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- Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1900]] to [[1929]]'''.
27: *[[1904]] - [[Panama Canal]] Zone acquired
34: ...g|thumb|Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, led American progressives in the early 20th century]]
44: *[[1909]] - [[Robert Peary]] plants [[American flag]] at [[North Pole]]
51: *[[1910]] - [[Boy Scouts of America]] chartered
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...thernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanis...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
14: image_map = LocationMexico.png |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
19: capital = [[Mexico City]] | - Luwian language (1607 bytes)
3: ...n the various West Semitic languages its speakers came into contact with ([[Amorite]] dialects and esp...
5: Luwian is significant as it appears to prove that the [[Proto-Indo-Eu...
8: ...rnell University]], June 6–9, 1985'', ed. [[Calvert Watkins|C. Watkins]], 182–204. [[Berli... - Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
2: ...ruit_700x490.jpg|250px|A basket of grapefruit]] | caption = A basket of grapefruit}}
16: The '''grapefruit''' is a sub-tropical [[citrus]] [[tree]] grown for its [[fruit]], whi...
18: ...ly grown as an ornamental plant. The US quickly became a major producer of the fruit, with plantations...
22: ...udes to clusters of the fruit on the tree. Botannically, it was not distinguished from the pummelo unt...
24: Grapefruit can have a number of interactions with drugs, often ... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
4: ...ea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
5:
8: ...he deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.
10: ... Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage.
11: ...S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting - 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: 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 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...os]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint...
9: ...serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the sec...
14: ... spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
19: ===Education=== - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...ns?" The case came to be known as the '''Persons Case'''.
6: ... (farm women's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
8: ... women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
9: *[[Henrietta Muir Edwards]] (an advocate for working women and founder of the [[Victoria...
11: ... of Canada|senators]]: "The [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] shall... summon qualified ... - 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... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
3: ...'' ([[June 11]], [[1847]] – [[August 5]], [[1929]]) was a British [[suffragist]] (as opposed to a ...
5: ...nded [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]. She later became president of the National Union of Women's Suff...
9: ...ously came above the [[senior wrangler]] in the [[Cambridge University]] mathematics examinations. - 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: ...he won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after...
11: ...-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple w... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known...
11: ...made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
14: ...physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
19: ...t recent evidence has proved that this is not the case. [http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagena...
22: ... of the United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her screenplay ''[[Red Pawn]]'... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...oet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and litera...
7: ...1897 followed by two years at [[Johns Hopkins Medical School]].
9: ...eft|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
12: ...he lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: ...She owned early works of [[Pablo Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Mat... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...icence at the [[London Aeroplane Club]] in late [[1929]].
8: ...h|Gipsy Moth]] (registration G-AAAH) named Jason, can still be seen in the [[Science Museum_(London)|S...
12: ...flight from England to [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regain t... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member ...
7: ...apitulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's work can be understood as consistently in dialogue with B...
9: ...ists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
11: ...ream-of-consciousness]], the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives of characters, and ...
13: ...central strength: Woolf is arguably the major lyrical novelist in the English language. Her novels are... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ...smonaut corps. Out of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]], [...
7: ...t woman and first civilian to fly into space. Her call sign in this flight was '''Chayka''' ([[English...
9: ...o her prominence she was chosen for several political positions: From [[1966]] to [[1974]] she was a m...
11: ...e married fellow cosmonaut [[Andrian Nikolayev]] (1929–2004) and gave birth to their daughter Elen... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...ember 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologis...
5: ...k in [[Polynesia]]. In 1926 Mead joined the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, as ass...
12: ...ad's advisor, [[Franz Boas]], wrote of its significance that
13: ...courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive t...
14: ...nt out that at the time of publication, many Americans had begun to discuss the problems faced by youn... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
2: ...d States|US]] [[Army]] nurse nicknamed ''the American [[Florence Nightingale]]''.
8: In the [[Spanish American War]] she organized nurses for the military. Thr...
12: With Amy E. Pope she wrote a textbook: ''Practical Nursing''. Maxwell Hall ([[1928]]-[[1984]]) at P... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
1: ...mith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
7: ...raveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became the highest-paid black entertainer of her day. ...
9: ...string section--a musical environment that is radically different from any found on her recordings.
11: ... recordings and they are of particular interest because the accompanying band included such [[Swing Er...
13: ...long [[United States Highway 61]]. She was in a car driven by her companion (and [[Lionel Hampton]]'... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...tion. They captivated the attention of the [[American]] press and its readership during what is someti...
9: ...8212; once for over a year — and in January 1929, she told him they were through. Although he was ...
11: ...nd loyal companion to Clyde Barrow as they evaded capture and awaited the violent deaths they viewed a...
15: ... he also cracked safes, burgled stores, and stole cars. Known primarily for robbing banks, he preferre...
23: ...Farm]] until early 1932. It was there, at Eastham Camp 1, that it appears he first killed another man ...
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