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- George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Milton, Massachusetts]]
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19: ...lomacy)|ambassador]] to the [[United Nations]] ([[1971]]–[[1973]]), [[Republican National Committe... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: ...ht|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shi...
9: ...al Roman of the [[2nd century]], whose military exploits in Britain may have been remembered for centu...
13: ... that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the forces battlin...
19: ...f Arthur" and states "we went with Arthur in his splendid labours"; and the poem "Journey to Deganwy,"...
23: ..."Lives") of 6th-century [[saint|saints]]: for example, in the ''Life of Saint [[Illtud]]'', he is said... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
9: ...amisepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: ... Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
14: ==== People named Adam ====
32: ===== People named Adams =====
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...architect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
13: ... created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to p...
21: ...ignity of a Princess, becoming a mere "Lady". Her place in the line of succession was transferred to t...
23: ...ex, Richmond and Hunsdon were among her principal places of residence.
39: ...il|Privy Counsellors]] had been implicated in the plot to put the Lady Jane Grey on the Throne. She c... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t...
31: ...nce with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treat...
40: ...omising childhood. With her marriage agreement in place, she was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at th...
42: ...[[Scots Language|Scots]]. She also learned how to play two instruments and learned prose, horsemanship... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
27: ...g [[Philip II of Spain]], she worried that the people might depose her and put Elizabeth on the throne...
31: ...er, and it is said that upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
33: ...lish service. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He ...
37: ... were removed from the ecclesiastical bench and replaced by appointees who would submit to the Queen'... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...d. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[Novem...
6: ...temporarily left Radcliffe for New York City in [[1971]], when [[India]] sent troops into [[East Pakista...
11: ... she was leader in [[exile]] of the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP), her father's party, but was unab...
17: ...humb|200px|left|Benazir Bhutto at a [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] event in Newark, CA, [[28 September]] [...
21: ...] and says she wants to return to office, most people in Pakistan are convinced that she and her husba... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
11: ! Place of Birth:
59: ...'goongi gudiya'' ([[Hindi]] for dumb doll), as people thought that she would be a puppet in the hands ...
65: ...t Congress party following the November [[1969]] split within the governing [[Indian National Congress...
67: ...ixon.JPG|thumb|Richard Nixon and Indira Gandhi in 1971]] This American support to Pakistan should be vie...
69: ...sses. The move reflected the anger of ordinary people at the time as several private banks had collaps... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...] (born [[1970]]) and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She adopted Indian [[citizenship]] in [[1983]...
11: ...hiefly the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]) constantly played up the fact of her foreign birth, her declini...
15: ...was eventually accepted by the lawmakers, despite pleas by members of the Congress party for Gandhi to... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
7: ...r of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
18: ...74]]. She joined the Social Democratic Party in [[1971]].
26: ...nion]] in the autumn of 1999 was also fresh in people's memory. - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
6: ...[[European Commission]] ([[Brussels]], Belgium, [[1971]]-[[1983]]), she participated in numerous peace a...
10: ...obel Prize'') in [[1982]] ''"...for forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns ...
12: ...om/mother_jones/JF93/hertsgaard.html], [http://peopleinaction.info/board/2/689.html]).
26: ...rg/nv_speaks_to_power.htm online book], almost complete text (also, out of print, published by Matsuna... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
10: ...ort time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
16: ...]], then [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. The couple and her sister Sheyna emigrated to Palestine in ...
20: ...nity. Her duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the...
28: ...pendence]], I couldn't imagine these were real people doing something real. And there I was sitting do...
55: .... It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen."—Golda ... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
21: |'''Place of Birth'''
36: In [[1971]] Reno was named staff director of the [[Judiciar...
40: ...roblems when it was revealed she had previously employed an undocumented immigrant as nanny. Reno rema...
70: ...ggressive and masculine. This is perhaps best exemplified by [[Will Ferrell]]’s tough-talking, e... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...e United States, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her m...
9: ... her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
14: In [[1971]] Steinem founded the [[National Women's Politica...
21: ...never forget about how much is still left to accomplish.
