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- Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]...
4: Bessie Lee Pittman was born in [[Muscogee, Florida]], the youngest of t...
8: ...dlum, whom she married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recog...
10: ...fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made...
12: ...ing of more than a thousand women pilots. For her war efforts, she received the [[Distinguished Servic... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[Mark I Calcul...
3: ...ng mathematics at Vassar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: ...rite a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to w...
7: ...was known as the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercia...
9: ...bler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her philosophy. - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ...st-known [[opera]] [[singer]] of the post-[[World War II]] period. She combined an impeccable [[bel ca...
7: ...pparent; by [[1958]] it reached a point where she was no longer suitable for many roles. Her later [[s...
9: ...our with the tenor [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely des...
11: ...ouple had a child, a boy, who died hours after he was born on [[March 30]], [[1960]]. The relationship...
13: ...rom a heart attack at age 53. The funeral service was held at the Greek Orthodox Church on Rue Georges... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...[[singer]]s, and the winner of thirteen [[Grammy Award]]s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she...
4: ...s|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
6: ... Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tiske...
10: ...s imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]...
12: ...ch she was one of the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...competitive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as...
6: ...s talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ... the 1960s, including ''"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)",'' a much more soulful and impassio...
10: ...e Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''...
12: ...virtually unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she lat... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: Gubaidulina was born in [[Chistopol]], in the [[Tatar Republic]]...
5: ...tion of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], ...
11: ...on of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Pa...
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971) - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...er 29]], [[1911]]–[[January 13]], [[1972]]) was an [[African American]] [[gospel music|gospel]] ...
3: ...ble backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...ded her career with a concert in [[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final t...
7: She was posthumously inducted into the [[Gospel Music As... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ... bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: Joplin was born in [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]], [[Te...
6: ...throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...ig Brother and The Holding Company]], a band that was gaining some renown among the nascent [[hippie]]...
14: ...humously released) ''[[Pearl (album)|Pearl]]'' ([[1971]]). It became the biggest selling album of her sh... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...ly working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk music]] sc...
5: ...ay explain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...iting credit to hit the charts, "Urge for Going", was a success for country singer [[George Hamilton I...
9: ... the [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]]...
11: ... On, I'm a Radio". ''[[Court and Spark]]'' (1974) was a huge success, producing the international hit ... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
4: ...ty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...nited States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul ...
9: ...thnically [[Albania|Albanian]]. Her native tongue was [[Albanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and ...
11: ...ed to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She was a member of the youth group in her local parish ... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ust 13]], [[2004]]), born '''Julia McWilliams''', was a famous American gourmet [[cook]], [[author]], ...
4: == Youth and World War II ==
8: ... in the development of a [[shark]] repellant. She was posted to [[Kandy]], Ceylon (now [[Sri Lanka]]) ...
10: ...war]], she resided in Washington, D.C., where she was married on [[September 1]], [[1946]] to Mr. Chil...
12: == Post-war France == - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
3: She was born '''Carole Penelope Masciarelli''' in [[The ...
7: ...s married to actor and director [[Rob Reiner]] ([[1971]]-[[1979]]).
9: ...ce the mid-[[1980s]], including ''[[Big]]'', ''[[Awakenings]]'' and ''[[A League of Their Own]]''.
16: *''[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted)
30: *''[[Awakenings]]'' (1990) - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
4: ...r of the British Empire]] (DBE); in [[2005]], she was made a [[Order of the Companions of Honour|Compa...
11: ...e next two decades, winning several best actress awards.
13: ...s]]. She has also appeared with success on [[Broadway]]. - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ... '''Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow''' but has always been known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter o...
5: ...as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. They divorced in [[1968...
9: .... Allen became infamously tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations...
16: ...] short subject with her famous mother. The short was ironically about famous mothers and their childr...
20: ... He has not spoken to or seen his father since he was 7, and is said to have a [[phobia]] of him. He r... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...as nominated for four other Emmys and two [[Tony Award]]s during the course of her more than 70-year a...
5: ... became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunch proponent of publicizing the dangers o...
10: ...in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]...
12: ...friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
19: ...apidly that she was almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in sm... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...neer Riccardo Scicolone and grew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: ... beauty contests, were she won several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer ...
13: ...he first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language per...
15: During the 1960s Loren was one of the most popular actresses in the world, ...
21: ...ier Old Men]]'' playing a femme fatale opposite [[Walter Matthau]] and [[Jack Lemmon]]. - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
5: ...iend]]'' in [[1953]] (which transferred to [[Broadway]] the same year, giving Andrews her American deb...
