Encyclopedia - 1988: Encyclopedia - 1988
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1988: Encyclopedia Ii - 1988 - Events
1988 - January. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1988: Encyclopedia Ii - 1988 - Deaths
1988 - January to March. January 2 - Edmund Brisco Ford, British geneticist (b. 1901) January 5 - Pete Maravich, American basketball p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1988 In South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - 1988 In South Africa - Events
1988 in South Africa - January. 1 January - Nordic countries implement comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and South West Afr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Incesticide: Encyclopedia Ii - Incesticide - Sales
American sales: 1 million (Platinum) UK sales: 100,000 (Gold) Canadian sales: 200,000 (Double Platinum) Japanese sales: 4 weeks, 17,430 (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - The Communists Take Power 1978
On April 27, 1978 a coup was initiated, reportedly by Hafizullah Amin while he was under house arrest. Mohammed Daoud Khan was killed the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - Mohammad Najibullah 1986-1992
Parchami suffered a series of splits when the Soviets insisted on replacing Babrak Karmal with Mohammad Najibullah as head of the PDPA on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - The Soviet Decision To Withdraw 1986-1988
The Soviets grossly underestimated the huge cost of the Afghan venture--described, in time, as the Soviet Union's Vietnam--to their state...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1988 In Television: Encyclopedia - 1988 In Television
See also: 1987 in television, other events of 1988, 1989 in television and the list of 'years in television'. For the United States netwo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlos Salinas: Encyclopedia - Carlos Salinas
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born 3 April 1948) was President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Salinas was one of the youngest Presidents in Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biz Markie: Encyclopedia - Biz Markie
Biz Markie (born Marcel Hall April 8, 1964 in Harlem, New York) is an African American East Coast hip hop artist best known for humorous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valerie Solanas: Encyclopedia - Valerie Solanas
Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 26, 1988) was an American feminist writer who attempted to murder artist Andy Warhol. Valer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - The Geneva Accords 1987-1989
By the beginning of 1987, the controlling fact in the Afghan war was the Soviet Union's determination to withdraw. It would not renege on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - The Failure To Bring Peace
The accords did not bring peace to Afghanistan. There was little expectation among its enemies or the Soviet Union that the Kabul governm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - Pakistan's Attempt At A Political Solution 1987-1988
Pakistan was the only protagonist in a position to convince the mujahedin otherwise. Its intimate relationship with the parties it hosted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - Stalemate: The Civil War 1989-1992
The Soviet Union left Afghanistan deep in winter with intimations of panic among Kabul officials. Hard experience had convinced Soviet of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - The Demise Of The Soviet Union 1991
With the failure of the communist hardliners to take over the Soviet government in August 1991, Mohammad Najibullah's supporters in the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - The Fall Of Kabul April 1992
Kabul ultimately fell to the mujahedin because the factions in its government had finally pulled it apart. Until demoralized by the defec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - Opposition Forces
Outside observers usually identify the two warring groups as "fundamentalists" and "traditionalists." Rivalries between these groups cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - The Soviet Invasion December 1979
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan began as midnight approached on December 24, 1979. They organised a massive military airlift into Kabu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - The Search For Popular Support
In attempts to broaden support, the PDPA created organizations and launched political initiatives intended to induce popular participatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - Internal Refugees: Flight To The Cities
As the Afghan-Soviet war became more destructive, internal refugees flocked to Kabul and the largest of the provincial cities. Varying es...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan - Factionalism: Khalq And Parcham
The PDPA was also never able to rid itself of internal rivalries. Burdened by obvious evidence that the Soviets oversaw its policies, act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Motives
Two claims of responsibility were received the day after the bombing, neither of them taken seriously: one from Islamic Jihad, and anothe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Trial And Appeal
On May 3, 2000 the trial of the two Libyans, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, accused of the 1988 PA 103 bombi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - 1988 Presidential Campaign
In 1988, after eight years as Vice President, Bush ran for President. Though considered the early frontrunner for the nomination, Bush ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - 1988 Presidential Campaign
