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A tsunami (pronounced soo-NAHM-ee) is a series of huge waves that occur as the result of a violent underwater disturbance, such as an earthquake or volcanic eruption. They are sometimes mistakenly referred to as tidal waves, but tsunamis have nothing to do with the tides. Where: China When: 1556 More than 830,000 people in the Shensi Province were killed by this earthquake. It caused the collapse of caves that people had carved out of cliffs and used for homes....

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Bata Shoe Museum327 Bloor StreetWest Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1W7 In Biblical times a sandal was given as a sign of an oath.In the Middle Ages a father passed his authority over his daughter to her husband in a shoe ceremony. At the wedding, the groom handed the bride a shoe, which she put on to show she was then his subject.Today in the U.S. shoes are tied to the bumper of the bridal couple’s car....

Related Links Encyclopedia: Holocaust Timeline: Holocaust Judaism Primer The Jewish Calendar Jewish Holiday Dates Defining Genocide Branches of Judaism Almanac: Judaism The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance U.S. Holocaust Museum Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority A Day of Commemoration for Those Who Perished In 1951, the Israeli Knesset declared that the 27th day of Nisan is to be Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day of commemoration for the Jews who perished and for those who showed resistance and heroism during the Holocaust....

Westbrook was 22 years old when he made his first appearance at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976. He was the team’s youngest fencer. It was quite an accomplishment for a multi-ethnic kid (his mother was Japanese, his father African-American) raised in a single-parent household in the projects of Newark, N.J. Westbrook could easily have gone through life without ever seeing a fencing match. Instead, his mom convinced him to try the sport and he spent the next 30 years rewriting fencing history....

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Purim takes place on the 14th day of Adar, the 12th month of the Jewish calendar. (In a leap year, it takes place in Adar II, while a minor holiday, Purim Katan, takes place in Adar I.) It usually falls in March. In 2008, Purim begins at sundown on March 20. The traditional observances of Purim include public readings of the Book of Esther, feasting, gifts of charity to the poor, and gifts of food among friends....

Is Toumai a direct ancestor of later hominids, perhaps even modern humans? While some scientists support this theory, others believe that Toumai was one of various hominids that once walked, perhaps upright, on the African continent. In this model, evolution looks less like a tree, with humans and apes branching from a single common ancestor, than a bush in which various hominids evolved and became extinct. Meanwhile, some rival anthropologists think the skull is that of an ancient female “proto-gorilla....

Railed vehicle The fastest conventional train (one built to carry passengers) is France’s TGV (tres grande vitesse, which means very great speed). On a test run in 1990, it barreled along the tracks at a top speed of 456 m.p.h. while carrying just a few cars. The record for a train on a scheduled route goes to a TGV that travels on a line from Paris to Strasbourg, in France. In 2007, it reached a top speed of 357 miles per hour....