Day of Reconciliation, public holiday observed in South Africa on December 16. The holiday originally commemorated the victory of the Voortrekkers (southern Africans of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent who made the Great Trek) over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. Before the

Carl Theodor Dreyer: …Le Fanu; Vredens dag (1943; Day of Wrath) is a drama of witch-hunting and religious persecution, set in 17th-century Denmark, that won international recognition and substantially contributed to the revival of the Danish cinema; Tvä människor (1945; Two People); and Ordet (1955; The Word), winner of the Grand Prize at…

The Day the Earth Caught Fire, British apocalyptic science-fiction film, released in 1961, that was made during the height of the Cold War and reflected common fears about the nuclear arms race and possible harmful effects of nuclear weapons testing. Newspaper reporter Peter Stenning (played by

Kathy Bates: Films: …Failure to Launch (2006); and The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), a remake of the 1951 classic. In 2008 Bates took a supporting role in Revolutionary Road, portraying a real estate agent in 1950s suburbia. She subsequently appeared in the sports drama The Blind Side (2009); the romantic comedies…

The Day the Earth Stood Still, American science-fiction film, released in 1951, that is considered a classic of the genre and that reflects the fears and anxiety of the Cold War era and nascent atomic age. A flying saucer lands in Washington, D.C., carrying Klaatu (played by Michael Rennie) and his

Bruce Willis: …Out of Death (2021), and A Day to Die (2022).

So you’re ready to jump into the financial markets. Maybe it’s your first 401(k) plan, or there’s a company whose products you use and you’d like to own a few shares. But you hear so many terms—day trading, stock trading, investing, buy and hold—and now you’re confused and intimidated. Let’s cut to

tourism: Day-trippers and domestic tourism: While domestic tourism could be seen as less glamorous and dramatic than international traffic flows, it has been more important to more people over a longer period. From the 1920s the rise of Florida as a destination for American tourists has…

history of photography: Photojournalism: Examples are Man’s A Day with Mussolini, first published in the Münchner Illustrierte Presse (1931) and then, with a brilliant new layout, in Picture Post; Smith’s Spanish Village (1951) and Nurse Midwife (1951) in Life; and Eisenstaedt’s informal, penetrating portraits of famous Britons, also in Life. Images by…

Jacqueline Woodson: Writing career: …Pecan Pie Baby (2010), and The Day You Begin (2018); the latter was illustrated by renowned Mexican-American artist Rafael López. Later works include The Year We Learned to Fly (2022), with illustrations by López, and The World Belonged to Us (2022), illustrated by Colombian artist Leo Espinoza.

Stephen Dobyns: … (2002), Winter’s Journey (2010), and The Day’s Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech (2016).

Rudyard Kipling: Legacy of Rudyard Kipling: …Handicap (1891), Many Inventions (1893), The Day’s Work (1898), Traffics and Discoveries (1904), Actions and Reactions (1909), Debits and Credits (1926), and Limits and Renewals (1932). While his later stories cannot exactly be called better than the earlier ones, they are as good—and they bring a subtler if less dazzling…

Arthur L. Day was a U.S. geophysicist known for his studies of the properties of rocks and minerals at very high and very low temperatures. He investigated hot springs and earthquakes, the absolute measurement of high temperatures, and physical and chemical problems regarding volcanoes. Day was

Arthur L. Day was a U.S. geophysicist known for his studies of the properties of rocks and minerals at very high and very low temperatures. He investigated hot springs and earthquakes, the absolute measurement of high temperatures, and physical and chemical problems regarding volcanoes. Day was

Benjamin Henry Day was an American printer and journalist who founded the New York Sun, the first of the “penny” newspapers in the United States. Starting in 1824 as a printer’s apprentice of the Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican, Day moved to New York City and opened his own printing business

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: …as well as fellow actors Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an irreverent dark comedy about a group of friends who own and operate a dive bar in South Philadelphia. In its 16th season as of 2023, the series became the longest-running live-action…

Clarence Day was an American writer whose greatest popular success was his autobiographical Life with Father. Educated at St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire, and at Yale University (A.B., 1896), Day became a member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1897 and joined his father’s brokerage firm

