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Summer Olympics Biographies, A-Z

Abebe Bikila Related Links All-Time Leading Medal Winners Quiz: Memorable Ceremonies Olympics Timeline Summer Olympics Through The Years A-D | E-J | K-P | R-Z…

Timeline: Cartoons

Steamboat Willie Poster, Mickey Mouse's film debut   Timeline: Cartoons Here are some key moments and events in the history and evolution of cartoons    …

geology

(Encyclopedia) geology, science of the earth's history, composition, and structure, and the associated processes. It draws upon chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, and mathematics (notably…

Dutch and Flemish literature

(Encyclopedia) Dutch and Flemish literature, literary works written in the standard language of the Low Countries since the Middle Ages. It is conventional to use the term Dutch when referring to the…

Alexander the Great

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Empire of Alexander the Great (including dependencies) Alexander the Great or Alexander III, 356–323 b.c., king of Macedon, conqueror of much of Asia. Whether or not…

Van Buren, Martin

(Encyclopedia) Van Buren, Martin, 1782–1862, 8th President of the United States (1837–41), b. Kinderhook, Columbia co., N.Y. He was again the presidential candidate of the Democratic party in 1840…

Iraq Crisis, 2002–2003

by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Next: 2003 Jan. 29, 2002 In President George W. Bush's state of the union speech…

Iraq Crisis, 2004

by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Next: 2005 Jan. 15, 2004 Tens of…

Iraq War Timeline, 2006

by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Next: 2007 Jan. 20, 2006 Preliminary…

The Horn Book Award

For the most outstanding juvenile books in the U.S.: one award for outstanding fiction, one for outstanding nonfiction, one for outstanding illustration (since 1976); given by the Boston Globe…