• Social Sciences Center
  Resources and tools from our Social Sciences Center
• The Wild Ones
  A site where students and teachers around the world can share information about endangered species and habitats and develop a positive attitude about helping to preserve them.

Susan Sontag, American writer (Against Interpretation and Other Essays, Styles of Radical Will), born (1933)

Pendleton Act passed by U.S. Congress creating the Civil Service system (1883)

Pinnacles National Monument in California established (1908)

• Our National Parks
  Some of the best sites on the Web for teaching about our national parks.

Prohibition, 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect (1920)

First assembly of League of Nations in Paris (1920)

Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center (1966)

• Performance Arts
  See our performance arts resources in our Arts Center

Operation Desert Storm began as U.S. and 27 allies attacked Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait (1991)

First Native American college, Navajo Community College, opened (1969)

• Higher Education Center
  Resources and tools from our Higher Education Center