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- Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1969]]'''.
23: *[[1954]] - Fall of [[Dien Bien Phu]]; French lose control of [[Vietnam]]
48: *[[1960]] - [[National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam]] formed
68: *[[1963]] - [[March on Washington]]; [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] "[[I have a dream]...
89: *[[1968]] - The [[National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam]] launches the [... - Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
1: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1970]] to [[1989]]'''.
22: *[[1980]] - [[Mount St. Helens]] eruption in [[Washington]] kills 57 (see [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Hele...
44: ...oma Prieta earthquake]] kills 63 in greater [[San Francisco Bay Area]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...een." Further along their line of march, they confronted a much larger group of militia at a bridge i...
7: ...ir own governance. The Congress appointed George Washington to head a Continental Army, and dispatched him to...
9: ...rson]]. However, Jefferson's work was reviewed by Franklin at length and then submitted to the Congres...
11: ... States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and incl...
17: ...ted States]] was put into operation, and [[George Washington]] was elected the first [[President of the United... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
11: ..." ad, which featured a little girl picking petals from a daisy in a field, counting the petals, which ...
15: ...vil rights]] divided conservative southern whites from the rest of the party (see [[Dixiecrat]]).
20: ...e proposed, they continued to have strong support from both of the United States' major political part...
27: ...Viet Minh]] (led by [[Ho Chi Minh]]) defeated the French colonial army in [[1954]], the colony was gra...
29: ...]) was formed as a [[guerrilla]] movement drawing from the South Vietnamese peasantry and working clas... - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
10: ...[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]], declaring independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. On [[December 26]], [[199...
12: ...ared the emergence of "a new world order... freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit o...
14: ...d the future [[Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement]] (CAFTA) were developed based ...
16: ...ier emphasis on [[human rights]], pressuring once-friendly dictatorships (such as [[Indonesia]] and [[...
25: ...-rich [[Saudi Arabia]], a close strategic ally of Washington's since the [[1940s]]. The Western world condemne... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
37: ...ry]]. Its name was given by the state's [[France|French explorers]] after the indigenous [[Illiniwek]...
39: ...e its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's pop...
48: ...lt of their exploration, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the ...
56: ...Illinois in the Civil War]]), which were numbered from the 7th IL to the 156th IL. Seventeen cavalry r...
60: ...ing from traditions cultivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: ...s.jpg|thumb|right|325px|[[Hurricane Ivan]] viewed from the [[International Space Station]], [[Septembe...
6: ...tmospheric circulation]] system, which moves heat from the equatorial region toward the higher latitud...
9: ...ne is the release of the [[heat of condensation]] from water vapor condensing at high altitudes. Becau...
10: [[Image:Hurricane-viewed-from-space.jpg|thumb|400px]]
13: ...de cyclones for example, draw their energy mostly from pre-existing temperature gradients in the atmos... - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (16156 bytes)
11: ...ccur when healthy animals consume tainted tissues from others with the disease. In the brain these pro...
14: ...nd bone meal]], a high-protein substance obtained from the remnants of butchered animals, including co...
18: ...r, 148 occurred in the [[United Kingdom]], 6 in [[France]], and one in Italy. Three cases of vCJD occu...
21: ...dic" CJD may have actually contracted the disease from tainted beef. So far nothing is known about the...
26: ... were some licensed surgical sutures derived from French bovine material."'' Concerns were also raised... - Erosion (6998 bytes)
2: ...b|225px|Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA.]]
4: ...y be simultaneous, erosion is to be distinguished from [[weathering]], which is the decomposition of r...
9: ...il, the steepness of the slope, and ground cover (from vegetation, rocks, etc.).
17: ... the ocean. The [[sediment]] originates primarily from water erosion in the [[Loess Plateau]] region o...
19: ...es within a moving fluid. Erosion can also occur from non-abrasive fluid mixtures. [[Cavitation]] is... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different...
