Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
7: ...many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for [[RKO]]. She switched to [[MGM]] (after l...
11: ...pressed with the pilot episode produced by the couple's [[Desilu]] production company, so the Arnazes ...
24: ... comedy in front of a live audience demanded discipline, technique, and close choreography. Among oth...
28: ...sode of ''[[The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]]'', the couple [[divorce]]d. One of television's greatest marri...
32: ...t in production. For instance, she apparently completely misunderstood the premise of one of the comp... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
8: ...ven. The Bolenders were a religious couple who supplemented their meager income by being foster parent...
15: ...3.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
22: By 1952 Zanuck was nearly convinced and she played her first role as a leading lady in ''Don't B...
23: ...l, [[movie]] critics seemed to forget about the [[plot]] and focused on Marilyn and her unique connect...
25: ...ppeared in the first edition of his new magazine, Playboy in December 1953. It was a smash hit. And wh... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
16: ...ed individual was placed at his/her final resting place through a set of [[Egyptian burial rituals and...
18: ...ough it is not a 'true' mummy. The body is on display in the [[British Museum]] and has been given th...
31: ...into tombs. The incision was covered with a metal plate bearing the [[Eye of Horus]] (wedjat) which sy...
37: ...er protect the deceased, magical [[amulet]]s were placed on specific parts of the body between the lay...
45: ...iduals would simply be mummified and laid in a simple tomb or on a ledge in a larger tomb. Higher-stat... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
48: ... the [[California gold rush]] of [[1849]], few people settled there. The first organized town in Idaho...
50: ...ed by moving the [[University of Idaho]] from its planned location in Eagle Rock (near [[Idaho Falls, ...
52: ...DRAM) chips. Hewlett-Packard has operated a large plant in Boise, in southwestern Idaho, since the 197...
83: ...per than the [[Grand Canyon]]. [[Shoshone Falls]] plunges down rugged cliffs from a height greater tha...
138: ...estern states, the percentage of non-religious people in Idaho is fairly high when compared to the per... - Washington (20186 bytes)
38: ...o avoid confusion, the capital is often called simply '''D.C.''', and the state often called '''Washin...
45: Prior to the arrival of explorers from [[Europe]], this region of the Pacific ...
49: ...ations of the straits were performed by Spanish explorers [[Manuel Quimper]] in [[1790]] and [[Francis...
51: ...] of [[1790]] opened the northwest territory to explorers and trappers from other nations, most notabl...
59: ...on the [[Yakima Valley]] became known for its [[apple]] orchards while the growth of wheat using dry-f... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
13: ...– most significantly of all– at the [[Plains of Abraham]] outside of [[Quebec City]], in w...
47: *[[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]] ([[September 13]], [[1759]]) - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
13: *[[1901]] - [[Platt Amendment]]
16: ...902]] - First [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] game played
22: *[[1903]] - [[Big Stick Diplomacy]]
44: *[[1909]] - [[Robert Peary]] plants [[American flag]] at [[North Pole]]
47: *[[1909]] - Taft implements [[Dollar Diplomacy]] - January 2 (10888 bytes)
15: *[[1860]] - The discovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [...
30: ...- [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] agree on a plan to preserve [[Niagara Falls]].
41: ...ard]] performs the second successful [[heart transplant]].
49: ...ring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss peace plans.
51: ...7mm) at [[Chicago]]. In [[Chicago]], temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C), and 68 deaths are r... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
4: ... between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100,000 people escaped enslavement via the Underground Railroad...
10: ...American]]s. Churches and religious denominations played key roles, especially the [[Religious Society...
15: *people who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents...
17: *hiding places were "stations"
21: ...ul records, including short biographies of the people, that contained frequent railway metaphors. Sti... - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: ...f Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son [[King James I|King Jam...
19: ...eople in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] kills 48 people.
22: ...f explosives will have killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.
25: ...sile]]s in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other th...
27: *[[1969]] - [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 11]] splashes down safely in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. - Ice age (15810 bytes)
16: ...e was responsible for the subsequent [[Cambrian Explosion]], though this theory is recent and controve...
20: ...sheet in Antarctica, but intensified during the [[Pleistocene]] (starting around 3 million years ago) ...
22: ... between summers in which the winter snow mass completely melts and summers in which the winter snow p...
31: ...e from the evidence of ice core records. For example, an article in Nature [http://www.nature.com/cgi...
39: ... and interglacial phases — this was first explained by the theory of [[Milutin Milankovic]]. - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
84: ...1783)|Treaty of Paris]], and was continuing to supply those American Indians in the [[Northwest Territ...
90: ...o be unenforceable, the Non-Intercourse Act was replaced in [[1810]] by [[Macon's Bill Number 2]]. Thi...
97: ... of the war had been preceded by years of angry diplomatic dispute, the [[United States]] was absolute...
99: ...side their home states, were not amenable to discipline and, as a rule, performed poorly in the presen...
122: ...ed them to greater exertions. More vessels were deployed on the American seaboard and the blockade tig... - Waterfall (3889 bytes)
5: ...C__<br clear="right" /><!-- necessary for correct placing of TOC -->
20: *Plunge, where the water descends vertically, losing ...
25: ==Examples of large waterfalls== - Iguassu Falls (7632 bytes)
5: ...'Garganta del Diablo'' is obtained. Many islands split up the falls, including several large ones. Abo...
11: ... falls include the [[Itaipu]] hydroelectric power plant, and the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Mission...
17: ...0 metres (300 feet) in height (in low flow it is split into five by islands; in high flow it can be un...
21: ... the world's most spectacular waterfalls, with people divided as to which is the more impressive.
30: ...based mainly on a repetitive fast-picking pattern played on a [[charango]] or a similar guitar-like st... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
18: ...ted energy]]. He gave his life to make real these plans, while others made fortunes with his [[inventi...
24: |'''Electromechanical devices and principles developed by Nikola Tesla''':
26: * the [[rotating magnetic field]] principle ([[1882]]) and various devices that use rotating...
33: * fundamental principles, devices, and machinery of [[wireless]] technol...
42: * [[voltage]] multiplication [[circuit]]ry - New York (25691 bytes)
65: * ''See: [[List of census-designated places in New York]]''
77: ...was the first described and still is the best example.
79: ...ake George empties at its north end into Lake Champlain, whose northern end extends into Canada, where...
84: ...reat Lakes|Great]] Lakes in the west and Lake Champlain, Lake George, and [[Oneida Lake]] in the north...
86: ...characteristics common along the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the U.S. - River borders of U.S. states (3806 bytes)
- Ice Age (15809 bytes)
15: ...e was responsible for the subsequent [[Cambrian Explosion]], though this theory is recent and controve...
19: ...sheet in Antarctica, but intensified during the [[Pleistocene]] (starting around 3 million years ago) ...
21: ... between summers in which the winter snow mass completely melts and summers in which the winter snow p...
30: ...e from the evidence of ice core records. For example, an article in Nature [http://www.nature.com/cgi...
38: ... and interglacial phases — this was first explained by the theory of [[Milutin Milankovic]]. - Lava flow (9578 bytes)
11: ...erao]] of the eruption of [[Vesuvius]] which took place between [[May 14]] and [[June 4]] [[1737]]. I...
23: ...front advancing over pāhoehoe on the coastal plain of [[Kilauea|Kīlauea]] in [[Hawaii|Hawai...
29: ... texture of pāhoehoe flows varies widely, displaying all kinds of bizarre shapes often referred t...
44: ...iscosity increases as it cools. Hence, on a level plain, and at some distance from its source, the lav...
46: ...se, almost amounting to a shriek. The trees then plunge into the
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).