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- John Ernst Steinbeck (/ˈstaɪnbɛk/ STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for...90 KB (10,016 words) - 19:34, 4 August 2024
- The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize...125 KB (10,587 words) - 03:52, 20 July 2024
- Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative...48 KB (4,390 words) - 22:21, 4 August 2024
- The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...183 KB (20,553 words) - 15:28, 7 August 2024
- The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Okanagan, in British Columbia, Canada. Established...132 KB (13,722 words) - 19:07, 29 July 2024
- The Day of the Dead (Spanish: el Día de Muertos or el Día de los Muertos) is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days...81 KB (9,102 words) - 22:06, 1 May 2024
- A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county, most often in the northern and midwestern...27 KB (2,777 words) - 15:47, 22 June 2024
- Baylor University is a private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas....82 KB (7,729 words) - 21:35, 20 July 2024
- Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was confirmed by the...28 KB (2,813 words) - 12:26, 5 August 2024
- George Lincoln Rockwell (March 9, 1918 – August 25, 1967) was an American Neo-Nazi/fascist activist and exhibitionist. Rockwell founded the American Nazi...42 KB (4,496 words) - 19:31, 30 July 2024
- Aunt Jemima was an American breakfast brand for pancake mix, table syrup, and other breakfast food products. The original version of the pancake mix was...68 KB (6,512 words) - 13:27, 6 August 2024
- The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (University of Hawaii–Mānoa, UH Mānoa, Hawaiʻi, or simply UH, Hawaiian: Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa) is a public land-grant...55 KB (5,513 words) - 00:03, 4 August 2024
- The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern...60 KB (7,832 words) - 10:19, 9 June 2024
- The American National Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness...105 KB (11,049 words) - 21:11, 7 August 2024
- The Seagram Company Ltd. (which traded as Seagram's) was a Canadian multinational conglomerate formerly headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Originally a...21 KB (2,168 words) - 07:30, 28 July 2024
- Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer. He made the critical contributions to electronic...65 KB (7,086 words) - 21:41, 3 August 2024
- A normal school or normal college is an institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum. Many such schools...72 KB (8,964 words) - 23:04, 28 July 2024
- In United States local government, a consolidated city-county (also known as either a city-parish or a consolidated government in Louisiana, depending...51 KB (4,870 words) - 06:06, 12 July 2024
- A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world[vague]) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically...42 KB (4,448 words) - 23:44, 28 May 2024
- U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway spanning 2,571 miles (4,138 km) across the northern continental United...33 KB (3,160 words) - 01:40, 5 August 2024