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Information Please: 1963

1963 World | US | Sports | Entertainment | Deaths | Year in Science World Events  World StatisticsPopulation: 4,123,678population by decadeLiteracy: 44%more world statistics... Nov.…

Year in Review 1999

News ofthe World While bloody wars broke out in Kosovo and Chechnya, the possiblity of peace in the Middle East and Northern Ireland grew more palpable.   News ofthe NationHandguns became…

Boston, Mass.

Mayor: Marty Walsh (to Jan. 2018)2010 census population (rank): 617,594 (22); Male: 295,951 (47.1%); Female, 321,643 (52.9%); White: 333,033 (53.9%); Black: 150,437 (22.4%); American Indian and…

Jacobins

(Encyclopedia) JacobinsJacobinsjăkˈəbĭnz [key], political club of the French Revolution. Formed in 1789 by the Breton deputies to the States-General, it was reconstituted as the Society of Friends of…

McGovern, George Stanley

(Encyclopedia) McGovern, George StanleyMcGovern, George Stanleyməgŭvˈərn [key], 1922–2012, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1963–81), b. Avon, S.Dak. He was a decorated B-24 bomber pilot during World…

Architects and Their Masterpieces

An architect designs homes, libraries, museums and other structures or environments. Here are some famous modern architects and their signature creations…

Arlen SPECTER, Congress, PA (1930)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-2011Party: Republican; DemocratSPECTER, Arlen, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., February 12, 1930; attended the public…

Paul Efthemios TSONGAS, Congress, MA (1941-1997)

Senate Years of Service: 1979-1985Party: DemocratTSONGAS, Paul Efthemios, (husband of Nicola S. Tsongas), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Lowell, Middlesex County,…