23: ...a]]. She became a newlywed at an age when most people start retirement—on [[September 3]], [[200... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she re...
4: ...ues and concerns, which she examines through multiple genres such as [[science fiction]], [[Southern O...
6: ...ell as [[alliteration]] or [[assonance]] that is split up and put in separate lines to produce an echo...
39: ...Power Politics (collection)|Power Politics]]'' ([[1971]])
53: :''[[Good Bones and Simple Murders]]'' ([[1994]]) - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
22: *Felicidade Clandestina (1971) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
22: ...]] to [[Universal Studios]]. Rand then wrote the play, ''[[The Night of January 16th]]'' in [[1934]] ...
28: ...tlas Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of ...
31: ...]], all of which she believed helped foster a crippling culture of resentment towards individual human... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
8: ...ine of cosmetics "''Wings''," she flew her own airplane around the country promoting her products. Yea...
20: ... of the United States]] in [[1952]] and she would play a major role in his successful campaign. Close ...
22: ...the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements at the [[United States Air ...
26: Her aviation accomplishments never gained the continuing media attenti... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
7: In [[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]]-[[John Ma...
14: In the 1970s, she pioneered the implementation of [[standards]] testing of computers, ...
26: ... Young Computer Professionals" was established in 1971 by the [[Association for Computing Machinery]].
38: ... is famous for her ''nanoseconds'' visual aid. People (such as generals and admirals) used to ask her ... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
9: ...] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ... to one of her biographers, Nicholas Gage, the couple had a child, a boy, who died hours after he was ...
15: ...ung singers, this seems unlikely. A more likely explanation is Callas' overuse of [[quaaludes]]. Devet... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
91: *1971 ''[[Ella A Nice]]''
111: ==Samples==
112: *[[Media:How High The Moon.ogg|Download sample]] of "How High the Moon" - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
53: *[[1970]] ''[[Don't Play That Song]]''
56: *[[1971]] ''[[Aretha Live at the Fillmore West]]''
57: *[[1971]] ''[[Young, Gifted & Black]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ..., her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. S...
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971) - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
5: ...ded her career with a concert in [[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final t... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...e:Janis Joplin-In Concert.jpg|right|thumb|Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live ...
2: ... bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ... in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and ...
6: ...ovement was still in its infancy at this time - Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues h...
10: ...together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of the la... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...garette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain the unique texture to her voice, which was esp...
11: ...ses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "For Free", sold well, su...
13: ..."). The album was stylistically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the ...
15: ...dominated by the lengthy part-improvised "Paprika Plains". The album received mixed reviews: some enj...
17: ...rles Mingus]], who died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band fe... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize...
22: ...nted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are...
24: ... she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free...
29: ...ity Brothers was founded in [[1963]], and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in [[1976]]. ...
31: ...ful for God'' by [[Malcolm Muggeridge]] and his [[1971]] book of the same title, which is still in print... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
10: ... to fine cuisine. She learned to cook in order to please him and entertain their large social circle. ...
24: ...demonstrated on the show. It was soon followed in 1971 by ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume ...
28: ...ion Workshop]] program, [[The Electric Company]] (1971-1977).
34: ...rs during a series of [[stroke]]s in 1989. The couple did not have children. - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
5: Penny played the role of the wise-cracking brewery worker ...
7: ...s married to actor and director [[Rob Reiner]] ([[1971]]-[[1979]]).
16: *''[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted) - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
4: ...n of Honour]]. She has also occasionally directed plays.
13: ...the [[National Theatre]] in London. She is a multiple winner of the main awards for performances on th... - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
32: *''[[Blind Terror]]'' ([[1971]])
46: *''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'' ([[1985]]) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...], helped to found the organization that became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunc...
7: ...nging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ...ed. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong ...
17: Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays staged at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged...
19: ... almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small stock company r... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...ew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: Loren began her film career in the early 1950s playing bit parts in mostly minor Italian films, but...
9: ...ized her voluptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]''...
11: ...hony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'Neill]] play), ''[[Houseboat (movie)|Houseboat]]'' (a romant...
