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- Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
1: ...antos_dumont.jpg|250px|Alberto Santos-Dumont]]<br>Santos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat.<BR>From the a...
2: '''Alberto Santos-Dumont''' ([[July 20]], [[1873]] - [[July 23]], [...
9: ...ont's father gathered a large fortune and became known as the "Coffee King of Brazil."
11: ...icent skies of [[Brazil]] in the long, sunny afternoons at the plantation.
14: ...with his wife and his youngest son. At seventeen, Santos-Dumont left the prestigious [[Ouro Preto School o...
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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: ...eiro'' (San Sebastian of the January River), in honor of then King [[Sebastian I of Portugal]]. For ce...
17: ...en westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...[[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gol... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...' in [[Portuguese]]) was most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could hav...
3: ...windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurate...
5: ... two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This i...
7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: ...s, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
5: ...born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
51: ...yd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
58: *[[Santos Acosta|Acosta, Santos]] (1828-1901) - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ... Europe. Portugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north and east and by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the ...
5: ...century|16th centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portugue...
7: ...[[1986]]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a cle...
15: ...th of the Douro river among some other tribes. {{Inote | ''Hist de Portugal - A Forma磯 do Territ...
17: ...tugal - A Forma磯 do Territ'', page 135, "Cronologia"}} - Angola (15614 bytes)
1: ...d diamonds are the most relevant. The country is nominally a [[democracy]] and is formally named the ...
19: ...Dias dos Santos|Fernando da Piedade <br> Dias dos Santos]]|
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48: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Estimate is base... - Aviation (1454 bytes)
1: ...raft such as [[balloons]] and [[airship]]s (also known as dirigibles.)
25: * [[Aviation noise]]
47: * [[Alberto_Santos-Dumont|Santos-Dumont]] - 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 [[... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
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26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter
32: *[[Katherine Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
40: ... and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - 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... - Surfing (15219 bytes)
7: ...of the board), interchangeable "[[skeg]]s" (also know as fins), and of course in warmer climates surf ...
9: ...g that they break in large parts at a time (also known as a close-out).
11: ...ing out and waiting 'outside'. However, one does not see photographs of pros paddling out.
13: ...essional competitors and sponsors, the sport does not have its origins as a competitive pursuit. It is...
15: ...vive 'wipeouts'. In many instances surfers would not survive the battering of the 'sets' (groups of w... - Aviator (3951 bytes)
2: ...t]] either for pleasure or for a job. The term is normally applied to '''pilots''' but it can be appli...
4: ...helium]] [[Balloon (aircraft)|balloon]], then his nonstop solo jet [[circumnavigation]] that completed...
8: ...] proposed a licensing scheme in [[1919]], it was not until [[1926]], under the Air Commerce Act, that...
10: == Well-known aviators ==
11: <!-- ugh - does anyone know how to code HTML for balanced columns? --> - Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
8: ...in 1871. Both received high school educations but no diplomas.
10: ...tation in [[1899]]. The brothers extended the technology of flight by emphasizing control of the aircr...
17: The Wright Brothers were noted for placing the emphasis of their aviation res...
19: ...Flying-Machine", on [[May 23]], [[1906]]) for the novel technique of controlling lateral movement and ...
21: ... was superior to manufactured ones, having a low enough weight-to-power ratio to use on an aeroplane*. - Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
1: ...antos_dumont.jpg|250px|Alberto Santos-Dumont]]<br>Santos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat.<BR>From the a...
2: '''Alberto Santos-Dumont''' ([[July 20]], [[1873]] - [[July 23]], [...
9: ...ont's father gathered a large fortune and became known as the "Coffee King of Brazil."
11: ...icent skies of [[Brazil]] in the long, sunny afternoons at the plantation.
14: ...with his wife and his youngest son. At seventeen, Santos-Dumont left the prestigious [[Ouro Preto School o... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
5: ...Real]], in the province of [[Tr᳭dos-Montes]] of north [[Portugal]]) or in [[Porto]]. The son of Pedr...
7: ..., becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been ta...
15: ...e after [[May 15]], [[1514]]. Magellan formally renounced his nationality and went to offer his servic...
22: Having brought the Portuguese cartographical knowledge to the Spanish court, Magellan pointed out ...
24: Ruy Faleiro, an [[astronomer]] and Portuguese [[exile]], aided him in his p... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
6: ...n a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
12: ..., [[William Woods Holden]] becomes the first governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by...
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the ...
30: ...former secretary, begins two days of testimony at North's Iran-Contra trial in Washington.
46: *[[1907]] - [[Lucia dos Santos]], [[Fatima]] witness (d. [[2005]]) - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
2: ...hoenix Uptown (northern skyline) in 2004, looking north ]]
5: ...ng to a [[2004]] US Census estimation, Phoenix is now the fifth-largest city, surpassing [[Philadelphi...
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46: ...r]] and [[Gila River]] reservations, or the [[Tohono O'odham]] Indians who live in southern Arizona. - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
14: ... sea and land larger and smaller, encircling one another; there were two of land and three of water. ...
17: ...out five days' sail to the west of what is called nowadays [[Britain]]. He added that westwards from t...
20: ...ferring to the Atlantes and those who profess to know the measurements of the earth. He states that f...
21: ...ent [[Phoenicians]] and [[Etruscans]] knew of an enormous island outside the [[Pillars of Hercules]]. ...
23: ...sts. [[Claudius Aelianus]] cites [[Theopompus]], knowing of the existence of the huge island out in th... - Right Whales (11436 bytes)
16: ''Eubalaena glacialis'', Atlantic Northern Right Whale<br>
17: ''Eubalaena japonica'', Pacific Northern Right Whale
18: ...NG|300px|Northern Right Whale range]] | caption = Northern Right Whale range}}
24: ==Taxonomy==
25: ...-species view. No group of right whales has been known to swim through warm equatorial waters to make ... - Amazonsaurus (1892 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = [[Dinosaur|Dinosauria]]}}
17: ...on beds located in [[Maranhão|Maranhão State]], Northern [[Brazil]]. The remains were described by C...
19: ...|African]] and [[South America|South American]] dinosaur faunas.
22: ... (2003). ''Amazonsaurus maranhensis'' gen. et sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Lower Creta... - Flight (3194 bytes)
9: ...ying [[vertebrate]]s contemporaneous with the [[dinosaur]]s.
15: ...und, as were the now-extinct [[dodo]]s, while the non-flying [[penguin]]s have adapted their wings for...
20: ...g the [[million]]s of species of insects, many do not fly.
41: * [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]]
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