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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
23: ...nown Romantic. However, it seems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times. [[Nero]] is ...
25: Where they were first introduced to [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]] is d...
27: ...at the funerals of high-ranking civilian public officials as well.
42: ... was often termed the [[Irish Warpipes]]. This configuration can also be found having been played in S... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active sup...
5: ...]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive...
9: ...marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost...
11: ...Martenszen van Rosenvelt]] who emigrated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. ...
15: ...ok returned and lived in the White House with the first family in [[1940]]. - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
9: ...ved politically and changed its name accordingly, first to [[Women's Suffrage Federation]] and then to...
11: ... the CP(BSTI) dissolved itself into the larger, official Communist Party.
15: ...meetings of the International in [[Russia]] and [[Amsterdam]] and also meetings of the Italian Socialist Part...
17: ...Haile Selassie]]. She raised funds for Ethiopia's first teaching hospital, and wrote extensively on Et... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...er medallist [[Maureen Gardner]], while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the f...
7: ...h she became leader of the Dutch female track and field team. In 1999, she was voted "Female Athlete o...
13: ...er first appearance in the sport was in 1935. Her first competition was a disappointment, but in her t...
15: ...sixth team in the final, [[Germany]], was disqualified).
17: ...conds in the 100 [[yard]]s), and she also won her first international medals. At the European Champion... - Tapestry (2919 bytes)
19: ...[Europe]] since the early fourteenth century. The first wave of production originated from [[Germany]]...
21: ...hriving textile town. The industry specialised in fine wool tapestries which were sold to decorate [[p...
24: ...tant producers of tapestries, and [[Delft]] and [[Amsterdam]] became the most important tapestry cities. - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
109: * [[Philippines]] (Filipinas) - [[Manila]]
137: * [[Bulgaria]] - [[Sofia]]
141: * [[Finland]] - [[Helsinki]]
152: * [[Netherlands]] - [[Amsterdam]]
217: * [[Bolivia]] - [[Sucre]] (official capital), [[La Paz]] (seat of government) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
62: <tr><td>[[Colombo]] <td>[[Sri Lanka]] (official)
73: <tr><td>[[Dodoma]] <td>[[Tanzania]] (official)
90: <tr><td>[[Helsinki]] <td>[[Finland]]
145: ....a. [[Taiwan]]; see also [[Capital of China]]) (Official) - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of government |
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None defined'' |
36: ... postal abbreviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the ...
39: ...ork|New York State]] and had its capital at [[New Amsterdam]], now known as [[New York City]]. Some of southw...
43: ... in St. Helier that [[Charles II of England]] was first proclaimed King of England in 1649, following ...
45: ... region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settlement was Elizabethtown... - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
3: ...up left their home in [[Scrooby]] and sailed to [[Amsterdam]] to escape religious persecution at the hands of...
17: Realizing that it would require a significant additional voyage to reach their goal, the Pi...
20: ...ded, however. "The Great Sickness" killed nearly fifty percent of their population. This sickness ma... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
24: *[[1626]]-[[New Amsterdam]] founded by the Dutch in present-day [[New York ... - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
10: ...tific importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationali...
12: ...lt, these works tend to be eclectic, dense and difficult to read. Among the most important ones are ''...
14: Aristotle is known for being one of the few figures in history who studied almost every subject ...
19: ...ater hidden to avoid confiscation or destruction; finally, the manuscripts were rediscovered in [[70 B...
45: ...cquisition of books and the pursuit of his scientific investigation. - Metronome (3057 bytes)
4: ...ome in [[1816]]. [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] was the first composer to indicate metronome markings in his...
12: ...usually produce two kinds of clicking sound. The first one is a regular "tick" sound to mark off regu... - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
6: A listing as an endangered species can backfire, as it makes a species more valuable and more d...
44: * [[Fin Whale]] (''Balaenoptera physalus'')
112: * [[Albatross|Amsterdam Albatross]] (''Diomedea amsterdamensis'')
145: * [[Micronesian Kingfisher]]
208: == Endangered [[fish]] == - Airline (29546 bytes)
2: ...ces with other airlines for reasons of mutual benefit.
11: ...ernment owned or supported to independent, for-profit public companies. This occurs as regulators perm...
15: ... lower fares and sometimes dramatic spurts in traffic growth. The U.S., Australia, Japan, Brazil, Mexi...
17: ...ars is generally low, in the range of 2-3% net profit after interest and tax. It is in this time that ...
19: ...o achieve higher economies of scale and greater efficiencies. - Canal (2513 bytes)
6: ... [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have canal...
11: ...r use in the 21st century, as [[wayleave]]s for [[fibre optic]] [[telecommunications]] networks.
23: * [[Amsterdam]] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
18: ...President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. Born to wealth and ...
20: ...seph Stalin]], are criticized by some historians. Finally his vision of an effective international org...
22: ...ing figure: he was a hero to liberals and a hated figure to conservatives. Today opinions of him are m...
26: ...lands]], arrived in New York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[1788]] [[Isaac Rooseve...
28: ...n Oyster Bay Republican, was Franklin Roosevelt's fifth cousin. Despite their political differences, t... - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ...grants, who usually adopt country-of-origin identifiers. However, the term properly can be applied to ...
10: According to [[2003]] U.S. [[Census]] figures, some 37.1 million African Americans live in...
17: ...h obtained the right to vote and to hold public office, as well as a number of other civil rights they...
19: ...ited States]], led to a strengthening movement to fight violence and discrimination against African Am...
26: ...ericans are frequently the targets of [[racial profiling]]. They are more likely to be stopped by poli... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
3: ... [[1607]], Hudson set sail on the ''Hopewell'' to find a northeast passage to [[Asia]] through the [[A...
7: ...later claim the area and set up a colony as [[New Amsterdam]].
13: Excitement was high that a ship had finally found the [[Northwest Passage]], and on June... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and...
11: ...nalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone...
14: ...nted the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] flight.
18: ...d]] presents the [[Moondog Coronation Ball]], the first [[rock and roll]] concert, in [[Cleveland, Ohi...
19: ...e in Sharpeville]], [[South Africa]]: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demon...
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