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- Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
5: ...efore dying of [[tuberculosis]]. After graduating from [[Claverack College]] in [[Hudson, New York|Hud...
9: ...ntrol clinic in the Brownsville neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], the first of its kind in the United States. It...
15: ...egate of the Birth Control Federation of America. From 1952 to 1959, she served as president of the In...
17: ...lable [[birth control pill]]. She toured Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish ...
24: ...gh Sanger was greatly influenced by her father, a freethinker, her mother's death left her with a deep... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
10: ...Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field...
12: ...itcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, ...
15: ...rs, placed a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit O...
23: ...ning complete game to beat the [[Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Robins]] as Boston again won by 4 games to 1. He ...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
37: Its name is from the [[Lakota#The_Dakota|Dakota people's]] name ...
54: Much of the state was purchased from [[France]] as part of the [[Louisiana Purchase]], alth...
59: ...e [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] people, a mixed French and Native American culture, were a presence ...
61: Modern [[immigrant]]s have come from all over the world in recent decades, with [[Hm...
63: ...with the early Scandinavian immigrants. Families frequently own or share [[cabin]]s on central and no... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...ng with the return of young [[soldier]]s from the fronts of the [[Great War]] and emergence of a new a...
3: ... this decade was termed "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also called the "Crazy Y...
5: ...ge parts of the [[population]]. Formal decorative frills were shed in favor of practicality, in [[arch...
8: ...es|economy of the USA]], took sometime to convert from [[War economy|a wartime economy]] to a peacetim...
19: ...f-censorship that is in place today, editors were free to entertain an audience in any and every way. ... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
7: ... allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
178: *[[List of largest optical refracting telescopes]]
313: *[[List of Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods]]
363: *[[Historical African place names]]
371: *[[List of toponyms]] (with names derived from a place or region) - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
3: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1860]] to [[1899]]'''.
15: ...[1861]] - [[Kansas]] admitted to the Union as a [[free state]]
36: *[[1865]] - [[Freedman's Bureau]]
45: *[[1867]] - [[Alaska Purchase]] from Russia
55: ...Wyoming]] becomes first state to grant [[woman suffrage]] - January 1 (18244 bytes)
15: ...8]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de ...
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
22: ...] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first ...
25: ...m under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]].
26: *[[1869]] - [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity is officially founded at the [[Virginia M... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman ...
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [...
28: ... - [[DeYoung Museum]] in [[Golden Gate Park]] San Francisco opens.
33: ...ship]] program with a stated goal of building 200 freighters. Over 2,700 ships will eventually be con... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: ... even that was kept secret to protect the members from British reprisal.
27: ...ons, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.
29: ...delphians heard the official news of independence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors ...
34: ...dinner for their fellow Americans in [[Paris]], [[France]].
43: ...ngs some of the more powerful [[firecracker]]s in from less restrictive border states. - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: The [[2004 World Series]] was played from [[October 23]] until [[October 27]], between th...
7: ...y preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the ...
11: ...es that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used ...
13: ...ening the Olympic tournament if the MLB agrees to freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman,...
15: ... teams. The winter scheduling would allow players from the North American and Japanese professional le... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
1: {{MLB Reds franchise}}
6: ... Stockings in the [[19th century]]; the Redlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried conno...
17: == Franchise history ==
21: ...[[National League]] in [[1876]], but was expelled from the league later, in part for violating league ...
23: ...eague, began play in [[1882]], it included a team from Cincinnati, which was also called the Red Stock... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
1: {{MLB Dodgers franchise}}
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Brooklyn Dodgers, [[1932]] to [[1957]], after which the te...
7: ...y Dodgers]]'' -- originally a pejorative term for Brooklyn residents, shortened to ''Dodgers'' and officiall...
8: ...odgers played at Washington Park on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Dod...
18: :'''Owner''': [[Frank McCourt (executive)|Frank McCourt]] - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
1: {{MLB Pirates franchise}}
6: ...apered off after the [[National Football League]] franchise called the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] came a...
16: ==Franchise history==
17: ...d Clarke]] (who also served as the team's manager from [[1900]] to [[1915]]), triggering a long string...
21: ...es back into the spotlight. The Pirates recovered from a 3-1 deficit to win the [[1925]] World Series ... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
3: {{MLB Cardinals franchise}}
9: ... Village]] -(Also to be known as "Busch Stadium") from [[2006]] on
12: :'''Mascot:''' [[Fredbird]], an [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphized]...
21: == Franchise history ==
26: ...a St. Louis entry, the Maroons, which had come in from the [[Union Association]]. The Maroons had the ... - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
2: ...[Image:Cable_Car.jpg|thumb|right|Cable Car in San Francisco]]
3: [[Image:Sf_cable_car.jpg|thumb|right|A San Francisco cable car]]
9: ...le. Conversely the car is stopped by detaching it from the cable, and then applying brakes. This gripp...
16: ...nkers Patent Railway]] in [[New York]], which ran from [[1 July]] [[1868]] to [[1870]]. The cable tech...
18: ...Station.jpg|thumb|right|Machinery driving the San Francisco Cable Car]] - USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
39: ...tal Iron Works in the [[Greenpoint]] section of [[Brooklyn, New York]], and the ship was launched there on [...
43: ...of Lt. [[John L. Worden]], arrived under tow from Brooklyn. When ''Virginia'' returned the next day, [[Marc...
53: ...e last U.S. Navy monitor-class warship was struck from the Navy List in [[1937]].
57: ...nitor'' was well-suited for river combat, her low free board and heavy turret made her highly unseawor...
65: ...and Atmospheric Administration]]. Many artifacts from ''Monitor'', including her turret, propeller, a... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...t a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often come and go as they saw f...
15: ...f these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's greatest concern at the time. [[Loyal...
19: ...cisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is estimated to h...
23: ...lack slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom.
31: ...regiment]]s of British regulars (about 4,000 men) from his headquarters in Boston, but the countryside... - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
32: ...e perfect opportunity to exercise their religious freedom.
34: ...olders who purchased much of the surrounding land from Stacy's family. This name later was shortened t...
40: ...enton between the Trenton Basketball Team and the Brooklyn YMCA.
42: ...on Makes, the World Takes" displayed on the Lower Free Bridge just north of the [[United States Highwa...
52: ...st ongoing renovation project has caused backlash from city residents and officials seeing as how Tren... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
9: ...r a remarkable example of a European park, dating from [[1843]] and still existing, see [[Tivoli Garde...
14: ...t amusement parks opened at [[Coney Island]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. Often, it is Steeplechase Park that ...
16: ...g the peak of the "golden age" of amusement parks from roughly the turn of the 20th century through th...
18: ...nging patterns in how people chose to spend their free time. Many of the older, traditional amusement ...
40: ...ting of the Red Sea" in [[1973]], a look at props from the movie ''[[Jaws (movie)|Jaws]]'' in [[1975]]... - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
9: ... lower as some mechanical energy is lost due to [[friction]]. Then the train goes down again, and up, ...
15: ..., it uses whatever method is available to keep it from entering. This can cause a [[cascade]] effect w...
17: ...es regarding when to release a newly-loaded train from the station. One common pattern, used on rides...
21: ...first loop track was probably also built in Paris from an English design in 1846, with a single-person...
23: ...he Cyclone]], was opened at [[Coney Island]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]] in [[1927]]. Like [[The Cyclone]], al...
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