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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...''Zora Neale Hurston''' ([[January 7]], [[1891]]–[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[African-Amer...
5: ...ulga, Alabama]] and grew up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard Coll...
11: ... you dare! Ah'll wash yo' tub uh 'gator guts and dat quick."
13: ...l capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
17: ...ademics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Haiti]] in 1937, and presuming a scientific basis for t... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...r Teresa of Calcutta''' ([[August 27]] [[1910]] – [[September 5]] [[1997]]) was an international...
11: ...r of the youth group in her local parish called Sodality. At 18, the [[Vatican]] granted Teresa permis...
13: ...sed Virgin Mary]] in [[Dublin]] she was sent to [[Darjeeling]] in India as a novice sister. In [[1931]...
19: ==Foundation of the Missionaries of Charity==
24: ... Soon after she opened another hospice, Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart), a home for [[leprosy|lepers]] call... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ...5). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Creative Work in the Field of...
10: ...he subject, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The ...
14: ...t [[James Merrill]] (1926-1995) and his partner [[David Jackson]] (''?''-2001) during [[seance|s顮ces...
23: ...performance by [[Chao-li Chi]], Chinese flute and Haitian drums musical collage by Maya Deren
28: ...erel Ito as ''Divine Horsemen, The Living Gods of Haiti'' - North America (12844 bytes)
6: ...et's remain careful --> considered to include Canada and the United States, but not Mexico or any of t...
7: ...th America is only a subcontinent composed by Canada, United States and Mexico.
14: ...plain along the Atlantic seaboard, and the [[Florida]] peninsula. Mexico, with its long [[plateau|pla...
16: ...containing smaller ranges and low-lying deserts – in between. The highest peak is [[Denali]] in...
18: Since [[1931]], [[Rugby, North Dakota]], has officially been recognized as being at... - 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 ... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...y]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and by [[time zone]].
10: *[[Angola]] - [[Luanda]]
37: *[[Madagascar]] - [[Antananarivo]]
49: *[[Rwanda]] - [[Kigali]]
52: *[[Senegal]] - [[Dakar]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
16: <tr><td>[[Amman]] <td>[[Jordan]]
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
20: <tr><td>[[Antananarivo]] <td>[[Madagascar]]
28: <tr><td>[[Baghdad]] <td>[[Iraq]]
31: ...r><td>[[Bandar Seri Begawan]] <td>[[Brunei|Brunei Darussalam]] - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...Islands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Haiti]].
12: ...'s army, and fought valiantly for more than three days & nights, until they were forced to surrender, ...
18: ...], but has been rising steadily. Cuba's economy today is roughly split into three parts: [[agriculture...
24: ...visit Cuba by traveling through [[Mexico]], [[Canada]] or the [[Bahamas]]. American citizens can be li...
34: ...l party, but is forbidden by law to nominate candidates. However this is largely a moot point since no... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...a]] and to the west of [[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]] are situated.
43: <br> - Date
94: ...hools are available for specialty training in Canada, the U.S. and Britain.
148: ...]. Other religions include Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
150: ...cially to the [[United States]] but also to [[Canada]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. This emigration app... - 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... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
16: ...icts in [[Somalia]], [[Bosnia]], [[Kosovo]] and [[Haiti]], often with the cooperation of the [[United Nat...
21: ... early [[1990s]] the politics of oil still proved dangerous for all concerned as it did in the early [...
23: ...for a final negotiation session, which failed. Saddam then sent his troops into Kuwait.
25: ...sion. U.S. president George H.W. Bush compared Saddam to Hitler and declared that if the United States...
27: ...ng the [[Iran-Iraq War]]. Perhaps in response, Saddam was pushing oil-exporting countries to raise oil... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
24: ...fic Ocean]] east of the [[International date line|dateline]], and the South Pacific Ocean east of 160&...
25: ...hoon'' in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline
32: ...], ''Chubasco'' in [[Mexico]], and ''Taino'' in [[Haiti]].
34: ...act, tropical storms can also produce significant damage and loss of life, mainly due to flooding.
40: ...loud pattern. Extratropical cyclones still can be dangerous because their continuing low pressure caus... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
10: ...[Politics of Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua and Barbuda]] - [[Politics of Argentina|Argentina]] - [[Polit...
13: ...ics of Benin|Benin]] - [[Politics of Bermuda|Bermuda]] - [[Politics of Bhutan|Bhutan]] - [[Politics of...
16: ...of Cameroon|Cameroon]] - [[Politics of Canada|Canada]] - [[Politics of Cape Verde|Cape Verde]] - [[Pol...
28: ...s of Greece|Greece]] - [[Politics of Grenada|Grenada]] - [[Politics of Guadeloupe|Guadeloupe]] - [[Pol...
31: [[Politics of Haiti|Haiti]] - Holy See (see [[Politics of the Vatican City|... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: ...year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[leap year]]s).
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
9: ...]] - Continental troops under Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutena...
13: ...h]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Sudan]].
32: * [[1982]] - [[Cold Sunday|"Cold Sunday"]] in the [[United States]] sees temperatures fa... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ... holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in [[leap year]]s).
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: ...0]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - Mango (12190 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Sapindales]]}}
17: ''M. foetida''<br>
34: ...he gods" can be found in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] Vedas. The name of the fruit comes from the [[Tamil la...
39: ...r that rapidly changes to a dark glossy red, then dark green as they mature. When the small white [[fl... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
25: ...ical journalist, [[Jacobin]], friend of [[Georges Danton]]. Went directly from civilian life to being ...
42: *[[Charlotte Corday]] - assassin of [[Marat]]
47: *[[Georges Danton]] - writer, [[Jacobin]] but neither a [[Giron...
48: *[[Pierre Claude François Daunou]] - historian, loosely associated with the [[...
49: *[[Jacques Louis David]] - painter, [[The Mountain|''Montagnard'']] (... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
5: | date1=[[January 20]], [[1993]]
6: | date2=[[January 20]], [[2001]]
9: | date of birth=[[August 19]], [[1946]]
12: | date of death=
23: ...grand jury for his handling of the [[Lewinsky scandal|Monica Lewinsky affair]] [http://thomas.loc.gov/...
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