15: ...''[[Lady L]]'' with [[Paul Newman]], [[Charles Chaplin]]'s final film, ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
9: ...old Andrews he didn't feel she packed the gear to play in My Fair Lady. After beating Hepburn for the ...
11: ...]]'', and ''[[S.O.B.]]'', in which she appeared topless, she was seen very rarely on screen during the...
13: ...haracter of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in [[New York City]]. In [[2004]], she...
15: ...s|USA]] at the end of [[2002]] with [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Charlotte Church]], [[Max Howard]], and...
17: ... and, perhaps most notoriously, in ''S.O.B.'' she plays a character very similar to herself, who agree... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...he is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players and female athletes in history.
5: Billie Jean King won the triple crown for singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in...
7: ...ss, clay, indoor, and hard.) She is one of only 9 players to hold a singles title in each of the [[Gra...
9: In 1971, King (while still married) began an affair with ... - Furniture (1728 bytes)
42: ...Making of Old Furniture. London: Evans Brothers, 1971.
48: *[[G-Plan]] - Egypt (18830 bytes)
62: ...yramid_complex|Giza Pyramids]], the [[Karnak]] Temple and the [[Valley of the Kings]]; the southern ci...
67: ...-k3-ptḥ'' ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god [[Ptah]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]...
69: ...y and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by [[desert]]s to ...
73: Following the completion of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[1869]], Egypt bec...
86: ...for the fire, used as part of their predetermined plot to overthrow Farouk. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
21: | '''Place of birth:'''
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
42: ...n''' and nicknamed '''Honest Abe''', the '''Rail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the...
44: ...]][[Confederate States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small...
46: ...]. His leadership qualities were evident in his diplomatic handling of the border slave states at the ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]...
86: ... that the [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|First Peoples]] have inhabited parts of what is now called Ca... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...imah]], [[Sharjah]] and [[Umm al-Quwain]]. Before 1971, they were known as '''the Trucial States''' or '...
42: | [[2 December]], [[1971]]
61: ...eign affairs in nineteenth-century treaties. In [[1971]], six of these states — [[Abu Dhabi]], [[A...
71: ...moderate foreign policy stance have allowed it to play a vital role in the affairs of the region. In r...
88: ...nd [[Saudi Arabia]]. It is a flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
75: ...nuing Jordanian role in Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. The U.S. Government considers t...
79: ... a decisive victory over the ''fedayeen'' in July 1971, expelling them from the country.
96: ... the ultimate authority in Jordan, the parliament plays an important role.
123: Jordan consists mostly of arid desert plateau in the east, with Highland area in the west....
132: ...ty of Aqaba was completed in 2003. The government plans to extend this pipeline north to the Amman are... - Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
59: ...7. Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. St. Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 198... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...country, with a population of over 1.3 billion people, most of whom are classified as the [[Han Chines...
4: ...s those areas as parts of itself, an eternally complete and indivisible country. This claim is controv...
7: {{People's Republic of China infobox}}
10: ...ticles: [[History of China]], [[History of the People's Republic of China]], [[Timeline of Chinese his...
13: ...October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China, establishing a [[communist ... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ...ages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-...
63: ...II]], and although a German intervention was both planned and anticipated, it ultimately didn't occur....
65: ...population and the cantons voted in favor of a completely revised federal [[constitution]].
67: ... in May 1992. Switzerland has not advanced this application since the rejection, by referendum, of the...
84: ...], and 1 from the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]]. This traditional distributi... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: The '''People's Republic of Bangladesh'''is a country in [[Sou...
34: | from [[Pakistan]]<br>[[March 26]] [[1971]]
36: ...ladesh)|Victory Day]]'''<br>|| [[December 16]], [[1971]]
40: | '''[[Unemployment Rate]]''' || 3.6%
49: | '''[[National Flower]]''' || Water lily|Shapla ([[Water lily]]) - Qatar (10610 bytes)
37: | <br>[[September 3]], [[1971]]
57: ... became an independent state on [[September 3]] [[1971]]. Unlike most neighbouring emirates, Qatar decli...
