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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...n January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of...
17: ...the medieval European strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Mor...
25: ...April 21st that year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a.
42: ...ds to watch the firework display. As of 2001, the fireworks have been launched from boats, to further ...
50: ... Closing Ceremonies and soccer competition of the 2007 Pan American Games. - Main Page2 (2348 bytes)
42: ===March 2007 Calendar===
43: {{MarchCalendar2007a}} - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ... day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ... [[1978]], the latter of which would earn her her first [[Academy Award]] nomination, for Best Support...
7: ... so many greatest movie star lists, Streep also defied expectations by her happy home life—marri...
9: ...e River Wild]]''— her first and only action film to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[S...
13: ...e year, Manhattan Borough President [[C. Virginia Fields]] proclaimed [[May 27]] "Meryl Streep Day". - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
2: ...ss]] perhaps most familiar as Elle Woods in the [[film]] ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' ([[2001]]) and its seq...
9: ...e National Society of Film Critics and the Online Film Critics Society. Witherspoon was the voice behi...
11: ==Filmography==
37: *''[[Rapunzel Unbraided]]'' (2007) (currently announced start of production) (voice... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
42: ===[[First dynasty of Egypt|1st Dynasty]] 2920-2770===
86: ===[[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th Dynasty]]===
104: =[[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]]=
160: *Inyotef III (Nakhtnebtepnefer) 2015-2007
161: *Montuhotep II 2007-1986 - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
61: ... established coastal ports for the increasing traffic in [[slave]]s destined for the American continen...
67: ...tal destruction of the Biafran populace, Philip Effiong, Chief of Staff of the rebel army accepted the...
71: ...ratic dream; particularly, with the ever daunting 2007 election around the corner. Many people fear the ...
208: ...[Africa]], Nigeria accounts for approximately one-fifth of [[Africa]]'s people. Although less than 25%... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
71: Lebanon is one of the fifteen present-day countries that comprise what is ...
73: ...ions]] [[French Mandate of Lebanon|mandated]] the five provinces that make up present-day Lebanon to [...
75: ...ebanon's constitution, drawn up in [[1926]], specified a balance of political power among the major re...
78: ...irut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance and trade. - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
16: | '''[[Official language]]'''
52: ...uropean Union]] and has a population of more than five million. The capital is [[Bratislava]].
63: ...oins with the names of Celtic kings represent the first known use of writing in Slovakia. Since [[Anno...
65: ...the 8th century and its ruler [[Pribina]] had the first Christian church in Slovakia consecrated by 82...
69: ...f art. In 1467, [[Matthias Corvinus]] founded the first university in Bratislava, but the institution ... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ...aladoid]]-[[Barrancoid]] group, who were farmers, fishermen, and ceramists that arrived by [[canoe]] f...
11: ...s"), upon seeing the appearance of the island's [[fig]] trees, whose long hanging aerial roots he thou...
13: ... in [[1639]]. Among the initial important British figures was Sir [[William Courten]].
21: ...ation]], and Sir [[Grantley Adams]] served as its first and only prime minister. When the federation w...
27: ...which has 28 seats. Its members are elected every five years. The Senate has 21 members, and its membe... - Romania (19812 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Romanian language|Romanian]] |
68: ...]]. [[Union]] of Tranylvania with Romania was ratified in the [[Treaty of Trianon]] in [[1920]].
74: ...resident on [[December 12]], [[2004]], and took office [[December 20]]. Traian Băsescu managed to...
76: ...opean Union]], hoping to join on [[January 1]], [[2007]].
86: ...ve branch, is also elected by popular vote, every five years (until 2005, four years). - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
17: | '''[[Official language]]'''
65: ...wak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there around the year [[1000]] - [[400...
67: ...enables seized the island in [[1655]]. During its first 200 years of British rule, Jamaica became the ...
80: ...gh her representative, the Governor-General) is a figurehead, and what little real power she has is re...
86: ...ster to call the next general election by October 2007. - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
61: ... Iraqi forces. It took several months before the fire could be controlled.]]
68: ...hip. Kuwait, having amassed great wealth, was the first of the Persian Gulf-Arab states to declare ind...
70: ...in]]) in August [[1990]]. Hussein's primary justifications included a charge that Kuwaiti territory w...
72: ...omsday scenario advocated by [[Carl Sagan]]. The fires took over nine months to fully extinguish, and... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
15: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Q...
67: ... its seacoast, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]] fields, together with the port of [[Antofagasta]], t...
69: ...]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] policies through the first third of the century.
76: ...ncy, but [[human rights]] violations and eventual fiscal crises undercut his support. He was forced to...
79: ...orious for human rights abuses, [[narcotics]] trafficking, and economic mismanagement. Later convicted... - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
32: ...Zone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylig...
44: ...tate symbols please verify your changes against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8...
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
89: ...]]; see [[economy of California]]). The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" in reference t... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
44: ...[Missouri]] invaded Kansas during the territory's first election and forced the election of a pro-[[sl...
46: ...e war. On [[February 19]], [[1861]] it became the first U.S. state to prohibit all [[alcoholic beverag...
61: ...d astra per aspera'', or "To the stars through difficulties"
69: ...rms. Their current term will end in January of [[2007]], and they are able to run for re-election in [[... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] and [[Span...
38: ...|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Sp...
46:
50: ... Spain]] to his remote colony. O was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]...
62: ...ssouri]], for Santa Fe early in [[1822]] with the first party of traders. Wagon caravans thereafter ma... - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
3: ...g Territory]] in the [[United States]] became the first modern polity where equal suffrage was extende...
4: ...en first achieved the right to stand for public office in [[South Australia]] in [[1894]], along with ...
13: ...rst women's suffrage (with the same property qualifications as for men) was granted in [[New Jersey]] ...
15: The first unrestricted women's suffrage in terms of voti...
17: The first to grant universal suffrage and allow women to... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...pects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between ...
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...hter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions ...
11: ...ace. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ... animal in orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vos... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...was popularized by the U.S. political adviser and financier [[Bernard Baruch]] in April 1947 during a ...
5: ... War]]. After the balance of power in Europe were firmly established, proxy battles in the Third World...
12: ...ple around the world almost as much as the actual fighting did.
17: ...ticularly revolutionary advances were made in the field of [[rocketry]], which led to the [[space race...
20: Other fields in which arms races occurred include: - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
9: ... the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
14: ...se atmosphere, the temperature does not vary significantly between the night and day sides of Venus de...
18: ...se clouds is approximately −45°C. The official mean surface temperature of Venus, as given b...
27: ...nundate its surface with fresh lava. Other recent findings suggest that Venus is still volcanically ac...
29: .... This may be due to its slow rotation being insufficient to drive an internal [[dynamo]] of liquid ir...
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