In 1988, after eight years as Vice President, Bush ran for President. Though considered the early frontrunner for the nomination, Bush ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Post-presidency
Since his final election campaign, Bush has largely retired from public life. The Bushes live in Houston and their summer home in Kennebu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Post-presidency
Since his final election campaign, Bush has largely retired from public life. The Bushes live in Houston and their summer home in Kennebu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Claims Of Responsibility
According to a CIA analysis dated December 22, 1988 several groups were quick to claim responsibility in telephone calls in the United St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Motives
There were three motives for the attack on PA 103. Two were obvious: Pan Am Flight 103 - April 1986 bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi. On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Trial And Appeal
On May 3, 2000 the trial of the two Libyans, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, accused of the 1988 PA 103 bombi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Trial And Appeal
On May 3, 2000 the trial of the two Libyans, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, accused of the 1988 PA 103 bombi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Early Life
George Herbert Walker Bush was born to Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker. His father served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and was a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - World War Ii: Decorated Naval Aviator
After graduating from Phillips Academy in June, 1942, he joined the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday to become an aviator. After completing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Postwar: Yale Family Oil Business
While at Yale, he joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and was elected President. He also captained the Yale baseball team. A left-h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Congressman And Failed Senate Campaigns
In 1964, Bush ventured into conventional politics by running against Texas' Democratic Senator Ralph Yarborough, making an issue of Yarbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - 1970s Appointive Offices
After the 1970 election loss, President Richard Nixon appointed Bush to United States Ambassador to the United Nations, at which he serve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - 1980 Presidential Campaign
In the 1980 presidential election, Bush ran for the office, stressing his wide range of government experience. In the contest for the Rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Vice President
January 20, 1989 After some preliminary discussion of choosing former President Gerald Ford as his running mate, Reagan selected Bush as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Presidency
Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency from its first days. In his January 20, 1989 Inaugural Address upon taking the Presidency, Bush ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - 1992 Failed Presidential Re-election Campaign
The tail end of the late 1980s recession, that had dogged most of Bush's term in office, was a contributing factor to his defeat in the 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Early Life
George Herbert Walker Bush was born to Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker. His father served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and was a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Early Life
George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts to Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker. His father served as a U.S. Senator fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - World War Ii: Decorated Naval Aviator
After graduating from Phillips Academy in June, 1942, he joined the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday to become an aviator. After completing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Postwar: Yale Family Oil Business
While at Yale, he joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and was elected President. He also captained the Yale baseball team. A left-h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Congressman And Failed Senate Campaigns
In 1964, Bush ventured into conventional politics by running against Texas' Democratic Senator Ralph Yarborough, making an issue of Yarbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - 1970s Appointive Offices
After the 1970 election loss, President Richard Nixon appointed Bush to United States Ambassador to the United Nations, at which he serve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - 1980 Presidential Campaign
In the 1980 presidential election, Bush ran for the office, stressing his wide range of government experience. In the contest for the Rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Vice President
After some preliminary discussion of choosing former President Gerald Ford as his running mate, Reagan selected Bush as his Vice Presiden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - Presidency
Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency from its first days. In his January 20, 1989 Inaugural Address upon taking the Presidency, Bush ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George H. W. Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - George H. W. Bush - 1992 Re-election Campaign
The tail end of the late 1980s recession, that had dogged most of Bush's term in office, was a contributing factor to his defeat in the 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Passengers