61: ...en relatively inactive in Gulf politics but the diplomatic foray ensured future participation and domi...
63: ... the seven-imarat [[United Arab Emirates]]. Thus 1971 marked the inauguration of Qatar as an independen...
69: ...overy of oil, beginning in the [[1940s]], that completely transformed the nation's economy. Now, the... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
51: ...India]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] (Persia), [[People's Republic of China|China]] and the [[Arabian Se...
59: Pakistan is the birthplace of some of the most ancient civilizations and ...
72: ...to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Empire completely vulnerable. The British did not gain strong ...
74: ...ish Army, and their Heads were then put up for display at the Delhi Court. - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...istan]] and [[Tajikistan]] in the north, and [[People's Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost p...
68: ...were murdered in 1978 when the [[communist]] [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] launched a c...
72: ...his fighting occurred in [[1994]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul ...
74: ...]] and agreed on a [[Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)|plan]] for the formulation of a new government struc...
78: ...s of homes and over 1800 lives. Over 4000 more people were injured. The earthquakes occurred at Samang... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
61: The area was placed under the charter of the [[British East Afric...
63: ...ter-coups which would last until the mid-1980s. [[1971]] saw [[Idi Amin]] take power, ruling the country...
78: ...nd [[Lake Edward]]. The country is located on a [[plateau]], averaging about 900 m above sea level. A...
80: ...f town'. The [[Kampala|city of Kampala]], for example, is in the [[Kampala (district)|district of Kamp...
85: ...]] is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force, with [[coffee]] ... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...e country's post-independence name was changed in 1971, from Congo-[[Kinshasa]] (after its capital, to d...
59: ===European exploration and administration (1870–1960)===
61: ...]]'s novella ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' also takes place in Congo Free State. In 1908, the Belgian parl...
67: ... of the permanent committee of the All-African Peoples Conference (founded in [[Accra]], 1958) and pre...
72: ... was not believed by many). Riots of protest took place in many parts of the world. See his ''Congo: M... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
84: ...nd civil war, British [[gunboat diplomacy]] was employed to bring about a peaceful resolution that fav...
88: ...mergency|communist insurgency]]. Post-war British plans to form a "Malayan Union" were scuppered by st...
111: ... [[lower house]] (''Dewan Rakyat'', literally "People's Hall"). All 69 Senators sit for 6-year terms; ...
120: ...ines and two-year prison terms, while Malaysian employers face up to a year in jail and a fine of up t...
122: ... use. Administered with a thick rattan stick, it splits the skin and leaves scars. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
62: ...he Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca (La Plata — modern Sucre). Bolivian [[silver]] min...
69: ...ing the early part of the 20th century, [[tin]] replaced silver as the country's most important source...
71: ...gs of political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]...
76: ...en, impatient with schisms in the coalition, he replaced civilians with members of the armed forces an...
85: ... (during which Sᮣhez de Lozada was Minister for Planning). The most dramatic change undertaken by th... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
49: ...emains possess features resembling [[Bushman]] people.
51: ...ries]]. Other missionaries, traders, hunters, and planters soon followed.
59: ...ok effect in May 1963, providing for virtually complete internal self-government. The Federation of Rh...
61: ...one-party state. On [[June 14]], [[1993]], the people of Malawi voted overwhelmingly in favor of multi...
74: ...elections, the first in the multi-party era, took place in on November 21, 2000. The UDF party won 70%... - Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
3: ...s the shield, bearing the state motto "Ense Petit Placidam, Sub Libertate Quietem" ("By the sword we s...
7: ... make it the same on both sides. Additionally in 1971, the [[naval ensign]], which had consisted of a g... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
46: ...construction of a 129 mile (208 km) wooden [[plank]] road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from [...
48: ...d privation. Although few major engagements took place in North Carolina itself, her troops served in...
55: *[[1971]]: This is a minor consolidation of the 1868 cons...
74: ...uilty pleas for minor misdemeanors, accept guilty pleas for traffic violations and accept waivers of t...
