May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens in Washington spews smoke, soot and ash into the sky in April, 1980. Its eruption that May devestated an area of about 150 square miles. Related Links…
WISE, George Douglas, (cousin of John Sergeant Wise and Richard Alsop Wise and nephew of Henry Alexander Wise), a Representative from Virginia; born at âDeep Creek,â the Wise estate in…
Senate Years of Service: 1938-1938Party: DemocratREAMES, Alfred Evan, a Senator from Oregon; born in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oreg., February 5, 1870; attended the public schools, the…
Rocks are classified in three types based on how they are formed.Igneous rocks are formed when molten rock (magma) from within Earth cools and solidifies. There are two types: intrusive igneous…
CLARKE, Richard Henry, a Representative from Alabama; born in Dayton, Marengo County, Ala., February 9, 1843; attended Green Springs Academy and was graduated from the University of Alabama at…
Brazil's high-flying Ronaldo (r), widely considered the greatest soccer player in the world, fights off Germany's Andreas Moeller in a World Cup exhibition match in March. Brazil and Germany are…
(Encyclopedia) larynxlarynxlârˈĭngks [key], organ of voice in mammals. Commonly known as the voice box, the larynx is a tubular chamber about 2 in. (5 cm) high, consisting of walls of cartilage bound…
(Encyclopedia) honeyeater or honeysucker, common name for arboreal birds comprising some 160 species of the family Meliphagidae, and found in Australia, New Zealand, and the SW Pacific. There is a…
(Encyclopedia) elephant seal or sea elephant, a true seal of the genus Mirounga. It is the largest of the fin-footed mammals, or pinnipeds, exceeding the walrus in size. There is a northern species,…
(Encyclopedia) cotingacotingakōtĭngˈgə [key], any of the New World tropical birds of the family Cotingidae. Cotingas range from N Argentina to the southern border of the United States; most are…
