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- Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
4: Rosa Parks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James and Loeona McCauley. She grew up o...
10: ...re black community boycotted public buses for 381 days. Dozens of public buses stood idle for months u...
14: ...1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
19: Standard accounts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]...
32: [[Image:Parkstoday.jpg|frame|Rosa Parks in the year 2000]] - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...ileschi''' ([[July 8]], [[1593]] - [[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[...
10: ...elden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the realism of [[Carava...
12: ..., so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unfortunate effect was that ...
14: ...apped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularly cruel torture to a painter. Bot...
18: ... Virgin Mary with Baby"''), currently in the [[Spada Gallery]], [[Rome]]. - 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...
15: ...p in front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funer...
18: ... and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
5: ... [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
15: ...r Advancing Technology in Developing Countries at Dartmouth College. The Institute was established as ...
19: ...ison Academy'', an alternative public school in [[Detroit]]. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...r born in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], but raised in [[Detroit, Michigan]]. On [[January 3]], [[1987]] she beca...
6: ...Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In the early [[1960s...
10: ...p Ten hits in the late 1960s and early [[1970s]], dabbling in [[gospel music]], [[blues music]], [[pop...
16: ...ost-Atlantic material as far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties.
18: ... for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit. - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
9: ...rst professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in [[1974]].
33: ...t title came on August 21, [[2005]], at the [[Canada Masters|Rogers Cup]] in [[Toronto]], where she wo...
63: 1983 Australian Open Kathy Jordan 6-2, 7-6
158: ** Washington DC, Houston, Minnesota, Detroit, Edinburgh, Charlotte
161: ...gton, DC, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Detroit, Kansas City, Eastbourne, Phoenix - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
35: note) in a three octave range. The standard diatonic harmonica is
38: ...monicas are available in all keys. Here is a standard
49: ... the tonic triad, is given the blow, and the secondary notes: D-G-B-F-A, the draw.
120: ...n the first place). Rather than providing the standard C major and G dominant chords, the Mixolydian p...
126: ...ey of C, is pitched one octave lower than the standard 10 hole C diatonic. Thus, hole 4 blow is one o... - United States (58223 bytes)
1: The '''United States of America'''—also referred to as the '''United States''', ''...
2: ... as several territorial water boundaries with Canada, [[Russia]] and [[The Bahamas]]. It is otherwise ...
9: ...Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[177...
52: ...riginal 13 states adopted the Constitution as the date on that state "entered the Union" (became part ... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...eorge Herman Ruth''', ([[February 6]], [[1895]] – [[August 16]], [[1948]]), better known as '''B...
6: ==Early days==
12: ...sition because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe started m...
14: ...s club, and took him to spring training in [[Florida]], where a strong performance with bat and ball s...
15: ...ue Orioles, and the competition hit Orioles' attendance significantly. To make ends meet, Dunn was ob... - Florida (24937 bytes)
2: Name = Florida |
3: Fullname = State of Florida |
4: Flag = Florida state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Florida]] |
6: Seal = Florida state seal.png | - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...ite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative ...
4: [[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...ve. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time...
8: ... the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British...
12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00 UTC, then i... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...homas Alva Edison''' ([[February 11]], [[1847]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United Stat...
7: ...homas Edison bought a house in [[Fort Myers, Florida]] (Seminole Lodge) as a winter retreat. [[Henry F...
10: ...anged. He and his family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British government gave tho...
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan, O...
16: ...ing. His mother had been a school teacher in Canada and happily took over the job of schooling her so... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
12: ...arket crash]] of 1929, collapse of the [[gold standard]], collapse of [[international trade]] due to t...
14: ...nt in the [[USSR]], an area which covered present day [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] and the Central Asian re...
28: ...ated north by train to work in auto plants around Detroit.
40: ...to balanced budgets and an international gold standard. It was only gradually that he came to the conc...
45: ...ion" (in which large players supposedly used [[predatory pricing]] to drive out small players); - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
48: *[[1935]] - [[Fair Labor Standard Act]] - sets [[minimum wage]] and hours
59: *[[1938]] - [[Fair Labor Standards Act]]
81: *[[1943]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]] [[race riot]]s
88: *[[1944]] - [[D-Day]]
96: *[[1945]] - [[Potsdam Conference]] - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
19: *[[1954]] - [[Baghdad Pact]]
80: *[[1965]] - [[Watts Riot]]; [[Detroit race riot]]; "[[long hot summer]]"
84: ...1966]] - [[Miranda v. Arizona]] establishes "Miranda rights"
88: *[[1968]] - Presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy]] assassinated - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
15: There were fundamental contrasts between the visions of the [[Unit...
17: ... the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position.
32: ...ense spending, and embark on an elaborate propaganda campaign to convince Americans to fight this cost...
49: ...mmunist East. While the Berlin Wall was a propaganda setback, the Soviets garnered a huge victory when...
59: ... [[October 16]], [[1962]] and lasted for thirteen days. It is regarded by many as the moment when the ... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
16: LandArea = 147,255 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 26]], [[1837]] |
25: TimeZone = Eastern: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Pen...
40: ...e la Mothe Cadillac]] founded [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] on the straits between Lakes [[Lake St. Clair|S... - 2006 (7939 bytes)
11: ...year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It has been designated:
14: ...e ''[[Mozart]] Year'', celebrating the 250th birthday of the Austrian composer ''Johann Chrysostom Wol...
23: * [[January 1]] - 30 Cities across the [[Canada|Canadian]] Province of [[Quebec]] will be reconst...
25: * [[January 9]] - Planned launch date of [[New Horizons]]
28: ...Super Bowl XL]] to be held at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]] - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...e [[Belgium|Belgian]] town of [[Bree]], called Breda in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' ...
5: ...Pieter van Aelst|Pieter Coecke van Aelst]], whose daughter Mayke he later married, and was in [[1551]]...
31: ...el'' c. 1563, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam <br>
36: ** ''The Gloomy Day (Feb.-Ma.)'' 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien...
44: ... Of John The Baptist'' 1566, Beaux Arts Museum, Budapest - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: ...g their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], c...
7: ...f the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in thei...
9: ...hat only teams in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] participate. While some would contend that the...
13: ...he Olympics until now. The US team won the gold medal in [[2000]], suggesting that a major-league team...
54: * 1887 [[Detroit Wolverines]]
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