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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
30: ...called [[industrial espionage]], with modern concepts of automatic illegality.
36: ...gs. Foreign printed sources such as the ''[[Descriptions des Arts et Metiers]]'' and Diderot's ''[[Enc...
59: ... about the need for stability and precision he adapted to the development of machine tools, and in his...
79: ...y [[wood]] in the form of [[charcoal]], but consumption was starting to be constrained by lack of avai...
143: ...1830s had mixed results. A further series of attempts at political reform or revolution would sweep Eu... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
22: ===Heiress Presumptive===
23: ...d VIII]]'s abdication, she became [[heiress presumptive]] and was henceforth known as HRH The Princess...
40: ...of Wales|HRH Prince Henry of Wales]] (born [[15 September]], [[1984]]) (known universally as 'Harry')
42: ...ivorced ([[28 April]] [[1992]]) [[Mark Phillips|Captain Mark Phillips]] (born [[1948]]); married ([[12...
58: ...the [[Imperial State Crown]] and holding the [[Sceptre with the Cross]] and the [[Sovereign's Orb|Orb]... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...Sanger''' ([[September 14]], [[1879]] – [[September 6]], [[1966]]) was an [[United States|Americ...
7: ...lawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
35: ...r than the kernel of an almond. In all fish and reptiles where there is no great brain development, th...
41: ...rming mental pictures, or thinking obscene or voluptuous pictures. This form is considered especially ...
49: ...tors in choice of spouses for contributing to suboptimal human reproduction, and argued for more asser... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: '''Greta Garbo''' ([[September 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]...
14: [[Image:Temptress1.jpg|frame|Greta Garbo in 1926]]
31: ...ich made the word 'want' sound like 'vont'. Except at the very beginning of her career, she granted ...
33: ..." A follow-up film, ''[[Two-Faced Woman]]'', attempted to capitalize upon this by casting Garbo in a r...
35: ... appear as the Duchess de Guermantes in a film adaptation of "[[Remembrance of Things Past]]," but thi... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
3: ...<font size="+1">'''Millard Fillmore '''</font></caption>
26: ...served in the House of Representatives and was Comptroller of New York. It was thought that the obscu...
37: ...ore to the Presidency in July 1850 brought an abrupt political shift in the administration. Taylor's ...
53: Each measure obtained a majority, and by September 20, President Fillmore had signed them into ...
62: ...Republican Party]]; but, instead, in [[1856]] accepted the nomination for President of the [[Know-Noth... - Ghana (10910 bytes)
67: ...h and west of current-day Ghana. The name was adopted as a reference to the descendants of the ancien...
145: ...ss Ghana has been weakened by allegations of corruption and cooperation with colonial oppression, it r...
147: ...rs, often called ''spots''. Many Ghanaians are adept drummers, and it is not unusual to hear [[djembes...
183: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/ghana.html Stanford University - Afr... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
30: ...ourth Anglo-Dutch War]]. The Dutch declared bankruptcy, and the British annexed the Cape Colony in [[1...
32: ...]] in the [[British Parliament]]. The Boers' attempt to ally themselves with German [[South West Afric...
34: ...was that blacks would not be allowed to vote, except in the Cape Colony.
62: ... being the national body, while each province except the Western Cape and Northern Cape have a House o...
105: ... predominant, particularly the non-native [[eucalyptus]] and [[pine]]. The original [[temperate forest... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...s of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel ...
73: ...of [[Nazism]] in [[1933]] and the subsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Sho...
78: ...en-Gurion showed a willingness to essentially accept about 1/3 of the land that would ultimately be wo...
83: ...ict over its status. Immediately following the adoption of the Partition Plan by the United Nations Ge...
86: ... into ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''. In the news: Egyptian Air Force bombs Tel-Aviv, Transjordan shells J... - Arkansas (11679 bytes)
141: ...est Protestant denominations in Arkansas are: [[Baptist]] (42% of the total state population), [[Metho...
202: *[[Arkansas Baptist College]]
205: *[[Central Baptist College]]
211: *[[Ouachita Baptist University]]
223: *[[Williams Baptist College]] - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: That description still applies over a quarter-century later. [...
97: ...-cleft.jpg Oregon geology: Abert Rim (image description)]</small>
103: ...mary election]] to select party candidates was adopted in [[1904]], and in [[1908]] the [[Oregon Const...
117: ...roes from moving into the State in the vote to adopt its Constitution ([[1858]]). This ban was not off...
126: ... the announcement by [[Louisiana Pacific]] in [[September]], [[2003]] that they will relocate their co... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]] - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
208: *[[Ray Tomlinson]] — Internet-based e-mail
211: ...provided an influential formalisation of the concept of [[algorithm]] and computation: the [[Turing ma...
242: ...–1995) was the inventor of the Bell [[helicopter]] - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregoria...
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
15: ...discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [[United States]].
50: ...Sudan]] achieves independence from the [[Egypt|Egyptian Republic]] and the [[United Kingdom|United Kin... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
11: ...length of the Morse characters made it hard to adapt to automated communication, so it was largely rep...
13: ...tters, was developed in Germany and eventually adopted as the worldwide standard as "International Mor...
23: When Morse code was adopted to radio, the dots and dashes were normally sen...
31: ..., for example: many [[Nokia]] cellphones have an option to beep SMS in Morse code when it receives an ...
46: ...iocommunication Conference of 2003 (WRC-03) made optional the international Morse code requirement for... - Visual arts (2572 bytes)
1: ...f [[art|artforms]], including [[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[photography]], and others, that focus on ...
3: ...ently the [[fine arts]]—[[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[printmaking]], et cetera—were seen ...
5: ... suitably independent of these older, loaded concepts and as such is the preferred term for work acros...
19: * [[Sculpture]] - Nairobi (2690 bytes)
10: ...tish]] passenger and [[mail]] route from [[Southampton]] to [[Cape Town]]. This route was served by [[... - Bat (disambiguation) (977 bytes)
3: * The [[bat]], a flying mammal of the order Chiroptera.
5: ...ta]]'', the name of a minor goddess in early [[Egyptian mythology]].
7: * [[The Bat!]], an [[e-mail]] client for [[Microsoft Windows]]. - Archery (18991 bytes)
9: ...|Olympic]] sport since [[1900]], with some interruptions. Recently the Koreans have dominated the even...
49: ...ar to target archery, except that the archer attempts to drop arrows at long range (180 yards for the ...
60: ... shoot from a start point at an elected mark attempting to drop arrows as close as possible. The arche...
70: ...h a bow. Some people believe that bows are an acceptable if not preferred way to take game, while othe...
84: ...was practised in antiquity on every continent except Australia, demonstrating that it is both basic an... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
18: ...e and colors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a summer of...
30: ...the better part of twenty seasons, the team was captained and managed by first baseman [[Cap Anson|Adr...
57: ...935 when they won a record 21 games in a row in September, and 1938 when they won a crucial late-seaso...
62: ..."The Kissing Bandit", ran onto the field and attempted to plant one on [[Ryne Sandberg]]. She was thwa... - Golf (35905 bytes)
18: ...e ''hole'' must have a diameter of 108 mm and a depth of at least 100 mm. Its position on the green is...
29: ...player plays a ball from the tee to the hole, except that in ''foursomes'', one player from each team ...
58: *a player must not accept assistance in making a stroke (Rule 14-2)
59: ...urse may not be altered to gain an advantage, except in some cases defined in the rules
66: ...ever taught or played golf for money (or even accepted a trophy of more than a modest monetary value) ...
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