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: Immediately after the adjournment of Congress at their last session in Philadelphia I gave…Epidemics of the Past: Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic
Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic Epidemics of the Past Smallpox: 12,000 Years of Terror Bubonic Plague Influenza: A Twentieth-Century Epidemic On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand…Dio Cassius
(Encyclopedia) Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio Cocceianus)Dio Cassiusdīo kăshˈəs [key], c.155–235?, Roman historian and administrator, b. Nicaea in Bithynia. He was a grandson of Dio Chrysostom. His rise in…château
(Encyclopedia) châteauchâteaushătōˈ, Fr. shätōˈ [key], royal or seignioral residence and stronghold of medieval France—the counterpart of the English castle of the period. In such a fortress,…German Catholics
(Encyclopedia) German Catholics, religious groups founded in 1844 by dissidents from the Roman Catholic Church. They were led by two excommunicated priests, Johann Czerski of Schneidemühl, Posen, and…Gibbs, James
(Encyclopedia) Gibbs, James, 1682–1754, English architect, b. Scotland, studied in Rome under Carlo Fontana. Returning to England in 1709, he was appointed a member of the commission authorized to…State of the Union Address: Andrew Jackson (December 3, 1833)
Andrew Jackson (December 3, 1833) Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: On your assembling to perform the high trusts which the people of the United States have confided…Babylonia
(Encyclopedia) BabyloniaBabyloniabăbĭlōˈnēə [key], ancient empire of Mesopotamia. The name is sometimes given to the whole civilization of S Mesopotamia, including the states established by the city…birth
(Encyclopedia) birth or labor, delivery of the fetus by the viviparous mammal. Birth is also known as parturition. Human birth normally occurs about 280 days after onset of the last menstrual period…State of the Union Address: James Monroe (December 3, 1821)
James Monroe (December 3, 1821) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: The progress of our affairs since the last session has been such as may justly be claimed and expected…Trending
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