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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
95: | [[Minnesota]]
96: | [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...[[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orang...
12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
4: *[[Andrew Aagesen|Aagesen, Andrew]], (1826-1879), Danish jurist
6: ...et Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman
7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer
8: *[[Alvar Aalto|Aalto, Alvar]], (1898-1976), Finnish architect
9: ...[Julius Aamisepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
26: ...Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese queen - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: '''Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor''' ([[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[May 2]]...
4: ...renfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], becam...
8: ...House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention...
10: ... and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set."
17: # [[Robert Gould Shaw III]] (1898-1970) - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...g eText 13715.png|thumbnail|right|250px|'''Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophis...
2: '''Annie Besant''' ([[October 1]], [[1847]] - [[September 20]]...
4: ... both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were right, starting with [[freedom o...
7: ...cal Society, but also to India's freedom and progress.
9: ...iety in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...nist Party of Germany]] and took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]...
6: ...then Russian-controlled [[Congress Poland]]. Sources differ on the year of her birth - she gave her bi...
8: ...s managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange crises.
12: ...lly able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist membe... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: ...her, which is associated with the struggle for votes for women in the period immediately preceding [[W...
5: ...paign was interrupted by her husband's death in [[1898]]. In [[1903]] she founded the better-known [[Wo...
7: ..., and there were splits within the movement as a result. Her autobiography, ''My Own Story'', was pub... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
9: ... reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ... star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and ...
13: ...plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with...
15: ...tress's life. Before he died, he sent Pickford a message saying simply, "By the clock." Upon hearing o... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: .... She founded the [[Curie Institute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Warsaw]].
5: ...n or Polish universities so she worked as a governess for several years. Eventually, with the monetary...
7: ...l explanation: that the pitchblende contained traces of some unknown radioactive component which was f...
9: ...d several tons of [[uraninite|pitchblende]], progressively concentrating the radioactive components, a...
11: ...ches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor [[Henri Becquerel]]". She was the first woman... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...|''Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...bed as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cro...
6: ...s and sisters were kept busy answering her many questions, and each sibling taught her complementary s...
8: ...ne, including the "great, loathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would beco...
12: ...zed the community's need for free education, and despite opposition, set up one of the first free publ... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...62]] in [[Montour Falls, New York]], [[United States]] ? died [[April 15]], [[1919]] in [[Savenay]], [...
4: ...ting an appointment as the Superintendent of Nurses at University Hospital in [[Philadelphia, Pennsyl...
6: ... in her being named president of the American Nurses Association and chair of the National Committee o...
8: ...her nurses played vital roles with the United States military.
10: ... Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who lost their lives during World War I. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...67). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html]
6: ...iro. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
7: ...rah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highlighted.]]
11: ...arge bright area centre left of the image, Credit-ESA 2004.]]
14: ...s desert-bound valley and breaks into three branches into the low-lying [[Nile Delta]] region. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...dams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]). - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
6: 22nd President<br>
7: 24th President</td></tr>
11: <tr><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>
12: [[Chester A. Arthur]] ([[1885]])<br>
14: <tr><td>'''Successor:'''</td><td> - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...r dm|31|12|N|29|15|E|}}, 208 km (129 miles) northwest of [[Cairo]]. The Canopic mouth of the [[Nile]]...
3: ...s of Egypt quickly became one of the greatest cities of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] w...
5: ...right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated i...
19: ...er's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city w...
21: ...knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the mon... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ... used to arrive at the age of the Earth and outlines their history.
3: == Prescientific notions ==
4: ... earth creationism]] (see [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v24/i1/belief.asp Old-earth or you...
9: ...t the Earth had been created separately from the rest of the universe, several hundred thousands of ye...
11: ...hen measured its rate of cooling. This led him to estimate that the Earth was about 75,000 years old.
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