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6 days ago · The New Encyclopedia Britannica by Encyclopaedia Britannica (Compiled by) Call Number: AE5 .E363 2010. ISBN: 9781593398378. Publication Date: 2009-09-01. Almost every student, faculty member, and librarian knows from experience how valuable Wikipedia can actually be when looking for quick background information about almost any topic.
May 1, 2024 · 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.
Apr 15, 2024 · Kurt Vonnegut (1992–2007) was an American writer noted for his wryly satirical novels that highlight the horrors and ironies of 20th-century civilization. His classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five, published in 1969, drew on his experience in World War II to depict the cruelty and destructiveness of war.
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Apr 16, 2024 · 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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4 days ago · Founded in 1768, The Encyclopedia Britannica is a general knowledge English-language encyclopedia. It is written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors, including 110 Nobel Prize winners and five American presidents.
1 day ago · Trump was the fourth of five children of Frederick (Fred) Christ Trump, a successful real estate developer, and Mary MacLeod. Donald’s eldest sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, eventually served as a U.S. district court judge (1983–99) and later as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit until her retirement in 2011.
4 days ago · Destiny's Child: (from left) Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, and Beyoncé Knowles, 2005. (more) At age nine Beyoncé formed the singing- rapping girl group Destiny’s Child (originally called Girl’s Tyme) in 1990 with childhood friends.
