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- Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...eorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as [[Caesar Augustus]]). Although Rome a...
5: ...known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the [[Ottoman Turks]].
17: ...h the constitutional settlement following the [[Battle of Actium]] in [[31 BC]]. In fact the Republica...
47: ...liseum_rome.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
48: ...ome_ancient.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
4: ... the United States|U.S. Congress]] resisted readmitting the rebel states without first imposing condit...
8: ...s (all except [[Tennessee]], which had been readmitted on [[July 24]], [[1866]]) into five military di...
14: ...tions like the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The Republicans attempted to assist newly freed slaves by the establi...
18: ...o Reconstruction; this theory characterizes the settlement of that election as the [[Compromise of 187...
42: ...vernment finally passed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], which outlawed discrimination in "public accom... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
25: ...rist]] church in Dixon, and in [[1924]] he began attending Dixon's Northside High School. Reagan alwa...
31: ...y improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both teams fouled off pitches) until the wi...
38: ...in Hollywood for the duration of the war, and he attained the rank of [[captain]]. Reagan tried repeat...
40: ...ver made as president was a tribute to his wife.[http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/resource/speeches/1985/7...
42: ...arance came in the [[1964]] film ''[[The Killers (1964 film)|The Killers]]'', in which, uncharacteristic... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Betty Ford]]
22: After experiencing health troubles and being admitted to the hospital four times in 2006, Ford died o...
27: ...s one of his proudest accomplishments even after attaining the White House. He is quoted for saying, "...
36: ...ference]]s with famed [[Illinois]] Senator [[Everett Dirksen]] that became very popular. The two men p...
40: ...resident and made many speeches defending the embattled President. He cited the many achievements of P... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
30: He attended [[Georgia Southwestern College]] and the [[G...
39: ...ing Rights Act]]), so his victory attracted some attention as a sign of changing times. Carter served ...
41: ...idered to have little chance against nationally better-known politicians. However, the [[Watergate sca...
58: ...wide trouble spots without drawing on forces committed to [[NATO]]. The RDF was the forerunner of [[C...
71: ...]] abuses were often overlooked if they were committed by a nation that was allied to the United State... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Brookline, Massachusetts]]
27: ..., Connecticut]]. Before enrolling in college, he attended the [[London School of Economics]] for a yea...
28: ...elop [[osteoporosis]] of the lower lumbar spine [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=...
38: ...g his crew ashore, and after swimming many hours attempting to secure aid and food, finally effected t...
42: ...eckage of the [[PT-109]] in the Solomon Islands [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/07/0709_... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
22: ...brother Sam Houston ([[1914]]-[[1978]]). Johnson attended [[Public school|public schools]] and graduat...
31: ...mes are examples, as was his dog later in life (Little [[Beagle]] Johnson).
41: ...e U.S. Senate in a special election against the sitting [[governor of Texas]], [[radio]] personality [...
57: ...[http://thoughtcrimes.org/bbv/bbv_chapter-4.pdf][http://www.eiu.edu/~historia/1999/texas99.htm]). Stev...
61: ...the committee all got him headlines and national attention. - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
28: ...ief accomplishment as president was organizing Whittier College's first school dance, forbidden by the...
30: ...d he hated [[Hitler]] and was horrified by the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]]. Nixon served as a Cargo Off...
34: ...at, there were a few people who were in both Committees. Nixon said "they're basically the same, if th...
37: ...member of the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] and was instrumental in the trial of [[State ...
49: ...as ill: on the occasions of Eisenhower's [[heart attack]] on [[September 24]], [[1955]]; his [[ileitis... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
30: ...Leavenworth]], [[Kansas]], and then served as a battalion commander, at [[Fort Benning]], [[Georgia (U...
34: ...Army stagnated. He was assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission, directed by General [[Joh...
38: After the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], Eisenhower was assigned to ...
45: ...ged with planning and carrying out the Allied [[Battle of Normandy|assault on the coast of Normandy]] ...
47: ...ommanders such as [[Omar Bradley]] and [[George Patton]]. He dealt skillfully with difficult allies su... - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
58: ...d States Supreme Court Justice [[Charles Evans Whittaker]].