PA 103 had started as PA 103A at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt, West Germany, operated by a Boeing 727 for the leg to Heat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Helsinki Warning
On December 7, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a security bulletin saying that, on December 5, a man with an Arab accent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Last Contact With Flight 103
The flight was scheduled to depart at 18:00, and pushed back from the gate at 18:04, but because of a 25 minute delay, not unusual during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - How The Aircraft Broke Up
The explosion punched a 20 inch (0.5 m) wide hole, almost directly under the P in Pan Am, on the left side of the fuselage. The disintegr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Victims
Pan Am Flight 103 - The passengers and crew. All 243 passengers and 16 crew members were killed. A Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Investigation
The fuselage of the aircraft was reconstructed by air accident investigators, revealing a 20-inch hole consistent with an explosion in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Seven Alternative Theories
Two controversial PA 103 topics appear in this sub-article: Reopening the case The framing of Libya and seven alternative theories, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Epilogue From The President's Commission
On September 29, 1989, President Bush appointed Ann McLaughlin Korologos, former Secretary of Labor, as chairman of the President's Commi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Memorials
There are a number of private and public memorials to the PA 103 victims. Dark Elegy is the work of sculptor Susan Lowenstein of Long Isl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Depictions In Media
A 1990 HBO made-for-TV movie, The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story, depicts the events leading up to the bombing. [17] Aftermath d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Helsinki Warning
On December 7, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a security bulletin saying that, on December 5, a man with an Arab accent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Last Contact With Flight 103
The flight was scheduled to depart at 18:00, and pushed back from the gate at 18:04, but because of a 25 minute delay, not unusual during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - How The Aircraft Broke Up
The explosion punched a 20 inch (0.5 m) wide hole, almost directly under the P in Pan Am, on the left side of the fuselage. The disintegr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Investigation
The fuselage of the aircraft was reconstructed by air accident investigators, revealing a 20-inch hole consistent with an explosion in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Epilogue From The President's Commission
On September 29, 1989, President Bush appointed Ann McLaughlin Korologos, former Secretary of Labor, as chairman of the President's Commi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Memorials
There are a number of private and public memorials to the PA 103 victims. Dark Elegy is the work of sculptor Susan Lowenstein of Long Isl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Depictions In Media
A 1990 HBO made-for-TV movie, The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story, depicts the events leading up to the bombing. [19] Aftermath d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Investigation
The fuselage of the aircraft was reconstructed by air accident investigators, revealing a 20-inch hole consistent with an explosion in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Lucky Ones
A number of stories emerged after the bombing of people with reservations on PA 103 who missed the flight. The Four Tops were returning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Explosion
At 19:01, Topp watched Flight 103 approach the corner of the Solway Firth, and at 19:02, it crossed its northern coast. The aircraft appe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Compensation From Libya
On May 29, 2002 Libya offered $2.7 billion to settle claims by the families of the 270 killed in the Pan Am 103 bombing, representing $10...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Passengers
PA 103 had started as PA 103A at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt, West Germany, operated by a Boeing 727 for the leg to Heat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Lucky Ones
A number of stories emerged after the bombing of people with reservations on PA 103 who missed the flight. The Four Tops were returning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Explosion
At 19:01, Topp watched Flight 103 approach the corner of the Solway Firth, and at 19:02, it crossed its northern coast. The aircraft appe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - The Victims
Pan Am Flight 103 - The passengers and crew. All 243 passengers and 16 crew members were killed. A Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pan Am Flight 103: Encyclopedia Ii - Pan Am Flight 103 - Compensation From Libya
On May 29, 2002 Libya offered $2.7 billion to settle claims by the families of the 270 killed in the Pan Am 103 bombing, representing $10...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winnipeg South Centre: Encyclopedia Ii - Winnipeg South Centre - Election Results
Winnipeg South Centre - 1988 - present. Winnipeg South Centre - 1925 - 1979. By-election: On Mr. Maybank's resignation, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1988 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1988 In Aviation - Events