92: ...ghly divided by their elevation, with the Coastal Plain extending to areas below 400 feet above sea le... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
44: Among [[Native American]] people living in what now is Virginia were the [[Powhat...
46: ...long the coast of [[North America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to...
59: ...uld vote in the colony. Each county chose two people or burgesses to represent it, while the [[Colleg...
63: Virginia currently functions under the 1971 '''Constitution of Virginia'''. It is the state'...
98: ...nia]]'), a part of the [[Delmarva Peninsula]], completely separate (an [[exclave]]) from the rest of t... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...ak savanah territory of the Cross Timbers, to the plains and semi-arid regions of Western Oklahoma and...
56: ... (Northwestern Oklahoma and The Panhandle), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Cou...
60: ... plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Central [[Great Plains]],
111: ... [[Caddo]] and [[Osage]]. Descendants of these peoples still live in the state.
113: In the [[16th century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...ral influences. For a variety of reasons, some people in other parts of the U.S. sometimes mistake it ...
44: ...est inhabitants of the New World. The [[Pueblo people]] built a flourishing sedentary culture in the [...
46: ...]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-stan...
64: ...ving as a teamster, cook, guide, and hunter for exploring parties until [[1840]].
74: ...l at [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] in [[1851]]. The people of New Mexico would determine whether to permit ... - Country (4192 bytes)
5: ...inant. Other states, such as [[Canada]], the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Spain]] or the [[United...
11: * ''[[nation]]'' designates a [[people]], however ''national'' and ''international'' bo...
13: ...'[[land]]'' may be used for "a country and its people" but also thought of as country belonging to a [...
16: ...others. The largest was [[Pakistan]] from 1947 to 1971 when the nation consisted of two parts, [[West Pa... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
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71: ...nn, Niall]], (born 1966), Irish football (soccer) player
75: *[[Selena Quintanilla|Quintanilla, Selena]], (1971-1995), murdered tejano singer
88: *[[Quo Tai-chi]], (1889-1952), diplomat representing [[Republic of China|Nationalist ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
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12: ...xander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
31: ...ional Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
33: ...h | Yarborough, Ralph]], U.S. Senator ([[1957]]-[[1971]]) and [[Texas]] politician
128: *[[Mike York|York, Mike]], ice hockey player - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
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18: ...pterosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[plesiosaur]]s, and [[mosasaur]]s.
20: ...keley.edu/diapsids/avians.html]. The widespread application of [[cladistics]], which rigorously analyz... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...ipse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|...
4: ... term to the small moons of the [[gas giant|giant planets]]. The first [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-...
6: ...solar system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
10: ...em, and [[minor planet]] for a taxonomy of the subplanetary objects that include asteroids. The term '...
14: ...360) 1981 VA]]; the last numbered and named minor planet was [[99905 Jeffgrossman]] [http://cfa-www.ha... - Holiday (7753 bytes)
3: ... a [[nation]] or [[culture]] (in some cases, multiple nations and cultures) typically for [[celebratio...
17: ...idered a good chance to take short trips, for example. In late [[1990s]], the [[Japan]]ese government ...
19: ...s to certain [[Monday]]s in [[1968]] (effective [[1971]]). Several states had passed similar laws earlie...
57: ...n]] (Descent of the [[Holy Spirit]] upon the disciples of Jesus Christ)
62: ...ronal|fiestas patronales]] are celebrated in each place's patron saint's day, according to the [[Calen... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ... the most famous and important aspects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the mo...
6: ...ticles of space hardware, including a full-size replica of the [[Apollo 11]] [[Saturn V]] rocket, the ...
13: ...anywhere else, such as to the [[Moon]] or [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. The first successful orbital launch ...
15: ...d on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian Space eXploration Team]] launched the [[GoFast Rocket]] on a...
19: ...er 23]], [[2004]] with a VSV-30, or [[Brazilian Exploration Vehicle]], launched on a [[sub-orbital]] m... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
625: *[[Rockwell Kent]] ([[1882]]-[[1971]])
793: *[[Frans Masereel]] ([[1889]]-[[1971]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist
77: ...Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam
80: ...6-1971) — [[vacuum tube]] [[television]] display - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...anistan]]{{mn|afgh|1}} on the northwest, the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Nepal]], and [[Bhutan]]...
