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- Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
7: ...stricken [[Lower East Side, Manhattan|East Side]] slums of [[Manhattan]]. That same year, she also sta...
9: ...ntrol clinic in the Brownsville neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], the first of its kind in the United States. It...
13: ...also formed the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control and served as its presiden...
24: ...on of those with infectious diseases such as [[measles]]). - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
18: ...with the Providence Grays of [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. Pitching in combination with the young [[Ca...
20: ...and helped himself with the bat, hitting .315 and slugging his first four major league home runs. The ...
23: ...ning complete game to beat the [[Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Robins]] as Boston again won by 4 games to 1. He ...
35: ... in runs (158), RBI's (137), walks (148), and his slugging average of 847 was a major league record fo...
41: ...just percentage points below his 1920 figures for slugging and reaching base. Most astonishingly, he ... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
37: ...nesota River]], ''mini sota'', variously translated "smoky-white water" or "sky-tinted water". T...
59: ...nguistics)|accent]]s. However, many cultures are slowly mixing together in the state today. Native A...
68: ... divided into three main branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
72: The [[Minnesota State Legislature]] is a [[bicameral]] body consisting of the ...
77: ...murder convictions, and settles disputes over legislative elections. - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
24: ...px|Climax of the new architectural style: the Chrysler Building in New York City was built after the E...
27: [[Electrification]], having slowed during the war, saw huge progress during the ...
47: ...ed as the tallest building of the time: the [[Chrysler Building]]. The forms of art deco were pure and...
84: ...[Pantsuit]]s, [[hat]]s and [[cane]]s gave women a sleek look without frills and avoiding the ficklenes...
91: ...erica during the first two decades of the century slowed to a trickle. [[Asia|Asians]] and [[India|cit... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
49: **[[List of anonymously published works]]
234: ***[[Abbeys and priories in Isle of Man|Isle of Man]]
267: *[[List of islands]]
268: **[[List of islands of Australia]]
269: **[[List of islands of Canada]] - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
103: *[[1883]] - [[Brooklyn Bridge]] opens - January 1 (18244 bytes)
15: *[[1738]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer ...
16: ...dition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published.
18: *[[1801]] - Legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[...
21: *[[1808]] - Importation of [[slave]]s into the [[United States]] is banned
28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
65: *[[1877]] - [[Slava Raskaj]], Croatian painter (d.[[1906]]) - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: ...]]. After hard debate, the Congress voted unanimously (12-0), but secretly, for independence from the ...
33: ... evening fell, on [[July 4]] in [[Bristol, Rhode Island]]. [[Philadelphia]] celebrated the first anniv...
36: ...n [[1781]], [[Massachusetts]] was the first [[legislature]] to recognize Independence Day.
45: ...s Hot Dog Eating Contest]] in [[Coney Island]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], which supposedly started on... - World Series (40101 bytes)
24: * 1857 [[Brooklyn Atlantics]]
26: * 1859 Brooklyn Atlantics
27: * 1860 Brooklyn Atlantics
28: * 1861 Brooklyn Atlantics
29: * 1862 [[Brooklyn Eckfords]] - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
21: ...es in a row between 1869 & [[1870]], before the [[Brooklyn Atlantics]] defeated the Red Stockings. Early sta...
29: ...as led by [[Hod Eller]] and [[Harry Sallee|Harry "Slim" Sallee]], a lefthander. The Reds finished ahea...
35: ...out the [[1930s]] became a team of "firsts". [[Crosley Field]] (formerly Redland Field) became the hos...
41: ...e [[Big Red Machine]]. The Reds' final game at Crosley Field, home to over 4500 baseball games, was pl...
54: ...times of [[List of ethnic slurs|ethnic and racial slurs]]. - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Brooklyn Dodgers, [[1932]] to [[1957]], after which the te...
7: ...y Dodgers]]'' -- originally a pejorative term for Brooklyn residents, shortened to ''Dodgers'' and officiall...
8: ...odgers played at Washington Park on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Dod...
