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- Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...]] as '''Rosa Louise McCauley''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [...
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 to a w...
29: ...', where characters discuss earlier instances of African-Americans refusing to give up their bus seats...
32: [[Image:Parkstoday.jpg|frame|Rosa Parks in the year 2000]] - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...Since her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style wa...
18: ... marry [[Pierantonio Stiattesi]], a modest artist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple mov...
24: ...nd the protection of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecial...
26: ...was rising. The success and the fashion radiating from her figure fueled many voices about her private...
28: From this period we remember the [[La Conversione de... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
1: [[Image:MaryPicford.jpg|right|frame|Mary Pickford]]
9: ...Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disap...
15: ...f his death, Pickford reportedly began to weep in front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling...
27: ...,000 and complete control over her films, ranging from script to the final cut.
30: ...s two other UA theatres this year, in Chicago and Detroit. The Los Angeles theatre is now known as the [[U... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ... [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ... in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]...
7: ...cer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her med...
11: ...lled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell M...
13: ...munication system to improve health care in West Africa; and The Earth We Share, (TM) an international... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
2: ...itive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the g...
6: ... jazz singer, the results never gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovativ...
8: ... of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went t...
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...r World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the [[United St...
13: ...stralian Open]] to [[Evonne Goolagong]] and the [[French Open]] to [[Chris Evert]]. After losing to Ev...
17: ... [[Tracy Austin]]. She won both Wimbledon and the French Open in [[1982]].
19: ... in December at that time). She then won the 1984 French Open to hold all four Grand Slam singles titl...
23: In the three years from 1985 to [[1987]], Navrátilová reached the wom... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
2: A '''harmonica''' is a [[Free reed instrument|free reed]] musical [[wind instrument]] (also
3: ...n, among other things, as a '''mouth organ''', '''french harp''', simply '''harp''', or
6: dimension into which it can freely vibrate, thus repeatedly
9: Unlike most free-reed instruments (such as [[organ (music)|reed ...
14: is made to vibrate more easily by air from above, reeds accessed by a - United States (58223 bytes)
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[...
58: ...on of the Americas]], [[thirteen colonies]] split from Great Britain and formed the United States, the...
60: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves in states in rebellion, though...
62: ...e U.S. acquired a number of overseas possessions, from [[Cuba]] to the [[Philippines]], though it gave...
70: ... American people. Americans enjoy [[universal suffrage]]. ''More information at the Main article: [[P... - 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...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us...
29: ...e the [[Black Sox Scandal|1919 World Series]] and Frazee's own failings as a theater promoter meant th... - Florida (24937 bytes)
43: ... of the United States of America. Florida seceded from the Union on [[January 10]], [[1861]] and was o...
64: ...nasa.florida.750pix.jpg|right|thumb|Florida taken from NASA Shuttle Mission STS-95 on 31st October 199...
72: ...ces, September 2nd.jpg|left|thumb|138px|Hurricane Frances near peak strength.]]
76: .... These thunderstorms which are caused by airflow from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] seemingly "pop up" in th...
80: ...ey|Charley]] ([[August 13]]), [[Hurricane Frances|Frances]] ([[September 4]]-[[September 5|5]]), [[Hur... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...solar time), resulting in time differing slightly from [[town]] to town. As [[telecommunication]]s imp...
6: ... for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as ...
18: ...ones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day l...
31: ... time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]]. Even thoug...
35: ...re using standard time. A notable exception was [[Detroit, Michigan]], which kept local time until [[1900]]... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ...ding the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. Edison started the [[Moti...
7: ...et at his winter retreat (The Mangoes). They were friends until Edison died. The [[Edison and Ford Win...
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan, O...
16: ...to read and experiment. Many of his lessons came from reading the book [["Parker's School of Natural ...
18: ...ork as it blocked out noises and prevented Edison from hearing the telegrapher sitting next to him. So... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
1: ...onomic]] [[recession]] (or "depression") that ran from [[1929]] to [[1941]]. It led to massive bank f...
4: ...decline in industrial production and productivity from the century and a half where economic records h...
14: ...tary system and its trade relationships. Theories from Marxian or Marxist economics focus on the relat...
16: ...s of the Great Depression have been advanced, and from time to time gain favor. These include long cyc...
24: ...ed. Many people had to depend on the aid of their friends or relatives to find a job. - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
15: *[[1933]] - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] becomes President
25: *[[1933]] - [[Frances Perkins]] appointed [[United States Secretar...
28: *[[1933]] - [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] withdraw from [[League of Nations]]
81: *[[1943]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]] [[race riot]]s - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1969]]'''.
23: *[[1954]] - Fall of [[Dien Bien Phu]]; French lose control of [[Vietnam]]
48: *[[1960]] - [[National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam]] formed
80: *[[1965]] - [[Watts Riot]]; [[Detroit race riot]]; "[[long hot summer]]"
89: *[[1968]] - The [[National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam]] launches the [... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...ited States]] and [[Britain]] would open a second front on the European continent; but the Allied inva...
11: ...er [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First S...
13: ...came to be called the [[Oder-Neisse Line]]. Aside from a few minor adjustments, this would be the "iro...
15: ...autarky versus exports, of state planning against free enterprise, were to vie for the allegiance of t...
17: ...emerge intact—and even greatly strengthened from an economic perspective—was the United St... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
36: ...ake Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', mea...
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)
24: ...]]- [[NJ Transit]] takes over [[Clocker]] service from [[Amtrak]]
28: ...Super Bowl XL]] to be held at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]]
41: ...rnor [[John Rowland]] is scheduled to be released from the federal [[prison]] in [[Loretto, Pennsylvan...
73: ...ropean Constitution]] (although 2005 is possible, from statements made by minsters, 2006 is more likel... - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ... in Latin, is meant. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as '...
7: ... their father died; neither received any training from him.
9: ...s nicknamed 'Peasant Brueghel' to distinguish him from other members of the [[Brueghel|Brueghel dynast...
34: ...cle of 6 or 12 paintings of the months or seasons from the [[Book of hours]] of which five remain:
46: ...dding Dance'' c. 1566, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit - 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...
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