5: ...nwards, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied due to domestic disputes over how representati...
23: ... of 1965|1965]], and [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|1971]]. India was a founding member of the [[Non-Align...
34: ...nown as the ''[[Lok Sabha]]'', or House of the People, and the President. The 245-member ''Rajya Sabha...
59: ...ly composed of the [[Deccan|Deccan plateau]]. The plateau is flanked by two hilly coastal ranges, the ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
8: |Place||[[Southeast Asia]]
37: ...the Vietnam War, the conflict between US and [[People's Army of Vietnam|NVA]] troops, not to have begu...
41: ...namese government and partly as a counter to [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] influence in the r...
47: ...rican [[Declaration of Independence]], and a band played "[[The Star Spangled Banner]]." Ho had hoped...
50: ...without generous American support in Indochina, a ploy Secretary of State [[Dean Acheson]] accurately ... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...e and sometimes protected by [[government]]s. Examples of rights and liberties include the right to ge...
4: ...privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this se...
10: ... society and means that civil rights attach to people by virute of their [[citizenship]] of a [[state]...
12: ...r of rights and freedoms, which are [[value]]d deeply and are closely associated to the modern concept...
14: ...much broader. [[Jurist]] [[Karel Vasak]], for example, discusses a right to peace and the right to a c... - Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
5: *[[1971]] - [[Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States...
14: *[[1978]] - [[Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act]]
67: ...ry/United_States/People Pictures of Historical People]
69: ==Lesson Plans, Resources and Activites==
70: ...al_Studies/US_History/index.htm US History Lesson Plans] - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
11: ...en segues into a launch countdown and a nuclear explosion. The ads were a response to Goldwater's adv...
31: ...scalate U.S. involvement in the war. U.S. troop deployments and casualties steadily increased after th...
44: ... ran against him for the nomination on an antiwar platform. McCarthy did not win the first primary el...
46: ...oined in and ran for the nomination on an antiwar platform. Johnson's vice president, [[Hubert Humphr...
48: ...n also promised "peace with honor" by his "secret plan" to end the [[Vietnam War]]. He proposed the [[... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: ...73]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
14: * [[1893]] - American [[sugar]] planters led by the [[Committee of Safety (Hawaii)|C...
20: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw...
22: * 1945 - [[Sweden|Swedish]] diplomat [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappears in [[Hungary]...
36: ...r second full-length album, [[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk]]. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...'' refers to the order in which the months are displayed, [[January]] to [[December]]. The first day o...
7: ...known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
15: ...vet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ... Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - January 2 (10888 bytes)
15: *[[1860]] - The discovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [...
30: ...- [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] agree on a plan to preserve [[Niagara Falls]].
41: ...ard]] performs the second successful [[heart transplant]].
42: *[[1971]] - 66 die in stairway crush at [[Rangers F.C.|Ra...
49: ...ring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss peace plans. - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...rior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquake]]s.
11: ... large earthquakes, it can spread over the entire planet. Ground motions caused by very distant earthq...
20: ...countries, and by earthquake specialists. For example, the Japanese [[Japan Meteorological Agency seis...
29: ...are located along compressional and translational plate boundaries. [[Deep focus earthquake]]s are po...
30: ...sense) can also result from the detonation of [[explosive]]s. Thus scientists have been able to monit... - Ontario Universities' Application Centre (850 bytes)
1: ...cil on Admissions]], as the benefits of central application processing were recognized.
3: ...stem, and may alternatively be handled as paper applications. - Pressure (9004 bytes)
1: ...n easily damage the wall, even though the force applied is the same, because the point concentrates th...
12: ...t necessarily being a that of a body, but for example the cross sectional area of a conduit.
16: ...are sometimes called '''gauge pressure'''. An example of this is the air pressure in a tire of a car, ...
