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4 days ago · Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in August 2005, breaching levees and causing widespread death and damage. Ultimately, the storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and it reduced the population of New Orleans by 29 percent between the fall of 2005 and 2011.
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Hurricane Katrina, Tropical cyclone that struck the U.S....
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A characteristic feature of tropical cyclones is the eye, a...
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New Orleans, city, southeastern Louisiana, U.S....
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Hurricane Katrina - Aftermath, Destruction, Recovery:...
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5 days ago · January 22 – FoxBox, Fox 's Saturday morning programming block owned by 4Kids Entertainment, is rebranded as 4Kids TV. January 26 – Glendale train crash: Two trains derail in Glendale, California, killing 11 and injuring 200. January – Mosdeux, a deaf owned film studio is established.
4 days ago · YouTube, Web site for sharing videos. It was registered on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the American e-commerce company PayPal. They had the idea that ordinary people would enjoy sharing their ‘home videos.’
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5 days ago · In full: George Walton Lucas, Jr. Born: May 14, 1944, Modesto, California, U.S. (age 80) Founder: Lucasfilm, Ltd. Awards And Honors: Academy Award. Kennedy Center Honors (2015) Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1992) (Show more) Notable Works: “American Graffiti” “Return of the Jedi” “Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace”
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2 days ago · Vladimir Putin is a Russian leader and former KGB officer who has shaped his nation’s political landscape for decades with a mix of strategic maneuvers, military aggression against Russia’s neighbors, and controversial policies.
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- Vladimir Putin is a former Russian intelligence officer and a politician who has served as president of Russia from 1999 to 2008 and from 2012 to t...
- Vladimir Putin served for 15 years as a foreign intelligence officer in the KGB, the foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Sovie...
- When Vladimir Putin was named president in 1999, Russia’s constitution limited the president to two consecutive terms. That’s why, after his second...
- In the two decades of Vladimir Putin’s reign, he has consolidated his rule and projected to the Russian people an image of Russia as a global power...
- In the decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine moved toward closer integration with Europe. When pro-Russian Ukrainian...
1 day ago · Signature. Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7, 1966; Jimbo Wales as a user of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects), is a British-American [3] Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of Wikipedia and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom (formerly Wikia).
1 day ago · Donald Trump. In full: Donald John Trump. Born: June 14, 1946, New York, New York, U.S. (age 77) Title / Office: presidency of the United States of America (2017-2021), United States. Political Affiliation: Republican Party. Notable Works: “Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again” “The America We Deserve” “Trump: The Art of the Deal”
