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Distance (mi) Date PlanePilots Place24,986.727 Dec. 14–23, 1986 VoyagerDick Rutan & Jeana Yeager (U.S.) Edwards AFB, Calif.—Edwards AFB, Calif.Speed Around the World, Nonstop,…Rancagua
(Encyclopedia) RancaguaRancaguarängkäˈgwä, –käˈwä [key], city (1990 est. pop. 190,400), capital of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins region, central Chile, in a fertile valley among the Andean…South Saint Paul
(Encyclopedia) South Saint Paul, city (1990 pop. 20,197), Dakota co., SE Minn., a suburb of St. Paul, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1887. It was long known for its large stockyards and meatpacking…Philae
(Encyclopedia) PhilaePhilaefīˈlē [key], former island, SE Egypt, NE Africa, in the Nile River N of the Aswan High Dam. Of its temples, all dating from late Egyptian and classical times (600 b.c.–a.d…Cavite
(Encyclopedia) Cavite Cavite kävēˈtā [key], city, Cavite prov., SW Luzon, the Philippines. The city, situated…Three Gorges Dam
(Encyclopedia) Three Gorges Dam, 607 ft (185 m) high and 7,575 ft (2,309 m) long, on the Chang (Yangtze) River, central Hubei prov., China, 30 mi (48 km) W of Yichang. The largest concrete structure…mutual fund
(Encyclopedia) mutual fund, in finance, investment company or trust that has a very fluid capital stock. It is unique in that at any time it can sell or redeem any of its outstanding shares at net…Prados, Emilio
(Encyclopedia) Prados, EmilioPrados, Emilioāmēˈlyō präˈᵺōs [key], 1899–1962, Spanish poet, b. Málaga. After 1939 he lived in Mexico, and his post–civil war lyrics decry the anguish, death, and…Tempelhof
(Encyclopedia) TempelhofTempelhoftĕmˈpəlhôf [key], district of Berlin, Germany. A workers' residential quarter and a film-production center, it became part of the U.S. occupation sector after 1945.…Carlisle Indian School
(Encyclopedia) Carlisle Indian School, in Carlisle, Pa., the first federally supported school for Native Americans to be established off a reservation; it was founded in 1879 by Richard Henry Pratt.…Trending
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