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Timeline: Ford Mustang

50th Anniversary 2014 Ford Mustang Photo Credit: Raynardo   Timeline: Ford Mustang Here are some key moments in the history and evolution of the Ford Mustang.       1964 1970…

Taliban Timeline

Key dates in the history of the Taliban and Contemporary Afghanistan     1979-2000 2001 2002-2006 2006-present 2006 September The Taliban fight back with…

Vermont

(Encyclopedia) CE5 VermontVermontvərmŏntˈ [key] [Fr.,=green mountain], New England state of the NE United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire, across the Connecticut River (E), Massachusetts (…

New Mexico

Official Name: The State of New Mexico; Nuevo México (Spanish); Yootó Hahoodzo (Navajo) Capital: Santa Fe   Organized as a territory: September 9, 1850 Entered Union (rank…

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Dutch art

(Encyclopedia) Dutch art, the art of the region that is now the Netherlands. As a distinct national style, this art dates from about the turn of the 17th cent., when the country emerged as a…

Iroquois Confederacy

(Encyclopedia) Iroquois Confederacy or Iroquois LeagueIroquois Confederacyĭrˈəkwoiˌ, –kwäˌ [key], North American confederation of indigenous peoples, initially comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga…

Arabic literature

(Encyclopedia) Arabic literature, literary works written in the Arabic language. The great body of Arabic literature includes works by Arabic speaking Turks, Persians, Syrians, Egyptians, Indians,…

Nixon, Richard Milhous

(Encyclopedia) Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913–94, 37th President of the United States (1969–74), b. Yorba Linda, Calif. Soon after his reelection Nixon's popularity plummeted as the growing…