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- Asteroid (24334 bytes)
4: ...1840]] by [[Georg Adolph Erman|Erman]]<!--- (1806-1877) not to be confused with Adolf Erman (1854-1937),...
30: ... shape]] was developed by [[Clark R. Chapman]], [[David Morrison]], and [[Ben Zellner]]. These propert...
67: ...t. Multiple pairs could be taken over a series of days. Second, the two [[film]]s of the same region w...
98: ...heir provisional designation, e.g. [[(29075) 1950 DA]].
103: ...such names started to run out, others were used —famous people, literary characters, the names o... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ... tail, pointed in slightly different directions — dust being left behind in the comet's orbit (s...
15: ...like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces allows them to absorb ...
29: ...0," the "Great September Comet of 1882," and the "Daylight Comet of 1910." After [[Edmund Halley]] de...
31: ...0 comets and is conducting a contest to guess the date of its 1000th comet discovery.{{hnote|SOHO (200...
45: ... things being very limited.{{hnote|Sagan, pp. 23–24}} However, the Aristotelean viewpoint proved... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-) - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
15: ...ocument listing gifts to the high priestess of [[Adab]] on the occasion of her election]]
18:
28: ... in 1923, and for fifty years it would be the standard for students studying Sumerian. Poebel's gramm...
38: ...tablet, to see if any signs, especially broken or damaged signs, should be represented differently.
43: ...]] and [[Elamite language|Elamite]]. It was even adapted to [[Indo-European languages]] like [[Hittite... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: ...n-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
3: ...Daedalus]] and [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]. Daedalus was trapped on the island of Minos, and so bui...
5: ...airplanes were made of [[canvas]] and [[wood]]. Today airplanes are made of [[aluminium]], and increas...
9: ...mage:Ornithopter_leonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
11: ...mage:Ornithopter_leonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]] - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: *[[William George Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading ...
14: ...e [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...d]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
21: ...h Baer]] - [[Germany|German]] born [[American]] — [[computer game]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...homas Alva Edison''' ([[February 11]], [[1847]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United Stat...
7: ...homas Edison bought a house in [[Fort Myers, Florida]] (Seminole Lodge) as a winter retreat. [[Henry F...
10: ...anged. He and his family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British government gave tho...
16: ...ing. His mother had been a school teacher in Canada and happily took over the job of schooling her so...
18: ...er to be typeset and printed on a moving train. Today, the paper is known as the Port Huron [[''Times-... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
6: ====1860–1865====
12: ...federacy) established under President [[Jefferson Davis]]
28: *[[1864]] - [[Wade Davis Bill]]
31: *[[1864]] - [[Nevada]] becomes a state
38: ====1866–1869==== - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ustry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, it was the dominant econom...
19: ...ttlement of that election as the "[[Compromise of 1877]]". Not all historians agree with this theory; i...
21: ...7 1896 went even further, providing that state-mandated segregation was legal as long as it provided f...
30: ...rrivals on the Plains--previously they had been sedate farmers in the Great Lakes region. Once they l...
32: ...1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills. The Arm... - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ... land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is on ...
27: ...Mare Sirenum]] and [[Aurorae Sinus]]. The largest dark feature seen from Earth is [[Syrtis Major]].
31: ...las impact basin at an altitude of 4 km below the datum). In comparison, the difference between Earth'...
39: ... [[mean gravity surface]] must be selected. The [[datum]] for Mars is defined by the fourth-degree and...
41: ...e line of Beer and M䤬er, was chosen by [[Merton Davies]] of the [[RAND Corporation]] to provide a mo... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: ...ear in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 363 days remaining (364 in [[leap year]]s).
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
8: *[[1492]] - [[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spa...
20: ...kefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[trust]].
22: ... C. Ball]] of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: [[Railroad chronometers]]. - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Coeluridae]]}}
14: ...graphica | author = [[Hermann von Meyer|Meyer]] | date = [[1861]]}}
17: ... of [[transitional fossil]]s that endures to this day.
25: ...' was rather different from any bird we know of today: it had jaws lined with sharp [[teeth]], three [... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
14: ...l the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] ([[1861]]–[[1865]]). The war, which began soon after seve...
16: Reconstruction ended in [[1877]], at approximately the same time as the [[Gilded...
18: ...;especially the chairmen of important committees—still held more clout. The influence of the par...
23: ...irst-past-the-post]] system, under which the candidate with a [[plurality]] of votes (not necessarily ...
30: ...he background of presidents and presidential candidates; far more sitting senators have been nominees ... - Badminton (12494 bytes)
5: ...er the net so that it lands inside the marked boundaries of the court, and aim to prevent their oppone...
30: ...over the net onto the court within the marked boundaries before the opposing player or pair can hit it...
59: ... should be hit to the centre line or the back boundary line.
84: ...rules was written by the Bath Badminton Club in [[1877]]. The Badminton Association of England was forme...
88: ..., Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and France as by founding members. I... - National League (4871 bytes)
3: ...nited States|United States of America]] and [[Canada]]. (The other major league is the [[American Leag...
5: ... [[Atlanta Braves]]) have survived to the present day.
16: *[[Florida Marlins]]
43: *[[William Hulbert|William A. Hulbert]] [[1877]]-[[1882]]
66: ...ue of [[basketball]] in the United States and Canada. - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: ...g their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], c...
7: ...f the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in thei...
9: ...hat only teams in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] participate. While some would contend that the...
13: ...he Olympics until now. The US team won the gold medal in [[2000]], suggesting that a major-league team...
44: * 1877 [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Caps]] - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
11: :'''Teams in Division:''' [[Florida Marlins]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[New York ...
15: ...al League pennants won''' (17): [[1877 in sports|1877]], [[1878 in sports|1878]], [[1883 in sports|1883...
21: ... won the Chalmers Award, which is equivalent to today's MVP.
27: :''Then an off day''
33: :''by two days of rain.'' - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
1: ...key''', known simply as '''[[hockey]]''' in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]], is a team [[sport]] ...
14: ...ateur hockey codes, such as those of [[Hockey Canada]] and [[USA Hockey]], tend to be a hybrid of the ...
23: ...tender between him and the opponent's goal – is awarded a ''[[Penalty shot (ice hockey)|pen...
30: ...ctic is ''[[Checking (hockey)|checking]]'' – attempting to take the puck from an opponent o...
53: ...ritain]] [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|conquered]] Canada from [[France]] in [[1763]], soldiers used their ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
37: ...[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel ...
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829) - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
5: ... rule, owes very little to what he is born with — a man is what he makes of himself. |
6: date_of_birth=[[March 3]] [[1847]] |
9: date_of_death=[[August 2]] [[1922]] |
10: ...ck, Nova Scotia|Baddeck]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]
12: ...''Alexander Graham Bell''' ([[March 3]] [[1847]]–[[August 2]] [[1922]]) was a [[scientist]], [[i...
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