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February 2002
WorldU.S. Says al-Qaeda Able to Strike Again (Feb. 6): CIA head George Tenet reports terrorist group is trying to reassemble and manage another large attack.Britain Fights Vaccine Fears (Feb…State of the Union Address: Ronald Reagan (February 4, 1986)
Ronald Reagan (February 4, 1986) Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Congress, honored guests, and fellow citizens: Thank you for allowing me to delay my address until this…State of the Union Address: Richard Nixon (January 20, 1972)
Richard Nixon (January 20, 1972) Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, my colleagues in the Congress, our distinguished guests, my fellow Americans: Twenty-five years ago I sat here as a freshman Congressman—…José Martí
Writer and revolutionary José Martí is a fierce historical figure as the father of Cuban independence, but he's also known as the guy who wrote the lyrics used in the song "Guantanamera," made…Zane Grey
Name at birth: Pearl Zane GreyZane Grey was a prolific and popular author of novels about the wild west of the United States, best known for his 1912 novel Riders of the Purple Sage. For nearly…David Niven
For four decades David Niven was the very image of the urbane British gentleman in films like Raffles (1940), Around the World in 80 Days (1956, based on the book by Jules Verne) and The Pink Panther…1985 National Book Awards
FictionWhite Noise, Don DeLilloFirst Work of FictionEasy in the Islands, Bob ShacochisNonfictionCommon Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families, J. Anthony Lukas…Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was famous for dreamy and somewhat creepy poems like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel and Kubla Khan (the last of which he allegedly wrote subconsciously during a…William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams was a local doctor in New Jersey throughout his life while also becoming a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Williams was considered a groundbreaker: he wrote poems about the…AIM (U.S.)
Destination: Earth orbit. Launch: Fall 2006. Mission: To use the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission to help scientists investigate the causes of the recent rise in noctilucent…Trending
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