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1800–1899 (A.D.) World History

War of 1812The Civil WarSpanish-American War (1898–1899)Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)Richard Wagner (1813–1883)Archive PhotosEdgar Allan Poe(1809–1849)The Library of Congress Picture…

Kentucky, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 KentuckyKentuckykəntŭkˈē, kĭn– [key], state of the SE central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi River, across which…

National Baseball Hall of Fame

Cooperstown, N.Y.FieldersMember Active yearsAaron, Henry (Hank) 1954–1976Anson, Adrian (Cap) 1876–1897Aparicio, Luis 1956–1973Appling, Lucius (Luke) 1930–1950Ashburh, Richie 1948–1962Averill, H.…

Famous Firsts in Aviation

Cayley's Helicopter Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine. Source: Library…

Selected Biographies: S

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Bush, George Walker

(Encyclopedia) Bush, George Walker, 1946–, 43d President of the United States (2001–9), b. New Haven, Conn. The eldest son of President George H. W. Bush, he was was raised in Texas and, like his…

photography, still

(Encyclopedia) photography, still, science and art of making permanent images on light-sensitive materials. See also photographic processing; motion picture photography; motion pictures…

novel

(Encyclopedia) novel, in modern literary usage, a sustained work of prose fiction a volume or more in length. It is distinguished from the short story and the fictional sketch, which are necessarily…

American art

(Encyclopedia) American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and…