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April 2016: The Panama Papers Stun the World of Finance
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of April 2016. 1. Panama…Juan de Nova Island
(Encyclopedia) Juan de Nova IslandJuan de Nova Islandhwän də nōˈvə [key], 1.7 sq mi (4.4 sq km), in the Mozambique Channel, Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and Mozambique. A possession of France…San Juan Capistrano
(Encyclopedia) San Juan CapistranoSan Juan Capistranosăn wän kăpĭsträˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 26,183), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1961. San Juan Capistrano has some manufactures, including aircraft…Pareja, Juan de
(Encyclopedia) Pareja, Juan dePareja, Juan dehwän dā pärāˈhä [key], c.1610–70, Spanish religious and portrait painter, of Moorish origin. Pareja was the lifelong assistant of Velázquez, who painted…Escobedo, Juan de
(Encyclopedia) Escobedo, Juan deEscobedo, Juan dehwän dā āskōbāˈᵺō [key], d. 1578, Spanish politician, secretary to John of Austria in the Netherlands. He was murdered while on a mission in Madrid.…Luis Alfredo Garavito, 1999 News
42, Colombian drifter, confessed in October to killing at least 140 boys over a five-year period. He said he convinced the boys, who were either homeless or poor, to take walks with him,…Luis Posada Carriles, 2005 News
Cuban exile and suspected terrorist, was arrested by U.S. immigration officials in May and charged with illegal entry. He is suspected of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airplane…Quiroga, Juan Facundo
(Encyclopedia) Quiroga, Juan FacundoQuiroga, Juan Facundohwän fäk&oomacr;nˈᵺō [key]Quiroga, Juan Facundo kērōˈgä [key], 1790–1835, Argentine caudillo. One of the most brutal of the early gaucho…Navajo Dam
(Encyclopedia) Navajo Dam, 402 ft (123 m) high and 3,648 ft (1,112 m) long, NW N.Mex., on the San Juan River, near the Colo. line; built 1958–63 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The dam, a major…Fonseca, Juan Rodríguez de
(Encyclopedia) Fonseca, Juan Rodríguez deFonseca, Juan Rodríguez dehwän rōdrēˈgāth dā fōnsāˈkä [key], 1451–1524, Spanish prelate. Chaplain to Isabella and Ferdinand, he was bishop successively of…Trending
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