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- United States Declaration of Independence (23184 bytes)
6: ...volutionary War]]. Although there was little initial sentiment for outright independence, the pamphle...
8: ...dent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political c...
10: ...], [[1776]], at the [[Independence Hall|Pennsylvania State House]]. While a critic of British policy, ...
28: ...s should not be [[revolution|overthrown]] for trivial reasons
34: ...gdom|King]] and his actions. There are some historians that claim that many of the complaints are exag... - Culture of New York City (6959 bytes)
3: ... local culture, varying by [[ethnic group]], [[social class]], and [[neighborhood]].
9: ...nct communities of [[Ireland|Irish]], [[Italy|Italians]], [[China|Chinese]], [[Korea|Korean]], [[Puert...
11: ...eadquarters of the [[Anti-Defamation League]]. [[Abraham D. Beame]] was New York City's first Jewish mayor...
15: ...ons is built up the "walking city", a real pedestrian culture unrivaled in the U.S.
21: ...k and deliberately misguide naive tourists unfamiliar with the wiles of city life. - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...rmed forces of the federal government or the militias of the separate states and territories.
4: ...ten considered to be ''major conflicts'' by historians and the general public.
22: *[[Panamanian Revolution]] (1903)
28: **[[Polar Bear Expedition]] ([[Russian Civil War]]) (1918–1919)
29: *[[Abraham Lincoln Brigade|Spanish Civil War]] (1936–1... - History of psychology (8127 bytes)
7: ...ion, a great deal of work in [[philosophy]], especially in the field of [[epistemology]], dealt with t...
16: ...ofessor of Psychology at Harvard University. Crucially, the approach of Wundt and James did not invol...
18: ... establishment of the American Psychological Association in 1892.
20: ...t as being unscientific (being arguably [[unfalsifiable]]) - there is no question of the huge and last...
22: ...f natural science", "introspection forms no essential part of its methods..." and "The behaviourist...... - Mari, Syria (5848 bytes)
2: ...59 BCE]], when it was sacked by [[Hammurabi]]. [[Abraham]] himself is thought to have passed through Mari ...
6: ...of excavations, over 25,000 clay tables in [[Akkadian language]] written in [[cuneiform]] were discove...
12: ..., thought to be part of the same Eblaite and Akkadian migration.
16: ...ber and stone from northern Syria, and these materials had to go through Mari to get to Sumer.
20: ...t was the [[Eblaites]], Mari's traditional commercial rivals. - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
11: ...lly-mounted American play, ''[[The Prince of Parthia]]'' by [[Thomas Godfrey]], in [[1767]].
13: ...ssed in [[Massachusetts]] in 1750, in [[Pennsylvania]] in 1759, and in [[Rhode Island]] in 1761, and i...
17: ...tte Cushman]]. Many theater owners, such as [[William Dunlap]] and [[Thomas Abthorpe Cooper]], similar...
19: ...ing room]]s when no theater was available. Provincial theatres frequently lacked heat and even minimal...
21: ...or characters such as the heroic but ill-fated Indian. The most enduring melodrama of this period is '... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
21: ...1854]], in [[Jackson, Michigan]]. Many of its initial policies were inspired by the Whig Party, which ...
30: ...hasis on cultivating deeper loyalty among core social conservatives rather than accommodate certain mo...
32: ...icken)|rooster]]. This symbol still appears on Indiana ballots.
39: ... gubernatorial races ([[Republican Governors Association]]).
45: ...w era of Republican dominance based in the industrial north ensued. - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
1: ...n [[Politics of the United States|American politician]] and the 43rd and current [[President of the Un...
19: ...l election, 2000|election]]. Bush [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|was re-elected]] in 2004, running...
22: ...Dorothy]] (a younger sister, Robin, died of leukemia in [[1953]] at the age of three). The family spen...
27: ... National Guard commander Lt. Col. [[Jerry B. Killian]]. He served as an [[F-102]] pilot until 1972.