Clarence Day was an American writer whose greatest popular success was his autobiographical Life with Father. Educated at St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire, and at Yale University (A.B., 1896), Day became a member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1897 and joined his father’s brokerage firm

Kate Moss: …her—taken by the British photographer Corinne Day—were published in the youth style magazine The Face. At that time the fashion industry was populated by supermodels who were famous for their statuesque and curvaceous frames and traditionally glamorous images. With her more natural look, street style, and slight build—at five feet…

Doris Day was an American singer and motion-picture actress whose performances in movie musicals of the 1950s and sex comedies of the early 1960s made her a leading Hollywood star. While still a teenager, she changed her last name to Day when she began singing on radio. She worked as a vocalist in

Dorothy Day was an American journalist and Roman Catholic reformer, cofounder of the Catholic Worker newspaper, and an important lay leader in its associated activist movement. While a student at the University of Illinois on a scholarship (1914–16), Day read widely among socialist authors and soon

John Day was an Elizabethan dramatist whose verse allegory The Parliament of Bees shows unusual ingenuity and delicacy of imagination. Day was expelled from the University of Cambridge in 1593 for theft, and after 1598 he became a playwright for the theatre proprietor and manager Philip Henslowe.

Foreign Correspondent: …of Fisher’s daughter, Carol (Laraine Day). When it is announced that Van Meer had to leave abruptly for a conference in Amsterdam, Jones is immediately suspicious and travels to the Netherlands. He is surprised when Van Meer fails to recognize him, and, seconds later, the elderly diplomat is shot…

Sandra Day O’Connor was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. A moderate conservative, she was known for her dispassionate and meticulously researched opinions. Sandra Day grew up on a large family

Stephen Day was the founder of the first printing press in England’s North American colonies. Day himself does not seem to have been a printer. He was a locksmith in Cambridge, Eng., and, in 1638, contracted with the Reverend Jose Glover, a wealthy dissenting clergyman, to set up the first printing

Stockwell Day is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Canadian Alliance party (2000–02), a forerunner of the Conservative Party of Canada. Day grew up in Montreal and in Ottawa, where he attended high school. He then lived in a number of other provinces and held various jobs, including

Giuseppe Parini: …Horatian odes and particularly for Il giorno, (4 books, 1763–1801; The Day), a satiric poem on the selfishness and superficiality of the Milanese aristocracy.

children’s literature: From T.W. to Alice (1712?–1865): Some writers, such as Thomas Day, with his long-lived Sandford and Merton, were avowedly Rousseauist. Others took from him what appealed to them. Sarah Kirby Trimmer, whose Fabulous Histories specialized in piety, opposed the presumably free-thinking Rousseau on religious grounds but was in other respects strongly influenced by him.…

William R. Day was a statesman and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1903–22). After graduation from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (1870), and admission to the bar, Day began to practice law in Canton, Ohio. He was made a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1886) but was

William R. Day was a statesman and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1903–22). After graduation from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (1870), and admission to the bar, Day began to practice law in Canton, Ohio. He was made a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1886) but was

day-care centre, institution that provides supervision and care of infants and young children during the daytime, particularly so that their parents can hold jobs. Such institutions appeared in France about 1840, and the Société des Crèches was recognized by the French government in 1869. Day-care

C. Day-Lewis was one of the leading British poets of the 1930s; he then turned from poetry of left-wing political statement to an individual lyricism expressed in more traditional forms. The son of a clergyman, Day-Lewis was educated at the University of Oxford and taught school until 1935. His

C. Day-Lewis was one of the leading British poets of the 1930s; he then turned from poetry of left-wing political statement to an individual lyricism expressed in more traditional forms. The son of a clergyman, Day-Lewis was educated at the University of Oxford and taught school until 1935. His

Daniel Day-Lewis is a British actor known for his on-screen intensity and for his exhaustive preparation for roles. Day-Lewis was the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, one of the leading British poets of the 1930s, and actress Jill Balcon and was the grandson of motion-picture producer Sir Michael

