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- Culture of Spain (17671 bytes)
4: ...itical Spain in 1854, after the first [[Carlist]] War]]A strong sense of regional identity exists in m...
12: ...e autonomous community of [[Murcia]]. [[Castile]] was the core kingdom under which Spain eventually un...
14: ...[[Spanish Constitution of 1978]] is intended as a way to incorporate these communities into the state....
39: ...inland ports on rivers: [[Seville]], for example, was a major port until the [[Guadalquivir]] silted u...
41: ...han their indoor winter location, continuing in a way the older tradition of the ''[[verbena (fair)]]'... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
4: ...ar]]) participated. The bolded items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be ''major conflicts''...
6: *'''[[American Revolutionary War]]''' (1775–1783)
7: *[[Quasi-War]] (1798–1801)
8: *[[First Barbary War]] (1801–1805)
9: *'''[[War of 1812]]''' (1812–1815) - Comics of the United States (14771 bytes)
13: ...ily [[humor]]ous in nature, the name "comic book" was adapted from "comic strip". This has caused som...
17: ...influenced by [[pulp magazine]]s, and the content was heavy on [[adventure]] and [[detective fiction]]...
21: ...a cross-section of Americans, albeit often at low wages and in [[sweatshop]] working conditions. Howe...
23: ...mal]] comics (such as those published featuring [[Walt Disney]]'s characters), [[science fiction]], [[...
28: In the wake of these events, the [[horror comic]] and [[tru... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ... close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]]."
20: ...tive international organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] af...
22: ...ternment of the Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]] and his failure to advance [[civil rights]]... - Warren Court (6109 bytes)
1: [[Image:EarlWarren.jpeg|right|framed|Earl Warren]]
2: ...from [[1953]]–[[1969]]. His term of office was marked by numerous rulings affecting among other...
4: ...high-handedness, however, none of his convictions was ever overturned on appeal.
6: ...s ran unopposed in the 1946 general election. He was elected to a third term (as a Republican) in [[1...
8: ...War II]] until the mid-[[1960s]]. In particular, Warren and University of California President [[Clar... - Physics (25628 bytes)
6: ... bearing on it. However, the distinction is not always clear-cut. There is a large area of research in...
19: ...assical mechanics known as [[chaos theory|chaos]] was discovered in the 20th century, three centuries ...
26: ... [[Conservation law]], [[Harmonic oscillator]], [[Wave]], [[Mechanical work|Work]], [[Power (physics)|...
38: ...ntanglement]], [[Quantum harmonic oscillator]], [[Wavefunction]], [[Zero-point energy]]
47: ...vidual atoms and molecules, and in particular the ways in which they absorb and emit [[light]]. The fi... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
7: ...Heath]]. The first major battle of the English [[Wars of the Roses]], fought at Blore Heath, in [[Sta...
10: ...ones]], wins a fight against the British ships of war ''[[Serapis]]'' and ''Countess of Scarborough'' ...
45: *[[1852]] - [[William Stewart Halsted]], surgeon (d. [[1922]])
46: ...rch Terrell]], U.S. writer, social reformer (d. [[1954]])
48: *[[1889]] - [[Walter Lippmann]], journalist - Board game (8014 bytes)
6: ...nown of thousands of games attempting to simulate warfare and geo-politics.
25: ...tone. Also painting of [http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca//Archive/Brumbaugh/index.html Board Game...
27: ...oard pre-dating 200 BC was found in [[1954]] in [[Wangdu County]]. This board is now in [[Beijing Hist...
33: ...This popularity expanded after the [[Second World War]], a period from which many classic board games ...
35: Nowadays many new and classical board games are availa... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
11: '''1901''' was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (see link ...
17: ...January 1]] - The British colonies of [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Vict...
21: ... George]], [[Duke of York]] becomes [[Duke of Cornwall]] and [[Duke of Rothesay | Rothesay]].
22: * [[February 20]] - The legislature of [[Hawaii|Hawaii Territory]] convenes for the first time.
24: ...utonomy of [[Cuba]] as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops. - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...une 17]], [[1882]] – [[April 6]], [[1971]]) was a [[Russia|Russian]]-[[United States|American]] ...
5: ...f Music''. In it, he famously claimed that music was incapable of "expressing anything but itself". ...
7: ...stern countries|West]] and in his native land. He was named by [[Time magazine]] as one of the most in...
