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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...equeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occas...
20: ...s]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C. H. K. Marten, Prov...
23: ...stances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had b...
27: ...her than have them educated at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the...
29: Elizabeth made her first official visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompan... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary...
13: ...d of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and his first wife, [[Catherine of Aragon]]. A [[stillbirth|...
15: ... the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ..., the Princess Mary was instead contracted to her first cousin, the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V...
21: ...beth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was not permitted to see her mother Ca... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|HRH The...
15: ... [[beauty]], admired and emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the internat...
22: ...encer|Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp]], and his first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Vi...
24: ...efly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]...
30: ...nd Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications. - 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. - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...tion<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [...
50: ...ssful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...end of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the s...
21: ...itors of the confidence and stability of France's finances.
23: ...ly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances, and allow further borrowing until the land...
25: ...ing the convocation of the Estates-General within five years, but also attempted in the meanwhile to g...
27: ...8]], and Necker again took charge of the nation's finances. He used his position not to propose new r... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
11: The sport is regulated by the FIA, [[F餩ration Internationale de l'Automobile]], ...
18: ...ampionship was not formalized until [[1947]], and first run in [[1950]]; a championship for constructo...
22: ...Fangio is remembered for dominating Formula One's first decade.
24: The first major technological development, [[Cinquemani]...
26: ...]], [[British racing green]] came to dominate the field for the next decade. Between [[Jim Clark]], [[... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
3: ...ice]] for [[computer]]s, involving a small object fitted with one or more buttons and shaped to sit na...
8: ...ge:First_Computer_Mouse_pic_2.jpg|thumb|300px|The first computer mouse]]
9: [[Image:firstmouseunderside.jpg|frame|The first computer mouse held by inventor [[Douglas Enge...
15: ...ously'' hold the mouse in one hand, and type on a five-key chord keyset with the other.
21: ...]. A spin-off of EPFL, [[Logitech]], launched the first popular mice. - Global warming (53726 bytes)
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13: == Scientific opinion ==
14: {{seemain|scientific opinion on climate change}}
16: ...onsensus]] on global warming is summarized by the findings of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
18: ...climate change, concluding that there is a scientific consensus on the reality of ''anthropogenic'' cl... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...1838]]. Fully aware of the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet a...
6: ...ent]] as the dominant scientific theory of diversification in nature. He continued his research and w...
15: ...e Mount, Shrewsbury|The Mount House]]. He was the fifth of six children of [[Robert Waring Darwin|Robe...
17: ...a boarder at the ''[[Shrewsbury School]]''. After finishing school, Darwin went to [[Edinburgh Univers...
19: ...fe cycle of marine animals on the shores of the [[Firth of Forth]] where Grant found evidence for ''ho... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
17: ...nwealth of Australia]]. [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Minister]].
20: * [[January 10]] - The first great [[Texas]] gusher, [[oil]] discovered at ...
22: ...e of [[Hawaii|Hawaii Territory]] convenes for the first time.
29: * [[April 25]] - [[New York State]] becomes the first to require [[automobile]] [[license plate]]s.
30: * [[May 9]] - [[Australia]] opens its first [[Australian Parliament|parliament]] in [[Melb...
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