Daniel Day-Lewis is a British actor known for his on-screen intensity and for his exhaustive preparation for roles. Day-Lewis was the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, one of the leading British poets of the 1930s, and actress Jill Balcon and was the grandson of motion-picture producer Sir Michael

noise pollution: Measuring and perceiving loudness: ) A unit called day-night sound level (DNL or Ldn) accounts for the fact that people are more sensitive to noise during the night, so a 10-dBA penalty is added to SPL values that are measured between 10 pm and 7 am. DNL measurements are very useful for describing…

tabla: Structure and composition: …individually as the tabla or daya (dahina or dayan, meaning “right”). It is a single-headed drum usually made of hardwood, such as rosewood or neem. The drum measures approximately 10 inches (25 cm) in height and 6 inches (15 cm) across. Skin tension is maintained by rawhide lacings and wooden…

sati: History: … was indirectly due to the Dayabhaga system of law (c. 1100), which prevailed in Bengal and gave inheritance to widows. Such women were encouraged to commit sati in order to make their inheritance available to their relatives. In Rajasthan state, among the Marwari people, women who immolated themselves on their…

Dayak, the non-Muslim indigenous peoples of the island of Borneo, most of whom traditionally lived along the banks of the larger rivers. Their languages all belong to the Indonesian branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family. Dayak is a generic term that has no precise ethnic or

dyal, popular species of magpie-robin

Nirankari: …Nirankari movement was founded by Dayal Das (died 1855), who belonged to a half-Sikh, half-Hindu community in Peshawar. He believed that God is formless, or nirankar (hence the name Nirankari). He also stressed the importance of meditation.

tabla: Structure and composition: …individually as the tabla or daya (dahina or dayan, meaning “right”). It is a single-headed drum usually made of hardwood, such as rosewood or neem. The drum measures approximately 10 inches (25 cm) in height and 6 inches (15 cm) across. Skin tension is maintained by rawhide lacings and wooden…

Chahar: …part of the empire of Dayan Khan (1470–1543), the last great khan of a united Mongolia. After his death the khanate remained formally among the Chahar, although it was substantially weakened. The last noteworthy Chahar khan, Ligdan (1604–34), attempted strenuously to reassert his authority, but he was defeated by the…

Chinese architecture: The Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) dynasties: …(190-foot-) high Dayan Ta, or Great Wild Goose Pagoda, of the Ci’en Temple in Chang’an, on which the successive stories are marked by corbeled cornices, and timber features are simulated in stone by flat columns, or pilasters, struts, and capitals.

Moshe Dayan was a soldier and statesman who led Israel to dramatic victories over its Arab neighbours and became a symbol of security to his countrymen. Dayan was born on Israel’s first kibbutz and was raised on the country’s first successful cooperative farm settlement (moshav), Nahalal. He began

Lajpat Rai: Social reforms and nationalism: …helped to establish the nationalistic Dayananda Anglo-Vedic School and became a follower of Dayananda Sarasvati, the founder of the Hindu society Arya Samaj (“Society of Aryans”). Rai supported the Arya Samaj’s efforts at social reform and worked for the abolition of untouchability, an unfair practice of treating Dalits, or historically…

Dayananda Sarasvati was a Hindu ascetic and social reformer who was the founder (1875) of the Arya Samaj (Society of Aryans [Nobles]), a Hindu reform movement advocating a return to the temporal and spiritual authority of the Vedas, the earliest scriptures of India. Dayananda received the early

Ai Qing: His first collection of verse, Dayanhe (1936), reflects his concern for the common people of China; the title poem recalls the foster nurse (called Dayanhe in the poem) who reared him. He went to Yan’an in 1941 and eventually accepted the literary teachings of the Chinese Communist Party leader Mao…

Sindhi literature: … (1844–1916), Mirza Qalich Beg (1853–1929), Dayaram Gidumal (1857–1927), and Parmanand Mewaram (1856?–1938). They produced original works and adapted books from Sanskrit, Hindi, Persian, and English. Kauromal Khilnani published Arya nari charitra (1905; “The Indo-Aryan Women”) and wrote extensively on the panchayat system, health,

settee: …hall or gallery; and the daybed, a carved or upholstered piece that originated in the 16th century, with a long seat and one inclined end.