32: ...e issues were publicized during the 2004 Presidential campaign by the group [[Texans for Truth]] and o... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
20: ...d [[Joseph Stalin]], are criticized by some historians. Finally his vision of an effective internation...
22: ...his national leadership, while dismantling his social programs.
34: ...ndicott Peabody]], who preached the duty of Christians to help the less fortunate and urged his studen...
36: ...ification. Eleanor was painfully shy and hated social life, and at first she desired nothing more than... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...' lasted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini...
4: ...Long Eighteenth Century: British Political and Social History 1688-1832 (The Arnold History of Britain...
6: ...ere dreaming about a better age without the christian fundamentalism of earlier centuries. This dream ...
8: ...e USA after the American revolution. The [[industrial revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its mod...
15: * [[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast o... - First Lady of the United States (9641 bytes)
3: ...rst Lady]] of the United States'''" is the unofficial title of the hostess of the [[White House]]. The...
7: ...le in campaigning for the President they are associated with. Hillary Rodham Clinton took the role on...
11: ...for some activity (as in ''"First Lady of California"'' or ''"First Lady of Jazz"'' respectively).
13: ...nited States]] has been referred to by the colloquial term, the [[Second Lady of the United States]].
79: | absent wife of short-termed [[William Henry Harrison]] - Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
3: ...daries, many often feature [[geopolitical]], [[social]], [[religious]] and [[economic]] [[statistics]]...
9: ... Ptolemy]], a [[geographer]] working in [[Alexandria]] circa A.D. 150. The first edition was publishe...
11: ... these works are now called "IATO" atlases - (Italian, Assembled to Order) or more frequently "Lafreri...
13: ...rm size. It was an immediate critical and commercial success.
21: ...f the [[Titan]] [[Iapetus]] and [[Clymene]] (or Asia), brother of [[Prometheus]]. Atlas was punished b... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
1: ...2''' is the 53rd day of every year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in...
10: *[[1632]] - [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]'s ''[[Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems]]'' i...
14: * [[1855]] - The [[Pennsylvania State University]] is founded.
15: ...first national meeting in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]].
21: * [[1920]] - In [[Emeryville, California]], the first [[dog race]] track to employ an imit... - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
1: ...[Image:WashMonument WhiteHouse.jpg|thumb|300px|Aerial photo (looking NW) of the [[Washington Monument]...
3: ...s of [[Maryland]], [[Virginia]], and [[West Virginia]]. It should not be confused with the [[U.S. stat...
5: ...istrict. The population of the District of Columbia, as of [[2003]] U.S. Census Bureau estimates, is ...
9: ...e [[wood thrush]]. The official motto is ''Justitia Omnibus'' (Justice for All).
12: ...t-size: larger;"|'''Washington, District of Columbia''' - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...cluded everything from symphonies to [[piano]] miniatures.
3: ...x|Stravinsky is shown here conducting the [[Columbia Symphony Orchestra]] through ''[[Petrushka]]''.]]
5: Stravinsky also achieved fame as a pianist and [[conductor]], often at the premieres of ...
7: ...d by [[Time magazine]] as one of the most influential people of the century.
10: ...kolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], probably the leading Russian composer of the time. - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...ance to the [[religion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
4: ...hristianity|Christian]], [[Armenian (people)|Armenian]], and [[Muslim]].
7: ...of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
12: ...a Letters]] call the city ''Uru Salim'' in [[Akkadian]], a cognate of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] '...
18: ...According to Jewish tradition it was founded by [[Abraham]]'s forefathers [[Shem]] and [[Eber]]. In [[Genes... - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (7198 bytes)
6: ...e prominent [[writer]] and [[medical doctor|physician]] [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]]. As a young man...
10: ...tary)|brevet]] [[Lieutenant Colonel]]. Many historians have traced Holmes' advocacy of [[legal realism...
12: ...cted a raid north of [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[Abraham Lincoln ]] came out to watch the troops skirmishi...
18: ...and a justice of the [[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court]]. In [[1899]], he was appointed [[Chief J...
24: ...rtain substantive due process cases. Holmes' judicial philosophy played a major role in shaping Americ...
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