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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ventual displacement of much of the native population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the ...
4: ==Reconstruction==
5: ...: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ... by the Federal government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegrating the southern s...
9: ... the impetus for Reconstruction involved the question of [[civil rights]] for the freed [[slave]]s in ... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ... was a great miiigration of formerly rural population to the cities. However agriculture became incre...
9: ...of the nation rejected Wilson's brand of interventionism.
14: ...y]] returned to the [[White House]] with the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "return...
16: ...an planning. The boom was reflected by the extension of credit to a dangerous degree, including in th...
18: ...der generation). [[Dancing]] was a popular recreation.
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
41: ...above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
17: ...n|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
20: ...ant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
27: *[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]]
47: *[[Antonio Aguilar|Aguilar, Antonio]], Mexican singer - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ... seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do...
10: ...t of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critica...
12: ...oiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, ...
22: # [[Jakie Astor|John Jacob Astor]] (born 1918) - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...27), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
6: ... F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in...
10: ...the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
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14: ...but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 elections. She died in July 1927 after a short illness. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...rmany]] and took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising ...
10: ...er fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]],...
12: ...ts in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament foc...
14: ...tions under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
16: ...rging with Lithuania's social democratic organisation. Despite living in Germany for most of her adult... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
1: ...renBlixen.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Blixen in Kenya, 1918]]
5: ...She began publishing fiction in various Danish periodicals in 1905 under the pen name ''Osceola''. Her...
7: ...ined in Kenya and continued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 ...
9: ...multaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitl...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphili... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
5: ...himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". In addition to making close friends with [[Amedeo Modigliani...
7: ...tminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, she took up with ano...
11: ..., rugs, and the like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted ...
15: ... sued her and the publisher for libel over allegations of Black Magic made in her book.
17: Although she won the case, the situation profoundly affected her for the remainder of her... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...en, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. S...
9: ...llars a year (the first male actor who made a million dollar deal was [[Charlie Chaplin]]), and one of...
11: ... Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" b...
18: ...h]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ...Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studied [[radioactivity]] and [[nuclear physics]].
4: ...Hahn and Meitner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of physics and his kn...
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ...[[1923]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger...
10: ...], and [[Eugene Wigner]] together jumped into action, persuading [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], who ha... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...[[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Chu...
7: ...hodist]], and Mildred Ona Pearce, 36 years his junior, who had been hired to nurse his wife during her...
9: ...riting letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local clergy, etc.
13: ...ing at the urging of her father. After her conversion and a short courtship, they were married on Augu...
15: ...th the Salvation Army, and after a short recuperation Aimee joined her in this work. While so occupied... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
22: ...orite as is her role as the Black Widow on television's Batman.
24: ...y|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And behavior that was endearingly wicked in a flapper starlet...
47: *[[Who Loved Him Best?]] (1918)
48: *[[When Men Betray]] (1918)
49: *[[Thirty a Week]] (1918) - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ...a Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen''' ([[April 26]], [[1918]]–[[January 25]], [[2004]]) was a [[Netherl...
5: ...ers-Koen set several world records during that period, in events as diverse as the [[long jump]], the ...
7: ...e [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
13: ...ointment, but in her third race, she set a new National Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon...
17: ...eak of [[World War II]] put a stop to the preparations. The Olympics were formally cancelled on May 2,... - Hair (11457 bytes)
2: ...ch is '''[[trichome]]s''' (see for further discussion of plant hairs).
4: ...ge]] an individual; in some mammals, the pigmentation changes with the seasons, becoming white during ...
6: ...18]] exposed men to [[lice]] and [[flea]] infestation which caused the order to be given for the routi...
13: ...ment]], a by-product of secondary [[natural selection]] once other somatic hair had been lost.
15: ...often have their [[haircut|hair cut]] or [[depilation|remove it]] by shaving or other means. - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
5: ...ved to town in 1890, always kept his first impression of her -- "golden curls" and "the most beautiful...
7: ...ant Truman left for the battlefields of France in 1918. They were married on [[June 28]], [[1919]]; they...
9: ...come to expect a candidate's wife to do. His election to the [[United States Senate|Senate]] in 1934 t...
11: ...n, she did only what was necessary. While the mansion was rebuilt during the second term, the Trumans ...
13: .... The press conference consisted of written questions in advance of which the replies (also on paper)... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
30: | '''Occupation:''' || Tailor
33: ...tic Party|Democratic]]<br/>(elected on National Union ticket)
40: ..., succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]].
42: ...mbroiled him in a bitter dispute with the Congressional Republicans, leading the House of Representati...
50: ==Political ascension== - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
3: ...font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
10: ...'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Point Pleasant, Ohio]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>[[General]]</td></tr>
22: ...sh; [[July 23]], [[1885]]) was a [[Union army | Union]] [[general]] in the [[American Civil War]] and ...
24: ...ration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]]. - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
3: | image name=chester a arthur illustration.3.jpg
18: ... United States|Vice President]] in the administration of [[James Garfield]]. Garfield was shot by [[...
20: ...called "Elegant Arthur" for his commitment to fashionable attire. He kept 80 pairs of pants in his wa...
22: ...mately twenty-four hours after being found unconscious by his [[nurse]]. - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
3: ...font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
22: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>Lawyer</td></tr>
29: ...n between the [[American Civil War]] and the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[1912]].
31: ...ttle imagination and seemed overwhelmed by the nation's economic problems in his second term.
33: ==Biography==
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