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- Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
33: ... of her given names, and consequently adopted the first name '''Kim''' in her teens. She was educated ...
41: ... ([[1990]]-[[1993]]). Then she briefly became the first female [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)...
43: ... and Eddy were divorced, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister.
45: ...any Canadians. The fact that she was a woman, the first to become Prime Minister, initially made her v...
49: ...y regarded as the final nail in her campaign's coffin. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream. - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ion of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Engli...
58: ...ted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and leg...
60: ...'. Historically the state has had more than one official title. The revolutionary state established by... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
1: ...nt of [[North America]], bordering both the [[Pacific Ocean]] and the [[Caribbean Sea]].
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
20: ...|Spanish]] (Official), (Indigenous languages of official status as well, particularly Maya)
62: ...ued until conquered by the [[Spain|Spanish]], who first arrived in [[1523]] and colonised the area. [[...
64: ...uatemala became independent of Spain in [[1821]], first as a part of the [[United Provinces of Central... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...m, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
10: official_languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[E...
16: largest_city = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial capital]]) |
74: ...llowed to return to India and died in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also inv...
85: ...d the United States supported anti-Soviet freedom fighters (called [[Mujahideen]]) in Afghanistan, and... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
36: ...is the site of the [[New Hampshire primary]], the first [[U.S. presidential primary|primary]] in the [...
38: ...ac|purple lilac]]. Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|America...
42: ... it gained international attention for having the first openly [[gay]] bishop, [[Gene Robinson]], with...
49: ...h rule in the [[American Revolution]]. It was the first state to declare its independence, and the his... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...pects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between ...
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...hter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions ...
11: ...ace. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ... animal in orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vos... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
46: ...ts capital in [[Constantinople]]. In certain specific contexts, usually referring to the centuries tha...
51: ...played a crucial role in this. Henceforth, it was fixed policy in the West to refer to the emperor in ...
57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Chr...
61: Byzantines identified themselves as Ρωμαί	...
63: The official dissolution of the Byzantine state in the [[1... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...ed, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on i...
11: ...re by Earth-based [[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbit...
18: ... to the surface, while the presence of a magnetic field would have helped to protect the planet from [...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence ... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ... Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Bea...
33: ...ntained since [[antiquity]] that the world of the fixed stars was eternal and unchangeable (a fundamen...
38: ... of the [[solar system]]. Tycho believed in a modified [[geocentric model]] known as the [[Tychonian s...
43: ...rway]], impressed with Tycho's 1572 observations, financed the construction of two observatories for T...
47: ...casting; and astrological interpretations of significant astronomical events such as the [[comet]] of ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ism|humanist]] scholar and occupied many public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[...
7: ...he judged himself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the re...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He rem...
12: ...vernment, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaison between t...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ...o members, regardless of population. As there are fifty states in the Union, the Senate consists of 10...
15: ...population of each state, but the total number is fixed by statute at 435 ([[Public Law 62-5]]).
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
24: ...tol]] building in [[Washington, D.C.]] hosted its first session of Congress on [[November 17]], [[1800...
26: ...the United States Congress were televised for the first time on [[January 3]], [[1947]]. Proceedings o... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... Constitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[President of the United States|Presi...
10: ...which each state was equally represented. The inefficacy of the federal government under the Articles ...
12: ... Senate's purpose as "A necessary fence against...fickleness and passion". [[George Washington]], in a...
14: ...e [[slavery|slaveholding]] South. For most of the first half of the 19th century, a balance between No...
16: ...achieved their objective in [[1913]] with the ratification of the [[Seventeenth Amendment to the Unite... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
22: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
24: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
31: ...Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
15: ...he [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]...
20: ...s Hitler]] ([[1837]]–[[1903]]), a customs official, and [[Klara P?]], Alois' niece and third wif...
24: ...h ancestors. Although these rumours were never confirmed, for Hitler they were reason enough to concea...
25: ...d; however, in sixth grade (1900–1901), his first year of high school (''Realschule'') in Linz, ...
27: ... the boy to follow him in a career as a customs official, although Adolf wanted to become a painter. T... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...the [[telegraph]], the [[Pony Express]] and the [[First Transcontinental Railroad]].
5: official_name = Sacramento, California |
23: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
25: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
42: ...cal engineer [[William H. Warner]] to draft the official layout of the city. However, a bitterness gre... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
34: ...ge|French]] word, ''bois駧, meaning "wooded". It first came to use among [[French-Canadian]] [[fur tr...
72: The city is home to five public high schools: [[Boise High School]], [[B...
82: ...ian]], 0.16% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.74% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|othe...
100: {{Commons|Boise|Boise}} - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...r lacked any privacy. The Governor's mansion was finally demolished in [[1857]]. (See HISTORY OF INDI...
31: ...the Indianapolis section of the canal was dug and filled, but only an 8.29 mile (13.34 km) portion con...
33: ...ianapolis to enjoy a relatively low amount of traffic congestion for a city its size.
37: ...a and nationwide, and the national organization officially disbanded in [[1944]].
41: ...of the Indianapolis Fire Department with township fire departments based upon approval of all affected... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
37: ...ian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.54% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|othe...
48: * [[1859]] - The City of Lansing is officially incorporated.
50: * [[1897]] - Ransom E. Olds drives his first car down a Lansing street. He would later foun...
84: {{commons|Lansing, Michigan}}
85: ...http://www.cityoflansingmi.com/ City of Lansing Official Website] - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ...ty-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]] [[metropolitan area]], defined as [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]], [[Dav...
15: ... the Salt Lake Valley for thousands of years. The first Europeans to settle in the valley were the Lat...
17: ...]. Great Salt Lake City replaced [[Fillmore, Utah|Fillmore]] as the territorial capital in [[1858]] an...
20: ...asing [[1890 Manifesto|"The Manifesto"]], which officially renounced polygamy in the church. This pave...
22: ...] [[Cathedral of the Madeleine]] in [[1909]], the first major churches not of the Latter-Day Saint fai...
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