History of film: France: …Le Jour se lève (Daybreak, 1939). Darkly poetic, these films were characterized by a brooding pessimism that reflected the French public’s despair over the failure of the Popular Front movement of 1935–37 and the seeming inevitability of war.

Andre Norton: …hand at science fiction, producing Star Man’s Son, 2250 A.D. (1952); it was reprinted in paperback as Daybreak—2250 A.D. and sold more than a million copies.

Willem Dafoe: Spider-Man movies, Finding Nemo, and John Wick: …hunter in the horror movie Daybreakers (2009).

mysticism: Reverie: Not all mysticism has its basis in trance states, however. Rudolf Otto noted this fact when he proposed a dualistic classification of numinous experiences. In the mysterium tremendum (“awe inspiring mystery”), the numinous is experienced as mysterious, awesome, and urgent. Otto identified the other…

Mariah Carey: Music Box, Daydream, Butterfly, and that Christmas single: …included Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995), both of which sold some 10 million copies in the United States, as well as the holiday-themed Merry Christmas (1994). The latter featured “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which became a holiday classic and one of the best-selling songs of all…

the Lovin’ Spoonful: …Be So Nice” (1965), “Daydream” (1966), and “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?” (1966)—and the uncharacteristically boisterous “Summer in the City” (1966). Chief songwriter Sebastian (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, and Autoharp) and Yanovsky (lead guitar) came from a folk background; Boone (bass) and Butler (drums) had…

Sonic Youth: …led to the double album Daydream Nation (1988), which is generally regarded as the band’s masterpiece.

Ian McEwan: Major novels: …their essential moral antipathy; and The Daydreamer (1994) explores the imaginary world of a creative 10-year-old boy.

Daye, city, southeastern Hubei sheng (province), east-central China. Daye, established as a city in 1994, is situated on the south bank of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) near Huangshi and about 55 miles (90 km) southeast of Wuhan, the provincial capital. The site is low-lying and has many swamps

Stephen Day was the founder of the first printing press in England’s North American colonies. Day himself does not seem to have been a printer. He was a locksmith in Cambridge, Eng., and, in 1638, contracted with the Reverend Jose Glover, a wealthy dissenting clergyman, to set up the first printing

Jafar Panahi: First films: The White Balloon and Circle: …political turn with Dayereh (2000; The Circle), about women in contemporary Iran. Two of the central characters are convicts escaping from prison, which allowed Panahi to point out the irony that they had exchanged their small jail for what some would consider the larger jail that is being a woman…

dayflower, any member of the genus Commelina (family Commelinaceae), which includes about 100 species of weak-stemmed herbs of wide distribution, only a few of which are of horticultural interest. Commelina coelestis, C. diffusa, and C. erecta are often grown as ground covers because of their

mayfly, (order Ephemeroptera), any member of a group of insects known for their extremely short adult life spans and emergence in large numbers in the summer months. Worldwide, more than 2,500 species of mayflies have been described, about 700 of them in the United States and Canada. Other common

airglow: Dayglow and twilight glow are analogous terms.

In 2025, in the United States, Daylight Saving Time (DST) runs from Sunday, Mar. 9, with clocks “springing forward” one hour, to Sunday, Nov. 2, when clocks “fall back” to Standard Time. The purpose is to move human waking hours to take advantage of the extended daylight of the spring and summer

Daylight Saving Time, system for uniformly advancing clocks, so as to extend daylight hours during conventional waking time in the summer months. In countries in the Northern Hemisphere, clocks are usually set ahead one hour in late March or in April and are set back one hour in late October or

daylily, any plant of the genus Hemerocallis of the family Hemerocallidaceae, consisting of about 15 species of perennial herbs distributed from central Europe to eastern Asia. Members of the genus have long-stalked clusters of funnel- or bell-shaped flowers that range in colour from yellow to red

lighthouse: Identification: The daymark requirement of a lighthouse is also important, and lighthouse structures are painted to stand out against the prevailing background. Shore lighthouses are usually painted white for this purpose, but in the open sea or against a light background conspicuous bands of contrasting colors, usually…

Dayr al-Baḥrī, Egyptian archaeological site in the necropolis of Thebes. It is made up of a bay in the cliffs on the west bank of the Nile River east of the Valley of the Kings. Its name (Arabic for “northern monastery”) refers to a monastery built there in the 7th century ce. Of the three ancient

