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- Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
1: {{MLB Pirates franchise}}
3: The '''Pittsburgh Pirates''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in ...
6: ...evious club in [[1891]], they were first called ''Pirates''. The name stuck. Over the years the team was al...
11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
17: ...ague]] after that league folded. In [[1900]], the Pirates picked up star players from the defunct [[Louisvi...
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ... [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Re...
13: The area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedi...
15: ... its name. It was frequently attacked by [[Piracy|pirates]] and privateers, especially by then enemies of P...
17: ...en westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...[[René „uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gol... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...is journeying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[...
4: ... the appellation '''Shams ad-Din''', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars part...
8: ... following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...is journey to Mecca was by land, and followed the North African coast of the [[Maghreb]] region quite ...
17: ...ed to the status of ''[[al-Hajji]]'' as a result, now faced his return home. Upon reflection, he decid... - Ching Shih (2491 bytes)
2: '''Ching Shih''' [[1775]]-[[1844]] first became known as a [[China|Chinese]] [[prostitute]] called Sh...
4: ...5;一嫂 lit. wife of Cheng), now also known as Ching Shih, took over the fleet after some p...
6: ...obeying orders. If a village regularly helped the pirates, it was a capital offense to steal from them. It ...
8: ...hih also sought pardon for her fleet in [[1810]], now that the government could concentrate on her men... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...ast, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canopus]]. It has a population of approximately 3,341,...
19: ...articularly in grain. Other authors make the omen not the grain itself, but the arrival of flocks of b...
21: ...er descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies ...
23: ... a history of Alexander attributed to the author known as [[Alexander Romance|pseudo-Callisthenes]].
27: ...e centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexandria retained its... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...agascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
43: time_zone_DST = ''not observed'' |
47: footnotes =
53: ...hen [[Arab]]s established trading posts along the northwest coast. European contact began in the [[150...
55: ...de]], which had been important in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British militar... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...d also commonly known by the nicknames ''The Bambino'' and ''The Sultan of Swat'', was an American [[b...
4: ...pelled other teams to follow suit, breaking the monopoly of the "inside game" that had been the primar...
9: ...perate attempt to bring the boy into line, but to no avail. He was finally sent to St. Mary's Industri...
14: ...anager of the minor-league [[Baltimore Orioles (minor league)|Baltimore Orioles]], and the man often c...
15: ...ced a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit Orioles'... - Florida (24937 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Jeb Bush]] |
36: ...S. state|state]] in the [[United States]]. It is known as the Sunshine State. "Florida" is a [[Spanish...
38: [[USS Florida|USS ''Florida'']] was named in honor of this state.
43: ...the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA, also known as the Confederacy). Florida joined the CSA on ...
47: ...bers and a House of 120 members. The current governor is [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]... - Maine (17312 bytes)
11: Governor = [[John Baldacci]] |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
36: ...ships were named [[USS Maine|USS ''Maine'']] in honor of the state. The state is chilly, with moderate...
38: ...uri]] on [[March 15]], [[1820]]. This has become known as the [[Missouri Compromise]] because admittin...
41: ...are [[Susan Collins]] (Republican) and [[Olympia Snowe]] (Republican). - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
19: *[[1796]] - [[Tennessee]], formerly part of North Carolina, becomes a state
43: *[[1805]] - [[Barbary War]]: Barbary pirates defeated in Tripoli
44: *[[1806]] - [[Noah Webster]]'s first [[dictionary]]
52: *[[1809]] - [[Non-Intercourse Act]]
58: *[[1811]] - [[Battle of Tippecanoe]] - Carthage (20744 bytes)
3: ...s as ''QRT HDŠT''), was an ancient city in [[North Africa]] located on the eastern side of [[Lake...
8: ...city-state. In the early [[6th century BC]], [[Hanno the Navigator]] is supposed to have sailed down t...
10: ...[Libya]]n tribes, spreading its control along the North African coast from modern [[Morocco]] to the b...
