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January 2009 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of January, 2009. Richardson Withdraws Nomination for secretary of…

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…

The Supreme Court: Protecting Pornography

Protecting PornographyThe Supreme CourtFighting for FreedomsUsing Illegal CommunicationProtecting PornographyPreventing Children from Accessing Pornography on the InternetAllowing Cross…

Daley, Richard Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Daley, Richard Joseph, 1902–76, U.S. political leader, b. Chicago. Admitted to the bar in 1933, he entered politics and served as a Democrat in the state assembly (1936–38) and the…

anti–Vietnam War movement

(Encyclopedia) anti–Vietnam War movement, domestic and international reaction (1965–73) in opposition to U.S. policy during the Vietnam War. During the four years following passage of the Tonkin Gulf…

Mitchell, Joni

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Joni, 1943–, Canadian-American songwriter, singer, guitarist, poet, and painter, b. MacLeod (now Fort Macleod), Alta., as…

Turner, Tina

(Encyclopedia) Turner, Tina 1939- , African American R&B and rock singer, b. Brownsville, Tn., as Anna Mae Bullock. Turner had a turbulent…

July 2008 Current Events

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/…

Poe, Edgar Allan

(Encyclopedia) Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–49, American poet, short-story writer, and critic, b. Boston. He is acknowledged today as one of the most brilliant and original writers in American literature.…