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

June 2005

WorldSuicide Bomber Strikes in Afghanistan (June 1): At least 20 people killed, including Kabul police chief, in attack on mosque in Kandahar. European Constitution in Jeopardy (June 1): Following…

April 2006

World Shiite Bloc Urges Prime Minister to Resign (April 2): Leaders of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq call on Ibrahim al-Jaafari to resign, citing his failure to form a…

Atlantic Hurricane Names

Because hurricanes often occur at the same time, officials assign short, distinctive names to the storms to avoid confusion among weather stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea. Since 1953…

How The Grinch Stole Christmas—Trivia

Grinchy Trivia Compare the holiday movie, TV, and Dr. Seuss creations by Holly Hartman The Silver-Screen Grinch The live-action movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas features more than…

NCAA Basketball Tournament 2001

NCAA Preview 2001 A closer look at this year's March Madness by Gerry Brown The NCAA Tournament one-upped itself this year. The traditional field of 64 is now one team larger. With…

Mother's Day Quotations

  Mother's Day Quotations   Need a suggestion for your Mother's Day card?   compiled by Christine Frantz     To describe my…

Iraq Crisis, 2002–2003

by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Next: 2003 Jan. 29, 2002 In President George W. Bush's state of the union speech…

French architecture

(Encyclopedia) French architecture, structures created in the area of Europe that is now France. Engineers and architects, including François Hennebique, Auguste Perret, and Tony Garnier, pioneered…