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Baseball Contraction Primer

Labor Pains A guide to Major League Baseball's contraction issue by John Gettings This article was posted in 2001.The decision made by Major League Baseball owners to contract two teams…

Jacksonville

(Encyclopedia) Jacksonville. 1 City (1990 pop. 29,101), Pulaski co., central Ark., inc. 1941. The city has varied industries, including printing and publishing and the manufacture of electronic…

Selected Biographies: F

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+ biographies Biographies by Category Arts and…

November 2005

WorldIraq Seeks Former Soldiers (Nov. 2): Iraqi Defense Ministry begins recruiting former junior officers from Saddam Hussein's army to bolster army's forces and to siphon fighters away from the…

May 2006

WorldBolivia Nationalizes Natural Gas Industry (May 1): Under orders of President Evo Morales, the military takes over the country's energy fields. Moussaoui Sentenced to Life in Prison (May 3): A…

April 2009 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of April 2009.                                                        …

A-D

Spencer AbrahamDaniel Kahikina Akaka Archibald Alphonso AlexanderSamuel A. Alito, Jr. Paula Gunn AllenKing Abdullah AmanirenasStephen AmbroseMary AntinSusan B. Anthony Virginia ApgarJames…

Philippines Timeline

Timeline: Philippines HistoryPart I: Magellan, Rizal, and Philippine independence by David Johnson and Shmuel Ross B.C. 1521 1521 1886 1901 1934 1946 Next: 1965-present About 25,000 B.C.…

Firsts in America

This selection is based on our editorial judgment. Other sources may list different firsts. Admiral in U.S. Navy: David Glasgow Farragut, 1866. Airmail route, first transcontinental: Between New…