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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]...
3: ...explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...ess than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...s of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United Stat...
9: ...he first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: *[[Pieter van der Aa|Aa, Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer
8: *[[Alvar Aalto|Aalto, Alvar]], (1898-1976), Finnish architect
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure
14: ...Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
37: ...w Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
5: *[[Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
9: ...al writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
16: ...[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...ress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastemaker and the own...
8: ...d on [[November 28]], [[1919]], in December she became the second woman elected, and the first to take...
10: ...s his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, wou...
12: ...arlene Dietrich]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The Ballad Of The D-Day Dodgers".
17: # [[Robert Gould Shaw III]] (1898-1970) - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...ter in the world, as well as the only former American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]]...
10: Her father worked as a carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a groc...
14: ...ather when she was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region...
20: ...s there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen. She a...
28: ...ed, "After I signed, I cried. When I studied American history as a schoolgirl and I read about those w... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
4: ...eave both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were right, starting with [[freed...
5: Her conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'' by [[...
7: ...voted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and progres...
9: ...t, who had been elected president of the Theosophical Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the previo...
11: ...y courted Hindu opinion more than former Theosophical leaders. This was a clear reversal of policy fr... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...government. Luxemburg and hundreds of others were captured, tortured, and killed.
6: ... Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
14: ...tion for nations under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
19: ...g insisted that the critical difference between [[capital]] and [[labour (economics)|labour]] could on...
21: ...ks on German [[militarism]] and [[imperialism]] became heftier as she foresaw the approach of war, and... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
5: ...whom would make a substantial contribution to the campaign in different ways.
7: ... going on [[hunger strike]]. Her approach to the campaign did not endear her to everyone, and there w... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ..."the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ... melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...ther of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], w...
9: ...nt film era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but ret...
11: ...-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple w... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
5: ... and [[physics]] at the [[Sorbonne]], where she became the first woman to teach.
7: ...extracted from it. By [[1898]] they deduced a logical explanation: that the pitchblende contained trac...
9: ...n [[April 20]], [[1902]]) and then two new [[chemical element]]s. The first they named [[polonium]] af...
17: ...om the effects of the [[Dreyfus affair]], so the scandal's effect on the public was all the more acute...
19: ...he purified. Promptly after the war started, she cashed in her and her husband's [[gold]] Nobel Prize... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...rse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ... and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cross]].
4: == Youth, education, family nursing ==
6: ...east 10 years her senior. Young Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her olde...
8: ...oathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clara's lifework. - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...[[France]], was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
4: ...ive nursing procedures for the patients under her care. Leaving Florida, Jane Delano then spent three ...
6: ...resulted in her being named president of the American Nurses Association and chair of the National Com...
8: ...Association]], the Army Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cross. Through her efforts, emergency respon...
12: ...dication to humanity. She was named to the [[American Nurses Association Hall of Fame]] and at Schuyle... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...ptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
2: ...lous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (30.03333,...
4: ...صر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...e Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are exampl...
7: ...[Image:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highligh... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
22: ...d Style and New Style dates|Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. H...
24: ...nspired Adams with zeal for the cause of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, A...
28: ...contentiousness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested...
31: ... in London in [[1768]] as ''A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law''), in which he argued that the... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
18: ...Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
23: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic P...
29: ...ublican]] political domination between the [[American Civil War]] and the election of [[Woodrow Wilson...
34: ...ical opponents would later hold this against him, calling him the "Buffalo Hangman." Cleveland stated ... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ... east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,34...
3: ...ig;val Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, ...
7: ...n Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ... the arrival of flocks of birds to eat it. In any case, the story explains Alexandria's role as the sh...
23: ...to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|pseudo-Callisthenes]]. - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ... the Earth began soon after the formation of the Ca-Al-rich inclusions and the meteorites. Since the ...
4: ...shop [[James Ussher]] of [[Armagh]], [[Ireland]], calculated from the Bible (augmented by some [[astro...
15: ... that if two layers of rock at widely differing locations contained similar fossils, then it was very ...
17: ... Smith's nephew and student, John Phillips, later calculated by such means that the Earth was about 96...
19: ...tic, with changes brought about by intermittent [[catastrophe]]s. Many naturalists were influenced by ...
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