1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. 1999 - Events. Kosovo War Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in actual events and in media over-reporting. The human population of the world surpassed six billion. The United Nations Population Fund designated October 12 as the approximate date for this event. January 1 - Euro currency introduced.< ...

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Many, see text Hares and jackrabbits belong to family Leporidae, and mostly in genus Lepus. Very young hares are called leverets. They are very fast moving. The European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) can run at speeds of up to 70 km/h (45 mi/h). Hares live solitarily or in pairs. A common type of hare in arctic North America is the Snowshoe Hare, replaced further south by the Black-tailed Jackrabbit, ...

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This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2001, see the links below. 2000s - The decade as a whole. The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. So far, the 2000s has been marked generally with an escalation of the social issues a ...

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1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995-2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/ 1995 - Events. January 1 - Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union January 1 - Fred West, accused of mass murder, hangs himself in Winson Green Prison, Birmingham January 1 - World Trade Organization is established to replace GATT < ...

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The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The 20th century is also sometimes known as the nineteen hundreds (1900s). However, a number of arguments have been used to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade had only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of decade equaled 10 years. Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the ...

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The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The 20th century is also sometimes known as the nineteen hundreds (1900s). However, a number of arguments have been used to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade had only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of decade equaled 10 years. Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the ...

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The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The 20th century is also sometimes known as the nineteen hundreds (1900s). However, a number of arguments have been used to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade had only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of decade equaled 10 years. Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the ...

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The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The 20th century is also sometimes known as the nineteen hundreds (1900s). However, a number of arguments have been used to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade had only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of decade equaled 10 years. Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the ...

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Clear Channel Communications NYSE: CCU is a media company based in the United States of America. Clear Channel, founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, wields considerable influence in radio broadcasting, concert promotion and hosting, and fixed advertising in the United States through its subsidiaries. The company owns over 1,200 high-power AM, FM, and shortwave radio stations and more than 30 television stations in the United States, among other media outlets in other countries. The present head of the company is Mark ...

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1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). 1993 - Events. January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). January 5 - Washington State executes Westley Allan Do ...

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The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. The 90s were marked with rapid progression of democracy, globalization and global capitalism following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Key forces shaping the decade were the Gulf War; popularization of Personal Computers and the Internet, leading to the .com boom. ...

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The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. The 90s were marked with rapid progression of democracy, globalization and global capitalism following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Key forces shaping the decade were the Gulf War; popularization of Personal Computers and the Internet, leading to the .com boom. ...

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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. In the UK the first major 1980s fashion trend was sparked by the arrival of the New Romantics in the popular music charts in 1980. The election of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister in 1979 is also considered to be a major turning point. In America, the decade was most poignan ...

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1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). 1993 - Events. January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). January 5 - Washington State executes Westley Allan Do ...

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An autograph is a document written entirely in the handwriting of its author, as opposed to a typeset document or one transcribed by an amanuensis or a copyist; the meaning overlaps with that of the word holograph. As the word is used by non-historians, it has come to mean a person's signature. This term is used in particular for the practice of collecting autographs of celebrities. Autograph - Customs. In East Asia, an autograph from famous gentry is regarded as an honour. The value of an item bearing a hi ...

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Dean Edwards Smith (born February 28, 1931) American former head coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1961 to 1997. Born in Emporia, Kansas, the legendary Smith was consistently regarded as one of the leading coaches in the country, and still holds the record for the most victories by an NCAA Division I men's head coach, with 879. (He was surpassed on March 22, 2005 by Pat Summitt, women's basketball coach for the University of Tennessee.) The basketball arena at UNC is o ...

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23 (twenty-three) is the natural number following 22 and preceding 24. << 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 >> List of numbers -- Integers 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 >> 23 number - In mathematics. Twenty-three is the ninth prime number, the sequence continues 29, 31, 37, 41,... Twenty-three is also the fifth factorial prime, the fifth Sophie Germain prime, the fourth safe prime, the second Woodall prime ...

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1999 - January. January 1 - Euro currency introduced. January 1 - An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Year celebrations in Kangiqsualujjuaq in far northern Quebec, killing nine. January 2 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern USA, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487 mm) at Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C), and 68 deaths are reported. January 4 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Musl ...

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Twenty-three is the ninth prime number, the sequence continues 29, 31, 37, 41,... Twenty-three is also the fifth factorial prime, the fifth Sophie Germain prime, the fourth safe prime, the second Woodall prime, and the second Smarandache-Wellin prime. It is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n − 1. 23 also has the distinction of being one of two integers that cannot be expressed as the sum of fewer than 9 cubes of integers (the other is 239). See Waring's problem. 23 is a Wedderburn-Etherington num ...

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**Edward P. Jones – author 1952 Laraine Newman – comedian and former Saturday Night Live star Amy Tan – writer Herb Ritts – photographer Liam Neeson – actor Marilyn Chambers – porn actress Mr. T. – actor Rick James – musician David Byrne – The Talking Heads, etc. Vikram Seth – Indian novelist John Tesh – musician Joe Strummer – The Clash Christopher Reeve – actor-deceased Da ...

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Basketball - Early basketball. Basketball is unique in that it was invented by one person, rather than evolving from a different sport. In early December 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian-born American physician and minister on the faculty of a college for YMCA professionals (today, Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts, sought a vigorous indoor game to keep young men occupied during the long New England winters. Legend has it that, after rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited ...

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The Boom Generation has as of 2005 had two U.S. Presidents: 1946 Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 1946 George W. Bush, 2001-incumbent It is estimated that the Boom Generation will not hold a plurality in Congress until 2015, the White House until 2021, and will have a majority in the Supreme Court from 2010 to 2030. Non-U.S. peers of the Boomers include U2 frontman Bono, Daniel Ortega, Charles, Prince of Wales, and former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Their cultural endowments ...

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