7: ...r [[Robert Goulet]]. As was her previous show, it was a smash hit.
9: ... in the three-hour epic ''[[Hawaii (1966 movie)|Hawaii]]'', co-starring with [[Max von Sydow]], and [[...
11: ...specials with [[Carol Burnett]]. In [[1983]], she was chosen as the [[Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year]...
13: Her film career was revived by director [[Garry Marshall]], who cast... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
5: ...[sexual inequality in organized sports]]. In what was billed as '''''The Battle of the Sexes''''', she...
7: ...[[Grand Slam in tennis]] events. Billie Jean King was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of...
9: ...York and Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Moffitt]], was a pitcher for the [[San Francisco Giants]]. - Furniture (1728 bytes)
31: *[[wardrobe]]
42: ...Making of Old Furniture. London: Evans Brothers, 1971. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
33: ...'''[[Area]]'''<br /> - Total <br /> - % water
69: ...he world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3200 BC]] by King [[Menes]], and...
71: It was the Muslim [[Arabs]] who introduced [[Islam]] an...
75: ...med Fouad II. Finally the '''Egyptian Republic''' was declared on [[18 June]] [[1953]] with Gen. [[Moh...
82: ...ernment of Egypt|Prime Minister]] [[Ahmed Nazif]] was sworn in as Prime Minister on [[9 July]] [[2004]... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
42: ...ail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President o...
44: ...es. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
46: ... toward a common goal. He personally directed the war effort, which ultimately led the Union forces to...
48: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] as a pragmatic war measure which would set the stage for the comple... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...ntrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consensus changes before making the e...
15: ...ad of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
37: |align=left|[[Saskatchewan]]||[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]||-7 (Mountain),<br>-6 (Central)
52: ...Prince Edward Island]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: ... Quebec]]; [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]; [[Ottawa, Ontario]]; [[Edmonton, Alberta]] and [[Calgary, ... - 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: ...jairah]], [[Sharjah]], [[Dubai]], and [[Umm al-Qaiwain]] — merged to form the United Arab Emirat...
67: ...2004]]. His son, [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan]] was elected president the next day.
71: ...like the relatively low price of commodities, the warm temperatures that prevail for most of the year,... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
33: - % water
69: ...ank]], the [[Gaza Strip]], and [[Jerusalem]] was awarded to the [[United Kingdom]] by the [[League of ...
71: ...ation of Israel in May 1948, and took part in the warfare between the Arab states and the newly founde...
73: ...maintained the position that ultimate sovereignty was subject to future agreement.
75: ...tes of [[Syria]], Egypt, and [[Iraq]]. During the war, Israel gained control of the [[West Bank]] and ... - Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
32: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - % water
59: ...7. Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. St. Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 198...
61: ...he first United States Secretary of the Treasury, was born on Nevis and spent his childhood there and ...
79: * [[Saint James Windward]]
101: ...ern Caribbean]]. Faced with a sugar industry that was finding it increasingly difficult to earn a prof... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
4: ... See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political status of Taiwan]] for more information.
12: [[Image:Greatwall_china3.jpg|thumb|250px]]
13: ...and China]] and the Kuomintang in control of [[Taiwan]] and some outlying islands of [[Fujian]]. On [[...
15: ...elieve that campaigns such as the [[Great Leap Forward]] and the [[Cultural Revolution]] were essentia...
17: ...se analysts attribute this to the [[Great Leap Forward]], while others, including Mao at the time, att... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
19: ...,285|area_rank=132nd|area_magnitude=1 E10|percent_water=4.2|
44: ... of [[Canton of Uri|Uri]], [[Schwyz]], and [[Unterwalden]] signed the [[Federal Charter of 1291|Federa...
46: ... order. The Swiss victory in a war against the [[Swabian League]] in [[1499]] amounted to de facto ind...
48: ...tion of invincibility acquired during the earlier wars, suffered a first setback in [[1515]] with the ...
50: ...formation]] in some cantons led to inter-cantonal wars in [[1529]] and [[1531]] (''Kappeler Kriege'').... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
27: | '''[[Area]]'''<br>- Total<br>- % water
34: | from [[Pakistan]]<br>[[March 26]] [[1971]]
36: ...ladesh)|Victory Day]]'''<br>|| [[December 16]], [[1971]]
49: ...'''[[National Flower]]''' || Water lily|Shapla ([[Water lily]])
67: ...ndian Independence Struggle|Indian independence]] was achieved in [[1947]], political motivations caus... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
30: ...'[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - percent water
37: | <br>[[September 3]], [[1971]]
57: ... became an independent state on [[September 3]] [[1971]]. Unlike most neighbouring emirates, Qatar decli...
