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- Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
22: | [[Hardin County, Kentucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
46: ...nd writings which helped mobilize and inspire the North, and in his defusing of the peace issue in the...
48: ...ged efforts to expand white settlement in western North America, signing the [[Homestead Act]] (1862)....
53: ...[flatboat]] on the Sangamon, [[Illinois River|Illinois]] and [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] [[river...
59: ...ting after being elected by his peers that he had not had "any such success in life which gave him so ... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Joe Manchin]] |
36: ...tates|Southern state]] of the [[United States]], known as ''The Mountain State.''
38: ... during the [[American Civil War]]. The state is noted for its [[coal]] mining heritage, and union or...
40: ...een Bank Telescope]] at the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]].
42: ... [[USS West Virginia|USS ''West Virginia'']] in honor of this state. - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...carus]]. Daedalus was trapped on the island of Minos, and so built wings out of feathers and wax for ...
13: ... of early flying machines]] for a list of these. Note that there are many claims and counter-claims h...
15: ...d designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...g. Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be available for powered flight until the [[gaso...
19: The first known human flight ever took place in [[Paris]] in [[... - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
6: ..., [[engraving]], [[drypoint]], [[mezzotint]], [[linocut]], [[aquatint]] and [[batik]]. These technique...
11: ...arve away the parts of the block that he/she does not want to receive the ink. The raised parts of th...
25: [[Emil Nolde]],
27: [[Margaret Preston]]
28: [[Olga Rozanova]], and - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
20: ...- [[John C. Calhoun]] (Jackson's vice-president) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and...
31: ...herokee (people)|Cherokees]]; President Jackson ignores the ruling
35: *[[1832]] - [[Seminole War]] begins
65: *[[1845]] - [[James Knox Polk]] becomes President - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ...ch the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states, rather...
12: ...ullification doctrine]]. Calhoun demands that the North keep quiet about slavery in order to maintain ...
15: ...se between liberty and union. "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!" he cries.
20: ...]], Southern defenders of slavery start seeing it not as a "necessary evil," but a "positive good."
39: ...Tocqueville]] publishes ''Democracy in America'', noting sectional differences. - Colorado Rockies (5998 bytes)
12: :'''Division titles won''' (0): ''none''
13: :'''National League pennants won''' (0): ''none''
14: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (0): ''none''
26: == Players of note ==
28: *''none'' - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
1: '''Ice hockey''', known simply as '''[[hockey]]''' in [[Canada]] and th...
12: ...e roster, two of whom are typically goaltenders. North American professional leagues restrict the tot...
14: ...n considered the world's top professional league. North American amateur hockey codes, such as those o...
21: ...atch penalties are always served in full: they do not terminate on a goal.
23: ...hockey)|breakaway]]'' – when there are no defenders except the goaltender between him and t... - National Football League (30340 bytes)
15: <tr><th>East</th><th>North</th><th>South</th><th>West</th></tr>
23: <tr><th>East</th><th>North</th><th>South</th><th>West</th></tr>
31: ...e per week being played in [[Sunday]] night, and another game being played on [[Monday]] night. In ad...
35: *Each team plays the four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating ...
37: ... in the two same-conference divisions the team is not scheduled to play that season. The second-place,... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
11: ...hip was being [[careening|careened]] Dampier made notes on the fauna and flora he found there. Later t...
18: ...ing the [[Dampier Strait]] between these islands (now the [[Bismarck Islands]]) and New Guinea.
30: ...ge'' (126 men) and ''Cinque Ports'' (63 men) for another expedition to the South Seas.
32: This voyage was not a success. It is most notable for the events surrounding [[Alexander Selki...
40: ...an unusual degree of influence on figures better known than he: - March 21 (10586 bytes)
14: ...rgh]] is presented the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]...
21: ...Italy]] singing "Non ho l'etą¦±uot; (I'm not old enough).
27: ... the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] announces a [[United States]] [[boycott]] of the [[198...
48: *[[1901]] - [[Karl Arnold]], politician, (d. [[1958]])
51: ...r)|Jim Thompson]], the "Silk King" (death date unknown) - U.S. Electoral College (46986 bytes)
10: ...te's electors, while all other candidates receive none. Only in [[Maine]] and [[Nebraska]] does the el...
14: If no candidate receives an absolute electoral majority...
16: ...e Senate votes in the normal manner in this case, not by States. It is unclear if the sitting Vice Pre...
18: ... winner of the Vice Presidential election is not known by then either, then under the [[Presidential S...
20: ...|Twenty-Third Amendment]] allows the President to nominate a Vice President if a vacancy should occur. - Hammond organ (5160 bytes)
7: ...ging phase relationships between tonewheels could not be easily replicated.
11: ...s the L-100 and the M-100. Most Hammond organs do not have a full [[AGO pedalboard]], something that w...
13: ...ound such as the model J100. These instruments do not have the distinctive characterful 'Hammond sound...
15: ...d a variety of electronic organs and synthesizers now provide accurate Hammond emulations. Nevertheles...
23: ==Notable Hammond organ players== - Zachary Taylor (11484 bytes)
7: <tr><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[James Knox Polk]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>November 24, 1784</td></tr>
20: ...ive military career, becoming the first president not previously elected to any other public office. H...
23: ...where Taylor grew up on a [[plantation]] and was known as "Little Zack."
25: ... an excellent military commander. Taylor was also noted for standing 5'8" or 5'9" tall and weighing be... - Widow Spiders (5670 bytes)
15: ... of a healthy adult is sufficient to dilute the venom to less than a fatal concentration.
17: ...y) are often mistaken for widow spiders, and are known as ''[[False Widow Spiders]]''. The false wido...
19: ...'western widows'' (''[[Latrodectus hesperus]]'') (Preston-Malfham, 1998) are also found in the United State...
21: ...der mistakes a finger thrust into its web for its normal prey, but ordinarily intrusion by any large c...
26: ... the areas where they are found. This list should not be considered complete.
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