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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ed by the rise of [[populism]] and the American [[labor movement]]. Finally, the era was capped by U....
7: ...ithout first imposing preconditions. A series of laws, passed by the Federal government, established ...
9: ...es to enforce the civil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
11: ...hat had been established under Abraham Lincoln's plan were abolished; the first Reconstruction Act sta...
13: ...of the original [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years. - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...ere was a great miiigration of formerly rural population to the cities. However agriculture became in...
16: ...in retrospect after the crash were dangerously inflated.
18: ...h of the older generation). [[Dancing]] was a popular recreation.
27: ..., the U.S. Federal Govenment has regulated and outlawed many substances without additional amendments.
32: ...en as the last gasp of [[Laissez-faire capitalism|laissez-faire capitalism]], the era actually saw an ...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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9: ... England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
12: ...es|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of ...
15: ...pia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
34: ...gail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
44: ..., British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
45: ...to Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
51: *[[Henry Adams|Adams, Henry]], (1838-1918), author
61: ...[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
12: ...z, Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]s
27: *[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]]
34: *[[Georg Agricola|Agricola, Georgius]] (1490-1555)
35: ...eologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...loguist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastema...
6: ...band, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where in 1906, she married [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd...
8: ... seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do...
10: ... ''The Observer'' newspaper, would never forgive Claud Cockburn and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for s...
12: ...]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The Ballad Of The D-Day Dodgers". - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...iewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
6: ...aris]], where in [[1893]] she met and married [[Poland|Polish]] artist Count Casimir Markiewicz. They ...
8: ...Citizen Army]] (ICA), and, though a member of the landed [[gentry]], she devoted herself to the cause ...
10: ...d Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12: ...ed in as [[Irish Minister for Labour|Minister for Labour]] from April 1919 to Jan 1922, in the [[Minis... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...ed by the remnants of the monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called th...
5: ===Poland===
6: ...lin]] in the then Russian-controlled [[Congress Poland]]. Sources differ on the year of her birth - sh...
10: ...]] with flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she atte...
12: In [[1890]], [[Bismarck]]'s laws against [[social democracy]] were annulled and ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
1: ...renBlixen.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Blixen in Kenya, 1918]]
3: ...th in [[Danish language|Danish]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in ...
5: ...ish periodicals in 1905 under the pen name ''Osceola''. Her younger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the...
7: ... continued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to aba...
15: ...published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
5: ...and [[Jean Cocteau]], she stayed for a while at [[La Ruche]] with many of the leading members of the a...
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 ...
13: ...nd later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].
15: ... and the publisher for libel over allegations of Black Magic made in her book. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...uently played in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ... in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name...
9: ...]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disappointing roles and the...
11: ...tionship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The ...
13: ...]]. However, Pickford's second marriage was also plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ... Institute for Chemistry</i>. Hahn and Meitner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her k...
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ...nch scientist who discovered the effect two years later.
10: ...apon, and the knowledge being in German hands, Szilard, [[Edward Teller]], and [[Eugene Wigner]] toge...
12: ...men's Press Club (USA) in 1946; received the Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949. - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
13: ... [[Hong Kong]], however, they both contracted [[malaria]]. Robert Semple died of the disease on August...
21: ...mage:GospelCar.jpeg]]<small><br>The "Gospel Car", 1918</small></div>
25: ...soon became frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed for separation. His petition for divor...
27: ... Gospel church. She supervised construction of a large, domed church building in the [[Echo Park, Los...
29: ...nt. McPherson's uniqueness in this respect, her flamboyance and her unashamed use of low-key sex appe... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934...
2: ...show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
4: ...H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: At 15, Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & c...
10: ...e [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...rdner]], while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
3: ...8]]–[[January 25]], [[2004]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[athletics|athlete]]. She is most fam...
5: ...al competition was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koen set several world records during that p...
11: ...re were already several top swimmers in the Netherlands at that time (such as [[Rie Mastenbroek]]), an...
15: ...(shared with two other jumpers) while the Dutch relay team came fifth in the final (the sixth team in ... - Hair (11457 bytes)
2: ...'[[trichome]]s''' (see for further discussion of plant hairs).
4: ...provides coloration. This might serve to [[camouflage]] an individual; in some mammals, the pigmentat...
6: ...beards. The trench warfare between [[1914]] and [[1918]] exposed men to [[lice]] and [[flea]] infestatio...
11: ...d also hair where extremities meet the torso (axillary (arm-pit) hair, and [[pubic hair]]), on the [[e...
13: ...ength before being shed. [[Anthropologist]]s speculate that the functional significance of long head h... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
1: [[Image:First_lady_bess_truman.jpg|right|frame|]]
3: ..., was the wife of [[Harry S. Truman]] and [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1945]] to [[1953]...
5: ...en curls" and "the most beautiful blue eyes." A relative said, "there never was but one girl in the wo...
7: ...d on [[June 28]], [[1919]]; they lived in Mrs. Wallace's home, where their daughter [[Margaret Truman|...
9: ...aged to look on with composure, was the new First Lady. - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]...
27: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''
94: ...align="left"|'''[[James Harlan (senator)|James Harlan]]'''||align="left"|1865–1866
105: ...nd ensuring the local passage of [[civil rights]] laws and otherwise imposing the will of the United S... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Point Pleasant, Ohio]]</...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Wilton, New York|Mount M...
13: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Julia Grant]]</td></tr>
24: ...ca's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]].
30: ...a]]. In the fall of [[1823]] they moved to the village of [[Georgetown, Ohio|Georgetown]] in [[Brown C... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Chester Alan Arthur
8: | succeeded=[[Grover Cleveland]]
10: | place of birth=[[Fairfield, Vermont]]
13: | place of death=[[New York City, New York]]
18: ...blican Party|Republican Party]] and worked as a [[lawyer]] before becoming the 20th [[Vice President o... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
4: ...olspan=2>[[Image:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
18: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Cal...
20: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Princeton, New Jersey|Pr...
21: ...<td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr>
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