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- New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
10: ...argestCity = [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]] |
30: HighestElev = 1,917 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: ...S. presidential primary|primary]] in the [[U.S. presidential election]]s, and has probably the most fa...
38: ...that industry has declined greatly in recent decades. The nickname has also been embraced for reflecti... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] |
30: HighestElev = 550 |
32: LowestElev = 0 |
36: ...reviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the island of [...
39: ...and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These territories were taken by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated ... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
11: LargestCity = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] |
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
33: LowestElev = Red Bluff Reservoir, 2,817 ft, 859 |
38: ...nguage|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Spain|European]] [[Spanish la... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
2: ...]] [[mathematician]] and [[philosopher]], known best for formulating the [[Pythagorean theorem]].
6: ...could be predicted and measured in rhythmic [[cycles]].
9: ...ch visits feature stereotypically in the biographies of many Greek wise men, and are likely more legen...
11: ...men and women students alike. They called themselves the Mathematikoi; a secret society of sorts.
13: ...her regularly; they used the [[lyre]] to cure illness of the soul or body; [[poetry]] recitations occu... - American football (39287 bytes)
3: ... oval shape, and usually has a large set of stitches along one side.]]
5: ...''American football''', known in the [[United States]] simply as '''football''', is a competitive team...
7: ...on football]] (soccer), a sport that it does not resemble. American football evolved as a separate spo...
11: ...[NFL Europe]], with 6 teams based in European cities.
13: ...r Force Academy]] player tries to thwart his progress.]] - Government (12596 bytes)
1: ...at exactly constitutes a government. In its broadest sense, "govern" means the power to administrate,...
5: ...hy. Under this definition, a purely [[despotism|despotic]] organization which controls a territory wi...
7: ...rritory by neighbouring states and preventing the establishment of alternative governments within the ...
9: ...ench in Canada|Canadian French]] also generally uses it to mean the executive branch. The [[German lan...
13: ...ecific areas. In most modern [[democracy|democracies]], the elected [[legislative assembly]] has the p... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ... the principles of [[mass production]] to the process of [[invention]].
5: ...[[patent]]s worldwide, including the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]...
7: ...il Edison died. The [[Edison and Ford Winter Estates]] are now open to the public.
10: ...gland when the colonies revolted. That got him arrested and nearly hanged. He and his family fled to N...
14: ... child, [[Thomas Alva Edison]]. The economic success in Milan was soon over, though, and seven-year-o... - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...[1635]] - [[March 3]], [[1703]]), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the [[seventeenth cen...
4: ...intment as Professor of [[Geometry]] at [[Gresham College]].
6: ...of London|Great Fire]] in [[1666]]. He worked on designing the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]] and the...
8: ...head that some have argued portrays Hooke. Both these claims remain in dispute, however.
12: ...rings, and derivative designs of Hooke's [[anchor escapement]] remain in common use. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...work for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm...
4: ...r's laws of planetary motion]]. He would expand these laws by arguing that [[orbit]]s (such as those o...
6: ...nomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of [[momentum]] and [[angular mom...
17: ...l|E.T. Bell]] (1937, Simon and Schuster) and H. Eves:
19: ...ge of 19. As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someo... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...nd is the [[List of countries by area|seventh largest]] country by geographical [[area]].
3: ...wn significantly, in its economic and military roles, regionally as well as globally.
5: ...nly applied due to domestic disputes over how representative it is as a national signifier.
11: ... in [[Madhya Pradesh]] are the earliest known traces of human life in India. The first known permanent...
13: ...om [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in the northern Indian subcontinent of... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...y motion|laws of planetary motion]]. He is sometimes referred to as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] ...
4: Kepler was a [[professor]] of [[mathematics]] at the [[University of Gr...
6: ...er, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harmony of the world") in Linz dur...
9: ...s said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant...
15: ...f teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz, Austria. He accepted the pos... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...scount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...erimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were co...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Ba...
10: ...ime, as later, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living fo...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustome... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
10: |Result||• Capitulation of South Vietnam<br>&bull...
14: ...ge:Us flag large.png|105px|Flag of the United States]]
22: !colspan="2" |Casualties
25: ...]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' Official Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded:''' 600,000
27: !colspan="2" |'''Civilian Casualties: ''' c. 2—4 million - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''...
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
12: ...enry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudso... - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1790]] to [[1...
6: *[[1790]] - [[Rhode Island]] becomes a state
7: *[[1791]] - [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] ratified
8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
9: ...]] - [[Vermont]], formerly part of New York, becomes the 14th state - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1...
7: *[[1820]] - [[Maine]] becomes a state
8: *[[1821]] - [[Missouri]] becomes a state
9: *[[1822]] - [[Denmark Vesey]] executed
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]] - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
3: ...ged the political mood of the country. The new president, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], capitalized on this ...
5: ...mber of black leaders elected. In [[1969]], [[Tennessee]] had a 92.1% turnout; [[Arkansas]], 77.9%; an...
9: ...ge:ElectoralCollege1964-Large.png|thumb|Electoral College 1964]]
11: ...untdown and a nuclear explosion. The ads were a response to Goldwater's advocacy of tactical nuclear ...
13: ...However, Johnson's loss of most Deep Southern states signified an ominous electoral trends for Democra... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...re industrialized states in the Northeast and Midwest.
6: ...-[[affirmative action]] stances. Non-Hispanic whites are now a minority in the nation's most populated...
8: ...xpanding demand for social services, while tax bases declined. [[New York City]] barely averted bankru...
10: ...ral social programs, a potent theme in the 1980 presidential race and the [[1994]] mid-term elections,...
14: ...ive [[affirmative action]] over the past two decades had reduced prospects for advancement. - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
3: ==1988 presidential election==
4: ''For details see the main article [[U.S. presidential election, 1988]].''
6: ...ly defeating [[Democratic Party of the United States|Democratic]] [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Michael...
10: ...t [[Lithuania]] and then the other two states, [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]], declaring independence fro...
12: ... era in which the nations of the world, East and West, North and South, can prosper and live in harmon... - Wyoming (8979 bytes)
6: Seal = Wyomingstateseal.jpg |
11: LargestCity = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]] |
30: HighestElev = 4,207 |
32: LowestElev = 945 |
36: ... West (U.S.)|western]] [[United States|United States of America]]. It is the least populous U.S. state...
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