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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
9: ... losing a ship, that he entered and departed some fifty undiscovered harbours without serious mishap a...
11: ==First Voyage 1534==
13: ...ched-for [[northwest passage]]. He landed for the first time at present day [[Gaspé|Gaspé, Quebec]] ...
17: ... site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault, a l... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
1: ...ge:Nadia Comaneci.jpg|framed|Comaneci at the 1976 Montreal Olympics]]
3: ...of five [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olym...
5: ...ter "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.
7: ... American gymnasts. As a 13-year-old, Comaneci's first major success was at the [[1975]] European Cha...
9: ...ition. Nadia had scored 19 perfect scores before Montreal. - 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... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...e organ at [[Notre-Dame de Montr顬 Basilica]], [[Montreal]]. Most of the pipes are behind volume-regulating...
5: ...y the hands plus a [[pedalboard]]. Three, four or five manuals plus pedals is not uncommon for a large...
7: ...ce of [[classical music]]. In the era of [[silent film]]s, large pipe organs were installed in many [[...
19: ... of several styles as a compromise, and so do not fit comfortably into any of them.
41: Organs were the first keyboard instruments, even though technically ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
36: ...ion (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the fifty states. As the only [[New England]] state not ...
48: ...everal mountains do have timberlines: [[Mount Mansfield]], the highest mountain in the state and [[Kil...
54: ...6 degrees Celsius), at [[Bloomfield, Vermont|Bloomfield]] on [[December 30]], [[1933]].
57: ...sfield 20040926.jpg|280px|thumb|right|[[Mount Mansfield]], at 4,393 feet, is the highest elevation poi... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
13: ...agara]], [[Fort Duquesne]], and – most significantly of all– at the [[Plains of Abraham]] ...
17: The war officially ended with the signing of the [[1763 Treaty...
23: ...of the opening engagements of the war, marked the first and only instance of [[George Washington]] sur...
49: *[[Battle of Montreal]] (1760) - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...Jesus]] and first [[Bishop of Antioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his ...
8: ...ine I of the Roman Empire|Emperor Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construc...
12: ...dent [[Giacomo della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] b...
20: ...46. At the time of his death (1564), the dome was finished as far as the drum, the base on which domes...
24: ...d on it. The piers at the crossing which were the first masonry to be laid, which were intended to sup... - American football (39287 bytes)
17: ...iation of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) also field varsity football teams, as do most high school...
27: ...al league based in [[Canada]], played using a modified set of rules known as [[Canadian football]]
30: ...l football, played at a faster pace, on a smaller field
51: ... of the goal posts. In the [[NFL Europe]] league, Field Goals over 50 yards (measured as the distance ...
56: ...]]'''" periods, meaning that the team that scores first, by any means, wins. In the regular season, a ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...tion<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [...
50: ...ssful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp. - National League (4871 bytes)
7: ...] team (the team with the best record among those finishing in second place) to enable four teams to a...
19: *[[Washington Nationals]] (Montreal Expos through 2004)
59: Office eliminated in 1999 - 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... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
24: ...y)|American Association]] in 1882. Despite its on-field success, it was one of the four teams contract...
26: ... Park(s)|Oriole Park]] in a disastrous mid-season fire. The huge post-season crowds at their temporary...
32: ...], and [[runs batted in]].) The Orioles won their first ever American League championship in 1966, and...
34: ...3), six American League pennants, and five of the first six American League Eastern Division titles. T...
36: ... Award]] winner [[Jim Palmer]] and switch-hitting first baseman [[Eddie Murray]]. With the decline and... - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: ... various [[golf club (equipment)|clubs]]. It is defined in the ''Rules of Golf'' as ''"playing a ball ...
6: ...up. Once the ball is on the ''green'' (an area of finely cut grass or oiled sand) the ball is usually ...
8: ...ssible. Another variant of stroke play, the ''Modified Stableford'' method, awards points on each hole...
12: ...es the green is too far away to reach it with the first stroke, so that one or more strokes are played...
14: ...unker.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bunkers at Filton Golf Club, Bristol, England]] - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
1: ...]] capable of going high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces.
8: ...a stoppage of play the home team is permitted the final change. When players are substituted during pl...
17: [[image:hockeyfight.JPG|thumb|Fights often occur near the goal because players wan...
19: ...ockey has two to four ''[[Official (ice hockey)|official]]s'' on the ice charged with enforcing the ru...
21: ...y. Five-minute ''major penalties'' are called for fighting, boarding, and other violent infractions. ... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
21: ...city. In [[1873]], he accompanied his father to [[Montreal, Quebec]], where he was employed in teaching the ...
23: ... States Patent and Trademark Office|U.S. Patent Office]] granted him [[Patent]] Number 174,465 coverin...
25: ...r the [[photophone]], one for the [[phonograph]], five for aerial vehicles, four for hydroairplanes, a...
35: ...rolific inventor, and had a keen interest in many fields.
39: ...on) of a similar kind only 2 hours after Bell had filed for his patent. - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
9: ... his brother-in-law, [[Tapping Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, Connecticut]]. His studies were put on hold f...
13: ...est, making a dangerous journey of 120 miles to [[Montreal]] through [[Great Britain|British]] lines to noti...
14: ...ing the approach to the camp, and necessarily the first point that would be attacked. In the [[Battle ...
18: ...of [[1812]] or early [[1813]]. Aaron Burr and his first wife were married for twelve years, until her ...
20: ...t anniversary, she sued for [[divorce]], citing infidelity (Burr was in his eighties), which was grant... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...e credit in a raid on [[Fort Ticonderoga]]. Some five years later, in 1780, he plotted with the Briti...
6: ...ustoms laws of the Crown. He married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22]], [[1767]]. They had three s...
9: ... the Massachusetts's [[militia]] to undertake the first entirely offensive military expedition by the ...
15: ... in April of 1776. Arnold was put in command of [[Montreal]] while he recuperated there, until all American ...
17: ...in [[1776]] oversaw the construction of America's first gunships on [[Lake Champlain]], in the town of... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...ps, but could be effective when led by talented officers.
12: ...f men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
15: ...erican colonists who sided with the British—fielded perhaps 50,000 men during the war years. How...
19: ... American nation and sent no troops to America to fight alongside the Americans. The Netherlands enter...
25: ... the largest group, the [[Iroquois Confederacy]], fielded about 1,500 warriors against the American re...
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