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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ... (circa [[1365]] - circa [[1430]]) was a [[France|French]] [[poet]] and was one of a number of female ...
9: ...d office as [[astrologer]] to King [[Charles V of France|Charles V]]. At fifteen Christine married ɴi...
13: ...ard II of England|Richard II]] with [[Isabella of France]] (1396), took her elder son, [[Jean du Caste...
15: ..., where she enjoyed the favour of [[Charles VI of France|Charles VI]], the dukes of Berry and Burgundy...
21: ...vertus'' contains details of domestic life in the France of the early 15th century not supplied by mor... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
5: ...inal cord, due to a .22 caliber rifle firing with Warner in the rifle's path. Her grandfather who she cons...
9: ...s philandering and drinking caused problems right from the start. When he was drafted to the [[Army]] ...
22: From a production aspect, the use of actual [[film]]...
24: ...ilming the show, cans of paint (in shades ranging from white to medium gray) were kept on set to 'pain...
28: ...[[1986]], Arnaz and Ball would remain the best of friends. - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
7: ...the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...laimed to have named the "Oscar", but only served from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned...
13: ...] potential in his former contract player, [[Jack Warner]] signed Davis for another venture into the macab...
21: ...e Arts and Sciences. This was to protect an Oscar from commercial exploitation.
23: ...October 6]], [[1989]] in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[France]], following a long battle with [[breast canc... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
5: ... Archie]]'') and to the production of ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' in [[1953]] (which transferred to [[Broad...
7: In [[1956]], composers [[Frederick Loewe]] and [[Alan Jay Lerner]] cast Andre...
9: ...]]'', co-starring with [[Max von Sydow]], and [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Torn Curtain]]'' with [[Paul ...
11: ....jpg|left|frame|With [[Dick van Dyke]] in a scene from the film ''Mary Poppins'']]''[[Star!]]'', a [[1...
15: ...reed to direct a [[Toronto]] revival of ''The Boy Friend'', the Broadway musical in which she made her... - 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... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
50: ...y [[South Carolina]] met the Spanish moving north from their base in Florida. In [[1724]], it was firs...
58: ...Georgia|Louisville]] (''pron.'' Lewis-ville), and from [[1806]] through the [[American Civil War]] at ...
62: ...ce of any state in the Union. For over 130 years, from 1872 to 2003, Georgians only elected Democratic...
68: ...tution mandates a maximum of 56 Senators, elected from single-member districts, and a minimum of 180 R...
74: ...ter [[Button Gwinnett]], one of the [[delegate]]s from Georgia who signed the [[U.S. Declaration of In... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Mark R. Warner]] |
38: ...ate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...aylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footn...
46: ...America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to [[Maine]]. The [[London ...
48: ...overnor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and again from 1784 to 1786. On [[June 12]], [[1776]], the [[V... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful co...
44: ...north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width ...
52: ...particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique ...
58: ...ing the era Native Americans migrated year-round. From [[1000 BCE]] to [[1600|1600 CE]] was the Woodla...
60: ..., [[1609]], [[French colonization of the Americas|French explorer]] [[Samuel de Champlain]] claimed th... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: ...the [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests.
61: ...fornians (or outsiders in general). State ballots frequently illustrate the extremes of the political ...
68: ... that the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 1700s, naming the ...
69: ...m the word ''oolighan'', referring to grease made from fish, which the [[Native American]]s of the reg...
70: ... is likely to have heard the terms because of his frequent encounters with [[Mohegan]]s in the late [[... - American football (39287 bytes)
7: ...le. American football evolved as a separate sport from [[Rugby football]] in the early 20th century. [...
19: ...r, club and youth teams (such as teams in the Pop Warner leagues). There is an [[American Football World C...
35: * Pop warner or youth football - involves younger kids who are...
51: ...eld Goals over 50 yards (measured as the distance from the point where the ball is kicked to the end l...
