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Presidents' Day

JFK (1991) Director: Oliver Stone. Cast: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman  Election Facts How a President is Nominated Electoral College Presidential…

Women in Sports: Basketball

The first women's intercollegiate basketball game took place between Stanford and the University of California on April 4, 1896. Stanford won…

Women in Sports: Golf

Mary Queen of Scots was the first woman to play golf. It was during her reign that the famous golf course at St. Andrews was built, in 1552. Mary…

Top 10 Selling Digital Songs, 2011

The following table lists the rank, title, and artist for each of the top ten selling digital songs in the United States during 2011. This list combines all available versions of the song…

The Wage Gap in Pro Sports: A League of Their Own

The Wage Gap in Pro Sports: A League Of Their Ownby John Gettings No two professional sports organizations have done more to close the wage gap in professional sports than the Ladies Professional…

Dryden, John

(Encyclopedia) Dryden, John, 1631–1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic, b. Northamptonshire, grad. Cambridge, 1654. He went to London about 1657 and first came to public notice with his Heroic…

Coolidge, Calvin

(Encyclopedia) Coolidge, Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th President of the United States (1923–29), b. Plymouth, Vt. John Calvin Coolidge was a graduate of Amherst College and was admitted to the bar in 1897…

Mercia

(Encyclopedia) MerciaMerciamûrˈshə [key], one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, consisting generally of the region of the Midlands. It was settled by Angles c.500, probably first along the…

Maastricht

(Encyclopedia) MaastrichtMaastrichtmäsˈtrĭkhtˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 118,102), capital of Limburg prov., SE Netherlands, on the Maas (Meuse) River and on the Albert Canal system. It is an important…

Camões, Luís de

(Encyclopedia) Camões or Camoens, Luís deCamões or Camoens, Luís deboth: l&oomacr;ēshˈ dĭ kəmoiNshˈ [key], 1524?–1580, Portuguese poet, the greatest figure in Portuguese literature. Born of a…