61: .... The man chosen to negotiate with Colonel Pelly was a respected entrepreneur and long-time resident...
63: ... the seven-imarat [[United Arab Emirates]]. Thus 1971 marked the inauguration of Qatar as an independen... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
20: percent_water = 3.1 |
57: ...f Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], 2600 BC...
59: ...the site of the [[Indus Valley civilization]] and was subsequently conquered by many groups, including...
62: ...heodamas]]) and as administrators, after the area was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most ...
64: ...[[Uzbekistan]] to northwestern India. The kingdom was founded by King [[Heraios]], and greatly expande... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
3: ...nistan]] and the [[2003 Loya jirga]], Afghanistan was referred to by the West as the ''Transitional Is...
27: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total: <br> - % water:
62: ...[1746]] under the [[Durrani Empire]], but control was ceded to the [[United Kingdom]] until King [[Ama...
64: ...he Abdali tribe of the ethnic Afghans, whose name was changed to Durrani upon the accession of [[Ahmad...
68: ...n lay between [[1933]] and 1973, when the country was under the rule of King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah|Zah... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
1: ... [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] in the west, [[Rwanda]] in the southwest and [[Tanzania]] in the sou...
24: percent_water = 15.39|
59: ... The largest and most important of these kingdoms was [[Buganda]], which exists as part of Uganda toda...
61: ... [[British East Africa Company]] in [[1888]], and was ruled as a [[protectorate]] by the [[United King...
63: ...ter-coups which would last until the mid-1980s. [[1971]] saw [[Idi Amin]] take power, ruling the country... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ... World War), the deadliest conflict since [[World War II]].
26: percent_water = 3.3% |
57: ...now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was populated as early as 10,000 years ago, and sett...
61: ...otests by not only famous writers such as [[Mark Twain]], but also British diplomat [[Roger Casement]]...
63: During [[World War II]] the small Congolese army achieved several v... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
3: ...is [[Johor#Links_to_Singapore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] on the south with t...
36: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - % water
78: ...to most of the [[Malay archipelago]]. [[Malacca]] was an important trading port.
80: ...sula and made his capital there. This new kingdom was the continuation of the old [[Malacca]] sultanat...
82: ...Calcutta until [[1867]] when their administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
25: percent_water = 1.29% |
59: ...d [[drought]]. Roughly contemporaneous with the Tiwanakan culture, the [[Moxos]] in the eastern lowlan...
62: ... royal authority weakened during the [[Napoleonic wars]], sentiment against colonial rule grew.
65: ...�r]], on [[August 6]], [[1825]] (see [[Bolivian War of Independence]]).
67: ... Bolivia's weakness was demonstrated during the [[War of the Pacific]] ([[1879]]–[[1883|83]]), w... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
10: ...e|English]] (official), [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (official), others |
15: leader_names = [[Bingu wa Mutharika]] |
20: percent_water = 20.6% |
36: currency = [[Malawian kwacha|Kwacha]] (D) |
51: ...ished missions in Malawi. One of their objectives was to end the [[slave trade]] to the [[Persian Gulf... - Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
3: ...an]] with bow and arrow; the arrow is pointed downward, signifying peace. A white star appears next to...
5: ...e [[naval ensign]] ever since the [[Revolutionary War]].
7: ...en pine tree and the motto "An Appeal to Heaven", was changed to remove the religious motto. Massachus... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
18: WaterArea = 13,227 |
19: PCWater = 9.5 |
39: The [[USS North Carolina|USS ''North Carolina'']] was named in honor of this state.
42: ...]], the first English child to be born stateside, was born in North Carolina. Dare County is named for...
46: ...ican Revolutionary War]] and the [[American Civil War]], North Carolina worked to establish its state ... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Mark R. Warner]] |
17: WaterArea = 8,220 |
18: PCWater = 7.4 |
38: ...ke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...f them were re-elected to a second term: [[George Washington]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[James Madison]... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
19: WaterArea = 3,173 |
20: PCWater = 1.8 |
42: ...border delineated by the [[Red River (Mississippi watershed)|Red River]]), and on the east by [[Missou...
46: ...from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-watered part of the state, to the Post Oak/Black Jac...
61: ...wood Forest, [[Ouachita]] Mountains, and Cypress Swamps & Forests. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
18: WaterArea = 607 |
19: PCWater = 0.2 |
46: ...he pueblos reached [[Cabeza de Vaca]], a Spaniard wandering across south New Mexico in [[1528]]-[[1536...
50: ...rest of [[New Spain]] to his remote colony. O was made the first governor of the new [[Province of...
