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- Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
15: | '''Predecessor:''' || [[James Buchanan]]
24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]] - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
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26: Latitude = 37°10'N to 40°40'N |
27: Longitude = 77°40'W to 82°40'W | - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...rping the planes' wings ([[Wright brothers]]). Modern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which c...
15: ... also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ... for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers.
19: ...d understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere. - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
1: ...rately producing one or more [[artist's proof]]s. Depending on the complexity of the process chosen, t...
3: ... stretched in a frame. Small prints can even be made using the surface of a potato.
6: ...een-printing]]. Other printmaking techniques include [[chine-coll靝, [[collography]], [[monotyping]],...
15: Artists using this technique include
25: [[Emil Nolde]], - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
9: *[[1822]] - [[Denmark Vesey]] executed
11: *[[1823]] - [[Monroe Doctrine]] declared
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
14: ...ndrew Jackson]] and [[Henry Clay]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|election of 1824]]; Adams imm...
15: *[[1824]] - ''[[Gibbons v. Ogden]]'' cements Congressional control over [[interst... - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
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6: |[[Northwest Ordinance]], Established the precedents by which the United States would expand westwa...
12: ...ands that the North keep quiet about slavery in order to maintain peace.
15: ...ers a memorable ''Reply to Hayne'' on January 27, denouncing the notion that Americans must choose bet...
20: ..., and the rise of [[abolitionism]], Southern defenders of slavery start seeing it not as a "necessary ... - Colorado Rockies (5998 bytes)
4: ...' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Denver, Colorado]]. They are in the Western Division...
6: :'''Founded:''' [[1991]]
8: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Coors Field]], Denver
10: :'''Logo design:''' Purple mountain with baseball
20: ...d their home games ever since. That year, they made their first and, to date, only post-season appear... - 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 ... - National Football League (30340 bytes)
8: ... and lasted through [[Christmas]] week. However, declining television ratings on Labor Day have pushe...
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14: <tr><th bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="4" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray;">[[American Football Conf...
16: ...ore Ravens]]</td><td>[[Houston Texans]]</td><td>[[Denver Broncos]]</td></tr>
18: ...<td>[[Jacksonville Jaguars]]</td><td>[[Oakland Raiders]]</td></tr> - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...ific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning...
9: ...of ten vessels. In Mexico Cook died, and a new leader, Captain Davis, took command. Dampier transferre...
11: ...e ship was being [[careening|careened]] Dampier made notes on the fauna and flora he found there. Late...
20: On the return voyage to England, ''Roebuck'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [...
22: ...as able to save many new charts of coastlines, trade winds and currents in the seas around Australia a... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves...
7: ...]] with a temporary [[Papal Tiara|papal tiara]] made of [[papier-m⣨靝.
9: *[[1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civ...
19: ...en fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180
20: *[[1963]] - [[Alcatraz]], a federal [[penitentiary]] on an island in [[San Francis... - U.S. Electoral College (46986 bytes)
1: ...he United States]] at the conclusion of each Presidential election. The Electoral College was establis...
5: ... Electoral College election maps, see [[U.S. presidential election maps]].
8: ...ectors when they vote for President and Vice President. These electors in turn cast the official votes...
10: ...e]] and [[Nebraska]] does the election follow a model more closely based on Congressional Elections: F...
12: ...ctoral votes for Vice President becomes Vice President. - Hammond organ (5160 bytes)
1: ...]] and [[1970s]]) and [[gospel music]]. It was widely used in United States military chapels during a...
5: ...agnetic pickups. Although they are generally included in the category of electronic organs, strictly s...
7: ...pidly became part of the "Hammond sound", which modern imitations of the Hammond organ faithfully repr...
9: ...ced a vibrato effect. Soon, the Leslie became a ''de facto'' component of any Hammond setup wishing to...
11: ...ve two 61 note manuals and the smaller 'Spinet' models that have two 44 note manuals such as the L-100... - Zachary Taylor (11484 bytes)
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5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>12th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Millard Fillmore]]</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[July 9]], [[1850]]</td></tr> - Widow Spiders (5670 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Widow spiders}} <br />
2: ...x|Black Widow spider]] | caption = Black Widow spider}}
9: {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = '''Latrodectus'''}}
15: ...wn members of the group. Envenomation by these spiders can be fatal to children and ill or infirm adul...
17: ... ''[[False Widow Spiders]]''. The false widow spiders are significantly less harmful to humans.
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