41: ...p>). This special name for the unit was added in 1971; before that, pressures in SI were expressed in u... - Presidents' Day (4386 bytes)
11: ...day in February. This day is a chance for many people to take a break from work or school to remember ...
21: ...ities take place in many communities, allowing people to engage with and learn about the legacies of p...
23: Some people celebrate by having parades with music, costumes...
34: ...le many state and local governments and private employers refer to it as Presidents' Day. - Memorial Day (4407 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans' headstones on Memorial Da...
2: ...a [[United States]] [[public holiday]] that takes place on the last [[Monday]] of [[May]]. It was form...
4: ...al]]s. A [[National Moment of Remembrance]] takes place at 3 PM. Another tradition is to fly the [[Uni...
17: ...k]]. The village was credited with being the birthplace because it had observed the day each year sinc...
19: In [[1971]], [[President of the United States|President]] [... - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
6: ...bus Day as a holiday in the United States. Since 1971, the holiday has been commemorated in the U.S. on...
8: ...t, however, recognized by most private American employers as a day off from work.
13: ...e in the original name was that of the Spanish people and did not reflect the mestizo characterization...
16: ...s Resistance"). In 2004, Venezuelan activists toppled a statue of Columbus in Caracas on the day of t...
20: ...y is a matter to be openly and enthusiastically applauded as an unrivaled "boon to all mankind". Unde... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
3: ...e would have thought, such a very desirable ''exempla''.
13: ...prostheses such as dentures, bridges and dental implants), [[endodontics]] ([[root canal]] therapy), d...
15: ...g is required: [[cosmetic dentistry]], [[dental implant]], [[temporal-mandibular joint therapy]]. Thes...
22: ...h]], [[Pakistan]], made the discovery that the people of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], even from the ...
33: ... Canadians are mostly covered by workplace dental plans, but many have to pay out of pocket. - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
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32: ... run along the throat parallel to the body. These pleats assist with evacuating water from the mouth a...
44: ...sh; about the same length as a [[Boeing 737]] aeroplane or three [[double-decker bus]]es.
51: ...[Thysanoessa spinifera]]'' and ''[[Nyctiphanes symplex]]''; in the Antarctic ''[[Euphausia superba]]''... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
5: ...n]] of the island is approximately 5.7 million people, 4 million in the Republic and 1.7 million in No...
13: ...[[coast]]al [[mountain]]s surrounds low central [[plain]]s. The highest peak is [[Carrauntuohill]] ([[...
27: ...its capital in [[Dublin]]. This state is often simply referred to internally and internationally as "I...
32: ...tional fundraising organisation, tries to help people on both sides find peace and reconcilliation thr...
34: ...g part of the [[British Isles]]. However, some people, especially in Ireland, take exception to this n... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...he winner was determined through a [[best-of-nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]...
3: ..., the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
5: The first two games of the series are played in one team's home ballpark, the next three i...
7: ... shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not earning a [[wild car...
13: ...ympic tournament if the MLB agrees to freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman, such a move... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
5: ...d Stockings founder [[Harry Wright]] and the best players from that team re-formed in Boston and took ...
20: ...st, but they ended up 10.5 games up on the second place Giants.
21: ...y were now World Champions. The turnaround was complete. The team was at the top of the league in both...
37: ... games. Burdette, the Series MVP, threw three complete game victories, giving up only two earned runs...
46: ...nsistently recognized as one of the league's best players, but the Braves averaged only 65 wins per se... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
12: ..., [[1969 in sports|1969]], 1970, [[1971 in sports|1971]], [[1979 in sports|1979]], 1983
13: :'''Division titles won''' (8): 1969, 1970, 1971, [[1973 in sports|1973]], [[1974 in sports|1974]]...
32: ...hile hitting for the [[Triple crown (baseball)|Triple Crown]] (leading the American League in [[battin...
34: ...six American League Eastern Division titles. They played baseball the "Oriole Way", an organizational ...
36: ...ys grew older, newer stars emerged including multiple [[Cy Young Award]] winner [[Jim Palmer]] and swi... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...ed and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call ...
