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Iran hostage crisis

(Encyclopedia) Iran hostage crisis, in U.S. history, events following the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran by Iranian students on Nov. 4, 1979. The overthrow of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi of…

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.…

Ireland: Presidents

Presidents Timothy Sullivan, Frank Fahy, and Conor Alexander Maguire, presidential commission (1937–1938)   Douglas Hyde (1938–1945)   Sean T. O'Kelly (1945–1959)   Eamon de Valera…

Angela Bassett

actressBorn: 8/16/1958Birthplace: New York City This Yale-educated actress starred in August Wilson plays on Broadway before making her move to films with leading roles in Boyz in the Hood (1991)…

House of Representatives, 111th Congress

Below is the composition of the 111th Congress' House of Representatives, following the 2008 midterm elections. In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district…

John Bell WILLIAMS, Congress, MS (1918-1983)

WILLIAMS, John Bell, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Raymond, Hinds County, Miss., December 4, 1918; attended the public schools; was graduated from Hinds Junior College, Raymond,…

Charlize Theron

actressBorn: 8/7/1975Birthplace: Benoni, South Africa Like several actresses currently gracing the silver screen, Theron got her start in modeling. The tall, stunning blond left South Africa at age…

Best-Selling Books, 2006

Source: Publishers Weekly. Hardcover Fiction For One More Day, Mitch Albom Cross, James Patterson Dear John, Nicholas Sparks…

Thanksgiving History

  Thanksgiving History   From fall feast to national holiday   by Damon Goldsmith     RELATED LINKS Quiz: Turkey DayPresidential PardonTurkey FactsA Not-So…