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July 23, 2001 LEARNING NETWORK'S FACT MONSTER® WINS WEBBY AWARD FOR BEST KIDS' WEBSITE February 21, 2001 LEARNING NETWORK'S FACT MONSTER RECIEVES…
(Robert Leroy Parker)outlawBorn: 4/13/1866Birthplace: Beaver, Utah Butch Cassidy was the most prolific bank and train robber of his time. After a term in prison (1894–96) Cassidy organized a group…
(Encyclopedia) Joplin, JanisJoplin, Janisjŏpˈlĭn [key], 1943–70, American blues-rock singer, b. Port Arthur, Tex. After dropping out of college (1963) and singing folk rock in Texas clubs, she moved…
(Encyclopedia) dolomitedolomitedōˈləmītˌ, dŏlˈə– [key]. 1 Mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg (CO3)2. It is commonly crystalline and is white, gray, brown, or reddish in color with a vitreous…
(Encyclopedia) Armstrong, Louis (Daniel Louis Armstrong), known as “Satchmo” and “Pops,” 1901–1971, American jazz trumpet virtuoso, singer, and bandleader, b. New Orleans. He learned to play the…
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci achieves perfection in 1976
by Mike Morrison Nadia Comaneci performs at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. (Source:AP) Related Links Olympics…
(Encyclopedia) Sela or SelahSelasēˈlə [key] [Heb.,=rock], in the Bible, unidentified town, S of the Dead Sea. Amaziah captured it and renamed it Joktheel. Some identify Sela with Petra. Sela in the…
