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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... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
2: ... the [[United States]] when he set foot in [[Florida]] in 1513.
7: ...om office in 1512 and felt his good name had been damaged. Not wishing to serve Diego, Ponce de León ...
9: ... the ''Memoir'' of [[Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda]], and was later included in the ''Historia gener...
12: ...lorida Day'', April 2, is a legal holiday in Florida.
14: ...led back south to [[Havana]], and then up to Florida again, stopping at the Bay of ''Chequesta'' ([[Bi... - 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)
12: ...'s army, and fought valiantly for more than three days & nights, until they were forced to surrender, ...
14: ...ver 10,000 Cubans stormed the Peruvian embassy in Havana seeking political asylum. In response to this and...
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... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
6: ====1860–1865====
12: ...federacy) established under President [[Jefferson Davis]]
28: *[[1864]] - [[Wade Davis Bill]]
31: *[[1864]] - [[Nevada]] becomes a state
38: ====1866–1869==== - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
5: ... rule, owes very little to what he is born with — a man is what he makes of himself. |
6: date_of_birth=[[March 3]] [[1847]] |
9: date_of_death=[[August 2]] [[1922]] |
10: ...ck, Nova Scotia|Baddeck]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]
12: ...''Alexander Graham Bell''' ([[March 3]] [[1847]]–[[August 2]] [[1922]]) was a [[scientist]], [[i... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...th century through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
6: ...reason and defeated Gonzales's army. As a result, Davilas leadership was secured and de Soto gained hi...
13: ... [[1537]], [[In鳠de Bobadilla]], the daughter of Davila. She came from one of the most respectable fa...
15: ... [[governor]] of [[Cuba]] ''y adelante de La Florida'' (meaning: all lands north of Mexico) by [[Emper...
17: == Expedition to Florida 1538-1542 == - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
2: ...:President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg|thumb|'''Jefferson Davis''']]
3: '''Jefferson Davis''' ([[June 3]], [[1808]]–[[December 6]], [[1889]]) was an [[United State...
6: ... under [[Andrew Jackson]] and receiving his commendation for bravery in the [[Battle of New Orleans]].
8: During Davis's youth, his family moved several times, in [[...
10: ...[[Lexington, Kentucky]] in [[1821]]. In [[1824]], Davis entered the [[United States Military Academy]]... - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (4763 bytes)
2: ...opean]] explorer to navigate the coast of present day [[California]] in the [[United States]]. He also...
5: ...probably in Seville, but perhaps in Cuellar." His date of birth and parentage are also unknown, but ev...
8: Rodríguez Cabrillo shipped for [[Havana]] as a lad and joined the forces of [[Hernán Cor...
12: ...nd brought the remainder of the party back to Navidad, where they arrived [[April 14]], [[1543]].
14: ...f it made by another investigator, [[Andrés de Urdaneta]], who also had access to ships' logs and cha... - Cuban Missile Crisis (13015 bytes)
1: ...gan on [[October 14]], [[1962]] and lasted for 38 days until [[November 20]], [[1962]]. It is regarded...
7: ... of under twenty minutes. In addition, the U.S. radar warning system was oriented towards the USSR and...
13: ...ban Revolution]]. Soviet reasoning was two-fold — first, to defend this new Communist state from...
19: ...mber 16]]. The Soviets were building nine sites — six for [[SS-4s]] and three for [[SS-5]]s with...
25: ... was planned, and troops were assembled in [[Florida]] (although with over 40,000 Russian soldiers in ... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
12: ...:Johnadamsvp.flopped.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[John Adams]], the first Vice President of the United State...
21: ...e, the Vice President rarely presides over day-to-day matters in the Senate; in his place, the Senate ...
23: ...nce their own election to the Presidency: [[John Adams]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Martin Van Buren]], ...
31: ... parties. In 1796, for instance, Federalist John Adams came in first, and Democratic-Republican Thomas...
37: ...irement is easily circumvented by having the candidate for Vice President change the state of residenc... - Havanese (12254 bytes)
13: |Bichon Havanaise
17: |Havana Silk Dog
37: |[[Canadian Kennel Club|CKC]]: ||Group 5 — Toys
38: |[http://www.canadasguidetodogs.com/toys/havanese_std.htm Stds]
59: ...[topknots]] and bows in presentation. The AKC standard notes "his character is essentially playful rat... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ... expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to dis...
3: ...the banks of the [[Mississippi River]] at present-day [[Lake Village, Arkansas]].
5: ... to seek their fortune elsewhere. Two towns—[[Badajoz]] and [[Barcarrota]]—claim to be his birthpl...
9: ...e, [[Juan Ponce de León]], who discovered [[Florida]], [[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]], who discovered th...
12: ...ers. The Spanish captured Atahualpa, and the next day de Soto was again sent to the camp of the Incan ...
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