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- Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955...
8: ...being treated as a second-class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [...
14: ...1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
25: Parks was not the first African-American to refuse to give up her seat...
29: ...Al Sharpton]] to launch a [[boycott]] against the film. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ... Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious p...
7: ...was born in [[Rome]], on [[July 8]] [[1593]], the first child of the painter [[Orazio Gentileschi]], o...
10: The first work of the young 17-years old Artemisia (even...
14: ... using a device made of thongs wrapped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularl... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion picture]] [[actor|star]], known as "Amer...
9: ... for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disappoint...
11: ...83-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret...
13: She finally divorced Moore in [[March]] [[1920]] and mar...
18: * [[1909]]: discovered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...eavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
3: ...emison was Science Mission Specialist (a [[NASA]] first) on the [[STS-47]] Spacelab J flight, a [[Unit...
7: ...rs (1983-85) as an Area [[Peace Corps]] Medical Officer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West A...
11: ...cience degree in [[Chemical Engineering]], and fulfilled the requirements for an A.B. in African and A...
15: ...er high achievements in historically exclusionary fields led [[Dartmouth College]] to invite her to it... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...gan]]. On [[January 3]], [[1987]] she became the first woman to be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll ...
6: ...roit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed with [[C...
10: ... [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''Live at Fillmore West'''' and ''''Amazing Grace'''' were two...
16: ... working with artists of the stature of Curtis Mayfield, popularity and critical success waned during ...
18: ... for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit. - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
5: ...r Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then took the name of he...
9: ...]], aged 16, she turned professional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlando, Flori...
11: ...into shape that eventually made extreme levels of fitness and conditioning a hallmark of her game.
13: ...Open]], the 18-year-old Navratilova went to the offices of the [[Immigration and Naturalization Servic...
14: ...ratilova Wachsfugur Prag.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Wax figure of '''Martina Navratilova''' at [[Prague]] wa... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
72: *Joe Filisko
85: ...Levy and some other harp player use specially modified harmonicas. To make these harmonicas, they star...
92: ...r "cross harp"): playing the harmonica in a key a fifth above its intended key. Playing just the unben...
120: ...s what the standard layout is designed for in the first place). Rather than providing the standard C m...
178: ...ruly "[[tremolo]]"; the word is more accurately defined as a kind of volume change, and the tremolo ha... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...f Mexico]], and the [[Caribbean Sea]]. Two of the fifty states, [[Alaska]], an [[exclave]], and [[Hawa...
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United States|...
35: ...titution''']]<br> - completed<br> - ratified<br> - effective|
52: ...economic]], [[political]], [[military]], [[scientific]], [[technological]] and [[cultural]] matters.
57: [[Image:George-Washington.jpg|thumb|250px|left|First [[President of the United States]], [[George W... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...d to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] and he was the first player to hit over 30, 40 and 50 home runs in ...
4: ...oaring Twenties]]'' as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of nearly all...
9: ... working with him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
10: ...ng front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field]]
14: ... On [[April 22]], [[1914]] "The Babe" pitched his first professional game, a six-hit, 6-0 victory over... - Florida (24937 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
43: ...ong Spanish, British, and American control. Spain finally ceded Florida to the United States with the ...
49: ...e governorship and most other statewide elected offices; both houses of the state legislature; 18 of t...
78: ...erienced [[blizzard]] conditions for possibly the first time. During that time, the [[Tampa Bay]] area...
80: ... history, [[Hurricane Andrew]], which cost twenty-five billion dollars when it struck on [[August 12]]... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...nlo Park, New Jersey|Menlo Park]]" was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of [[mass pr...
5: ...ompany]], which was a conglomerate of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
14: ...on moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan, Ohio]]. That town was enjoying a...
18: ...d published ''[[The Weekly Herald]]''. It was the first [[newspaper]] ever to be typeset and printed o...
20: Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote recorder, on [[Octob... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
24: ...epend on the aid of their friends or relatives to find a job.
28: ...ated north by train to work in auto plants around Detroit.
38: ...t's ideas for massive public expenditures and [[deficit spending]] truly began to bear fruit. Roosevel...
40: ...7, when he had balanced the budget by restricting fiscal support to the economy.
51: This is referred to as the [[First New Deal]]. It was centered around the use of ... - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
13: *[[1932]] - [[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]]
27: *[[1933]] - [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|21...
35: *[[1934]] - [[Tydings-McDuffie Act]]
75: *[[1942]] - [[Office of Price Administration]]
76: *[[1942]] - [[Cocoanut Grove]] fire - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
10: *[[1951]] - General [[Douglas MacArthur]] fired by Truman for invading China
36: *[[1957]] - First nuclear power plant goes into service
41: *[[1959]] - [[Landrum-Griffin Act]]
57: *[[1961]] - [[Vietnam War]] offically begins with 900 military advisors landing in...
80: *[[1965]] - [[Watts Riot]]; [[Detroit race riot]]; "[[long hot summer]]" - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... War]] in [[1917]], leaving the Western Allies to fight the [[Central Powers]] alone. Lasting Soviet m...
11: ...nt [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[Joseph Stalin]] (right)]]
13: ...in" of the Cold War. In hindsight, [[Yalta]] signified the agreement of both sides that they could sta...
15: ...nism]]; those contrasts had been simplified and refined in national ideologies to represent two ways o...
17: ... throughout Eurasia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, with almost no country left unscathed. T... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
40: ...e la Mothe Cadillac]] founded [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] on the straits between Lakes [[Lake St. Clair|S...
46: ...n. It was a development that not only transformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the socio-e...
50: Since [[World War II]], Detroit's industrial base has eroded as auto companies ab... - 2006 (7939 bytes)
12: ... ''International Year of [[Deserts]] and [[Desertification]]''
26: ...y 15]] - First round of the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Finnish presidential election, 2006|presidential ele...
27: ...nd round (if needed) of the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Finnish presidential election, 2006|presidential ele...
28: ...Super Bowl XL]] to be held at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]]
39: ...[April 1]] to [[April 3]] - NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four to be held at the [[RCA Dome]] in [[India... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
11: He is often credited as being the first western painter to paint landscapes for their ...
19: ...:image:bigfishlittlefish.JPG|Large Fish Eat Small Fish]]'' 1556, Albertina, Vienna
23: * ''The Fight Between Carnival and Lent'' 1559, Kunsthistori...
25: * ''Saul (Battle Against The Filistines On The Gilboa)'' 1562, Kunsthistorisches ...
34: ...hs or seasons from the [[Book of hours]] of which five remain: - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: ... won the series four games to none, earning their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the ...
5: ...l All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...dings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not ...
9: ...to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside [[Ma...
13: ...nificant minority are from [[Puerto Rico]], which fields its own teams in international sports competi...
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