This Day in American History

Every day is the anniversary of an event worth remembering, For example, on March 29, among many other events, the Puritans sailed for New England (1630), the Rosenbergs were found guilty of conspiracy (1951), and the House of Representatives completed congressional action on curtailing the farm subsidy program (1996).
This book offers a look at important moments in American history day by day. Each day's entry lists events from the arrival of the first explorers through the end of 2006. Listed events relate to a wide range of topics, from politics to science to the social scene. Births and deaths of major figures are included. Readers can look under any day of the year and see hundreds of years' worth of the American past. Helpful for teachers, history aficionados, or anyone interested in the weight of history that lies behind each day on the calendar, the text is also fully indexed for easy reference.
This third edition of an acclaimed reference book ("Recommended"-Choice; "A must-have"-Catholic Library World) is updated with over 950 additional entries.

Savannah Schroll Guz - Library Journal

This update to the 2000 edition contains 60 revised entries reflecting new empirical data and identifies an additional 135 congenital disorders, explaining their cause, symptoms, treatments, and projected outlook. Alphabetically organized, the entries range several paragraphs to several pages. Wynbrandt (Excruciating History of Dentistry) and Ludman (pediatrics, Dalhouise Univ., Nova Scotia) make the text and its biologically complex issues readily comprehensible to teens. The book not only complements but now also supersedes The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders (2001). Highly recommended.

The late Ernie Gross of Onancock, Virginia, retired from a career in newspaper journalism and government public relations. He was also the author of Advances and Innovations in American Daily Life, 1600s-1930s (2002) and This Day in Sports (2000). Roland H. Worth, Jr., is also the author of Messiahs and Messianic Movements through 1899 (2005), Congress Declares War (2004), Alternative Lives of Jesus (2003), World War II Resources on the Internet (2002), Biblical Studies on the Internet (2002), Secret Allies in the Pacific (2001) and Church, Monarch and Bible in Sixteenth Century England (2000). He lives and does his research in Richmond, Virginia.