58: ...dent Mexico following the [[1810]]-1821 [[Mexican War of Independence]]. - Country (4192 bytes)
7: ..." or "countries": [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] – the three nations on the island of [...
16: ...others. The largest was [[Pakistan]] from 1947 to 1971 when the nation consisted of two parts, [[West Pa... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
34: ...ntury BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
55: * [[Water clock]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
26: ...[[United States]] [[United States Civil War|Civil War]]
75: *[[Selena Quintanilla|Quintanilla, Selena]], (1971-1995), murdered tejano singer - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
24: *[[Jimmy Yancey|Yancey, James Edwards "Jimmy"]] (c. 1898-1951), US boogie-woogie mus...
33: ...h | Yarborough, Ralph]], U.S. Senator ([[1957]]-[[1971]]) and [[Texas]] politician
75: ...-Thomas|Yeo-Thomas, Edward]] (1901-1964), [[World War II|WW2]] SOE agent
130: *[[Yoshikawa Eiji|Yoshikawa, Eiji]], ([[1892]]-[[1962]]), novelist
131: *[[Yoshikawa Takeo|Yoshikawa, Takeo]] - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
16: ...uding [[fossil]]ized [[bone]]s, [[feces]], [[trackway]]s, [[gastrolith]]s, [[feather]]s, impressions o...
18: Since the first dinosaur was recognized in the [[19th century]], their mounte...
20: ...ctive, vicious [[predator]] which may have been [[warm-blooded]] (homeothermic), in marked contrast to...
27: ...ptile"). Contrary to popular perception, the name was chosen to express Owen's awe at the size and maj...
47: ...e]] more massive than anything else that has ever walked the Earth. - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ... asteroid across the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end. Features as small as 35 m acr...
4: ...83 scientific paper] to use the word in its title was published in [[1840]] by [[Georg Adolph Erman|Er...
8: One way to classify asteroids is in terms of size. A wor...
14: ...81 VA]]; the last numbered and named minor planet was [[99905 Jeffgrossman]] [http://cfa-www.harvard.e...
30: ... [[albedo]], and [[spectral line|spectral shape]] was developed by [[Clark R. Chapman]], [[David Morri... - Holiday (7753 bytes)
5: ...ed Kingdom]]) a holiday is rather a period spent away from home or business in [[travel]] or [[recreat...
19: ...s to certain [[Monday]]s in [[1968]] (effective [[1971]]). Several states had passed similar laws earlie...
60: *[[Watch Night]]
67: *[[Diwali]]
72: *[[Gudhi Padwa]] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...famous and important aspects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the moon in the ...
4: ...c breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...one Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a full-size replica of the [[Apollo ...
13: ...]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[Apr...
15: ...ed V2 rocket in July, [[1946]]. Another milestone was achieved on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]])
471: *[[John William Godward]] ([[1861]]-[[1922]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada...
36: ...1-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
37: *[[Walter Houser Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-invento...
48: *[[Wallace Carothers]], (1896-1937) — [[Nylon]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist - India (27950 bytes)
5: ...guage|Persian]], was used from [[Mughal]] times onwards, though its contemporary use is unevenly appli...
13: ...the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period...
17: ...beginning of the second millennium, much of India was ruled by the [[Delhi Sultanate]], and later, muc...
21: ...ny]], popularly known as the [[Sepoy Mutiny|First War of Indian Independence]], most of India came und...
23: ...nofficial member of the "[[nuclear club]]", which was followed up with a series of five more tests in ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
2: !colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffff99"| '''The Vietnam War'''
4: |Conflict||Vietnam War, part of the '''[[Cold War]]'''
33: ...EE9;u Nước''', which literally means "War Against the Americans to Save the Nation").
37: ...War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
39: ...lly allied with the [[United States]] in the Cold War, including the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Canada]]... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
4: ...v. Board of Education]] 347 U.S. 483 (1954) which was concerned with the constitutionality of laws whi...
10: ...for political purposes, and ownership of property was an aspect of ''patria potestas'', i.e. only the ...
25: ...]]'' are [[corelative]] concepts, i.e. one must always be matched by the other. If A claims a right ag...
26: ...'. If A has power over B, B must have liability towards A. For example, properly constituted courts ha...
34: ...ctions, and further, that whatever might exist by way of rights exists only in the negative sense of t... - Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
5: *[[1971]] - [[Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States...
6: ...[[U.S. presidential election, 1972]] (including [[Watergate]] burglary)
8: *[[1973]] - [[Roe v. Wade]] [[Supreme Court]] ruling over-turns state law...