22: ===The Brooklyn years (through [[1957]])===
23: ...eir formation in 1883, the first ten years of the Brooklyn club's history were clouded in uncertainty. After... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
6: ...as with Brooklyn and New York). Sometimes erroneously referred to in modern references as "''the'' All...
25: ...urtaugh was replaced by Harry Walker in [[1965]]. Slugger [[Willie Stargell]] became a fixture in the ...
29: ...]], [[Barry Bonds]], [[Jay Bell]], and [[Andy Van Slyke]].
33: ... had a winning season. However, they did miraculously contend for the [[1997]] division title, finishi...
39: ...e this, the Pirates' mediocre performance has translated to subpar attendance figures. - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
33: ...], [[Joe Medwick]], [[Pepper Martin]], and [[Enos Slaughter]]. In [[1934]], Dean and his younger broth...
37: ... The alleged ringleader of the boycott was [[Enos Slaughter]]. National League president [[Ford Frick...
66: ...for-45 with 1 RBI. The Cardinals were unceremoniously swept by the Sox in four games, with the Sox win...
87: *[[Dennis Eckersley]]
104: *[[Enos Slaughter]] - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
4: ... using rail cars that are propelled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Indivi...
21: ...ile the latter forced a wedge down into the cable slot to stop the car. Both of these innovations were...
27: In [[1883]] the [[New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway]] was opened, which had a most cur...
45: == Cities previously operating cable cars ==
63: * [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] (on the [[Isle of Man]]) ([[1896]]–[[1929]]) - USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
39: ...tal Iron Works in the [[Greenpoint]] section of [[Brooklyn, New York]], and the ship was launched there on [...
43: ...or about four hours, neither one sinking or seriously damaging the other. Although the battle was ess...
57: ...der tow by the [[USS Rhode Island (1861)|''Rhode Island'']], she sank on [[December 31]], [[1862]] in ... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
23: ...with the British as Loyalists. Thousands of black slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom...
52: ...e on [[Lake Champlain]] (the [[Battle of Valcour Island]]) in October. Arnold fell back to Fort Ticond...
57: ...ichard Howe]], began amassing troops on [[Staten Island]] in July of 1776.
59: ... divided his troops about equally between [[Long Island]] and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to eng...
61: ...nking maneuver, driving the Americans back to the Brooklyn Heights fortifications. General Howe then laid si... - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
38: ...pital in [[1790]], but prior to that year the Legislature often met here. The town was incorporated i...
40: ...enton between the Trenton Basketball Team and the Brooklyn YMCA.
42: ...the "Trenton Makes" Bridge). The city adopted the slogan in the 1920s to represent Trenton's leading r...
56: ...] similar to those found in [[New York City]]'s [[Brooklyn]] [[borough]] or [[Harlem]] [[neighborhood]]. The...
72: ..., 0.23% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 10.76% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other ra... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
14: ... one generically thinks of the heyday of [[Coney Island]]. Steeplechase Park was a huge success and by...
16: ...oden. In [[1911]], Dreamland was the first Coney Island amusement park to completely burn down; in [[1...
30: ... doors. Even before Steeplechase Park at [[Coney Island]] closed in [[1964]], a new entry to the theme...
38: ...ow owned by Paramount, which now also owns Kings Island; and the latter is now [[Six Flags Great Ameri...
40: ...fornia]], the train ride that started in [[1964]] slowly evolved into a larger attraction with a weste... - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
9: ...ergy]] as the cars race down the first downward [[slope]]. Kinetic energy is converted back into poten...
21: ...lish design in 1846, with a single-person wheeled sled running through a 13-foot diameter loop. None o...
23: ...he Cyclone]], was opened at [[Coney Island]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]] in [[1927]]. Like [[The Cyclone]], al...
25: ...il [[1972]], when the Racer was built at [[Kings Island]] in [[Mason, Ohio]] (near [[Cincinnati, Ohio|...
27: ...rough in roller coasters with the ''Matterhorn Bobsleds''. This was the first roller coaster to use a...
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