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Where in the World Is Diego Garcia?

A strategic U.K. and U.S. airbase with a dark history by Borgna Brunner British Indian Ocean Territory, a dependency of the United Kingdom, includes Diego Garcia. Related Links Iraq…

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan—Genius or Informant? Half a century after McCarthyism, the Academy Award-winning director is again under fire for naming names by Rachael Stark Fifty years after the blacklisting of…

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…

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year celebration, Brazil, 2016 Source: AP Photo/Andre Penner Related Links Chinese New Year Quiz Chinese Zodiac China | Map The…

Ten Movies to Watch with Dad

Here are some movies to watch with dad on Father's Day. by Jennie Wood To Kill A Mockingbird Related Links Showbiz Dads Like Father, Like Daughter…

Abraham Lincoln

Read and watch to learn more about our 16th president Watch this video to learn about Abraham Lincoln as a man and president. Hear about Lincoln's stand against slavery, the Emancipation…

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles . . . and Ships!

Interesting facts, statistics, and fun features about our favorite modes of transportation Trains Ten Famous Trains From the Orient Express to the high tech Japanese…

1995 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“Kiss From a Rose,” SealAlanis MorissetteArchive PhotosAlbum of the YearJagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Reprise)Song of the Year“Kiss From a Rose,” Seal,…

Lee, Fitzhugh

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835–1905, Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, b. “Clermont,” Fairfax co., Va.; nephew of Robert E. Lee. He campaigned against the Comanche in Texas…

Roche, Kevin

(Encyclopedia) Roche, Kevin, 1922–2019, Irish-American architect, b. Dublin, grad. National Univ. of Ireland, Dublin (1943) and, after immigrating (1948) to the United States, studied Illinois…