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- Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
5: ...is first wife of [[Henry of Grosmont]], [[Duke of Lancaster]] and his wife [[Isabel de Beaumont]]. Finally sh...
8: ...of John of Gaunt from his first wife [[Blanche of Lancaster]]. Her final set of grandparents were [[Afonso, D...
10: ...] and [[Catherine Plantagenet]] of the [[House of Lancaster]], a half sister of King [[Henry IV of England]].... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...Albans]] in [[1461]], fighting for the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] cause. (This was ironic, as Edward...
10: ...], but Elizabeth insisted on marriage, which took place secretly (from the public but not from their f...
12: ...and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-in-law Sir Ant...
20: ...Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]), if he could supplant Richard. Following Henry's accession in [[148...
28: * Mary Plantagenet (1467-1482), buried in [[St. George's Ch... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...loguist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastemaker and...
8: ...or [[Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton]]. Nancy Astor then became the [[Con...
10: ...sign and supported [[Winston Churchill]] as his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became edito...
12: ...an campaign]] as the ''[[D-Day Dodgers]]''. Her implication that they had it easy because they were av... - Rose (15436 bytes)
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12: ...Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen| plural_taxon = Species}} - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
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31: | '''Place of Death:'''
32: | [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
53: ... admitted to the bar in [[1812]] and practiced in Lancaster. He was one of the first volunteers in the [[War...
66: ...balance in his appointments and persuading the people to accept constitutional law as the Supreme Cour... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
46: [[Iron Age]] [[Bantu]]-speaking peoples began migrating into the area about 2,000 years...
54: ...inority government in Southern Rhodesia (known simply Rhodesia from [[1964]]) demanded independence, b...
60: ...Zambia in [[1975]], and the [[Zimbabwe African People's Union]] (ZAPU), led by [[Joshua Nkomo]]. With ...
62: ...ll parties to come to [[Lancaster House Agreement|Lancaster House]] in an attempt to negotiate a settlement i...
66: ...nt with Joshua Nkomo, head of Zimbabwe African People's Union. In the free elections of [[February]] [... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
49: ...y the latter part of that century, the various peoples of Zambia were largely established in the areas...
51: ... mid-19th century, it was penetrated by Western explorers, missionaries, and traders. [[David Livingst...
59: ...th Africa]] (ANC), and the [[South-West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO).
61: ...nia]]n port of [[Dar es Salaam]], built with [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] assistance, reduce...
63: ...ed independence in accordance with the [[1979]] [[Lancaster House Agreement]], but Zambia's problems were not... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
42: ..., but many [[Mennonites]] remain, particularly in Lancaster County. Some adherents eschew modern conveniences...
55: ...nnsylvania. Penn then founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for [[Quaker]]s, and name...
69: ...dustry was born in western Pennsylvania, which supplied the vast majority of U.S. kerosene for years t...
71: ...; dramatic, sometimes violent confrontations took place between [[organized labor]] and the state's in...
86: ...stricts[http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/CommonPleas/Judicialdistricts.asp], each of which has dist... - Nebraska (13662 bytes)
36: ...ibe|Oto]]) word meaning "flat water", after the [[Platte River]] that flows through the State.
47: ...pital was moved from [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] to Lancaster, later renamed [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]] afte...
55: ...tax breaks as enticements to newcomers. As an example in Nebraska, [[Monowi]], which in the 1930s had ...
61: ... only one house. Although this house is known simply as the "Legislature", its members still call the...
69: ...n]], Nebraska's unicameral legislature was put in place by a state initiative. In effect, the Assembly... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...l]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...s are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, su...
15: ...esign, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched desig...
17: ...d examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the first trials...
19: The first known human flight ever took place in [[Paris]] in [[1783]]. [[Francois Pilatre ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[[1516]]. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|...
7: ... father's great displeasure, More seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career in order to becom...
12: ...nfluential in the government, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as...
14: ...n [[1525]] he became chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and ju...
19: ... (Indeed, the title of Erasmus's book is partly a play on More's name, the word ''folly'' being ''mori... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...an Philippe de Vries suggested that it had "taken place at a more or less provincial level." Fernand B...
8: ...n Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]] allowed the [[Vikings]] of [[Rollo of Normandy...
17: ...hese lost lands became a major focus of English diplomacy. Another effect of the war was to galvanize...
27: ...st by his father. A compromise homage in [[1329]] pleased neither side, but in [[1331]], facing seriou...
31: In [[1336]], Philip made plans for an expedition to restore David to the Scot... - Arizona Diamondbacks (6463 bytes)
7: :'''Uniform colors:''' Purple, Teal, and Black
16: ...st to the [[New York Mets]] in the first round of playoffs.
20: ...ly manager of the Class A [[California League]] [[Lancaster JetHawks]], one of the Diamondbacks' [[minor-leag...
24: == Players of note ==
81: ...Us_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Brett Butler (baseball player)|Brett Butler]] (first base) - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
15: ... [[steam engine]] powered vessel involved many people, sometimes working at the same time. One of the ...
17: ...le. [[William Henry (delegate)|William Henry]] of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], having learned of Watt's engin...
23: ...by continuous development of steamboats. Although plans to introduce boats on the Forth and Clyde cana...
30: ...ve to the present day, most destroyed by boiler explosions or fires. One of the few surviving Mississ...
40: ...ip sails a full season of cruises every year from places around [[United Kingdom|Britain]], and has sa... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognis...
8: ...eir governor. Buccaneers were also occasionally employed as privateers.
10: ...were known as '''kapers''' or '''vrijbuiters''' ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words ''vrij'...
12: ...f Malacca]]. Originally a culture of seafaring people, their name became synonymous with piracy in the...
40: ...l freedom of the high seas, and violate the principle ''extra territorium jus dicenti impune non paret... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...rable Acts]]. The First Continental Congress was planned through the permanent [[committees of corres...
6: ...ere not repealed. The boycott was successfully implemented, but its potential at altering British col...
10: ==Dates and places of sessions==
21: *Sept. 27, 1777 (one day only) [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...blic servant]], [[scientist]], [[librarian]], [[diplomat]], and [[inventor]]. One of the leaders of th...
11: ...ld at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half-sibli...
25: ...y earned" are now commonly quoted every day by people all over the world.
27: ...o included works on history, geography, poetry, exploration and science. The success of this library e...
38: ...plied that lightning was electrical. See, for example, the [[1805]] painting by [[Benjamin West]] of '... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...use of Aviz|Aviz]] dynasty; and of [[Philippa of Lancaster]], the daughter of [[John of Gaunt]]. In [[1414]]...
5: ...ristianity. For the purposes of his interest in exploration, however, the appointment proved important...
9: ...ith the [[lateen sail]] of the Arabs, made the complicated return voyages, headed upwind, possible; wi...
15: ...mising desert coast of Africa, although the [[Periplus]] of the Carthaginian [[Hanno the Navigator]] d...
17: ...med the credit). By [[1460]] the Portuguese had explored the coast of Africa as far as present-day [[... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
3: ...June 18]], [[1928]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedi...
6: ...Greenland]] in [[1888]] he decided on a life of exploration.
12: ... two winters exploring over land and ice from the place today called [[Gjoa Haven, Nunavut|Gjoa Haven]...
14: ...s time Amundsen studied the local [[Netsilik]] people in order to learn Arctic survival skills and soo...
18: ...[[Robert Peary]] claimed the Pole, he changed his plans. Using [[Fridtjof Nansen]]'s ship ''[[Fram]]''...
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