61: ...running the camp canteen (to provide candy, cigarettes, shoelaces, sodas, tobacco, writing paper, etc....
64: ...cessful the first couple of years, but then the bottom fell out of the grain market, and lower prices ...
72: ...ss committee (popularly known as the "Truman Committee") made a scandal of military wastefulness by ex...
80: ...le were distrustful of his expertise on foreign matters, Truman was able to win broad support for the ... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
12: | date of death=[[October 20]], [[1964]]
19: ...[[August 10]], [[1874]] – [[October 20]], [[1964]]) is best known as being the 31st ([[1929]]-[[19...
23: ...the surface, but like all Quakers kindly at the bottom." The future president lived with his uncle in...
26: ...novels of [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Sir Walter Scott]]. ''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfiel...
30: ...nior University]] at [[Palo Alto, California]]. Cutting a wider swath outside the classroom than in, H... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
1: ...eus_god.jpg|thumb|250px|Zeus, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
13: ...ed many of the heroes and heroines (see list at bottom of article) and was featured in many of their s...
26: ...|thumb|250px|Statute of Zeus, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
33: ...] divination by kings and priests. The dramatic setting of [[Plato]]'s ''Laws'' is along the pilgrimag...
78: After the battle with the Titans, Zeus shared the world with his... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...rated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed int...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facil...
18: [[Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[V...
20: ...panies finally ended with the prevalance of the latter, in the second half of 18th Century. By the yea...
40: ...scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civilization ... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
9: ...ah Folger, was born in [[Nantucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folger, a...
13: ...for [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; and while in Boston, they had several more ch...
21: ...in was born on Milk Street in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tal...
23: ...te'' to which he contributed many essays. The Gazette gave Franklin a forum for agitating for a variet... - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
3: ...kson is often considered one of the most gifted battlefield commanders in American history, and his de...
6: ...Jonathan Jackson ([[1790]]–[[1826]]), an [[attorney]]. Both of Jackson's parents were natives of...
8: ...Turnpike]] in [[Fayette County, West Virginia|Fayette County]].
14: ...Formal education was not easily obtained, but he attended school when and where he could. Much of Jack...
26: ...ern, religious nature and his eccentric traits. Little as he was known to the white inhabitants of Lex... - Leif Ericson (4502 bytes)
6:
12: ...]] in the river, and the climate was mild, with little frost in the winter, and green grass year-round...
16: ...ngstad|Anne Stine]], strongly suggests that the settlement of Leif Ericson and his party in Vínland w...
18: In [[1964]], [[President of the United States]] [[Lyndon B....
21: ...; but the saga does not mention any attempts to settle there. However, the ''Saga of the Greenlanders'... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
6: ...[[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompey the Younger]] in the [[Battle of Munda]].
8: *[[1673]] - [[Jacques Marquette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] begin their exploration ...
10: ...dom|British]] forces evacuate [[Boston, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artillery...
17: *[[1910]] - [[Luther Gulick]] and his wife Charlotte found [[Camp Fire Girls]] (formally announced in...
20: ...39]] - [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)]]: The [[Battle of Nanchang]] between the [[Kuomintang]] and th... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
10: ...73]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Qu...
16: ...Einar Dessau]] uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radi...
18: ...ited Kingdom|British]] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]].
23: ...[Italy|Italian]] forces a grave defeat at the [[Battle of Guadalajara]].
26: *[[1945]] - World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack [[Berlin]]. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...] – The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
17: ...list party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
22: ...alia]], makes his famous speech regarding the [[Battle of the Philippines (1942)|fall of the Philippin...
25: *[[1964]] – The precursor of the [[European Space A...
29: *[[1974]] – A failed kidnap attempt is made on Her Royal Highness [[Anne, Princes... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
8: * [[1801]] - The [[Battle of Alexandria]] was fought between [[United Kin...
13: ...ld War I]]: [[Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle of the Somme]] begins
21: ... In [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], [[Gigliola Cinquetti]] wins the ninth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for...
27: ...mmy Carter]] announces a [[United States]] [[boycott]] of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] t...
71: *[[1961]] - [[Lothar Matth䵳]], [[soccer]] player
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