10: ...4]] - [[Richard Nixon]] resigns Presidency over [[Watergate]]
20: [[Image:Reagan.jpg|thumb|President Reagan was the face of the United States during the 1980s]] - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
11: ...uclear explosion. The ads were a response to Goldwater's advocacy of tactical nuclear weapons use in ...
13: Johnson crushed Goldwater in the general election, winning 64.9 percent ...
17: ==The War on Poverty and the Great Society==
18: ''Main articles: [[War on Poverty]] and [[Great Society]]''
20: ...esident [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s ([[1963]]-[[1969]]) "War on Poverty." Although some of these programs enc... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...scene for the second phase of the [[English Civil War]].
7: * [[1746]] - [[Charles Edward Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a [[...
12: ... Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]].
14: ...t of Queen [[Liliuokalani]] of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]].
15: ...9]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...2]], January 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth N...
24: *[[1863]] - [[American Civil War]]: The [[Emancipation Proclamation]] takes effec...
33: *[[1901]] - The British colonies of [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Vict...
46: *[[1945]] - [[Bahawalpur State]] issues its first stamps.
48: **[[United Kingdom|British]] railways are [[Nationalisation|nationalised]] to form [[... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
15: ...iscovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [[Acad魩e des Sci...
25: *[[1905]] - [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou|Po...
32: ... the bank of the [[River Taff]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]].
33: ... will eventually be constructed by the end of the war.
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese for... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
9: ...989.jpg|thumb|200px|none|Section of collapsed freeway after the 1989 [[Loma Prieta earthquake]].]]
11: ...ly proves to be the point at which the fault slip was initiated. The position of the focus is known as...
15: ...he surface waves ([[Love waves]]) then [[Rayleigh waves]].
20: ...e numbers to the public. Other scales (and other ways of describing the size of earthquakes) are used...
30: ...n associated with the build-up of large masses of water behind [[dam]]s, such as the [[Kariba Dam]] in... - Ontario Universities' Application Centre (850 bytes)
1: ...rovince of [[Ontario]]. The OUAC was founded in [[1971]] by the [[Council of Ontario Universities]] and ... - Pressure (9004 bytes)
1: ...ger pushing a [[thumbtack]] can easily damage the wall, even though the force applied is the same, bec...
23: ...g with the walls of our container. We can put the walls of our container anywhere inside the gas, and ...
41: ...p>). This special name for the unit was added in 1971; before that, pressures in SI were expressed in u...
47: ... tons-force, etc. As written, the statement that was here could easily have given the impression that...
51: .... The water-based units depend on the density of water, a measured rather than defined quantity. - Presidents' Day (4386 bytes)
3: ...t leaders. Originally established to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States...
7: ...ompass honoring other presidents, and the holiday was colloquially referred to as Presidents' Day.
17: Beyond honoring the prominent figures like Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Presidents' Day reco...
21: ...ation, Presidents' Day is commemorated in various ways. Government offices, schools, and many business...
23: ... time to learn about presidents by reading books, watching movies, or visiting museums dedicated to th... - Memorial Day (4407 bytes)
2: ...end to also honor family members who have passed away. Church services on the Sunday prior to Memorial...
6: Memorial Day was originally observed on [[May 30]], and some advo...
9: ...ommunities set aside a day to mark the end of the war or as a memorial to those who had died. Some of...
11: ...ogan]] of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]], and was observed for the first time on [[May 30]] of the...
13: ...id not recognize Memorial Day until after [[World War I]], and even after continued to have a separate... - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
4: ...tion of Columbus Day in the [[United States|USA]] was held by the [[Tammany Society]], also known as t...
6: ...bus Day as a holiday in the United States. Since 1971, the holiday has been commemorated in the U.S. on...
8: [[Bank]]s are almost always closed on this day, as are [[government]] offic...
11: ...[[Mestizo]] race, culture, and identity. The day was first celebrated in [[Argentina]] in 1917, [[Ven...
13: ...ain, the "race" of reference in the original name was that of the Spanish people and did not reflect t... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
13: ...esignated registrable (U.S. "Board Eligible") and warrant exclusive titles such as orthodontist, oral ...
22: ... of Missouri-Columbia, made the discovery when he was cleaning the teeth from one of the men (see [[Hi...
35: ...volution]]. The first recorded dentist in Canada was a Mr. Hume who advertised in a [[Halifax, Nova S...
37: ...y. In [[1867]] the [[Ontario Dental Association]] was formed and in [[1868]] they founded Canada's fir...
50: *[[University of Saskatchewan]] ([[1968]]) - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
20: ...an|Atlantic]] and one in [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] waters. Blue Whales found in the [[Indian Ocean]] ma...
