In sixteen eighty-one, King Charles the Second of England gave William Penn a large amount of land to establish a colony.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

On April twentieth an oil drilling rig, the Deepwater Horizon, exploded and sank about eighty kilometers from the Louisiana coast.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

The campaign of eighteen eighty-four between Republican Blaine and Democrat Cleveland was one of the most bitter in American political history.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

Over the years, he has worked with farmers and seed companies and developed more than eighty seed typesfor Africa.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

Eighty percent of those questioned said they were concerned about skin cancer and believed it was important to protect themselves.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

The atmosphere is about twenty-percent oxygen and eighty percent nitrogen from Earth's surface to where space begins at one-hundred-twenty kilometers up.

VOA: special.2011.04.06

In nineteen eighty-seven, she founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development to improve the lives of black children.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

A report from the e-Marketer research group predicts that worldwide,tablet sales will reach more than eighty-one million in two thousand twelve.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

In nineteen eighty-five, he led the congressional effort to order economic restrictions on South Africa because of its racial separation policy.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

An estimated eighty-three percent of people under age sixty-five who are in the United States legally now have insurance coverage.

VOA: special.2010.03.24

filled with hope for America. Ronald and Nancy Reagan returned to California after his second term ended in nineteen eighty-nine.

VOA: special.2011.02.06

This week we play music by blues great Koko Taylor, who died last week at the age of eighty.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Over the years, he has worked with farmers and seed companies and developed more than eighty seed types for Africa.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

On July fourth, eighteen eighty-eight, a man named Ed Prather began shooting his gun in the street in Farmer City,Kansas.

VOA: special.2010.03.10