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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...[[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents ...
8: ...tion, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United ...
12: ...n the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1974 for the children's magazine ''Mamp...
14: ...y). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in [[Venezuela]]. While there, she worked for the Caracas newspa... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
9: ...axhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though ...
11: ...counted that she felt a vocation to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for mission...
15: ...946]], by her own account, she received a calling from [[God]] "to serve Him among the poorest of the ...
17: ...ntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the municipal authorit...
24: ...emple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free [[hospice]] for the poor. Soon after she opened... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
21: ...es]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr>
42: ...Swiss cheese and a chop at Louis's instead of the French stuff I shall find."
44: ...dent to be married in the [[White House]] itself. Frances Cleveland was the youngest First Lady in the...
46: ...[[American Civil War]] veterans whose claims were fraudulent. When Congress, pressured by the [[Grand ...
54: ...s it is now when we come back again....four years from today." - South America (5078 bytes)
7: ...ea]] and in [[population]], after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], and North America.
9: ...], though there are also suggestions of migration from the southern Pacific Ocean.
11: ...]] [[conquistadors]], first from [[Spain]], later from [[Portugal]], who divided it into [[colonies]]....
15: ...], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[French Guiana]] – are also known as [[Caribbea...
65: | style="text-align:left;" | [[French Guiana]] (Fr.) - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
7: ==[[Africa]]==
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more c...
17: *[[Central African Republic]] (Centrafrique) - [[Bangui]]
42: *[[Mayotte]] - [[Mamoutzou]] (France)
48: ...R鵮ion]] - [[Saint-Denis, R鵮ion|Saint-Denis]] (France) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
33: <tr><td>[[Bangui]] <td>[[Central African Republic]]
44: <tr><td>[[Bloemfontein]] <td>[[South Africa]] (judicial)
58: <tr><td>[[Cape Town]] <td>[[South Africa]] (legislative)
59: <tr><td>[[Caracas]] <td>[[Venezuela]]
80: <tr><td>[[Freetown]] <td>[[Sierra Leone]] - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]] — every South American nation ...
8: ...ial ports to England — at the time isolated from most European ports by Napoleon — and the...
17: ...ado Federal'' of 81 seats, of which three members from each state or federal district are elected acco...
38: [[Image:Br-map.png|framed|Map of Brazil]]
41: ...cated; the [[Rio Negro]], [[Rio S㯠Francisco|S㯠Francisco]], [[Xingu River|Xingu]], [[Madeira river|... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...dian]], about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of [[Venezuela]].
9: ...m'''. In the [[13th century]], the Caribs arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing bot...
11: The name "Barbados" comes from a [[Portuguese colonization of the Americas|Por...
13: ...the Caribbean coast found the island uninhabited. From the arrival of the first British settlers in [[...
15: ...o work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years before... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/>[[July ...
52: The name '''Argentina''' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''argentum'' ([[silver]]). The or...
57: ...port. Buenos Aires formally declared independence from Spain on [[July 9]], [[1816]]. Argentines rever...
59: ...es—especially the western pampas—came from throughout Europe.
61: ... modern military and labor movements that emerged from the growing urban working class. - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ... north by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The border with Venezuela is one that is disputed, as is the most southern ...
41: | From the [[United Kingdom]]
64: ... turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom in [[1966]] and became the [...
76: ...n on the basis of [[proportional representation]] from national lists named by the political parties. ...
107: ...ons, the first from May to mid-August, the second from mid-November to mid-January. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[August 6]], [[1825]] |
62: ...of the Viceroy of [[Lima]]. Local government came from the Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca ...
71: ... political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]] rev...
74: ...tenssoro]], the MNR introduced universal adult suffrage, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted ...
76: ...sident in [[1971]]. Banzer ruled with MNR support from [[1971]] to [[1974]]. Then, impatient with schi... - 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...
37: ...ime that is not offset by a number of whole hours from Greenwich Mean Time. - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
16: ...Politics of the Central African Republic|Central African Republic]] - [[Politics of Chad|Chad]] - [[Po...
25: ...|French Guiana]] - [[Politics of French Polynesia|French Polynesia]]
65: ...lia|Somalia]] - [[Politics of South Africa|South Africa]] - [[Politics of South Korea|South Korea]] - ...
74: ...n City]] (''Holy See'') - [[Politics of Venezuela|Venezuela]] - [[Politics of Vietnam|Vietnam]] - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
1: ...ndígena]]''' (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in [[Venezuela]], commemorate the same event.
6: ...in [[Colorado]] in 1905, and in 1937, President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] set aside Columbus Day a...
8: ...d by most private American employers as a day off from work.
11: ... was first celebrated in [[Argentina]] in 1917, [[Venezuela]] in 1921, [[Chile]] in 1923, and [[Mexico]] in 1...
16: ...na''' ("Day of Indigenous Resistance"). In 2004, Venezuelan activists toppled a statue of Columbus in Caraca... - Boto (5572 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''I. geoffrensis'''''}}
14: ..._simple | color = pink | binomial_name = Inia geoffrensis}}
17: ...azon River Dolphin''' (''Inia geoffrensis'') is a freshwater or [[river dolphin]]. It is endemic to th...
20: ...azone''', '''Inia''', '''Pink Dolphin''', '''Pink Freshwater Dolphin''', '''Pink Porpoise''', and '''T...
26: ...8 classification lists a single species, ''I. geoffrensis'', in the genus Inia, with three recognised ... - Anaconda (3939 bytes)
20: ...se are found mainly in northern South America, in Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, northern Bolivia, northeast Pe...
28: ...urinus'' (formerly called ''Boa murina'') differs from Boa by the snout being covered with shields ins...
38: ...ted the snake measured some 18.9 meters (62 feet) from snout to tail.
40: ...mits regarding the maximum size of snakes when confronted with specimens that defied the generally-acc... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
1: {{MLB White Sox franchise}}
5: ...893 in sports|1893]], as the [[Sioux City, Iowa]] franchise in the minor [[Western League (U.S. baseba...
7: ...n 1991; the original [[Comiskey Park]] was in use from 1910 to 1990.)
16: ==Franchise history==
17: ...before claiming major league status, the St. Paul franchise was relocated to Chicago, to compete direc... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
1: {{MLB Dodgers franchise}}
7: ..., the ''Robins'' (after Wilbert Robinson, manager from [[1914]] through [[1931]]) and the ''[[Trolley ...
18: :'''Owner''': [[Frank McCourt (executive)|Frank McCourt]]
21: == Franchise history ==
23: ...ching to the [[National League]] in [[1890]], the franchise became the only one in MLB history to win ...
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