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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...[[comedian]] and star of [[I Love Lucy]]. A 'B-grade' [[movie star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one ...
4: ...a romance with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ...on sentence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ..."royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ivorced in [[1945]], but remarried the same year, deciding to patch things up. - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mummy 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...reserved [[corpse]] that, due to shielding from [[decomposition]] by either natural or artificial mean...
8: ...orld. Some of the best-preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[Inca]] period...
12: ...he [[English language|English]] word ''mummy'' is derived from mediaeval [[Latin]] ''mumia'', a borrow...
16: ...mmification was made so that the bodies would not decompose in the afterlife. The mummified individual... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
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26: Latitude = 42? N to [[49th parallel north|49? ...
27: Longitude = 111? W to 117? W | - Washington (20186 bytes)
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22: 2000Density = 34.20 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 42<sup>nd</sup> |
26: Longitude = 116?57' W to 124?48' W |
27: Latitude = 45?32' N to 49? N | - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...'' is the [[United States|American]] name for the decisive nine-year conflict ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) in [...
5: ...ne|French Canadians]] refer to it as the ''Guerre de la conqu괥'' (War of the Conquest), since it is ...
13: ... defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital...
17: ..., preferring to keep the Caribbean island of [[Guadeloupe]] because of its rich [[sugar]] crops and th...
19: ...ionary War]]. The British colonists no longer needed British protection from the French and resented ... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
11: *[[1901]] - [[Theodore Roosevelt]] becomes [[President]]
12: *[[1901]] - [[US Steel]] founded by [[John Pierpont Morgan]]
25: *[[1903]] - Department of Commerce and Labor created
38: *[[1908]] - [[Ford Model T]] appears on market
40: *[[1908]] - [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] established - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ... [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
15: ...an]] was announced at a meeting of the [[Acad魩e des Sciences]] in [[Paris]].
17: *[[1871]] - [[Amadeus I of Spain|Amadeus I]] becomes King of [[Spain]].
23: ... announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with [[China]].
25: ...Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou|Port Arthur]], [[China]]. - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...e '''Underground Railroad''' was a network of clandestine routes by which [[African]] [[slavery|slaves...
4: ...llion slaves who were to eventually escape. The Underground Railroad has captured public imagination a...
6: ...ailroadsmall2.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Map of some Underground Railroad routes]]
10: ...s disseminated the abolitionist viewpoint nationwide.
14: The Underground Railroad developed its own jargon, which continued the [[rail... - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: ...] - [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son [[King Ja...
6: *[[1701]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]] founded.
7: ... [[Jacob Brown]]'s [[United States|American]] invaders.
10: ...te]] General [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal Early]] defeats [[United States|Union]] troops led by Genera...
13: ...blishes first account of [[Paul Bunyan]] in the [[Detroit News]]. - Ice age (15810 bytes)
4: ... sense; and use the term 'glacial periods' for colder periods during ice ages and 'interglacial' for t...
10: ...theory, and Agassiz published it in his book ''ɴude sur les glaciers'' of [[1840]].
16: ...[Snowball Earth]] in which permanent sea ice extended to or very near the equator. It has been sugges...
20: ...,000 year time scales. The last glacial period ended about 10,000 years ago. A [http://www.scotese.c...
22: ...America in polar regions, the Earth today is considered to be prone to ice age glaciations. - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
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46: Wounded in action: 4,505 <br>
48: Other deaths: 17,000<br>
49: Civilian deaths: 500?<br> - Waterfall (3889 bytes)
1: ...P6_waterfall.jpg|thumb|right|Waterfall Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ... artificial, and they are sometimes used for [[garden]] and [[landscape]] ornament.
4: ... a region, but rather the result of relatively sudden geological processes such as [[thrust fault]]s o...
7: ...a [[rock shelter]] (also known as a rock house) under and behind the waterfall.
9: ...owing over the rock shelf, and there is usually a deep pool just below the waterfall due to the [[kine... - Iguassu Falls (7632 bytes)
1: ... throat from the Brazilian side. Photography provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...fall]]s of the [[Iguazu River]] located on the border of the [[Brazil]]ian [[States of Brazil|state]] ...
5: ...], after whom one of the falls in the Argentine side is named.
6: ...g|left|thumb|350px|Iguazu Falls. Photography provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
7: ...guaçu National Park]] (Brazil). These parks were designated [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Sites]] in [... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
7: ...e cosmic rays and caused them to operate a motive device.''" - Nikola Tesla; Brooklyn Eagle, July 10th...
16: ...e [[Second Industrial Revolution]]. After Tesla's demonstration of [[Transmission (telecommunications)...
18: ...his life to make real these plans, while others made fortunes with his [[invention]]s.
20: ... His legacy can been seen across [[Modern world|modern civilization]].
24: |'''Electromechanical devices and principles developed by Nikola Tesla''': - New York (25691 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 6<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 155.18 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 11<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 40?29'40"N to 45?0'42"N |
27: Longitude = 71?47'25"W to 79?45'54"W | - River borders of U.S. states (3806 bytes)
1: ... Northeast|North]] with at least partial river borders.
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5: * [[Bois de Sioux River]]: [[South Dakota]], [[Minnesota]], [...
12: ...[[New York]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New Jersey]], [[Delaware]]
13: * [[Des Moines River]]: [[Iowa]], [[Missouri]] - Ice Age (15809 bytes)
3: ... sense; and use the term 'glacial periods' for colder periods during ice ages and 'interglacial' for t...
9: ...theory, and Agassiz published it in his book ''ɴude sur les glaciers'' of [[1840]].
15: ...[Snowball Earth]] in which permanent sea ice extended to or very near the equator. It has been sugges...
19: ...,000 year time scales. The last glacial period ended about 10,000 years ago. A [http://www.scotese.c...
21: ...America in polar regions, the Earth today is considered to be prone to ice age glaciations. - Lava flow (9578 bytes)
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9: ...Volcanic eruption|eruption]]. Lava, when first exuded from a volcanic vent, is a [[liquid]] at very hi...
11: ...n [[May 14]] and [[June 4]] [[1737]]. In this he described "a flow of fiery lava" in analogy to the f...
21: ...w. The clinkery surface actually covers a massive dense core, which was the most active part of the fl...
24: ...[[image:Aa_flow_Hawaii.jpg|280px|thumb|right|An older ‘a‘a flow, this one on Hualalai in H...
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