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- Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: '''Greta Garbo''' ([[September 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish...
19: ...rst time in ''[[Anna Christie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo T...
25: ...ick]] wanted her cast as the dying heiress in ''[[Dark Victory]]'' in [[1935 in film|1935]], but she i...
29: ...[Romance (1930 movie)|Romance]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), ''[[Camille (movie)|Camille]]'' ([[1937 in fi...
31: ...most glamorous movie stars of the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]]. She was also famous for shunning [[publicity]... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...d her 13th nomination for ''[[Adaptation (movie)|Adaptation]]''. Hepburn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[1...
5: ...father was a staunch proponent of publicizing the dangers of [[venereal disease]] in a time when such ...
7: ...ater be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in ...
12: ...n and Smith's marriage was rocky from the start — she insisted he change his name to S. Ogden Lu...
21: ...zon]] princess in [[The Warrior's Husband]] (an update of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which debuted to excell... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
35: note) in a three octave range. The standard diatonic harmonica is
38: ...monicas are available in all keys. Here is a standard
49: ... the tonic triad, is given the blow, and the secondary notes: D-G-B-F-A, the draw.
120: ...n the first place). Rather than providing the standard C major and G dominant chords, the Mixolydian p...
126: ...ey of C, is pitched one octave lower than the standard 10 hole C diatonic. Thus, hole 4 blow is one o... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
5: ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh) |
16: sovereignty_type = [[National_Day|National Day]] |
18: established_dates = <br>[[April 23]], [[1920]] <br>[[October 29]...
58: ... rich history of people and the land laid the foundations of the current republic. Even though officia...
60: ...t of Turkish society -- that would become the foundation of the Turkish nation. This [[Turkish Nationa... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ... [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]] — every South American nation except for [[Ecuad...
8: ...e isolated from most European ports by Napoleon — and the "elevation" of Brazil to the status of...
10: ...ccession of generals appointed by the military. Today Brazil is a [[democracy]].
22: ...entury, still present on a lesser scale in modern days)
23: ... (influential Brazilian fascist movement in the [[1930s]]) - Argentina (30219 bytes)
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/...
52: ...a del Plata]] – a mountain rich in silver – reached Spain around [[1524]]. Since then, the...
59: ...'s resources—especially the western pampas—came from throughout Europe.
61: ... political change that eventually led to the ascendance of [[Juan Domingo Per (b. [[1895]]). New s...
69: ...ch left office 6 months early after Peronist candidate [[Carlos Saul Menem]] won the [[1989]] presiden... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
12: ...'s army, and fought valiantly for more than three days & nights, until they were forced to surrender, ...
18: ...], but has been rising steadily. Cuba's economy today is roughly split into three parts: [[agriculture...
24: ...visit Cuba by traveling through [[Mexico]], [[Canada]] or the [[Bahamas]]. American citizens can be li...
34: ...l party, but is forbidden by law to nominate candidates. However this is largely a moot point since no...
49: #[[Ciudad de La Habana Province|Ciudad de la Habana]] (''Havana City'') - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...1974]] and the subsequent entry in the [[EEC]] (today's [[European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made...
20: ... Consolidation of the Monarchy in Portugal|Consolidation of the kingdom]]'''''
23: ...set up kingdoms, and became assimilated. The [[Vandals]] ([[Silingi]] and [[Hasdingi]]) and the sarmat...
31: ...ing with no male heirs. His only child, a single daughter, married King [[John I of Castile]] who wou...
40: ...s had their own objective, searching for the legendary Christian Kingdom of [[Prester John]]. - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...eorge Herman Ruth''', ([[February 6]], [[1895]] – [[August 16]], [[1948]]), better known as '''B...
6: ==Early days==
12: ...sition because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe started m...
14: ...s club, and took him to spring training in [[Florida]], where a strong performance with bat and ball s...
15: ...ue Orioles, and the competition hit Orioles' attendance significantly. To make ends meet, Dunn was ob... - California (63989 bytes)
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
19: LandArea = 404,298 |
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
32: ...Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylight saving time|-7]] |
63: ... = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] | - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
16: LandArea = 12,559 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
43: ...tion, the "[[Fundamental Orders of Connecticut|Fundamental Orders]]", was adopted on [[January 14]], [...
52: ...n Hartford and New Haven, which stems back to the days when the two cities shared the state's capital,... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
16: LandArea = 23,974 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 4]], [[1791]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ...the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...ar|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has lo... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
182: ...6]]: [[Davy lamp|Miner's safety lamp]]: [[Humphry Davy]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: *[[Laloo Prasad Yadav|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politici...
6: *[[Genrikh Yagoda|Yagoda, Genrikh Grigor'evich]] (1891-1938)
42: *[[Yasunori Mitsuda|Yasunori, Mitsuda]], (born [[1972]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video ga...
73: ...Stephen Yenser|Yenser, Stephen]], Whitman winner–''The Fire In All Things''
121: *[[Paramahansa Yogananda|Yogananda, Paramahansa]], ([[1893]]-[[1952]]) - Ecosystem (2598 bytes)
1: ...ism]]s (plant, animal and other living organisms—also referred to as a '''biotic community''' or...
3: ...35). However, the term had been coined already in 1930 by Tansley's colleague [[Roy Clapham]], who was a... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ..., and ending with the sad note of the [[Black Tuesday]], [[harbinger]] of [[The Great Depression|the G...
3: ...s termed "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also called the "Crazy Years" (''ann饳...
5: ...n and lightness were cultivated in [[jazz]] and [[dancing]], in defiance of the horrors of the First W...
8: ...he [[Great Depression]] that would dominate the [[1930]]s.
11: ...er]]s returned to the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] with money in their pockets and a great many ne... - Solar system (21174 bytes)
45: ...e parent star, perhaps orbiting it in a matter of days. It has been hypothesised that while the giant...
59: The first and most fundamental of these advances was the [[Nicolaus Copern...
85: <sup>**</sup> Soon after its discovery in 1930, Pluto was classified a planet by the [[Internati...
92: ! Day<br/>(days)
191: ! Day<br/>(days) - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
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...
76: ...een discovered as long ago as [[1898]], and the [[1930]]s brought a flurry of similar objects. In order ...
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... - 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]])
61: *[[Richard Anuszkiewicz]] ([[1930]]-) - 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 ]]
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