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Recalling the "Reagan Revolution"

The Question: What states didn't Reagan win in his 1980 and 1984 election? The Answer: In the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan, with…

1986 College Football Recap

Final AP Top 20 Bowl Games with Top 20 Teams Div. 1–A Conference Champs Heisman Trophy Voting Other Major Award Winners Consensus All-America Team Miami and Penn State…

The Chicks

The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks) are an all-female trio whose 1998 album Wide Open Spaces made them, for a time, one of the top acts in country music. The group was founded as a quartet in…

August 2021 Current Events: World News

Top of Page US News | Science & Technology News | Disaster News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…

May 2002 Disasters

May, southern India: Brutal heat wave, particularly in Andhra Pradesh State, left more than 600 dead nationwide.May 2–5, southern W. Va. and southwest Va.: Storm system moving through…

Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of October 11, 2021

It’s been a busy week, from low voter turnout in Iraq to absolute violence across the globe. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top five stories of the…

May 2008 Current Events

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World | Nation | Business/Science/Society U.S. Missile…

December 2004 Disasters

Dec. 2–3, eastern coast and Luzon, Philippines: Typhoon Nanmadol, a major storm, hit an area already devastated by 2 previous torrential storms that struck the northeastern region of the…

September 2005 Disasters

Sept. 1–3, China: Typhoon Talim caused major flooding and landslides, extensive crop damage, and killed at least 129 people. Sept. 5, Medan, Indonesia: Mandala Airlines, Boeing 737, crashed…

August 2004 Disasters

Aug. 1, Asunción, Paraguay: Fire, caused by a gas leak, swept through a supermarket in a three-story shopping center, killing at least 400 people, many of whom were trapped inside because…