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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...an Civil War|Civil War]], the country was still bitterly divided. In the South, the Federal policy of...
7: ...United States Congress|Congress]] to resist readmitting the rebel states without first imposing precon...
11: ... (all except [[Tennessee]], which had been readmitted in [[1866]]) into 5 military districts. Governm...
19: ...o Reconstruction; this theory characterizes the settlement of that election as the "[[Compromise of 18...
21: ...he cost of over 600,000 white deaths, there was little demand for further military intervention in the... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
23: ...ndment to the United States Constitution]] in an attempt to alleviate various social problems; this ca...
25: ...at War. Absentee voting by troops overseas was spotty at best.
70: ... sums much too large to be repaid out of their shattered economies. That was one reason why the Allies...
99: ...d passage of a series of measure to prop up the tottering banking system, reform the stock market, aid...
101: ...government was stepping in to stop the alarming pattern of bank failures.
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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11: ...of Washington]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
12: * [[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of Ame...
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrende...
19: * 1918 - The [[German Revolution]] begins when 40,000 [[... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
8: ...n Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
45: *[[Edwin Adams Cotto|Adams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was conv...
51: *[[Henry Adams|Adams, Henry]], (1838-1918), author
65: ...2-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
67: *[[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
20: ...o Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
27: *[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]]
35: ...), Finnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
54: *[[Jenny Agutter|Agutter, Jenny]], (born 1952), English actress - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ... seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do...
22: # [[Jakie Astor|John Jacob Astor]] (born 1918) - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
6: ...nvolved in radical politics through the [[suffragette]] movement and in the Irish nationalist movement...
10: ... the [[Irish (UK) general election, 1918|December 1918 General Election]], while in prison, Markiewicz w...
22: *[http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/ireland.html Detail... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
8: After her family moved to [[Warsaw]], Rosa attended a girl's [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] th...
10: ...rland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]], along with other soci...
19: ... [[Revisionism Theory]] of [[Eduard Bernstein]], attacking him in [[1889]] in a brochure entitled "Soc...
21: ... various newspaper articles all over Europe. Her attacks on German [[militarism]] and [[imperialism]] ...
25: ... European workers' parties should unite in their attempts to stop the war. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
1: ...renBlixen.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Blixen in Kenya, 1918]]
30: * ''Letters from Africa, 1914-1931'' (posthumous 1981, USA...
37: *http://www.karenblixen.com/ - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: '''Nina Hamnett''' ([[February 14]], [[1890]] – [[December ...
3: Hamnett was born in [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales...
7: ...tminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, she took up with ano...
9: ...t.jpg]]</td></tr><tr><td><center>'''- ''Nina Hamnett'' -'''</center></td></tr></table>
11: ...is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...erebral hemorrhage in 1898. Her mother, n饠Charlotte Hennessy, began taking in boarders, and through ...
7: ...] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. De...
15: ..., saying "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funeral.
22: ...sh]]) in Belasco's Broadway production ''A Good Little Devil''
26: ...Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm]]'' and ''[[The Poor Little Rich Girl]]'', among other films. She tours th... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...] to study with [[Max Planck]] and the chemist [[Otto Hahn]]. She worked together with Hahn for 30 yea...
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
10: ...evelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]].
12: ...Siegbahn had worked against her to the Nobel committee. This was partially corrected in [[1966]], when...
17: ...tomic Physics: Essays Dedicated to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von Laue on the Occasion of their 80th... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...areer at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], deba...
13: ...sionary from [[Ireland]], in December 1907 while attending a revival meeting at the urging of her fath...
15: ...1912, and they had a son, [[Rolf McPherson|Rolf Potter Kennedy McPherson]], born March 23, 1913.
21: ...mage:GospelCar.jpeg]]<small><br>The "Gospel Car", 1918</small></div>
25: ...soon became frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed for separation. His petition for divor... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
8: ...ther minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
14: ...t choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]].
16: ...Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight face).
18: ...he played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little Foxes]] (1939). Her portrayal won the New York ...
24: ...50s. Her outrageous behavior -- fueled by a two-bottle-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Gran... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ...a Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen''' ([[April 26]], [[1918]]–[[January 25]], [[2004]]) was a [[Netherl...
11: ...h as [[Rie Mastenbroek]]), and she would have a better chance to qualify for the Olympics in athletics...
23: ...not an unusual opinion at the time. However, his attitude towards female athletes changed after he fel...
27: ...ed officially, as she competed against men when setting the record. The closed out the season with a n...
29: ... women wore outfits with national symbols while setting the record. - Hair (11457 bytes)
6: ...ch caused the order to be given for the routine cutting of hair to a severely short length. The shorte...
28: ...nd chemical history. For example, hair which is wetted, styled and then dried, acquires a temporary 's...
32: ...traight round cross-section hair that has been flattened, for example, with an edge of a coin, will cu...
45: ..., as well as on the face, chest, arms and legs (better evident in men).
58: ...st, arms and legs, across the chest, shoulders, buttocks, back, and abdomen. - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
5: ...ver was but one girl in the world" for him. They attended the same schools from fifth grade through hi...
7: ...ant Truman left for the battlefields of France in 1918. They were married on [[June 28]], [[1919]]; they...
13: ...ned to her. The press conference consisted of written questions in advance of which the replies (also... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
28: | [[Martha Patterson]] (daughter)<br />[[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
42: ...esident to be impeached. He was subsequently acquitted by a single vote in the [[United_States_Senate|...
45: ...e continued his employment as a tailor. He never attended any type of school; his wife has historicall...
48: ...arch 3]], [[1853]]). He was chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-first and Thirty...
51: ...], when he resigned. He was chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Th... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
24: Grant won many important battles, rose to become general-in-chief of all [[Unio...
39: ...ttle of Molino del Rey | Molino del Rey]] and [[Battle of Chapultepec | Chapultepec]]. On [[July 31]],...
41: ...rnor felt that a West Point man could be put to better use and appointed him [[colonel]] of the 21st I...
43: ...ous reverse into a victory in the second day of battle. His strategy in the campaign to capture the ri...
45: ...forces besieged in [[Battle of Chattanooga III|Chattanooga, Tennessee]], decisively beating [[Braxton ... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
20: ...legant Arthur" for his commitment to fashionable attire. He kept 80 pairs of pants in his wardrobe,an...
29: ...Pownal, Vt. in [[1851]]. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in [[1854]], and commenced practice ...
33: ...oils system even as it was coming under vehement attack from reformers. He insisted upon honest admini...
35: In 1878 President [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], attempting to reform the Customs House, ousted Arthur...
42: ... positions obtainable only through competitive written examinations. The system protected employees ag... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
31: ... when many politicians were neither, but he had little imagination and seemed overwhelmed by the natio...
40: ...vernor of New York. Although Cleveland never admitted or denied the rumor, he did admit to paying chi...
46: Cleveland himself admitted that, as President, his greatest accomplishment...
50: ...d the [[Interstate Commerce Act]], the first law attempting Federal regulation of the railroads.
62: ...lump was preserved and is on display at the [[M�tter Museum]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philad...
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