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31Calendar of 1996 — ▪ 1997 JANUARY JANUARY 1 King Fahd cedes power Still experiencing the effects of a stroke suffered in November 1995, Saudi Arabia s King Fahd, who also held the post of prime minister, ceded temporary power to Crown Prince Abdullah,… …
32Calendar of 2002 — ▪ 2003 January I will not wait on events while dangers gather. I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world s most destructive… …
33calendar — I. noun Etymology: Middle English calender, from Anglo French or Medieval Latin; Anglo French kalender, from Medieval Latin kalendarium, from Latin, moneylender s account book, from kalendae calends Date: 13th century 1. a system for fixing the… …
34calendar — n. system determining the length, starting point and subdivisions of the year; table, chart, etc. showing days, weeks and months of a particular year; schedule of events, engagements, etc.; v.t. enter in a calendar. ♦ calendric(al), a …
35Events in the Wheel of Time series — This article is about the fictional world history of Robert Jordan s The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series.CreationThe world was created by the Creator, driven by the Wheel of Time, with existence unfolding in the turning of seven ages. As the …
36Events and festivals in Macau — FEBRUARY (or JANUARY)Chinese New Year The Chinese in Macau celebrate the same religious festivals as their counterparts in Hong Kong and other regions in Asia. MARCHFeast of the God Toutei Tou Tei is the Earth God and he is said to be everywhere …
37Calendar of 1994 — ▪ 1995 JANUARY JANUARY 1 Mexican peasants revolt in Chiapas. A group of uniformed Mexican peasants, calling themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), caught the government completely off guard when they attacked and captured …
38Calendar of 2000 — ▪ 2001 January We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such… …
39Calendar of 2001 — ▪ 2002 January America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles …
40Nanakshahi calendar — The Nanakshahi (Punjabi: ਨਾਨਕਸ਼ਾਹੀ, nānakashāhī) calendar is a tropical solar calendar that was adopted by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee to determine the dates for important Sikh events.[1] It was designed by Pal Singh Purewal to… …
