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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Sa...
12: ...ria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Princ...
14: ...r was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ..., [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a ...
4: ... a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]]...
7: ...the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making t...
10: ...[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of ... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
4: ...=2>[[Image:Ulysses Grant 1870-1880.jpg|200px|Ulysses S. Grant]]
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>18th President</td></tr>
8: ...td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Julia Grant]]</td></tr... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Chester Alan Arthur
3: | image name=chester a arthur illustration.3.jpg
4: | order=21st President
7: | preceded=[[James A. Garfield]]
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ... (known also as the African World War), the deadliest conflict since [[World War II]].
16: official_languages = [[French language|French]] |
20: ...sidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President]] |
21: leader_names = [[Joseph Kabila]] |
22: largest_city = [[Kinshasa]] | - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: A '''mummy''' is a preserved [[corpse]] that, due to shielding from [[dec...
4: ... the body was home to a person's [[Ka]] which was essential in one's [[afterlife]].
6: ... corpses have been recovered from submerged [[cypress]] coffins packed with medicinal herbs.
8: ...l over the world. Some of the best-preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[I...
12: ... Greek historians record that the Persians sometimes mummified their kings and nobility in wax, though... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
1: ... nickname]] is the ''[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/history/slogan.asp Show-Me] State''; the U.S. Pos...
8: Seal = Missouristateseal.png |
10: ...]] ([[1809]]) ''"The welfare of the people my highest law")|
12: ...ity, Missouri|Kansas City]] (largest [[United_States_metropolitan_areas|metropolitan area]] is [[Saint...
32: HighestElev = 1772 feet; 540 | - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...scount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...erimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were co...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Ba...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustome...
14: ...ed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...icts with the native [[Sioux]] and [[Apache]] tribes, and the eventual displacement of much of the nat...
5: ''Main article: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ...and procedures for reintegrating the southern states.
9: ...ributed to the government's failure for many decades to enforce the civil rights of the formerly ensla...
11: ...n for life or property now exist in the rebel States." - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|frame|right|William Shakespeare ([[National Portrait Gallery, London|Nationa...
2: ... and [[playwright]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], ...
4: ...e continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have ...
6: ... uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 ye...
8: ...ases]], and the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works. - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
6: ...red ships and submarines use steam to drive turbines, but are not referred to as steamships or steambo...
8: ...d, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefix "'''MV'''".
15: ...ist [[Denis Papin]] who was developing steam engines. In [[1707]] he constructed a paddle-powered boat...
17: ...roved model he does not seem to have had much success, though he may have inspired others.
19: ...ine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...[[riverboat]]s, the [[telegraph]], the [[Pony Express]] and the [[First Transcontinental Railroad]].
30: footnotes = |
37: ...th [[acorn]]s taken from the plentiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating fruits, bulbs, seeds,...
42: ... as Sacramento became an overnight commercial success (Sutter's Fort, Mill and the town of [[Suttervil...
44: ...here). A number of directly adjacent towns or cities, such as [[Carmichael, California|Carmichael]], [... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
11: mayor = [[Thomas Menino]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|Dem]]) |
22: west_coord = 71.0573|
25: ...g" (due to the plethora of universities and colleges in the Boston area) and, particularly in the Nine...
27: ...in the Americas, and the one of the top-fifty largest in the world.
31: ...ded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries.]] - Native American (42651 bytes)
1: ...f_Red_Bird.jpg|thumb|A [[Sioux]] in traditional dress including [[war bonnet]], about 1908]]
3: ...many of them still enduring as political communities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under "...
5: ...al and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not native to the American continent, such as tho...
7: ...onstitution with various treaty rights, some long established and many more currently under negotiatio...
9: ... people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]] and the [[Mestizo]]s and [[Zambo]]s of [[Latin America]]. - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
1: ...]. The day is marked by the commission of [[hoax]]es and other [[practical joke]]s of varying sophisti...
4: ...w first appeared after noon. Anyone who fails to respond in the proper spirit of tolerance and amuseme...
6: ...ters, but will only meet with disaster when it comes to gambling.
9: ...ame the object of so-called 'fool's errands' and tests of gullibility.
11: == Present day == - River (12397 bytes)
4: ... at its end and forms what is known as a delta or estuary.
7: ... in saline tidal waters may form [[estuary|estuaries]].
9: ...aking]]''). Waterfalls are sometimes used as sources of energy, via [[watermill]]s and [[hydroelectric...
11: ...ly larger) river. In [[arid]] areas rivers sometimes end by losing water to [[evaporation]] and percol...
13: The area drained by a river and its tributaries is called its [[watershed]]. - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
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5: ...lspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Dr. Nikola Tesla
7: ...sed them to operate a motive device.''" - Nikola Tesla; Brooklyn Eagle, July 10th, 1931.]]
16: ... [[1893]] and winning the "[[War of Currents]]", Tesla became world-famous.
18: ...to make real these plans, while others made fortunes with his [[invention]]s.
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