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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
17: ...om an inexact translation of the Greek word [[kremastos]] or the Latin word [[pensilis]], which means n...
43: ...1089;ящи градини на Вk...
57: ...#1077;мираміди в Вавіl... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...io de Janeiro (state)|state]] and a city in southeastern [[Brazil]]. The city is famous for the hotel-l...
15: ...as commonly called S㯠Sebasti㯠- or even St. Sebastian - instead of the currently popular, second hal...
17: ...ards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
40: ...lamengo]] which composes Rio's famous [[beach]] coastline.
42: The neighbourhood of Copacabana beach boasts one of the world's most spectacular New Year's E... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
30: ...ng [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Clark Gable]] -- the last film for both.
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953]])
56: *[[1916]] - [[Walter Cronkite]], news broadcaster
100: * [[Bah�'� Faith]] - Feast of Qudrat (Power) - First day of the 13th month o...
112: [[ast:4 de payares]] - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...лекса́ндра Миха́... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...72;, Анна Андреевна Г...
3: ...ort lyric poems through poem cycles, such as her masterpiece on the Stalinist terror "Requiem", to subs... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...[[1937]]), is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the first woman to fly ...
5: ...ennikovo]], a small village in the [[Yaroslavl Oblast]]. After school she worked in a tire factory, and... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...1085;а Губаидулина''', [[Tatar l...
7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with f...
9: ...liot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
11: ...ohannes-Ostern (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Ostern]] ("Easter according to John"). The two works together for...
45: ...1086;венная деревянн... - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
5: ...1074;на заједница<br/>Ср&#...
85: ... the south enjoys an Adriatic climate along the coast, with inland regions experiencing hot, dry summer...
93: ...nd [[Presevo]] in Serbia proper and in the south-east of Montenegro.
114: ...mic sanctions, and the damage to Yugoslavia's infrastructure and industry caused by the [[Kosovo War]] ...
126: ...often described as "the crossroads between the [[East]] and the [[West]]" - one of the primary reasons ... - California (63989 bytes)
63: Dance = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] |
89: ...d on the [[West Coast of the United States|west coast]] of the [[United States]]. California is the thi...
93: ...daries of the [[Sea of Cortez]] and the Pacific coast were only partially explored and California was s...
98: ...ds, tribes, tribelets, and on the resource-rich coasts large chiefdoms, such as the Chumash, Pomo and S...
100: The first [[European]] to explore parts of the coast was the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] [[Juãn ... - Pope Paschal II (3427 bytes)
1: ...est of San Clemente by [[Pope Gregory VII]] about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to [[Pope...
3: ...uary [[1106]], but the pope in the Council of [[Guastalla]] (October 1106) simply renewed the prohibiti... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
52: ...luenced by that war, namely by the use of tanks, fast manoeuvres and lack of trenches.
63: ...the morning of [[June 16]] in London. This was a last minute effort to try to strengthen the resolve of...
69: ...s often incorrectly associated with the BBC broadcast; nevertheless the words aptly capture the spirit ...
89: ...e Gaulle however maintained regular contact with past political lieutenants from wartime and RPF days, ...
100: ...he "most illustrious of Frenchmen" to become the last President of the Council (Prime Minister) of the ... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
62: ...higher performing and more expensive than other plastic dielectrics.
63: *[[Silver]]ed [[mica]]: These are fast and stable for HF and low VHF RF circuits, but ex...
80: ...eplaces the manganese dioxide with a conductive plastic [[polymer]] ([[polypyrrole]]) which eliminates ...
103: ...and recharge cycles. But capacitor voltage drops faster than battery voltage during discharge so a DC-t...
112: ...acitive and inductive by nature. Processing for faster semiconductors generally involves reducing stor... - Seljuk Turks (7657 bytes)
1: ...upied parts of [[Central Asia]] and the [[Middle East]] from the [[11th century|11th]] to [[14th centur...
3: ... Europe against the [[Mongol]] invaders from the East, defending the Islamic world against [[Crusade|Cr...
5: ... directions so that it bordered [[China]] in the East and the Byzantine Empire in the West. When Malik ...
7: ...of Rüm]] in [[Anatolia]] remained. As the dynasty declined in the middle of the [[13th century]], ...
46: ===Seljuk Rulers in [[Syria]] [[1076]]-[[1117]]=== - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
38: ...whom they met sporadically when he came to visit. Astrid later read a magazine article about Lindbergh ...
68: ...1072;рлз Линдберг]] - March 21 (10586 bytes)
22: ...m]]: [[NASA]] launches [[Ranger 9]] which is the last in a series of unmanned [[Moon|lunar]] [[space pr...
38: *[[1685]] - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], German composer, (d. [[1750]])
55: *[[1923]] - [[Shri Mataji Nirmala Shrivastava]], the founder of [[Sahaja Yoga]]
83: *[[1076]] - [[Robert I, Duke of Burgundy|Robert I]], [[Du...
117: ...date of [[vernal equinox]], used for reckoning [[Easter]]. The real [[equinox]] usually occurs one day ... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ... a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. With an area...
13: The vast lands of Russia were home to disunited tribes who...
15: The Varangian dynasty lasted several centuries, during which they affiliated...
17: ...fered from internal disputes and was overrun by eastern invaders, the [[Golden Horde]] of the pagan Mo...
21: Like in the Balkans and Asia Minor long-lasting nomadic rule retarded the country's economic a... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
4: ...f the parliament, [[Duma|the State Duma]], was a bastion of antireform communists and nationalists.
12: ...s of the Soviet Union, radio and television broadcasting facilities, and the Committee for State Securi...
34: ...lled up tanks to shell the parliament building, blasting out his opponents. As Yeltsin was taking the u...
40: ...4.8 percent turnout met the requirement that at least 50 percent of registered voters participate in th...
57: ...ommission of the State Duma and confirmed by at least two-thirds of State Duma deputies. A two-thirds v... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
18: ...t the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturba Makharji]], who was the same age as he. They ...
38: ...:Gandhi and Kasturbhai 1902.jpg|thumb|Gandhi and Kasturba (1902)]]
44: ...ences through many means, including a three-week fast in the autumn of 1924, but with limited success. ...
50: ...d. On [[May 8]], [[1933]] Gandhi began a 21-day fast to protest British oppression in India. In the su...
52: ...al India called [[Sevagram]]. He staged another fast at the end of the decade in [[Bombay]] on [[March... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
15: ...nt in their progress toward profitability. The [[East Japan Railway Company]] has taken an innovative a...
22: ...ystem on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es, [...
28: ...motive|diesel]] or [[electric locomotive]]s. The last of these options, the most energy efficient, requ...
34: ...ry low labor cost. An example is that goods from east Asia that are bound for Europe will often be ship...
38: ==Safety and railway disasters== - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...his holiday and ends around [[Pentecost]]. See [[Eastertide]].)
4: ...aps for theological reasons). This would put the Last Supper slightly before Passover.
6: ...[pagan]] [[fertility goddess]] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of thi...
8: ==Date of Easter==
11: ..."padding-right: 1.5em;"align=center|'''Dates for Easter Sunday, 2000-2020'''
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