52: ...an '''extra point''' or '''conversion attempt''') from just outside the end zone. They can either att... - Coyote (4265 bytes)
17: ...[wolf|wolves]], and the "dog" one sees scrounging from a suburban trashcan may in fact be a Coyote.
20: ... holds low to the ground. It can be distinguished from its much larger relative, the [[Grey Wolf]], by...
28: ...y. Both parents (and sometimes undispersed young from the previous year) help to feed the pups. Youn...
31: There are many myths from [[Native American]] peoples in which a Coyote p...
34: [[Road Runner cartoon|Wile E. Coyote]] is a [[Warner Brothers]] cartoon coyote who is endlessly trying... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
1: {{MLB Braves franchise}}
5: ...ngs founder [[Harry Wright]] and the best players from that team re-formed in Boston and took the nick...
6: ...liam Russell (lawyer)|William Russell]] owned the franchise, [[1911 in sports|1911]]). Following the ...
8: :'''Ownership:''' [[Time Warner]]
18: == Franchise history == - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
24: *[[Frédéric Bartholdi]] (1834 - 1904)
28: *[[Wilfried Behre]]
87: *[[François-Joseph Duret]] (1804 - 1865)
100: *[[Emmanuel Frémiet]] (1824 - 1910) - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
2: ...lete the more difficult eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the [[United States]], in [[1934]]...
4: ...hnical High School]]). He was reportedly expelled from this school. At 16 he became an engineering app...
6: ... members were [[United States|Americans]] [[James Warner]] and [[Captain Harry Lyon]] (who were the [[radi...
10: ... its destination. Eighteen months later, wreckage from the aircraft was located off the south coast of...
12: ... on the Australian $20 paper note (in circulation from [[1966]] until [[1994]], when the $20 [[polymer... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
1: ...ramento from Riverwalk.JPG|thumb|175px|Sacramento from near the Sacramento River]]
2: ... [[1848]] by [[John Sutter, Jr.]] Sacramento grew from [[Sutter's Fort]], which was established by Sut...
36: === The lost frontier ===
37: ...entiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating fruits, bulbs, seeds, and roots throughout the year.
41: === From pioneers to gold fever === - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
28: ...ch has come to delineate the interior of the city from the surrounding suburbs. This has given rise to...
33: ...stern & Atlantic Railroad]], for lines connecting from [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Chattanoo...
38: ... of the economy away from agriculture and a shift from the "Old South" attitudes of slavery and rebell...
41: ... commuted in 1915, riots broke out in Atlanta and Frank was [[lynching|lynched]].
43: ...ters for Disease Control]] was founded in Atlanta from the old Malaria Control in War Areas offices an... - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
31: ...E16813_Hono.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station]]
37: ... reached by road from the rest of the country, or from the majority of the land area of their respecti...
41: ...li|Nu‘uanu Pali]], he moved his royal court from the Island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawai‘i]]...
46: ...ved the permanent capital of the Hawaiian kingdom from [[Lahaina, Hawaii|Lāhainā]] on [[Maui...
62: ...overnmental center of Hawai‘i. On the waterfront is [[Aloha Tower]], which for many years was t... - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
6: ...is the [[county seat]] of [[Franklin County, Ohio|Franklin County]]. It also extends into [[Delaware C...
20: county = [[Franklin County, Ohio|Franklin]], [[Delaware County, Ohio|Delaware]],<br> ...
35: ... in Delaware, [[Capital University]] in Bexley, [[Franklin University]], the [[Columbus College of Art...
48: ...wn that resembles jumbled blocks, or a train yard from overhead. The convention center was designed b...
53: ...entally), so house numbers increase with distance from downtown. This rigid street grid breaks down th... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
9: ...r a remarkable example of a European park, dating from [[1843]] and still existing, see [[Tivoli Garde...
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]]...
42: ...s become larger than ever before, with everything from large, worldwide type theme parks such as Disne...
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