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Back to School at the Movies

Lights! Camera! Learning! History lesson: Real heroes on film by Beth Rowen Patton George C. Scott as Old Blood and Guts This unforgettable biopic explores the hot-headed military genius…

Top 10 Favorite Halloween Costumes

by Mark Hughes We asked Fact Monster users to vote for their favorite Halloween costume and the results are in! Follow this slideshow to see the top 10 favorite Halloween costumes, beginning with…

National Poetry Month

  Featured Biography Marianne Moore American poet Notable Poets » Akhmatova - Byron Catullus - Dunbar Eliot - Hughes Jarrell…

August 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/…

Missouri

Capital: Jefferson City State abbreviation/Postal code: Mo./MO Governor: Eric Greitens, R (to Jan. 2021) Lieut. Governor: Mike…

neutron

(Encyclopedia) neutron, uncharged elementary particle of slightly greater mass than the proton. It was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932. The stable isotopes of all elements except hydrogen and…

Taylor, Jeremy

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Jeremy, 1613–67, English bishop and theological and devotional writer. He was distinguished as a preacher and as the author of some of the most noted religious works in English…

Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour

(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour, 1842–1900, English composer, famous for a series of brilliant comic operas written in collaboration with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. As a boy he sang in…

Black Scientists and Inventors

Notable African-American Scientists and Inventors       Benjamin Banneker Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List…