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- Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaki...
6: ... spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mother's parents.
8: ...tts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even fea...
10: ...hart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
14: ...pasture near [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]. She received the [[Distinguished Fly... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
2: ...e:A white iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
9: ...y | taxon = '''''Iris'''''}}<br />{{Taxobox authority|author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]|date = [[1753]]...
15: ...ng in colour from gold, copper-red or yellow to white, blue, blue-violet, lavender, tan, maroon and pu...
16: ... it. It is also applied to various subdivisions within the genus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left...
17: [[Image:Iris.JPG|232px|thumb|right|White-purple-yellow Dutch iris]] - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
12: ...lovenian language|Slovenian]], [[Italian language|Italian]]<sup>1</sup>, [[Hungarian language|Hungaria...
13: capital = [[Ljubljana]] |
15: largest_city = [[Ljubljana]] |
17: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Slovenia|President]]...
20: area_magnitude = 1_E10 | - Comet (30542 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb|250px|[[Comet Hale-Bopp]], showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997)]]
3: ...en [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixe...
9: ...an extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...om ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, it is known that their appearance have been noticed ...
13: ....png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ...that would be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate propulsion technolog...
10: ==Orbiting and reaching space==
11: .... The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ...n orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], ... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
1: This is a list of notable people associated with the [[Renaissance]].
3: ==Political leaders==
5: *Italian Renaissance
10: **[[Andrea Gritti]]
37: **[[Marguerite de Valois]] of France - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...rcular]], with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]] of less than 1%.
3: ...ing Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in t...
5: ...ion of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath ([[Unicode]]: ♀)...
7: ...e of its modern association with [[sexually transmitted disease]]s. Some astronomers use ''[[Cytherea...
14: ... between the night and day sides of Venus despite its extremely slow rotation (less than one rotation ... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Indi...
10: ...United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
11: *[[1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[tr... - Theatre (9476 bytes)
5: ...more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to the standard narrative dialogue style, thea...
8: ...) [[passion plays]], [[mystery plays]] and [[morality plays]].
10: ...ctacle. The 17th-century Spanish writer [[Lope de Vega]] wrote that for theatre one needs "three boards,...
15: ...roducers and directors can employ in theatre to suit a variety of tastes. This is an incomplete and e...
19: ...es of people and their relationships in the community that they live in. - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ... through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ... became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discov...
6: ... extreme brutality and ruthlessness when dealing with natives. In a conflict for supremacy in Nicaragu...
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find...
11: ...fter Atahualpa had been arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two m... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: ...1801]] - [[Tsar]] [[Paul I of Russia]] is struck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trample...
14: ...vator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York City]].
15: *[[1868]] - The [[University of California]] is founded in [[Oakland, Califor...
16: ...t]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] to white settlement starting on [[April 22]].
19: ...]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and [[National Geographic Society]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
8: ...he Lost City of the Incas," now an archaelogical site.]]
9: ...ur provinces whose corners met at the empire's capital, [[Cusco]] (Qosqo).
17: ...ici Viracocha of Colina de las Ventanas in [[Pacaritambo]] sent forth his four sons and four daughters...
19: ...om the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] and found the city of Cuzco. They traveled by means of underground ...
21: ...of oral tradition, since the Incas did not have writing. There probably did exist a Manco Capac who be... - Calico Jack (2810 bytes)
4: ...ly turned, engaged the French vessel and defeated it.
8: ...]. During this time Rackham met and fell in love with a married woman called Anne Bonny. Rackham was i...
14: ... that Rackham had earlier tried to strike a deal with the governor under which he would surrender hims...
16: ...were finally brought to trial at [[St. Jago De La Vega]] in [[Jamaica]] on [[November 16]], [[1720]]. He... - Cusco (5603 bytes)
1: ...Cuzco,''' an anglicized variant, and '''Qusqu''' with post-1987 Quechua orthography.
9: | align=center width=135 | [[Image:Cusco city coat of arms.PNG|Coat of arms of Cusco, Peru]]
11: | align=center width=135 | City coat of arms
14: ...ckname]]: "La Ciudad Imperial"<br>("The Imperial City")''</small>
16: ...align=center colspan=2 | [[Image:Location of the city of Cusco in Peru.png|Location of Cusco in Peru]] - Theater (9475 bytes)
4: ...more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to the standard narrative dialogue style, thea...
7: ...) [[passion plays]], [[mystery plays]] and [[morality plays]].
9: ...ctacle. The 17th-century Spanish writer [[Lope de Vega]] wrote that for theatre one needs "three boards,...
14: ...roducers and directors can employ in theatre to suit a variety of tastes. This is an incomplete and e...
18: ...es of people and their relationships in the community that they live in. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: ...ion deep into the territory of the modern-day [[United States]], was the first European to discover th...
3: ...expedition ranged throughout the [[southeastern United States]] searching for gold and a passage to [[...
5: ...military fame after the [[Moors]] were defeated. With discovery of new lands to the west (which seemed...
7: ...ian, but was notorious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
9: ...he [[Orient]], profoundly influenced de Soto's ambitions.
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