17: ...tern section of the Iberian peninsula and further north, in [[Cornwall]] in the [[British Isles]]. Oth...
19: ...ntent on making a profit and cheating noble but innocent Greeks of every spare penny they might have. ... - National League (4871 bytes)
3: ...have met in the [[World Series]]. (The Series was not played in either 1904 or 1994.)
5: ...ings (now the [[Chicago Cubs]]) and the Red Caps (now the [[Atlanta Braves]]) have survived to the pre...
9: ...[pitcher]] in the batting order, although this is not always the case.
29: *[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...pionship series of [[Major League Baseball]] in [[North America]], played in [[October]] after the end...
3: ...d Sox]]. The Red Sox won the series four games to none, earning their first World Series Championship ...
7: ...s finishing in second place in their division but not earning a [[wild card]] receive them, because th...
9: ... Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded.
11: ...'New York World'' for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed sponsorship. (For detai... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
3: ...orts|1994]] season), the most in any professional North American sport, while collecting one [[World S...
5: ...oldest continuously operating sports franchise in North American sports. Arguably, they can trace thei...
6: ...]]). Prior to 1912, the Boston team had several unofficial nicknames: "Red Stockings" in the [[1870s...
12: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
20: ...of the season, winning 34 of their last 44 games. Not only did they finish first, but they ended up 10... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
6: ...from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations of [[communism]].
10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
21: ...oston, and founded the Boston Red Stockings, now known as the [[Atlanta Braves]].) The Red Stockings w...
25: ...s so not to be confused with the Boston AL entry, now shortened to Red Sox) had hitting stars like [[S...
35: ...her in major league history to throw back-to-back no-hitters in [[1938]]. Thanks to Vander Meer, [[Pau... - Milwaukee Brewers (8926 bytes)
8: :'''Formerly known as:''' [[Seattle Pilots]] ([[Sick's Stadium]])...
13: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
16: :'''National League pennants won''' (0): ''none''
17: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (0): ''none''
23: ...or-league team by that name around 1900, plus a minor-league team with the same name in the first half... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
1: {{MLB Pirates franchise}}
3: The '''Pittsburgh Pirates''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in ...
6: ...evious club in [[1891]], they were first called ''Pirates''. The name stuck. Over the years the team was al...
11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
17: ...ague]] after that league folded. In [[1900]], the Pirates picked up star players from the defunct [[Louisvi... - Timeline of Ancient Rome (22347 bytes)
37: ... [[375 BC|375]]/[[371 BC]] – Anarchy years: no magistrates elected
40: **Elected the first non-patrician consul: Lucius Sextius Sextinus
42: * [[351 BC]] – Elected the first non-patrician censor
44: ... Genucia]]'': no man can hold the same [[cursus honorum|office]] before 10 years have elapsed from the...
45: ...38 BC]] – Latin League dissolved after yet another rebellion - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...River|Po]] (south) and the [[Piave River|Piave]] (north) Rivers. The [[Venetian Republic]] was a major...
6: ...'Repubblica Marinara'', the other three being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic posi...
10: ... Garda]] as far west as the [[Adda River]], were known as "Terrafirma", and were acquired partly as a ...
12: ...de]], which (with Venetian aid) seized [[Constantinople]] in [[1204]] and established the [[Latin Empi...
14: ...er of [[chivalry]] ever instituted in Venice, and no citizen could accept or join a foreign order with... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
6: ...ellent horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was known for extreme brutality and ruthlessness when dea...
15: ...was to conquer, to settle, and to "pacify" the unknown territories.
21: ...arrival, been plundered and burned down by French pirates. De Soto had his men rebuild the city, while he c...
23: ...mdash; mostly Irish [[wolfhound]]s — became notorious weapons and instruments of punishment for ...
26: ...explored by DeVaca to search for what came to be known as the Seven Cities of Cibola, a gold-rich land...
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