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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
157: | [[1898]] — [[1902]]/[[1903]]
204: | [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
209: ...List of current and former capital cities within the United States]]
219: [[Category:Lists of cities in the United States|* Capital]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...8th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...res [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...iam III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont...
11: ...Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: ... Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman
8: *[[Alvar Aalto|Aalto, Alvar]], (1898-1976), Finnish architect
13: ...[Sarah Aaronsohn|Aaronsohn, Sarah]], (1890-1917), head of [[Nili]], a [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[spy]]-ring - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech archite...
9: ...itical writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
13: ...Aikenhead, Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
14: ...thur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
17: ...ey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...64]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
4: ...us as a 20th-century tastemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colef...
6: ...Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where in 1906, she married [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|Waldo...
8: ...st woman member to actually take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Consta...
10: ...ewssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set." - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...eir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to Israel after graduate school and wa...
4: ==Born in the Russian empire==
6: ...and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906== - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...mber 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[wri...
4: ...], [[Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
5: ...r conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'' by [[H.P. Blavatsky]] in [[18...
7: ...r she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...in by the government. Luxemburg and hundreds of others were captured, tortured, and killed.
6: ... growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
8: ...rs managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...ience of [[form of government|forms of state]]), the [[Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange c...
12: ...f parliament focused more and more on gaining further parliamentary rights and on material wealth. - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: ...ociated with the struggle for votes for women in the period immediately preceding [[World War I]].
5: ...of whom would make a substantial contribution to the campaign in different ways.
7: ...come to fruition: the right to vote for women in the United Kingdom. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ... and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...n of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became...
7: ... [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickford'''.
9: ...s that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ...s was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped. - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...] and a two-time [[Nobel laureate]]. She founded the [[Curie Institute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Paris]]...
5: ...[physics]] at the [[Sorbonne]], where she became the first woman to teach.
7: ... thus on [[December 26]]th Marie Curie announced the existence of this new substance.
9: ...olonium]] after Marie's native country, and the other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactiv...
11: ...ered by Professor [[Henri Becquerel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...rican [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...le spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cross]].
6: ...ady spell 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "artichoke".
8: ...ine, including the "great, loathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would bec...
12: ..., set up one of the first free public schools in the state. - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...ntique]], [[France]], was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
4: ...ee, Arizona]] until accepting an appointment as the Superintendent of Nurses at University Hospital i...
6: ...sociation and chair of the National Committee of the Red Cross Nursing Service.
8: ...han 20,000 of her nurses played vital roles with the United States military.
10: ...orial to Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who lost their lives during World War I. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|200px|Although technically in [[Giza]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become ...
2: ...|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31&de...
4: ...1605;صر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...oyed in attempts to invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusad...
11: ...gypt, seen as a large bright area centre left of the image, Credit-ESA 2004.]] - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
22: ...], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...ions of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...ional]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...usness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a lat... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
12: [[Chester A. Arthur]] ([[1885]])<br>
21: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose C...
23: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political party]]:'''</td><td>[[Uni...
24: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>
25: [[Thomas A. Hendricks]] ([[1885]], [[List of leaders who died in... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...as 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It h...
3: ...ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had seen it reduced to li...
5: ...ia egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar...
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
13: ...ounding of the city and ends with the arrival of the Romans (blue). - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...d to arrive at the age of the Earth and outlines their history.
4: ...Other scholars and scientists such as [[Martin Luther]] and [[Johannes Kepler]] believed in a similar ...
6: ...kind. One who did was [[Aristotle]], who thought the Earth and [[universe]] had existed from eternity.
9: ...rth had been created separately from the rest of the universe, several hundred thousands of years befo...
11: ...s rate of cooling. This led him to estimate that the Earth was about 75,000 years old.
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