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November Current Events 2023: Disaster News

Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…

July 2007

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 Israel Releases Money to…

modernismo

(Encyclopedia) modernismomodernismomōᵺārnēˈsmō [key], movement in Spanish literature that had its beginning in Latin America. It was paramount in the last decade of the 19th cent. and the first…

South America: Maps and Online Resources

South America is the fourth largest continent in the world, situated in the Western Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It is surrounded…

2000 Women's WTA Tour

2000 Women's WTA Tour Finals Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Score Jan. 9 Australian Hardcourt Championships (Gold Coast) Silvija Talaja $27,000 C. Martinez…

Aircraft Crashes

Find a list of the worst aircraft crashes in the world, including the Hindenburg disaster and the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. (See also Terrorist Attacks.) 1921 Aug. 24, England: British…

South America

(Encyclopedia) CE5 South America, fourth largest continent (2015 est. pop. 416,436,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. It is…

slavery

(Encyclopedia) slavery, historicially, an institution based on a relationship of dominance and submission, whereby one person owns another and can exact from that person labor or other services.…