Ibn al-Ashʿath: …superior army of 200,000 at Dayr al-Jamājim, outside Kūfah. Negotiations were initiated by the caliph’s agents, who offered the rebels the dismissal of al-Ḥajjāj, equal pay with their Syrian counterparts, and a governorship for Ibn al-Ashʿath. The Iraqis, however, rejected the proposals and were defeated in battle in September 701.…

Dayr al-Madīnah, ancient site on the west bank of the Nile River at Thebes in Upper Egypt. It is known primarily as the location of a settlement for craftsmen who laboured on the royal tombs, especially those in the nearby Valley of the Kings. The village, the best-preserved of its type, has

Dayr al-Zawr, town, eastern Syria. The town is situated on the right bank of the Euphrates River; its name, meaning “monastery of the grove” (zawr, “tamarisk”), is probably derived from the ancient city of Auzara, or Azuara, situated nearby. The Ottomans built the present town in 1867 to curb the

Yarqon River: They include the Wadi Shillo (Dayr Ballūṭ) in the east, usually considered by geographers to mark the boundary between historic Judaea and Samaria, and the Wadi Ayyalon (Aijalon) in the southeast. In the valley of the latter, according to the Bible, the moon stood still during Joshua’s conquest…

St. Anthony of Egypt: …Red Sea, where the monastery Dayr Mārī Antonios still stands. There he remained, receiving visitors and, on occasion, crossing the desert to Pispir. He ventured twice to Alexandria, the last time (c. 350) to preach against Arianism, a heretical doctrine teaching that Christ the Son is not of the same…

Deir Yassin, Palestinian Arab village that was located just west of Jerusalem. On April 9, 1948, on the eve of the Arab-Israeli war of 1948–49, the village was destroyed by Jewish paramilitary forces in an attack that inspired fear and panic throughout the region. Deir Yassin was situated atop a

Petra: Al-Dayr (“the Monastery”) is one of Petra’s best-known rock-cut monuments; it is an unfinished tomb facade that during Byzantine times was used as a church. Many of the tombs of Petra have elaborate facades and are now used as dwellings. The High Place of Sacrifice,…

Petra: Al-Dayr (“the Monastery”) is one of Petra’s best-known rock-cut monuments; it is an unfinished tomb facade that during Byzantine times was used as a church. Many of the tombs of Petra have elaborate facades and are now used as dwellings. The High Place of Sacrifice,…

William Hurt: …Hood (2010), Winter’s Tale (2014), Days and Nights (2014), and Race (2016). He portrayed the Marvel comic character Thaddeus (“Thunderbolt”) Ross in the films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and

Cassandra Wilson: …Point of View (1986) and Days Aweigh (1987), were heavily experimental, featuring psychedelic lyrics, electric instruments, and funk and reggae rhythms. Her third album, Blue Skies (1988), was more traditional; a collection of mostly jazz standards, it became her first popular success.

Elena Ferrante: Early work: …released I giorni dell’abbandono (2002; The Days of Abandonment). Her second novel is narrated by 38-year-old Olga, who suffers a violent breakdown after her husband leaves her for a younger woman. Once again, Ferrante’s book received positive reviews, and it was adapted for the big screen in 2005—this time by…

A.M. Homes: Days of Awe (2018) is another short-story collection. In 2022 Homes published her first novel in 10 years, The Unfolding. A political satire, it centres on a Republican who is upset that Democrat Barack Obama was elected president of the United States.