23: ...laenoptiidae family is believed to have diverged away from the other families of the Mysticetes subord...
32: ... to the body. These pleats assist with evacuating water from the mouth after lunge feeding (see feedin...
34: ...ises its shoulder and blow hole region out of the water to a greater extent than other large whales (s...
44: ...ican [[National Marine Mammal Laboratory]] (NMML) was 29.9 m long (98 ft) — about the same ... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
7: ...[[2003]]. [[Scotland]], the [[Isle of Man]] and [[Wales]] are visible to the east.]]
32: ... a shared culture across the divide in many other ways. Traditional [[Irish music]], for example, thou...
44: ...reland is largely prehistoric. The island, which was mostly ice-covered and joined by land to Britain...
47: ...] centuries BC, with the [[Gaels|Gael]], the last wave of Celts, conquering the island and dividing it...
52: ...arf]]. The established high king, [[Brian Boru]], was killed in the same battle. - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...mined through a [[best-of-nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Series...
3: The [[2004 World Series]] was played from [[October 23]] until [[October 27]],...
5: ...[[2003]], the team given the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League ...
7: ...ipts from the World Series - and, from [[1969]] onward, the other rounds of postseason play preceding ...
13: ...ntations. At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] the USA was not represented, since its minor-leaguer team di... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
6: ...s|1941]]-[[1952 in sports|1952]]), [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee Braves]] ([[1953 in sports|1953]]-[[1965 in s...
8: :'''Ownership:''' [[Time Warner]]
11: ..., [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[New York Mets]], [[Washington Nationals]]
20: ...ing ball better than any other in the league, and was ready to catch New York. From there came a romp ...
21: ...hitting, and its leader, Evers, won the Chalmers Award, which is equivalent to today's MVP. - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
5: ...'Founded:''' [[1893 in sports|1893]], as the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] franchise in the minor Western L...
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Milwaukee Brewers, 1894-1901. [[St. Louis Browns]], [[...
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]]...
18: ...onsider moving his franchise. Just before [[World War II]], the Browns came close to moving to [[Los A... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...r the [[American League]]. The nickname ''Cubs'' was coined in [[1902]] when manager [[Frank Selee]] ...
18: ...ranged contests among the various teams, the time was right for the organization of the first professi...
20: ...shing second in the N.A. just 2 games behind, but was compelled to drop out of the league during the c...
22: ...e scenes the club President, [[William Hulbert]], was leading the formation of a new and stronger orga...
24: ...ctive to note that a similar winning percentage nowadays would yield 129 wins. - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
21: ...ember of the [[National League]] in [[1876]], but was expelled from the league later, in part for viol...
23: ... of the AA team's star players. The Red Stockings wandered through the remainder of the [[1890s]] sign...
25: ...nd [[Cy Seymour]]. Seymour's .377 average in 1905 was the first individual batting crown won by a Red....
29: ...sh]] and [[Heinie Groh]] while the pitching staff was led by [[Hod Eller]] and [[Harry Sallee|Harry "S...
31: ...ks to the [[Great Depression]], and Redland Field was in a state of disrepair. - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
7: ... (under manager Ned Hanlon -- "Hanlon's Superbas" was the name of an acrobatic troup popular at the ti...
8: .../STREET%20SCENES/Dodgers/dodgers.html Part of the wall of the stadium ] can still be seen.)
25: ... the team. He desired to replace the dilapidated Washington Park with a new ballpark, and again inves...
28: *It was during this era that [[Willard Mullin]], perhaps...
32: ...ecause of the arm motion used right when the ball was released. Podres won two Series games including ... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
11: :'''Division titles won''' (13): [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974]], [[1975]], [[1981...
18: ...ural year saw second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] [la-ZHWAY] lead the league in hitting with a .426 batting ...
20: ...on Pennsylvania soil until the National Agreement was signed between the two leagues in 1903.
22: ...in 1911 and 1912, and 99 games in 1914. The team was known for its ?$100,000 Infield,? consisting of ...
30: ...t won the pennant in 1931, and many felt the game was passing him by. Save for a 5th place finish in ... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
6: ...irates''. The name stuck. Over the years the team was also often called the ''Buccaneers'' or ''Bucs''...
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, Kentucky]] club, including greats like [[Honus Wagner]] and [[Fred Clarke]] (who also served as the... - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
7: ...961, which became the [[Minnesota Twins]], or the Washington Senators that existed from 1891-1899 and ...
18: === Washington Senators ===
20: ...1960]], Major League Baseball awarded a team to [[Washington, D.C.]], giving it the name of the old fr...
