An energy law has some consumers squirreling away incandescents and lawmakers defending light bulb freedom. by Jennie Wood Spiral CFL Bulb Photo credit: Sun…
(Encyclopedia) Dionysius ExiguusDionysius Exiguusdīənĭshˈēəs ĕksĭgˈy&oomacr;əs [key], d. c.545, Roman monk, chronologist, and scholar, a transmitter of Greek thought to the Middle Ages. He made…
(Encyclopedia) Olympiad, unit of a chronological era of ancient Greece, a four-year period, each one beginning with the Olympic games. Timaeus (c.356–c.260 b.c.) of Sicily was the first to use, as a…
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(Encyclopedia) Sunday, Billy (William Ashley Sunday), 1863–1935, American evangelist, b. Ames, Iowa, in the era around World War I. A professional baseball player (1883–90), he later worked for the…
Find out how many veterans live in the United States, where they served, their race, ethnicity, and more. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Iwo Jima Memorial…
singerDied: Dec. 16, 2007 (Maine) Best Known as: singer and songwriter of the soft-rock era Fogelberg was a singer and songwriter who helped define the soft-…
