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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is publi...
14: ...es G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
16: ...] - [[City & South London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway...
21: ...ish]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in ...
22: ...ellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
5: ..., Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815) - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream. - Sally Ride (1826 bytes)
1: .... [[May 26]], [[1951]] in Los Angeles CA) was the first [[United States|American]] woman to fly into o...
5: ...space as part of a [[1983]] [[Space Shuttle]] ''[[Challenger]]'' crew of [[STS-7]]. She has cumulatively spent...
9: ...investigating Shuttle accidents, the [[STS-51-L|''Challenger'' explosion]] and the [[Space Shuttle Columbia di...
18: ...a.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ride-sk.html Her astronaut profile.] - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
67: ...he deep sea research and drilling ship ''[[Glomar Challenger]]'' brought up drill cores containing [[gypsum]],... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
9: ... India]] in number. As a result, there are many official names for the country.
11: ...e non-official languages may be used in certain official uses in limited areas where it has been deter...
13: Many of the "unofficial languages" of the [[Bushmen|San]] and [[Khoik...
17: ... English on the front cover and lists the other official names of South Africa on an inner page.
19: ...ica]] feel that their languages, despite having official status, are being sidelined in favour of Engl... - Astronaut (7339 bytes)
3: ...of spacewalks. 437 people qualify under the FAI definition. Those who have achieved this are said to h...
9: ...d a Russian launch vehicle, arguably becoming the first American cosmonaut in the process.
13: ...efers to people who has actually been in space. Official English text issued by the Chinese government...
18: ...tober 15]] [[2003]] [[Yang Liwei]] became China's first astronaut on the [[Shenzhou 5]] spacecraft.
22: ...nerally Russian resupply flights to the ISS). The first space tourist was [[Dennis Tito]] (April 28, 2... - Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
5: ...e United States Constitution|26th Amendment]] ratified
9: *[[1973]] - [[Skylab]], [[United States|USA]]'s first [[space station]] launched
29: ...ited States]] loses the [[America's Cup]] for the first time in 142 years, ending the longest winning ...
33: ...86]] - [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] accident
39: ...unched as first post-''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]'' space shuttle flight - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
6: ... the GOP's perceived [[anti-immigrant]], anti-[[affirmative action]] stances. Non-Hispanic whites are ...
10: The fiscal problems of the nation's major urban centers ...
14: ... the decline of social services and effective [[affirmative action]] over the past two decades had red...
18: ...m War]] and the [[Watergate]] crisis shattered confidence in the presidency. International frustration...
20: ...t caught on following Carter's 1979 "crisis of confidence speech," in the late [[1970s]] and early [[1... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ...ant to the [[Old Testament]] scriptures, was crucified by humanity, died and was buried, only to be re...
21: ...6 in the [[New Testament]], Jesus' followers were first called Christians by non-Christians in the cit...
29: ...nessed his miracles and teachings. After his crucifixion, his apostles and other followers claimed tha...
31: ...l as a student of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3), a leading figure amongst the Jewish Sanhedrin (Acts 5:34&ndash...
34: ...istianity.]] Christianity spread rapidly over the first three centuries aided by the relative internal... - Oceanography (3841 bytes)
1: ...or divisions within the science: Oceanography's definition is simple, it's the study of oceans.
11: ...aphy. Laying of North Atlantic telegraph cable confirmed the presence of a [[mid-ocean ridge]].
13: ...uropean and American nations soon sent out scientific expeditions (as did private individuals and inst...
15: ...o give grant money to people doing studies in the field of oceanography. - Ocean (6829 bytes)
6: ...tioned only in [[2000]], and is unique in being defined only by a line of [[latitude]] with no landmas...
12: ...y water. Oceanic crust is the thin layer of solidified volcanic [[basalt]] that covers the Earth's [[m...
26: ...ts name to the deepest part of the trench, the "[[Challenger Deep]]".
37: *[[fish]]
53: ...e, and over what happened to it if it did; recent findings by the [[Mars Exploration Rover]] mission i... - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
13: ...ea level [http://www.rain.org/ocean/ocean-studies-challenger-deep-mariana-trench.html].
16: ... contenders would be in the north Atlantic or Pacific, or around the base of the Antarctic continental...
20: ...d (called ''Point Nemo'') lies in the South [[Pacific Ocean]] at approx. {{coor d|48|S|125|W|}}, which...
27: ...icity is located), that Felicity is legally and officially the centre of the world. [[Surrealist]] a... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
38: |'''[[WFPC2]]'''||wide field camera
47: The future of Hubble is currently uncertain. Its final servicing mission was cancelled following the ...
54: ...ervatory would have over ground-based telescopes: first, the [[angular resolution]] (smallest separati...
56: ...a committee given the task of defining the scientific objectives for a large space telescope.
58: ...ce program, and 1966 saw [[NASA]]'s launch of the first [[Orbiting Astronomical Observatory]] (OAO) mi... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ... [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, Clinton served five terms as the [[Governor of Arkansas|Governor]] ...
25: ... record low in his first year, but upon leaving office, it was the highest for a retiring President in...
27: ...g it into the largest surplus by the end of his office.
38: ...ince [[1938]]. His first term was fraught with difficulties, including an unpopular motor vehicle tax ...
40: ... by [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] challenger [[Frank D. White]] in [[1980]]. As he once joked,... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
31: ... the wire went dead. Reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both tea...
35: ...''. Reagan was kidded widely about the last named film because his co-star was a chimpanzee. He has a ...
37: ...n 1952. Nancy Reagan became a powerful background figure in Ronald Reagan's rise and roles as governor...
38: ...my Air Force]], which made training and education films. He remained in Hollywood for the duration of ...
42: ...aracteristically, he played a mob chieftain. This film was a remake of an earlier version based on a s... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
27: ...a close friend to one of Texas's rising political figures, Congressman [[Sam Rayburn]]. In [[1931]] L...
33: ...st enabled him to use the powers of government to find educational and job opportunities for young peo...
36: Johnson received his first degree in [[Freemasonry]] on [[October 30]], [...
41: ...hman congressman. He also worked for rural electrification and other improvements for his district. In...
45: ...tions included the [[Silver Star]], [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] and the [[World War II Victory ... - Wolf (22358 bytes)
15: ...ge]]. The wolf is today frequently in the line of fire in conflicts between many different interests: ...
31: ...lves and most larger dogs share the same tooth configuration: The upper jaw has 6 [[incisor]]s, 2 [[ca...
41: ...ts all activity in the pack, from which wolf eats first to which is allowed to [[breed]] (generally on...
47: ...g. Wolves prefer psychological warfare to actual fighting and high ranking status is based more on pe...
49: ...wolves attempt to join in. This kind of dominance fight is more common in the winter months, when mati... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
1: :''For other meanings of '''Pacific''', see [[Pacific (disambiguation)]].''
2: {{Five Oceans}}
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5: ...which are found south of the equator. (See: [[Pacific Islands]].)
7: ...st, and the [[Straits of Magellan]] links the Pacific with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east. - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
27: ... [[May 26]], [[1974]]. He was promoted once, to [[first lieutenant]], on the November [[1970]] recomme...
34: ...nistration]] (MBA) degree in [[1975]], and is the first U.S. president to hold an MBA degree.
36: ...ml] News of the arrest was uncovered by the press five days before the [[U.S. presidential election, 2...
45: ... sale, Spectrum 7 made Bush its Chief Executive Officer. Spectrum 7 lost money, and in [[1986]] it was...
47: ...gy in 1990. As Harken Energy reported significant financial losses within a year of this sale (as did ...
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