22: ...anaged the team from [[1969]] to [[1971 in sports|1971]], and moved with the franchise to Arlington, [[T...
26: ...uniform colors: Red, blue and white, with script "Washington" across the player's chest - High jump (8613 bytes)
6: ...a ''scissors'' technique. In the latter, the bar was approached on a diagonal, and the jumper threw f...
38: at:1971 text:[[Ilona_Gusenbauer]]_1,92_m
39: at:1972 text:[[Jordanka_Blagojewa]]_1,94_m
47: at:1983 shift:(22,-1) text:[[Tamara_Bykowa]]_2,04_m
48: at:1984 shift:(22,-5) text:Tamara_Bykowa_2,05_m - Earth Day (8264 bytes)
1: ... the (northern) spring, both intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the planet's fragil...
3: ...inues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.''"
4: ... Secretary-General [[U Thant]]<BR>[[March 21]], [[1971]].
8: ...m when differences are forgotten and nature's renewal is celebrated by all.
10: ...quinox]] (around March 21). On [[February 26]], [[1971]], UN Secretary-General [[U Thant]] signed a proc... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
42: * [[Edward Doisy]], (1893-), American biochemist, winner o...
92: *[[Paul Karrer]], (1889-1971), 1937 chemistry Nobel laureate.
134: *[[Wilhelm Ostwald]], (1853-1932), [[1909]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemi... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...]], and [[physical cosmology|cosmology]]. He was awarded the [[1921]] [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel P...
5: After his [[general theory of relativity]] was formulated in [[November]] [[1915]], Einstein be...
7: Einstein himself was deeply concerned with the social impact of scien...
14: ...ry school]] and, at the insistence of his mother, was given [[violin]] lessons.
16: ...ering space and time later than most children, he was able to apply a more developed intellect. Anothe... - Philo Farnsworth (6489 bytes)
1: ...gust 19]] [[1906]] – [[March 11]] [[1971]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] credi...
4: Farnsworth was born in [[Indian Springs, Utah|Indian Springs]],...
11: ...ey patents and manufacture of radio tubes, Philco was persuaded to sever its relationship with Farnswo...
13: By 1936 Farnsworth's company was transmitting regular entertainment programs; tha...
19: ...]] configuration developed from Farnsworth's work was used in all television sets and other kinds of ... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ... probably [[1466]] – [[July 12]], [[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] an...
6: ...seems to have worked as a priest, and monasticism was one of the chief objects of his attack in his li...
8: ...Grocyn]]. At the [[University of Cambridge]], he was [[Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity]], and h...
10: ...t literary activity. From [[1506]] to [[1509]] he was in Italy. He spent part of the time at the publ...
12: ...ere he was surrounded by devoted friends. Here he was associated for many years with the great publish... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
17: | vicepresident=[[Walter Mondale]]
19: ... States]] ([[1977]]–[[1981]]), and 83rd ([[1971]]–[[1975]]) [[Governor of Georgia]].
21: ... rates reached their highest levels since [[World War II]] as the administration froze domestic oil pr...
26: ...ouraged young Jimmy to read [[War and Peace]]; he was disappointed to find that there were no [[cowboy...
28: ...rter Spann]] ([[1926]]-[[1990]]), was low-key and was famous for collecting and riding [[Harley Davids... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
19: ... 22]], [[1973]]), often referred to as '''LBJ''', was an [[Politics of the United States|American poli...
22: Johnson was born in [[Stonewall, Texas]] on [[August 27]], [[1908]] in a small ...
24: ...dited the school [[newspaper]], and spent a year away from his studies teaching school, Johnson someho...
27: ...aigned for [[Richard M. Kleberg]] and was later rewarded for his work in the campaign with an appointm...
31: ...als. His daughters' given names are examples, as was his dog later in life (Little [[Beagle]] Johnson... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
18: ...der of the Allied forces in Europe during [[World War II]], with the rank of [[General of the Army]].
22: ... to go by his middle name. The Eisenhower family was descent of [[Forbach]], but had lived in America...
26: ...ve years old, until she died. Eisenhower's father was an active member only early in Dwight's life.
30: ...in [[1917]] and Major in [[1920]]. In [[1922]] he was assigned as executive officer to General [[Fox C... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ... close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]]."
20: ...tive international organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] af...
22: ...ternment of the Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]] and his failure to advance [[civil rights]]... - Catapult (3598 bytes)
5: ...-thrower, but over the years, the two terms have swapped meaning.
7: ...ied few or no pieces of it with them because wood was easily available on site.
23: ... were loaded up and then thrown over the castle's walls to infect those barricaded inside.