Wong Kar-Wai: A Fei jingjyuhn (1990; Days of Being Wild) was the first film in which Wong employed voice-overs by multiple characters and a complex, fragmented story structure—both signatures of his style. It was also his first film with two of his key collaborators, cinematographer Christopher Doyle and actor Tony Leung.…

Denys Arcand: …comedy L’Âge des ténèbres (2007; Days of Darkness), in which he also acted; Le Règne de la beauté (2014; An Eye for Beauty), about a married architect who has an affair; and La Chute de l’empire américain (2018; The Fall of the American Empire), a satiric crime thriller that explores…

the Moody Blues: …the group released their landmark Days of Future Passed (released in Britain in late 1967 and in the United States in early 1968). One of the first successful concept albums, it marked a turning point in the development of classical rock (an assemblage of musicians calling itself the London Festival…

Jacques Tourneur: Films of the 1940s at RKO: Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and Out of the Past: …rewarded with RKO’s ballyhooed production Days of Glory (1944), in which Gregory Peck made his screen debut as a heroic Russian peasant fighting the Nazi occupiers. It was timely and earnest, though seldom exciting. Experiment Perilous (1944) was a gothic thriller set in 1903 New York featuring Hedy Lamarr; it…

Terrence Malick: His next film, Days of Heaven (1978), about day labourers in early 20th-century Texas, featured a similarly lush visual style and won even more critical acclaim, earning Malick the best director award at the Cannes film festival.

Eyvind Johnson: …and Hans nädes tid (1960; The Days of His Grace) have been translated into many languages.

André Malraux: Life: His novel L’Espoir (Man’s Hope), based on his experiences in Spain, was published in 1937. A motion-picture version of L’Espoir that Malraux produced and directed in Barcelona in 1938 was not shown in France until after the country’s liberation at the end of World War II.

Days of Our Lives, American television soap opera that has been broadcast nearly every weekday since its 1965 debut on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) network. The influential series won numerous Daytime Emmy Awards and became a fixture of American daytime programming. Days of Our Lives

Holocaust remembrance days: Secular days of remembrance: …camp in 1945, to be Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust. Danforth deliberately sought a date with American significance and a Saturday and Sunday so that observances could be held in synagogues and churches as well as in civic settings. In 1979 the U.S. President’s Commission on the…

Robert Duvall: …successful Hollywood pictures such as Days of Thunder (1990), Phenomenon (1996), and A Family Thing (1996). He wrote, directed, and starred in The Apostle (1997), a pet project he spent years developing and that earned him his third Oscar nomination for best actor. Duvall’s performance in A Civil Action (1998)…

Days of Wine and Roses, American film drama, released in 1962, about the ravaging effect of alcoholism on a young, codependent couple played by Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. Joe Clay (Lemmon) is a successful advertising executive with a beautiful wife (Remick). As their social status improves and the

Ṭāhā Ḥusayn: , 1929–67; The Days), the first modern Arab literary work to be acclaimed in the West.

geomagnetic field: Outer magnetic field: …72° magnetic latitude creates the dayside auroral ovals. Auroras can be seen in these regions in the dark hours of winter, but they are much weaker than on the nightside because the particles that produce them have much less energy. The projections of the two lobes of the magnetic tail…

Haiti, country in the Caribbean Sea that includes the western third of the island of Hispaniola and such smaller islands as Gonâve, Tortue (Tortuga), Grande Caye, and Vache. The capital is Port-au-Prince. Haiti, whose population is almost entirely descended from enslaved African people, won

soap opera, broadcast dramatic serial program, so called in the United States because most of its major sponsors for many years were manufacturers of soap and detergents. The soap opera is characterized by a permanent cast of actors, a continuing story, emphasis on dialogue instead of action, a

Dayton, city, seat (1803) of Montgomery county, southwestern Ohio, U.S., located 54 miles (87 km) northeast of Cincinnati, on a low floodplain of the Great Miami River, at the confluence of the Stillwater and Mad rivers and Wolf Creek. It is the heart of a metropolitan area that includes the cities

Dayton, city, seat (1899) of Rhea county, southeastern Tennessee, U.S. It lies on Richland Creek near the Tennessee River, 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Chattanooga. Originally called Smith’s Crossroads (c. 1820), it was renamed Dayton in the 1870s. The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton was the

Dayton Accords, peace agreement reached on Nov. 21, 1995, by the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, ending the war in Bosnia and outlining a General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It preserved Bosnia as a single state made up of two parts, the Bosniak-Croat

Dayton: Dayton has an art institute, a museum of natural history, and a symphony orchestra. The Dayton home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) is preserved as a state memorial and museum; the city’s Greek Revival-style Old Courthouse (1850) now houses the Montgomery County Historical Society museum. Recreational facilities…