18: ... first openly professional team, led to a minor explosion of openly professional teams in [[1870]], ea...
20: ...ark, uniforms and other possessions. The club completed its schedule with borrowed uniforms, finishin...
22: ...the [[1875]] season, Chicago acquired several key players, including pitcher [[Albert Spalding|Al Spal...
26: ... Those two were fading by mid-decade, and were replaced by other strong pitchers, notably [[John Clar... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
21: ...rry. (In 1871, Harry Wright took most of his best players to Boston, and founded the Boston Red Stocki...
23: ...new team simply signed many of the AA team's star players. The Red Stockings wandered through the rema...
35: ...k McCormick]] was the 1940 NL MVP. Other position players included [[Harry Craft]], [[Lonny Frey]], [[...
39: ... of the offense was a collection of over-the-hill players & not-ready-for-prime time youngsters.
41: ...games, was played on [[June 24]] [[1970]]. In its place, a new stadium, and a new Reds dynasty. - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
7: ...ious times, as the'' Bridegrooms'' (after several players married prior to the [[1888]] season), the '...
8: ...ez Ravine") (Prior to 1912, the Brooklyn Dodgers played at Washington Park on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn....
25: ...did not stop at owning the team. He desired to replace the dilapidated Washington Park with a new bal...
27: ...Boys" for their distracted, error-ridden style of play. After his removal as club president, Robinson...
29: ...the dugout. Managed now by [[Casey Stengel]] (who played for the Dodgers in the [[1910s]]), the [[1934... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
11: :'''Division titles won''' (13): [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974]], [[1975]], [[1981...
18: ...e [[National Association of Professional Baseball Players|National Association]], [[National League]],...
20: The new league recruited many of its players from the existing National League, persuadin...
22: ...nk]] and [[Chief Bender|Charles "Chief" Bender]]. Plank holds the club record for career victories, wi...
24: ... traded, sold or released most of the team?s star players. In his book ''To Every Thing a Season'', Br... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
12: :'''Division titles won''' (9): [[1970]], [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1974]], [[1975]], [[1979]], [[1990...
13: ...1903]], [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1927]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979]]
14: ...ships won''' (5): [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979]]
17: ...e folded. In [[1900]], the Pirates picked up star players from the defunct [[Louisville, Kentucky]] cl...
19: ...but it was not enough. With largely the same star players, the Pirates would continue to be a strong t... - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
4: ...Texas]], a suburb in the [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[A...
7: ...wn as''': the [[Washington Senators]], [[1961]]-[[1971]]. (Not to be confused with the team that was th...
22: ...anaged the team from [[1969]] to [[1971 in sports|1971]], and moved with the franchise to Arlington, [[T...
24: The team played its games at D.C. Stadium (renamed [[Robert F...
26: ...ue and white, with script "Washington" across the player's chest - High jump (8613 bytes)
2: ...which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights.
6: ...cs, the first recorded high jump competition took place in Scotland in the early [[19th century]], wit...
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38: at:1971 text:[[Ilona_Gusenbauer]]_1,92_m - Earth Day (8264 bytes)
1: ... to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the planet's fragile environment.
4: ... Secretary-General [[U Thant]]<BR>[[March 21]], [[1971]].
10: ...quinox]] (around March 21). On [[February 26]], [[1971]], UN Secretary-General [[U Thant]] signed a proc...
12: ...quinox event. In his statement on [[March 21]], [[1971]], U Thant said: “May there only be peacefu...
25: ...ation had a substantial, lasting constituency. In 1971 Senator Gaylord Nelson announced an 'Earth Week' ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
92: *[[Paul Karrer]], (1889-1971), 1937 chemistry Nobel laureate.
142: *[[John Pople|John A. Pople]], (1925-2004), [[theoretical chemistry|theoreti...
143: *[[Roy J. Plunkett]], (1910-1984), discoverer of [[Teflon]]
171: *[[K. Barry Sharpless]]. (1941- ) [[2001]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistr...
174: *[[Wendell Meredith Stanley]], (1904-1971), [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], [[1946]].
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