25: ...'ll find that you can throw it much further. This was known as far back as the Roman empire, and conti...
34: ...mpact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary'' (1971) - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...d is connected to Bahrain by the [[King Fahd Causeway]], and [[Qatar]] is to the south across the [[ P...
31: ...'''[[Area]]'''<br /> - Total <br /> - % water
45: <br>[[1971]]
61: ...ian language|Persian]] name [[Mishmahig]] when it was a part of the [[Persian Empire]].
63: ...o sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas. - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period...
14: ...beginning of the second millennium, much of India was ruled by the [[Delhi Sultanate]], and later, by ...
20: ...857]] popularly known as the [[Sepoy Mutiny|First War of Indian Independence]], resulted in India comi...
26: ...nofficial member of the "[[nuclear club]]", which was followed up with a series of five more tests in ...
36: ...|Dravidian language]], while others argue that it was an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]]. - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...ador]] who conquered [[Mexico]] for [[Spain]]. He was known as '''Hernando''' or '''Fernando Cortés''...
5: ...talina Pizarro Altamirano. Through his mother, he was second cousin to [[Francisco Pizarro]], who late...
7: ... had a choice between seeking fame and glory in a war in Italy, or trying his luck in the Spanish colo...
10: ... (Americas)|Indian]] slaves for his efforts. This was the ''[[encomienda]]'' that had worked so well i...
12: ...messenger and told him what the letter said. Thus warned, Cortés organized his expedition and set sai... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
10: ...evacuate [[Boston, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artillery]] overlooking the ci...
20: *[[1939]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)]]: The [[Battle of Nanchang]] betwee...
21: *[[1941]] - In [[Washington, DC]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] is...
27: *[[1969]] - [[Golda Meir]] of [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], USA, becomes [[Prime Minister o...
32: ...over government plans for [[2003 invasion of Iraq|war with Iraq]]. - March 18 (10594 bytes)
11: ...] repeals the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
13: *[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: The Congress of the [[Confederate States of A...
15: *[[1874]] - [[Hawaii]] signs a treaty with the [[United States]] gra...
16: *[[1909]] - [[Einar Dessau]] uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broad...
18: *[[1915]] - [[World War I]]: Three [[battleship]]s are sunk during a fai... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
7: ...ing an armed conflict, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius VII]] was [[Papal Coronation|crowned Pope]] in [[Venice]] ...
8: * [[1801]] - The [[Battle of Alexandria]] was fought between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[...
9: *[[1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civil law]].
13: *[[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle ...
17: *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
7: ...568]] - [[Peace of Longjumeau]] ends the [[Second War of Religion]] in [[France]]. Again [[Catherine d...
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Forth]].
9: *[[1775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech ...
14: ...s]]'s first [[elevator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York City]].
21: *[[1931]] - [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Batukeshwar Dutt]] embrace the gallows during the Indian str... - Tallahassee, Florida (7125 bytes)
19: area water = 6.6 km² (2.5 mi²) |
33: ...in to the United States. A territorial government was established, but the impracticalities of alterna...
35: ...able place, and in March of the following year it was formally proclaimed the capital. Florida did not...
38: ... fine high lawn about a mile W. In both spots the water is plenty and good."</blockquote>
42: ...The site of Anhaica, near present day Myers Park, was relocated by Florida archaeologist, B. Calvin Jo... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
13: area water = |
29: ...y [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]].
31: ...lis with the village of Broad Ripple to the north was ever operational.
33: ...trucking center, and the extensive network of highways has allowed Indianapolis to enjoy a relatively ...
35: ...mic, social, and cultural progress. Much of this was due to the discovery of a large [[natural gas]] ... - Olympia, Washington (7112 bytes)
1: ...ight|300px|State Capitol and waterfront, Olympia, Washington.]]
3: ... Washington|Lacey]] and [[Tumwater, Washington|Tumwater]], Olympia is the focal point of the South [[P...
8: state = Washington |
10: flag = OlympiaWA.jpg |
12: map = WAMap-doton-Olympia.png| - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
27: *[[Al-Khwarizmi|Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi]] (Persia, [[780]] - [[850]])
113: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]] (English, c. [[1290]] - [[1349]])
120: *[[Viggo Brun]] (Norway, [[1885]] - [[1978]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876...
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[1989]...
51: *[[Walter Baade]] ([[Germany]], [[1893]] – [[1960...
65: *[[Edward Emerson Barnard]] ([[United States|USA]], [[185...
88: *[[Edward L. G. Bowell|Edward (Ted) L. G. Bowell]] ([[United States|USA]])
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