Senate Years of Service: 1789-1791 Party: Anti-Administration MACLAY, William, (brother of Samuel Maclay and uncle of William Plunkett Maclay), a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in New…
In the Northern Hemisphere, the year is divided into four seasons. Each season begins at a solstice or an equinox.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the dates (and the seasons) are reversed. The summer…
Source: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey According to the theory of continental drift, the world was made up of a single continent through most of geologic time. That continent…
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CANNON, Joseph Gurney, a Representative from Illinois; born in Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7, 1836; moved with his parents to Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1840; completed preparatory…
WHAT ARE MAGNETIC POLES? WHAT ARE MAGNETIC MATERIALS? HOW DOES A MAGNETIC COMPASS WORK? MAGNETIC DOMAINSMAGNETIC FIELDFIND OUT MOREMagnetism is an invisible force that attracts or repels some…
BaseballBasketballBoxingDivingField HockeyGymnasticsSoccerSoftballSwimmingTennisTrack & Field Gold medal winners from 1896-2004 in the following events: Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Diving,…
(Encyclopedia) Carter Family, group of singers that specialized in traditional music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains; it consisted of A(lvin) P(leasant) Carter, 1891–1960, b. Maces Spring, Va…
