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- President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ia|Gov.]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], born in [[Austria]]; [[Florida]] [[United States Senate|Sen.]] [[...
21: ... the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s have fulfilled this duty in emergenci...
23: ...ugural address which sets the tone for his administration.
25: ...es)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. ...
29: ...e chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is traditionally ended with, "So help me God," although... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. His father, a farmer, also na...
24: ...length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ... to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authorit...
33: ...our colonists during the [[Boston Massacre]]. The trial resulted in an [[acquittal]] of the officer wh... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...r" colspan=2>[[Image:Martin Van Buren.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
6: ...h 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Andrew Jackson]]</td></tr> - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...the [[European Union]], and has a [[developed country|developed economy]] and an approximate populatio...
6: {{Infobox Country |
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January]] [[1919]]<br>[[6 December]] ...
58: ...''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and legal documents and members...
67: ...n as of yet undecided new set of measures to be introduced for the area temporarily excluded. Though i... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...e [[steam engine]] were a key stage in the [[Industrial Revolution]].
5: ...iety]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Central Library]].
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[G...
16: * [[1782]]: Invented double-acting engine.
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam engine. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
143: *[[Henryka Beyer]] ([[1782]]-[[1855]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ay of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. Th...
27: ...rdinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
33: ...Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]; [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Mi...
37: ...th Australia]] and transferred to Commonwealth control.
39: *[[1934]] - [[Alcatraz Island]] becomes a [[United States|U.S.]] feder... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...evice, but '''every''' multi-[[conductor]] [[geometry]] has '''capacitance'''.
7: ...ace of the plates, at the boundary with the dielectric. Because each plate stores an equal but opposi...
9: ...shown for clarity; in a real capacitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ...nce]] (''C'') is a measure of the amount of [[electric charge|charge]] (''Q'') stored on each plate fo...
18: ...ivity]] of the [[dielectric]] (that is, non-[[electrical conduction|conducting]]) substance that separ... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
13: ...urr under his wing, and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brig...
14: ...ed to the bar at [[Albany, New York|Albany]] in [[1782]], and began to practice in [[New York City]] aft...
26: ... nomination. Nevertheless, Hamilton masked his hatred of Burr for a decade, remaining outwardly frien...
28: ...p. Washington also passed Burr over for the ministry to [[France]], and turned down his application f... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
7: On [[December 14]], [[1782]] they succeeded in an outdoor launch of an 18 m&...
9: On [[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen...
11: ...uis XVI of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human flight. A tear occured on the top of the...
15: ...tres above [[Paris]] for a distance of nine kilometres.
22: ...not return until the [[1960s]], when [[Raven Industries]] improved the safety of the classic Montgolfi... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...lly lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented ...
12: ... and Washington reluctantly augmented the regular troops with short-term colonial militia throughout t...
15: ...ding to reliable modern estimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at...
19: ...volvement in the war proved decisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army...
23: ...diers fought as [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots]]; about 1,000 fought with the British as Loy... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...erence of British and French-Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the ar...
7: ...hought that when they got to that part of the country, she could take them to her native home.
10: ...e wintering at the fort, the men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting el...
16: ...s from the East would have stormed the Indian Country much too soon, and there would have been total c...
24: *Opened American fur trade in the West - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: *[[1756]] - [[St. Patrick's Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for...
22: ...[[France]], and the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], a precursor to the [[NATO]] Ag...
25: ...o]], the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], flees [[Tibet]] and travels to [[India]].
33: ...t in Kosovo]]. Over 22 killed, 200 wounded, 35 destroyed [[Serb Orthodox]] shrines in Kosovo and two m...
39: *[[1804]] - [[Jim Bridger]], American trapper and explorer (d. [[1881]]) - March 18 (10594 bytes)
10: ...[1673]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [...
15: ... the [[United States]] granting exclusive [[trade|trading]] rights.
16: ...]] - [[Einar Dessau]] uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[h...
21: *[[1925]] - The [[Tri-State Tornado]] hits the Midwestern states of [[...
32: ...] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to [[Extra-vehicular activity|walk in space]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
5: ...17]] [[1771]], [[Chipewyan]] chief [[Matonabbee]] travelling as his guide on his arctic overland journ...
7: ...Jean-Fran�ois de La P�rouse|La P�rouse]] in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] where he died... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
3: ...sposition to compromises marked by a passionate patriotic devotion to the Union.
9: ... as an orator, he is recorded as having been so petrified at school that he simply refused to stand up...
17: ...entatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] on the strength of his opposition to the [[War of 1812]]. He...
21: ...ds of the state senate. In essence they seized control of a private body without consultation or any o...
33: ...] he was the architect of the [[Webster-Ashburton Treaty]] which resolved the [[Caroline Affair]] and ...
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