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Sabbath

(Encyclopedia) Sabbath [Heb.,=repose], in Judaism, last day of the week (Saturday), observed as a rest day for the twenty-five hours commencing with sundown on Friday. In the biblical account of…

Ashura

(Encyclopedia) Ashura, holy day in Islam, the 10th day of the month of Muharram. It commemorates the day Noah left the ark and the day Moses was saved by God from the Egyptians, and is a voluntary…

Augustus Caesar DODGE, Congress, IA (1812-1883)

Senate Years of Service: 1848-1855Party: DemocratDODGE, Augustus Caesar, (son of Henry Dodge, nephew of Lewis Fields Linn), a Delegate and a Senator from Iowa; born in Ste. Genevieve, Mo.,…

Norway Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 10/10/2022[source] King Harald V Prime Min. Jonas Gahr Støre Min. of Finance…

September 2005

WorldFour Charged in Murder of Lebanese Prime Minister (Sept. 1): Commander of Lebanon's Republican Guard, former head of general security, former chief of Lebanon's police, and former military…

Yom Kippur

(Encyclopedia) Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day…