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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
13: | [[1923]] — [[1931]]
17: | [[1899]] — [[1900]]
21: | [[1895]] — [[1915]]
29: | [[1886]] — [[1907]]
33: | [[1872]] — [[1879]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ... number of colossal buildings, all constructed of dark-grey marble from the adjacent mountain. The sto...
8: ...y declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Darius Hystaspis]], concerning whom [[Ctesias]] rela...
12: ..., if not his, then that of [[Darius III of Persia|Darius III]] (Codomannus), who is one of those whose...
16: [[Image:proskynesis.jpg|thumb|300px|Darius the Great]]
18: ...of Persepolis commenced with [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]], it was probably under this king, with wh... - China (38909 bytes)
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S...
47: ..., which lasted until the overthrow of [[Puyi]] in 1911.
55: ...ist state]]—the People's Republic of China—that laid claim to be the successor state of th... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
24: ...[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
114: ...], (circa 1000 BC), Biblical figure, third son of David
115: *[[Absalon]], (circa 1128-1201), Danish archbishop - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[July 31]], [[1784]]) was a [[France|French]]...
7: ...t graphic of all the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...f Medicine'' (1746–1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ...
14: ...what interested the militant philosophers of that day was an episodic application of the principle of ...
29: ...angerous ideas they held were now made truly formidable by their open publication. In 1759 the ''Encyc... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...ne Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]], [[1867]] – [[March 24|24 March]], [[1953]]) was the [[Que...
9: ...e of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambr...
17: ...cess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridg...
19: ...orge never took a mistress and wrote to May every day.
27: ...arried [[Wallis Simpson]] ([[19 June]] [[1896]] – [[24 April]] [[1986]]); no issue. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: '''Emma Goldman''' ([[June 27]], [[1869]] – [[May 14]], [[1940]]) was a [[Lithuania]]n-bor...
21: ...chist sympathizer, had shot the President several days before. The authorities' attempt to associate h...
24: ... as a tragic consequence of social conditions. In 1911, Goldman wrote in ''[[Mother Earth (magazine)|Mot...
29: ...ecting the hearing, called her ''"one of the most dangerous anarchists in America."''
59: * <blockquote>"If I can't dance, it's not my revolution" - widely attributed, ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...Mary Stevenson Cassatt''' ([[May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|...
4: ...ittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], she was the daughter of a well-do-to businessman. Cassatt grew u...
29: ...heumatism]], [[neuralgia]] and [[cataract]]s in [[1911]], she did not slow down, but after [[1914]] she ...
42: ...ortrait of Madame Sisley 1873.jpg|''Portrait of Madame Sisley'' (1873) - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...vate life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry ...
8: Mary Ann Evans was the daughter of an estate agent in [[Warwickshire]], bor...
10: ...career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorced, ...
21: ...[Middlemarch]]''. By the time of ''[[Daniel Deronda]]'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she fade...
27: * ''[[Adam Bede]]'' (1859) - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: '''Mary Pickford''' ([[April 8]], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion pict...
5: ...odramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the st...
11: ...Irish-born silent-film actor, on [[January 7]], [[1911]]. The couple had numerous marital problems, name...
15: ...p in front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funer... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...łodowska-Curie''', [[November 7]] [[1867]] – [[July 4]] [[1934]]) was a [[Polish]] chemist ...
13: ... she received the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], [[1911]] "in recognition of her services to the advancem...
17: ...Langevin's grandson Michel later married her granddaughter H鬨ne Langevin-Joliot.
19: ...d in her and her husband's [[gold]] Nobel Prize Medals for the war effort.
27: ... the year after Marie Curie's death. Her youngest daughter, [[Eve Curie]], wrote a biography on Curie ... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: '''Mahalia Jackson''' ([[October 29]], [[1911]]–[[January 13]], [[1972]]) was an [[African Amer... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ...ldegard of Bingen''' ([[September 16]] [[1098]] – [[September 17]], [[1179]]) was a [[German peo...
24: ...saints and Virgin Mary for the holidays and feast days, and antiphons. There is some evidence that her...
26: ...nal use. Thus, "Reyan (tansy) is hot and a little damp and is good against all superfluous flowing hum...
34: ...eak and parents feel no love, leading to a bitter daughter.
37: ... of paradise. According to her, before the Fall, Adam had a pure voice and joined angels in singing pr... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
1: ...:Lucyheadshot.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Lucille Ball (1911~1989)]]
2: '''Lucille Ball''' ([[August 6]], [[1911]] – [[April 26]], [[1989]]) was an [[United States...
5: ... shy girl was outshined by another pupil: [[Bette Davis]]. Lucille later went home in a few weeks when...
20: ...des in [[radio]], and in fact other TV sitcoms predated her show), and was among the first stars to fi...
24: ...que, and close choreography. Among other non-standard techniques used in filming the show, cans of pa... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ...[[June 26]], [[1911]] in [[Port Arthur, Texas]] – [[September 27]], [[1956]]) was an [[United St...
5: ...ter the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
11: ...f|Grand Slam]] of the three women's majors of the day, the [[US Open (golf)|US Open]], the Titleholder...
23: ... Official Site of the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Foundation - on archive.org] - Retina (13061 bytes)
7: [[George Wald]], [[Haldan Keffer Hartline]] and [[Ragnar Granit]] won the ...
27: ... very poorly lit conditions and saturate in broad daylight, while cones are not sensitive enough to wo...
29: ...ty minutes to reach full sensitivity (see [[dark adaptation]]).
38: ...a of an eye to determine its health. Recently, [[adaptive optics]] have been used to image individual ...
44: ...ypertension]] and [[diabetes mellitus]] can cause damage to the tiny blood vessels that supply the ret... - Cornet (3752 bytes)
3: The cornet is a standard [[brass band]] instrument, which was derived fr...
7: ...ed to just "sop"), pitched a fourth above the standard Bb. This instrument, with usually just one in a...
11: ...s a public domain image from Webster's Dictionary 1911]]
25: ...in a British cavalry troop, who carried the [[standard]], also known as a ''cornet''. This rank is als... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
3: | image name=johnadamsvp.flipped.jpg
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 30]], [[1735]] - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
10: # All countries would adopt a universal day.
11: ... universal day would be a [[solar time|mean solar day]], beginning at the mean midnight at Greenwich a...
12: # That nautical and astronomical days everywhere would begin at mean midnight.
15: ...ench did not adopt the Greenwich meridian until [[1911]].
17: The [[International Date Line]] (the jagged red line down the right side...
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