California Gold Rush - Gold in California, James W.Marshall, Gold rush, Placer mining, John Sutter, SamuelBrannan, Siskiyou Trail, Women in the California GoldRush,General Mining Act of 1872, Gold Country, JoaquinMurrieta,Panama Railway,...

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 - c. April 5, 1994) was an American songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nirvana. With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana's second...

In mathematics, more specifically in group theory, the character of a group representation is a function on the group which associates to each group element the trace of the corresponding matrix. The character carries the essential...

Jeff 'Yak' Minter (born in Reading, April 22, 1962) is a British computer/video game designer and programmer. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and his recent works include Neon (2004), a non-game music visualization program...

In 1946, Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893-March 7, 1952), published his life story, Autobiography of a Yogi, which introduced many westerners to meditation and yoga. It has since been translated into 25 languages, and the various...

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The term Environmental Art is used in two different senses. The term can be used generally to refer to art dealing with ecological issues and/or the natural, such as the formal, the political, the historical, or the social context. It is...

The Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones discography, Rolling Stones concerts, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart (musician), Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Rolling Stone, Mick Taylor, Rock and Roll Hall of...

Jewish-American organized crime (sometimes called the Jewish Mob, Jewish Mafia, Kosher Mafia, or the Kosher Nostra[1] - a pun on the term "Cosa Nostra"), emerged during the late years of the 19th century and early 20th century.In its...

The Alaska Highway (also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II and connects the contiguous U.S. to Alaska through Canada. It runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia...

Casablanca. History of Casablanca, Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca Cathedral, Casablanca Technopark, Casablanca Twin Center, Greater Casablanca, Port of Casablanca, Demographics of Morocco, French protectorate of Morocco, Maghreb, Article...

Afghanistan, Geschichte Afghanistans, Krieg inAfghanistanseit 2001, Petersberg-Prozess, Liste derStaatsoberhäupterAfghanistans, Flagge Afghanistans, Wappen Afghanistans,Kabul, Soroud-e-Melli von Miller, Frederic P.