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4 days ago · Urie Bronfenbrenner (born April 29, 1917, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died September 25, 2005, Ithaca, New York, U.S.) was a Russian-born American psychologist best known for having developed human ecology theory (ecological systems theory), in which individuals are seen as maturing not in isolation but within the context of relationships, such as those involving families, friends, schools ...
5 days ago · Barack Obama—with his wife, Michelle—being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, January 20, 2009. Key events in the life of Barack Obama. Barack Obama (born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) is the 44th president of the United States (2009–17) and the first African American to hold the office.
57 minutes ago · After a decade of declining land prices, residents began moving back into central city areas (especially Tokyo's 23 wards), as evidenced by 2005 census figures. Despite nearly 70% of Japan being covered by forests, [24] parks in many major cities—especially Tokyo and Osaka—are smaller and scarcer than in major West European or North ...
- 6.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
- -0.7% (2020 est.)
- 11.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
- 124,631,000 (11th)
2 days ago · Events Planning Motive McVeigh and Nichols cited the federal government's actions against the Branch Davidian compound in the 1993 Waco siege (shown above) as a reason why they perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing. The chief conspirators, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, met in 1988 at Fort Benning during basic training for the U.S. Army. McVeigh met Michael Fortier as his Army roommate ...
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2 days ago · 2005年の日本（2005ねんのにほん）では、2005年（平成17年）の日本の出来事・流行・世相などについてまとめる。 他の紀年法 [ 編集 ] 日本では、 西暦 の他にも以下の 紀年法 を使用している。
5 days ago · Pelé (born October 23, 1940, Três Corações, Brazil—died December 29, 2022, São Paulo, Brazil) was a Brazilian football (soccer) player, in his time probably the most famous and possibly the best-paid athlete in the world. He was part of the Brazilian national teams that won three World Cup championships (1958, 1962, and 1970).
1 day ago · The following table is a list of MPs elected on 5 May 2005, ordered by constituency. The previous MP and previous party column shows the MP and party holding the seat at dissolution on 11 April 2005. Note that most Scottish constituency boundaries were considerably changed from the previous general election, due to a decrease in the number of ...