10: ...litan artist he was to become. Though his father was a bass singer at the [[Mariinsky Theater]] in St...
12: ... himself said, with these premieres his intention was "<nowiki>[</nowiki>to send<nowiki>]</nowiki> the... - Timeline of aviation (3479 bytes)
14: ... - [[1953 in aviation|1953]] - [[1954 in aviation|1954]] - [[1955 in aviation|1955]] - [[1956 in aviatio... - Satellite (6584 bytes)
13: ...46 to [[1952]], [[upper-atmosphere]] [[research]] was conducted using V-2s and [[Aerobee rocket]]s. Th...
15: ...science]], [[politics]], and [[propaganda]]. In [[1954]], the Secretary of Defense stated, "I know of no...
19: ...1957 and on [[October 4]], [[1957]] [[Sputnik I]] was launched into orbit, which triggered the [[Space...
26: ... [[telecommunications]] using [[radio]] at [[microwave]] frequencies. Most communications satellites u...
35: ...tes built in [[high Earth orbit]] that use [[microwave power transmission]] to beam [[solar power]] to... - Karl Marx (38076 bytes)
2: ...ndash; [[March 14]], [[1883]] [[London]], [[UK]]) was an influential [[Prussia| German]] [[philosopher...
7: ... under the [[Napoleon]]ic regime. The Marx family was very [[liberalism|liberal]] and the Marx househo...
10: ...ter development of a social analysis of religion, was a treatise entitled "Religion: The Glue That Bin...
16: ...ed not to publish it. Nevertheless Stirner's book was the main reason Marx abandoned the Feuerbachian ...
18: ...ntained pockets of poverty, government censorship was in place, and non-Lutherans suffered from religi... - Uruk (2699 bytes)
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6: ...y order of [[Gilgamesh]] who also constructed, it was said, the famous temple, called [[Eanna]], dedic...
8: ... the time of [[Sargon of Akkad|Sargon]]. Later it was prominent in the national struggles of the Babyl...
12: ...o the [[Kings of Sumer|Sumerian king list]], Uruk was founded by Enmerkar, who brought the official ki...
14: ... further excavations until 1939, then returned in 1954 under the direction of H. Lenzen and made systema... - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
23: ...'' ([[March 24]] [[1893]] - [[June 25]] [[1960]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[astronomer]] who emigrate...
28: ...age of wartime blackout conditions during [[World War II]], which reduced [[light pollution]] at [[Mou...
34: ...ld Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] in [[1954]]. He also won the [[Bruce Medal]] in [[1955]], a...
39: ''Walter Baade: A Life in Astrophysics'', [[Donald Ost... - Lauren Bacall (3967 bytes)
5: ...amatic Arts]] and made her acting debut on [[Broadway]] in [[1942]]. She made her film debut in [[1944...
7: Bacall was married to [[Humphrey Bogart]] from [[1945]] unt...
9: Bacall's first motion picture was ''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have...
11: ...ated for a [[Best Supporting Actress]] [[Academy Award]] for her role in ''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]...
13: ...man of the Year'' in [[1981]]. She won a [[Tony Award]] for her portrayal of Margo Channing in ''Appl... - List of HIV-positive people (8891 bytes)
9: *[[Howard Ashman]] ([[1950]]-[[1991]]), film songwriter
30: ...zy-E]], ([[1963]]-[[1995]]), rapper, member of [[NWA]]
33: ... ([[1939]]-[[1988]]), entertainer, puppeteer (''[[Wayland Flowers and Madame, Madame's Place]]'')
35: ...1988]]), Acted in [[Fiddler on the Roof]] on Broadway and in the movie
38: ...redator (movie)|Predator]]'' opposite [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] - Articles of Confederation (19574 bytes)
5: ...umultuous aftermath of the American Revolutionary War, the fledgling nation faced the daunting task of...
9: ...rticles of Confederation in 1777. The primary aim was to create a loose union that respected the sover...
15: ...hority: The central government under the Articles was intentionally weak, with no executive branch and...
17: ...weakness severely hampered its ability to pay off war debts or fund essential operations.
22: ...f Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War and established the nation's boundaries. - Painter (4113 bytes)
10: ...choice of medium, ranging from oil and acrylic to watercolor and pastels, greatly influences the final...
38: ==Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)==
47: ==Watercolor==
49: Watercolor, characterized by its translucent quality...
53: ...time and flexibility. They can mimic both oil and watercolor techniques and are popular among contempo...
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