January January 26 - the French defence ministry approves full-scale development of the Dassault Rafale January 30 - a Boeing 747 sets a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Citv: Encyclopedia Ii - Citv - Presenters
Presenters on CiTV over the years have included: Matthew Kelly (January 1983) Isla St Clair (February 1983) Derek Griffiths (one month[?...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tube: Encyclopedia Ii - Tube - Discography
TUBE - Singles. Bestseller summer (1 June 1985) Senchimentaru ni Kubittake (21 October 1985) Season in the Sun (21 April 1986) Because...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Expo '88: Encyclopedia Ii - Expo '88 - World Expo '88
World Expo '88 was a World's Fair held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia between April 30 and October 30, 1988. The theme of the Expo wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Fort Mchenry Lsd-43: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Fort Mchenry Lsd-43 - History
USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 - 1988 – 1995. Fort McHenry's maiden deployment was from June 1988 to December 1988 to the Western Pacif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yasuhiro Abe: Encyclopedia Ii - Yasuhiro Abe - Discography
Yasuhiro Abe - Singles. 'We Got It!' (1 November 1982) 'CAFE FLAMINGO' (1 February 1983) 'JULIET' (1 July 1983) 'TIGHT UP' (1 February...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Endangered Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Endangered Language - Examples Of Recently Extinct Languages
Main article: list of extinct languages With last known speaker and date of death: entire Alsean family Alsea: John Albert (1942) Yaqui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extinct Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Extinct Language - Recently Extinct Languages
Main article: list of extinct languages With last known speaker and/or date of death: entire Alsean family Alsea: John Albert (1942) Ya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1988 Malaysian Constitutional Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - 1988 Malaysian Constitutional Crisis - Background
On April 24, 1987, one of Malaysia's dominant political party, UMNO, held its annual assembly along with the party election. During the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolai Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolai Tolstoy - Controversy
A fluent speaker and translator of Russian, he was called as an expert witness to the trial of John Demjanjuk in Israel, which was conclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Intel Microprocessors: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Intel Microprocessors - 32-bit Processors: The 80386 Range
List of Intel microprocessors - 80386DX. Introduced October 17, 1985 Clock speeds: 16MHz with 5 to 6 MIPS 16 February 1987 20MHz with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honolulu International Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - Honolulu International Airport - Disasters
There have been four major air traffic incidents that caused air traffic controllers and federal emergency officials at Honolulu Internat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sheffield United F.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - Sheffield United F.c. - Sheffield United Since 1988
Dave Bassett is the most famous Sheffield United manager of the last 20 years, taking charge in April [1988|1988]] shortly before the clu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Forrestal Cva-59: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Forrestal Cva-59 - 1988-1993
Forrestal departed on her 19th major deployment on 25 April 1988. She steamed directly to the North Arabian Sea via the Suez Canal in sup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1912: Encyclopedia Ii - 1912 - Births
1912 - January-February. January 1 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988) January 3 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005) Januar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1901: Encyclopedia Ii - 1901 - Births
1901 - January-March. January 3 - Ngo Dinh Diem, 1st President of South Vietnam (d. 1963) January 4 - CLR James, Trinidad-born writer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thai Airways International: Encyclopedia Ii - Thai Airways International - History
The carrier's first flight was on May 1, 1960. Thai started as Thai Airways International, a joint venture with Scandinavian Airlines Sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wzmy-tv: Encyclopedia Ii - Wzmy-tv - History
WZMY signed on in 1983 as WNDS, airing an independent format that was a constant of the station for most of its years of operation. Begin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1989–present: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1989–present - Roundtable Talks And Elections
The government's inability to forestall Poland's economic decline led to waves of strikes across the country in April, May and August 198...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - J-air: Encyclopedia Ii - J-air - History
(J-Air's autobiography in Japanese) On April 8, 1988, JAL Flight Academy Co., Ltd. (JFA) was founded in Hiroshima Nishi Airport in Hirosh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Extinct Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Extinct Language - Examples Of Recently Extinct Languages
Main article: list of extinct languages With last known speaker and date of death: entire Alsean family Alsea: John Albert (1942) Yaqui...   » Read the article