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10 Dubai International Airport Location: Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Airport codes: IATA: DXB ICAO: OMDB Total passengers in 2012: 57,684,550 Daily aircraft operations: 940+ Number of terminals: 3 Number of gates: 82 Number of runways: 2 9 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Location: Cengkareng, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia Airport codes: IATA: CGK ICAO: WIII Total passengers in 2012: 57,772,762 Daily aircraft operations: 1,000+ Number of terminals: 3 + 1 freight terminal Read more

25 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States Airport codes: IATA: PHX ICAO: KPHX FAA LID: PHX Total passengers in 2012: 40,448,932 Average daily aircraft operations: 1,200+ Number of terminals: 3 Number of gates: 106 Number of runways: 3 24 McCarran International Airport Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Airport codes: IATA: LAS ICAO: KLAS FAA LID: LAS Total Read more

If you’re traveling a lot then you’re surely to have passed some of these enormous airports. If you haven’t then of course you must at least have heard of them! These are the 25 busiest international airports, sorted by number of total passengers that went through in 2012. Happy travels! 25 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Location: Phoenix, Read more

If you’re traveling a lot then you’re surely to have passed some of these enormous airports. If you haven’t then of course you must at least have heard of them! These are the 25 busiest airports in the world, sorted by number of total passengers that went through in 2012. Happy travels! Phoenix Sky Harbor International Read more

Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse 1990 Released from prison After having served 27 years of his life sentence in prison, Mandela is released on the 11th of February, 1990. Upon his release, the entire world watched as he held a speech on the Cape Town city hall stairs where he clearly announced Read more

Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse Alabama abbrevation: AL Alabama nickname: “Yellowhammer State” Why is it called Alabama: named after the Native American Choctaw tribe called Alabama Capital city of Alabama: Montgomery, AL (pop. 205,000) Largest city of Alabama: Birmingham, AL (pop. 212,000) Alabama population: 4,822,023 (23rd most populated State) Alabama location: Southeast Coast, Read more

Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse Alabama abbrevation: AL Alabama nickname: “Yellowhammer State” Why is it called Alabama: named after the Native American Choctaw tribe called Alabama Capital city of Alabama: Montgomery, AL (pop. 205,000) Largest city of Alabama: Birmingham, AL (pop. 212,000) Alabama population: 4,822,023 (23rd most populated State) Alabama location: Southeast Coast, Read more

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Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse  Loading 1 George Washington (1789-1797) Full name: George Washington Born: February 22, 1732 Died: December 14, 1799 Age at inauguration: 57 Political party: Independent Known for: Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, hero of the revolution, first president of the US, presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution. Many Read more

36 Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) Full name: Lyndon Baines Johnson Born: August 27, 1908 Died: January 22, 1973 Age at inauguration: 54 Political party: Democratic Known for: Johnson increased the US involvement in the Vietnam War. in 1963 there were 16,000 advisors slash soldiers in Vietnam, but by 1968 there 550,000 combat troops. This triggered the antiwar movement that followed Read more

41 George H. W. Bush (1989-1993) Full name: George Herbert Walker Bush Born: June 12, 1924 Age at inauguration: 64 Political party: Republican Known for: As president he condemned the Iraq invasion into Iran right from the start of the Gulf War and together with Allied forces launched Operation Desert Storm on January 17, 1991. He denied any knowledge of the Reagan Read more

26 Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Full name: Theodore “T.R.” Roosevelt, Jr. Born: October 27, 1858 Died: January 6, 1919 Age at inauguration: 56 Political party: Republican Known for: Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt with great luck. The bullet he was shot with ”only” lodged in his chest because its velocity was much decreased after first going through his steel eyeglass case and a 50-page Read more

16 Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Full name: Abraham Lincoln Born: February 12, 1809 Died: April 15, 1865 Age at inauguration: 52 Political party: Republican Known for: One of the most famous assassination victim in history, killed in the beginning of his second term. After taking over from Buchanan, considered one of the worst, if not the worst president, Lincoln is consistently mentioned as the Read more

31 Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) Full name: Herbert Clark Hoover Born: August 10, 1874 Died: October 20, 1964 Age at inauguration: 54 Political party: Republican Known for: Although Hoover was determined and very outspoken to solve US poverty issues, his administration experienced the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the subsequent beginning of the Great Depression. What you may not know Read more

6 John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) Full name: John Quincy Adams Born: July 11, 1767 Died: February 23, 1848 Age at inauguration: 41 Political party: Democratic-Republican Known for: Adams was one of the important negotiators for the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812. Also co-responsible for the annexation of Florida, through the Florida Treaty. He also kept a staggering fifty-volume Read more

21 Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) Full name: Chester Alan Arthur Born: October 5, 1829 Died: November 18, 1886 Age at inauguration: 51 Political party: Republican Known for: He succeeded James A. Garfield upon his assassination. Arthur’s greatest achievement was the civil service reform, signed in the “Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act” which stipulated that prominent government positions should be awarded Read more

11 James K. Polk (1845-1849) Full name: James Knox Polk Born: November 2, 1795 Died: June 15, 1849 Age at inauguration: 53 Political party: Democratic Known for: Called the “least known consequential president”, Polk is applauded for having set an agenda and achieved all of it. What you may not know about Polk: He made the United States a coast-to-coast Read more

Let’s look at some history today! Here’s a list of all the Presidents of the USA since George Washington until Barack Obama today. Some basic information and facts are provided for each President. Happy reading! 1 George Washington (1789-1797) Full name: George Washington Born: February 22, 1732 Died: December 14, 1799 Age at inauguration: 57 Political party: Independent Known Read more