9: ...d [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe emerged from the [[Middle Ages]] and entered the [[Renaissan...
13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
16: ...[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts.
20: [[Image:ronokmap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]] - January 1 (18244 bytes)
15: ...8]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de ...
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
22: ...] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first ...
25: ...m under the [[Homestead Act]] is made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]].
26: *[[1869]] - [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity is officially founded at the [[Virginia M... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman ...
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [...
28: ... - [[DeYoung Museum]] in [[Golden Gate Park]] San Francisco opens.
33: ...ship]] program with a stated goal of building 200 freighters. Over 2,700 ships will eventually be con...
39: *[[1957]] - [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angele... - American Black Bear (15019 bytes)
16: ...0 are living today.[http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/noframe/c286.htm]
20: ...t can vary in color depending on the subspecies: from white through [[chocolate]] brown, [[cinnamon]]...
23: ..., digging, and climbing. One blow from a powerful front [[paw]] is enough to kill an adult [[deer]].
27: ...ampy hardwood and conifer forests. After emerging from their winter dens in spring, they seek southerl...
34: ... where to den, and when and where to seek shelter from heat or danger. - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: During that time, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primari...
13: ...S)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the...
25: ====Francisco de Ulloa====
26: {{main|Francisco de Ulloa}}, also [[Island of California]]
28: ...ved by the renewal of those stories, Cortés sent Francisco de Ulloa out with three small vessels. He ... - Flood (7770 bytes)
1: ...nguages; compare German ''Flut'', Dutch ''vloed'' from the same root as is seen in ''flow, float'') is...
12: ...y the leading edge of the hurricane when it moves from sea to land. Another is the large amounts of [[...
14: ... associated with [[heat wave]]s, [[flash flood]]s from quickly melting mountain [[snow]] has caused lo...
18: Floods are the most frequent type of disaster worldwide.
21: ...nd [[beach nourishment]]. [[London]] is protected from flooding by a huge mechnical - Presidents' Day (4386 bytes)
3: ...t leaders. Originally established to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States, this d...
7: ...on February 22nd, the actual birth date of George Washington. The day became a federal holiday in 1885, initia...
11: ...s day is a chance for many people to take a break from work or school to remember and learn about the ...
17: Beyond honoring the prominent figures like Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Presidents' Day recognizes t...
25: ...s tradition stems from the holiday's proximity to Washington's Birthday and has become a customary part of the... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
13: ...ly fireworks.jpg|thumb|These fireworks over the [[Washington Monument]] are typical of Fourth of July celebrat...
23: ... even that was kept secret to protect the members from British reprisal.
27: ...ons, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.
29: ...delphians heard the official news of independence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors ...
34: ...dinner for their fellow Americans in [[Paris]], [[France]]. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
9: ...nci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his work...
18: ...with his assistant, Salai, "Did you play the game from behind which the Florentines love so much?"
20: ...ntimately involved with any woman, nor in a close friendship with one. He also surrounded himself with...
22: In 1506, Leonardo met [[Count Francesco Melzi]], the 15 year old son of a [[Lombar...
23: ... [[Niccolchiavelli]], [[Cesare Borgia]] and [[Franchinus Gaffurius]]. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|frame|right|William Shakespeare ([[National Portrait...
8: ...tp://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare quotations from Shakespearean plays], the [[List of titles of w...
31: ...re.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Shakespeare's signature, from his will]]
33: ...company took its name, like others of the period, from its aristocratic sponsor, the [[Lord Chamberlai...
35: ...aker for his landlord's daughter. Legal documents from 1612, when the case was brought to trial, show ... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
17: ... River]]. Some immature birds may stray to inland freshwater lakes. After nesting, [[North America]]n ...
19: ...om the air, as opposed to [[cooperative fishing]] from the surface. It dines mostly on [[herring]]-lik...
21: The nest location varies from a simple scrape on the ground on an island to a...
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