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Balta, José

(Encyclopedia) Balta, JoséBalta, Joséhōsāˈ bälˈtä [key], 1816–72, president of Peru (1868–72). In 1865 he helped Mariano I. Prado to seize the presidency and served in his government, but in 1867…

Weather: Storm of the Century?

Storm of the Century?WeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great New…

Weather: The Greatest One of All

The Greatest One of AllWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great…

DK Science: Feeding

PREDATOR AND PREYANGLER FISHOMNIVORESHONEYPOT ANTDIGESTIONFIND OUT MOREUnlike plants, animals cannot make food from sunlight. Animals have to feed to produce the energy they need to grow, move…

The U.S. in World War I

1914-18 (U.S. involved, 1917-18)   America's Role in WWI: A Video   Watch this video about America's delayed entry in WWI. See the role of submarine warfare, President Wilson, and…

Sonny Boy Williamson

(John Lee Williamson)blues singer, harmonica playerBorn: 3/30/1914Birthplace: Jackson, Tennessee One of the founding members of the post-War Chicago blues scene, Sonny Boy Williamson did more to…

Harry Bartow HAWES, Congress, MO (1869-1947)

Senate Years of Service: 1926-1933Party: DemocratHAWES, Harry Bartow, (grandnephew of Albert Gallatin Hawes), a Representative and a Senator from Missouri; born in Covington, Kenton County, Ky…

DK Society & Beliefs: Shinto

WHEN DID SHINTO BEGIN? WHAT MARKS A SACRED PLACE? FIND OUT MOREShinto (“the way of the gods”) is Japan’s oldest religion and centers on the worship of kami, or spirits. These are believed to…

Color and Fashion

A colorful world is a world of meaning because people have always used color as symbols. Here are some of the ways fashion and color have connected.Red The Aztecs of Mexico taught the Spanish how…