WorldSudan Leader Killed in Crash (Aug. 1): Government confirms that John Garang, leader of the opposition Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) who was recently named vice president, had been…
World UN Declaration Calls for More Action on AIDS (June 2): General Assembly urges countries to triple annual spending to $23 billion a year by 2010 for AIDS and HIV prevention, education, and…
Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World | Nation | Business/…
Famous Presidential Speeches Fireside chats, inaugural speeches, war declarations, and more George Washington First Inaugural Address Farewell Address Thomas Jefferson…
RUMSFELD, Donald Henry, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 9, 1932; A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1954; received a commission in the United…
Senate Years of Service: 1981-1989Party: RepublicanQUAYLE, James Danforth (Dan), (father of Ben Quayle), a Representative and a Senator from Indiana and a Vice President of the United States;…
Senate Years of Service: 1789-1791; 1797-1798Party: Pro-Administration; FederalistSCHUYLER, Philip John, (father of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler), a Delegate and a Senator from New York; born in…
To the Moon and Mars In January 2004, President George W. Bush announced the ambitious goal of putting humans on Mars. The first stage involves returning to the Moon by the year 2020 and…
