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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... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
8: ...nasium]] there from [[1880]]. Even in those early days she was a member of the "Proletariat", a left-w...
21: ... [[general strike]] to rouse the workers into solidarity and prevent war, but the party leadership ref...
25: ...part in the Russian Social Democrats' Fifth Party Day in [[London]], where she met [[Vladimir Lenin]]....
32: ...re declared war against [[Russia]]. The following day, the [[Reichstag]] unanimously agreed to finance...
36: ...a number of scores, and presciently warned of the danger that a [[dictatorship]] would develop under B... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
54: ...means value, in the sense of overall lightness or darkness of a painting, Stein using a high proportio...
58: ...ere gay there, they were regularly gay there everyday," of which he contends that the, "effect would b...
60: ...te in long hand, typically about half an hour per day. Alice B. Toklas would collect the pages, type t...
61: Today, most manuscripts are kept in the [[Beinecke Lib...
63: ...ul of mundane tasks and Alice Toklas managed everyday affairs. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...le interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many...
7: ... to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant ...
12: ...d they gave her male clothing to wear (as the standard disguise used in such circumstances) and brough...
14: ... small force she eventually led included the legendary soldiers, [[Jean de Dunois|Jean d'Orleans (Coun...
16: ... said would verify her legitimacy as a visionary—gained her the support of prominent clergy such... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...[[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Left of her is silver medallist [[Maureen Gardner]], while 3rd place finishe...
3: ...ete]]. She is most famous for winning four gold medals at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]. ...
15: ...e 4 נ100 m [[relay]], both held on the same day. In the high jump, she took sixth place (shared ...
17: ...d]]s), and she also won her first international medals. At the European Championships in [[Vienna]], s...
23: ...ally thought women should not compete in sports – not an unusual opinion at the time. However, h... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...red from [[measurement]] and can be stored in a [[database]], from which it can be extracted for a var...
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest ma...
9: ...m the Kassite period ([[14th century BCE|14th]] – [[12th century BCE|12th centuries BCE]]) of Ba...
11: ... of the earth to within 15 per cent of the modern-day accepted value.
21: ...pping tended toward diagrammatic as well, since cadastral needs generally were met by descriptions of ... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
3: ...eneral Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Security Council. The organization's h...
24: ..., [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States]] — and by a majority of the other 46 signatories.
33: ...of atomic weapons and of all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction".
35: ...d the UN Disarmament Commission. Items on the agenda include consideration of the possible merits of a...
55: ...ept and both the UN Service Medal, and the NATO Medal, are considered [[international decoration]]s in... - Science (19868 bytes)
6: ...jective, empirically testable, and "predictive" — they predict empirical results that can be che...
16: ...d empiricism makes a crucial error of reasoning — the '''epistemic fallacy'''. This is the mista...
30: ...t is nevertheless conceivable that they will some day be supplanted. Younger theories such as [[string...
32: ...evidence is presented. Even the most basic and fundamental theories may turn out to be imperfect if ne...
52: ...es or replaces it in light of new observations or data. - Society (6217 bytes)
- Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
6: ...erm of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1869]] – [[March 3]], [[1877]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[April 27]], [[1822]]</td>...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 23]], [[1885]]</td>...
17: ;[[Schuyler Colfax]] ([[1869]]–[[1873]])
18: ;[[Henry Wilson]] ([[1873]]–[[1875]])</td></tr> - Turkey (41694 bytes)
5: ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh) |
16: sovereignty_type = [[National_Day|National Day]] |
18: established_dates = <br>[[April 23]], [[1920]] <br>[[October 29]...
58: ... rich history of people and the land laid the foundations of the current republic. Even though officia...
60: ...t of Turkish society -- that would become the foundation of the Turkish nation. This [[Turkish Nationa... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
15: ...istics or accounts given for death tolls or other damages incurred by Mao's campaigns.
17: ...ns of deaths, incurred severe economic costs, and damaged China's cultural heritage. The [[Great Leap ...
19: ...ned head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which came under ...
23: ...stitutes 15% of the population, higher living standards (which is shown via dramatic increases in GDP ... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
51: | [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] +2 ([[Daylight Saving Time|DST +3]])
57: | [[Lebanon Cedar]]
71: Lebanon is one of the fifteen present-day countries that comprise what is considered to be...
73: ...andated]] the five provinces that make up present-day Lebanon to [[France]].
99: ... its withdrawal from the south of Lebanon in accordance with [[UN Security Council Resolution 425]] fr... - Belize (11927 bytes)
67: Hurricane Hattie inflicted significant damage upon Belize in [[1961]]. The government decid...
105: ...e to the global slowdown and severe [[hurricane]] damage to agriculture, [[fishing]] and tourism. Majo...
121: ...ay'' on [[13 October]]; ''[[Garifuna]] Settlement Day'' on [[19 November]]; And ''[[Christmas]]'' on ...
145: ...er.com/wg.php?x=1106472001&men=gmap&lng=en&gln=xx&dat=32&geo=-44&srt=npan&col=aohdq Map] - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
29: established_dates =[[Federal Charter of 1291|Federal Charter]]<...
48: ...continues to serve the [[Vatican]] to the present day. The expansion of the federation, and the reputa...
59: ... [[direct democracy]], which remain unique even today. Since then, continued political, economic, and ...
80: ...f both houses serve for 4 years. Through [[referenda]] citizens may challenge any law voted by federal...
203: * [[Data codes for Switzerland]] - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
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...
157: ...genres [[reggae]], [[ska]], and, more recently, [[dancehall]] originated in Jamaica. [[Bob Marley]], p... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...1974]] and the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made...
20: ... Consolidation of the Monarchy in Portugal|Consolidation of the kingdom]]'''''
23: ...set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandals]] ([[Silingi]] and [[Hasdingi]]) and the sarmat...
31: ...ing with no male heirs. His only child, a single daughter, married King [[John I of Castile]] who wou...
40: ...s had their own objective, searching for the legendary Christian Kingdom of [[Prester John]]. - Football (soccer) (22343 bytes)
11: ...Latin America]], and increasingly in [[Africa]] — football evokes great passions and plays an im...
21: ...ept when it has left the field of play over a boundary line, or play has been stopped by the referee. ...
23: The game is played in accordance with a set of rules known as the [[Laws of foo...
30: ...n efforts made in the mid-[[19th century]] to standardise the rules of the widely varying games of foo...
34: ...f FIFA representatives to the IFAB in [[1913]]. Today the board is made up of four representatives fro... - Biography (6028 bytes)
8: ...ographies only detailed accomplishments. The [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[holy scripture]] is an [[anthology]...
14: == Dark and Middle Ages ==
16: ... Ages]] (AD [[400]] to [[1450]]) began with the [[Dark Ages]], a period of mass loss of information an...
22: ... the complex style of biographical writing used today. In [[1683]], the first [[English language]] bi...
26: ...utting out much shorter—and less expensive—"brief lives" of famous people... - List of sports (7304 bytes)
126: * [[Dance sport]]
253: * [[Darts (sport)|Darts]]
287: * [[Danball]]
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