When Dorothy Straight of Washington, D.C. was 4 years old, she wrote a story for her grandmother entitled “How the World Began.” Her parents thought it was good enough to be published. They were…
Dec. 21, 2016, 5:44 A.M. EDT (10:44 UT*)), marks the solstice—the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere Related Links Earth…
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White Court, 1910 to 1921
The Supreme Court Ebbs and Flows of Court Leadership Taney Court, 1837 to 1864 Chase Court, 1864 to 1873 Waite Court, 1874 to 1888 Fuller Court, 1888 to 1910…
(Encyclopedia) Chinese music, the classical music forms of China.
Throughout the political and social turmoil following World War I, Western (classical and popular) and Japanese sources dominated…
(Encyclopedia) pyramid. The true pyramid exists only in Egypt and Sudan, though the term has also been applied to similar structures in other countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and their…
Grieving emperor who built the Taj Mahal for his late wife by David Johnson In 1612, a teenage girl, Arjumand Banu, married 15-year-old Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire.…
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…
