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الكويت - 25 - 5 (كونا) --الخامس والعشرون من مايو-----------------------1964 - أصدر أمير الكويت الشيخ عبدالله السالم الصباح القانون رقم 24 لسنة 1964 بشأن العمل بالاتفاقية رقم 111 الخاصة بالتفرقة العنصرية فيما يختص بالاستخدام والمهنة بالكويت.
1964 - قدم بول جويل جنسن أوراق اعتماده......

Topics in Chronicling America: "Battleships and the Pre-WWI Naval Arms Race

Trying to keep afloat in a world-wide naval arms race, the U.S. launches the great USS Michigan on May 26, 1908 swiftly followed by the USS South Carolina in July of that same year. England sparked the race in 1906 when it introduced the “world’s most powerful battleship,” prompting Germany, Japan, the U.S., and a number of other countries to build increasingly larger and more powerfully armed ships. This topic page provides useful information for searching about Battleships and the Pre-WWI Naval Arms Race in Chronicling America's historic newspapers, including significant dates, associated search terms, as well as sample article links.... Read more about it!

Daily Quiz for May 25, 2012

This German cruiser was sunk off Oslo during the invasion of Norway in the spring of 1940.

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Categories for kinship vary between languages

Different languages refer to family relationships in different ways. For example, English speakers use two terms -- grandmother and grandfather -- to refer to grandparents, while Mandarin Chinese uses four terms. Many possible kinship categories, however, are never observed, which raises the question of why some kinship categories appear in the languages of the world but others do not. A new study shows that kinship categories across languages reflect general principles of communication.

Oldest art even older: New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave show early arrival of modern humans, art and music

New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave in Southwest Germany document the early arrival of modern humans and early appearance of art and music. The new dates use improved methods to remove contamination and produced ages between began between 42,000 – 43,000 years ago for start of the Aurignacian, the first culture to produce a wide range of figurative art, music and other key innovations.

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الكويت - 24 - 5 (كونا) --الرابع والعشرون من مايو-----------------------1952 - بدأت جمعية الارشاد الاسلامية أعمالها وضمت عددا من الكويتيين وغيرهم. وكانت تعنى بالشؤون الدينية والثقافية وتقديم المحاضرات والندوات الأسبوعية وتصدر مجلة "الارشاد" التي صدر العدد الأول منها في أغسطس 1953 .......

What was the name of the plane that was Enola Gay's backup?

What was the name of the back up B-29 that flew to Iwo Jima and remained on standby during the Hiroshima mission in the event that the Enola Gay had to abort and transfer Little Boy for completion of the …

Daily Quiz for May 24, 2012

The weapon called the sarissa (sarisa) was used by these warriors.

Cambridge archaeologist Mark Sapwell is using software to analyse thousands of Bronze Age images imprinted by generations of semi nomadic people on two granite outcrops the size of football pitches....

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