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1. Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
   3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[15...
   5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
   9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
   13:
   17: ... The site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault...
2. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
   5: dead=dead |
   8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
   9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
   11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
   13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ...
3. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
   2: ...She was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], and attended school at [[Victoria University in the Universit...
   4: ...ave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literatur...
   6: ...he [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
   8: ... fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or for her [[Booker P...
   10: ...he French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
4. Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
   6: ...cade later in the songwriting, singing, and attitude of singers such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], a...
   10: ...an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]] brother, Wade.
   23: With the support of her parents and a relentless desire to succeed, Morissette traveled with Howe to ...
   26: :''And your fake identification''
   30: :''I'll be dealing with".''
5. Canada (35540 bytes)
   1: ...rguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the consens...
   3: ...o keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "m...
   6: ...the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims...
   8: ...iamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] wit...
   15: ... who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
6. List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
   1: ... of countries by population density|by population density]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood...
   3: The below list contains both states and dependent territories, see [[country]], [[state]], [[nati...
   16: *[[Cape Verde]] - [[Praia, Cape Verde|Praia]]
   21: *[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] - [[Kinshasa]]
   48: *[[R鵮ion]] - [[Saint-Denis, R鵮ion|Saint-Denis]] (France)
7. List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
   1: ...ics)|capital]]s''' of the world in alphabetical order.
   38: <tr><td>[[Belgrade]] <td>[[Serbia and Montenegro]]
   64: <tr><td>[[Copenhagen]] <td>[[Denmark]]
   65: <tr><td>[[Cotonou]] <td>[[Benin]] (de facto)
   70: <tr><td>[[Dhaka]] <td>[[Bangladesh]]
8. Kansas (21369 bytes)
   21: DensityRank = 40^th |
   22: 2000Density = 32.9/mi&sup2;; 12.7 |
   23: AdmittanceOrder = 34^th |
   25: ...re Central except for<br>4 counties on western border.</small> |
   26: Latitude = 37?N to 40?N |
9. Ohio (19444 bytes)
   21: DensityRank = 9th |
   22: 2000Density = 107.05 |
   23: AdmittanceOrder = 17th |
   24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1803]], declared retroactively on [[August 7]], [[1953]] |
   26: Latitude = 38?27'N to 41?58'N |
10. Michigan (29427 bytes)
    10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
    21: DensityRank = 15^th |
    22: 2000Density = 67.55 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 26^th |
    25: ...-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
11. Illinois (27007 bytes)
    22: DensityRank = 11^th |
    23: 2000Density = 86.27 |
    24: AdmittanceOrder = 21^st |
    25: AdmittanceDate = [[December 3]], [[1818]] |
    27: Latitude = 36?58'N to 42?30'N |
12. Labour Day (7088 bytes)
    7: ...ttawa]] in [[1872]]. On the other hand, socialist delegates in [[Paris]] in [[1889]] appointed May 1 a...
    11: ...emonstrations are rare. Forms of celebration include [[picnic]]s, [[fireworks display]]s, water activi...
    13: ...in the winter to the fact that the rule was intended as a status symbol for new members of the middle...
    17: ...untries hold multi-day celebrations including parades, shows and other patriotic and labour-oriented e...
    19: ... [[Germany|German]] workers for many [[Decade|decades]] before the official state endorsement, the NSD...
13. Tsunami (29462 bytes)
    1: ...ami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
    2: ...fects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
    4: ... [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wave...
    6: ...re not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[o...
    10: ... tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami.
14. Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
    4: ...itals.jpg|frame|right|Two defencemen and a goaltender guard their goal. The referee's raised arm indic...
    5: ... One of the six players is typically a ''[[goaltender]]'', whose primary job is to stop the puck from ...
    8: ...s playing together. The [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|defensemen]] usually stay together as a pair, but ma...
    10: ...vement of the puck: ''[[Offside (ice hockey)|offside]]'' and ''[[Icing (ice hockey)|icing]]''.
    12: ...its game roster, two of whom are typically goaltenders. North American professional leagues restrict ...
15. Canada Day (1959 bytes)
    3: ...dash; into a [[federation]]. (See [[Canadian Confederation]].)
    5: ...tical union, at a time when the [[Fathers of Confederation]] were hesitant to use a name such as the K...
    7: ...cross Canada. [[Quebec]] provincial governments under the [[Parti Qu颩cois]] refused to recognize the...
    16: ...nada Day by mass movements of people changing residences. This is known as [[Moving Day]].
16. Ice skating (4786 bytes)
    1: ...kating blades|parabolic]]) blade-like devices moulded into special [[boot]]s (or, more primitively, wi...
    3: ...ld's longest (about 8 kilometres long) is the [[Rideau Canal]] located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
    8: ...to the feet. The blades were polished oxen or reindeer bones. Skates were originally used for transpor...
    12: ... They can also create momentum by pushing the blade against the curved track which it cuts into the i...
    14: ...s that the greater the pressure exerted by the blade, the slipperier the surface of the ice will becom...
17. Canal (2513 bytes)
    2: ...ade waterways for the delivery of water and preceded the use of [[transport]]ation canals used by [[b...
    4: ...e young United States, inland canals preceded the development of [[railroad]]s during the earliest pha...
    6: ...ge of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have ...
    9: ...for commercial transportation, and many fell into decay. A movement that began in Great Britain and Fr...
    26: * [[Rideau Canal]] - [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
18. Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
    8: ...alance between these two processes determines the degree of ionization present at any given time.
    10: ...e also mechanisms that disturb the ionosphere and decrease the ionization. There are disturbances suc...
    14: ...imum solar activity. With an active sun electron density values are a factor of 10 higher.]]
    19: ...] of 121.5 [[nanometre]](nm) ionizing [[nitric oxide]] (NO). In addition, when the sun is active with...
    22: ...ow far it can reflect radio waves. On the night side of the Earth, the solar wind drags the ionosphere...
19. Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
    3: ...is no way to go further due to the ice and he decided to return to England on the 31st. On the return ...
    5: ...reached by several crews in the past and was considered the end of the line, which convinced the Mosco...
    7: ...]], and [[Cape Cod]]&ndash;the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giovanni da Ver...
    9: ...list]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
    11: ...iscovery'', he stayed to the north (some claim he deliberately went too far south with the Dutch), rea...
20. Libya (12985 bytes)
    1: Libya is a country in [[North Africa]], bordering the [[Mediterranean Sea]], located between [[...
    3: ...ibya". In [[ancient Greece]], the term had a broader meaning, encompassing all of [[North Africa]] we...
    5: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    9: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
    13: ...h=140px | <font size=-1>([[Libyan coat of arms|In Detail]])</font>

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