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- Argentina (30219 bytes)
10: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]|
52: ...lver]]). The origin of this name goes back to the first voyages made by the [[Spain|Spanish]] conquero...
59: ...rimarily [[United Kingdom|British]], came in such fields as railroads and ports. As in the [[United St...
61: From [[1880]] to [[1930]] Argentina became one of the world's...
63: ...ionized workers. In [[1947]], Pernnounced the first 5-year plan based on the growth of industries ... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ion of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Engli...
58: ...ted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and leg...
60: ...'. Historically the state has had more than one official title. The revolutionary state established by... - Flag of Maryland (3908 bytes)
3: ...s]] to be based on British [[heraldry]]. It was officially adopted by [[Maryland]] in [[1904]].
7: ...s given to Calvert as a result of storming a fortification in battle (the vertical bars approximate th...
11: ...y adopted the Crossland banner, which had the benefit of being red and white (which were seen as "sece...
13: ..., the legislature made a gold cross bottony the official ornament for a flagstaff carrying the Marylan...
20: ...d. Thus, the 2nd and 3rd quarters are a quartered field of red and white, charged with a Greek cross, ... - California (63989 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
32: ...Zone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylig...
44: ...tate symbols please verify your changes against official California Government Code sections 420-429.8...
55: ... = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
89: ...]]; see [[economy of California]]). The state's official nickname is "The Golden State" in reference t... - Maine (17312 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
38: ...uth Company]], the coastal areas of western Maine first became the [[Province of Maine]] in [[1622]] l...
45: ...ts]]. In [[1968]], [[Hubert Humphrey]] became the first Democrat in half a century to carry Maine (san...
49: ...te Representative in Maine, its highest elected official nationwide. Maine politicians, Republicans an...
74: ...st of Maine are lighthouses, sandy beaches, quiet fishing villages and thousands of offshore islands, ... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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36: ...ion (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the fifty states. As the only [[New England]] state not ...
48: ...everal mountains do have timberlines: [[Mount Mansfield]], the highest mountain in the state and [[Kil...
54: ...6 degrees Celsius), at [[Bloomfield, Vermont|Bloomfield]] on [[December 30]], [[1933]].
57: ...sfield 20040926.jpg|280px|thumb|right|[[Mount Mansfield]], at 4,393 feet, is the highest elevation poi... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
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38: ...weden|Swede]]s and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] were the first [[Europe]]an settlers, the [[Quaker]] [[Willia...
59: ...ndian War]]. The French established numerous fortifications in the area, including the pivotal [[Fort ...
61: ...putation of religious freedom also attracted significant populations of [[Germany|German]] and [[Scots...
65: ...12, [[1787]] (five days after Delaware became the first). - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] and [[Span...
38: ...|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Sp...
46:
50: ... Spain]] to his remote colony. O was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]...
62: ...ssouri]], for Santa Fe early in [[1822]] with the first party of traders. Wagon caravans thereafter ma... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ...t made Britain's legal time until [[August 2]], [[1880]]. This paragraph only applies to the island of G...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...estigating the [[universe]] known as the [[scientific method]]. The '''history of science''' traces th...
4: ...al that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosoph...
6: ...e, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external ...
11: ...owledge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-fr...
13: ...; and [[Paul Feyerabend]], who argued that scientific knowledge is not cumulative or progressive, and ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
309: *[[Tytus Czyzewski]] ([[1880]]-[[1945]])
338: *[[André Derain]] ([[1880]]-[[1954]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-) - American football (39287 bytes)
17: ...iation of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) also field varsity football teams, as do most high school...
27: ...al league based in [[Canada]], played using a modified set of rules known as [[Canadian football]]
30: ...l football, played at a faster pace, on a smaller field
51: ... of the goal posts. In the [[NFL Europe]] league, Field Goals over 50 yards (measured as the distance ...
56: ...]]'''" periods, meaning that the team that scores first, by any means, wins. In the regular season, a ... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
101: *[[Harry Grindell-Matthews]], (1880-1941) — various products, & supposed [[deat...
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...nlo Park, New Jersey|Menlo Park]]" was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of [[mass pr...
5: ...ompany]], which was a conglomerate of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
14: ...on moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan, Ohio]]. That town was enjoying a...
18: ...d published ''[[The Weekly Herald]]''. It was the first [[newspaper]] ever to be typeset and printed o...
20: Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote recorder, on [[Octob... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
1: ...tietam.jpg|thumb|More than 550,000 Americans died fighting the Civil War, include these men felled dur...
17: *[[1861]] - [[First Battle of Bull Run]]
19: *[[1862]] - [[Pacific Railway Act]]
42: *[[1867]] - [[Tenure of Office Act]]
55: *[[1869]] - [[Wyoming]] becomes first state to grant [[woman suffrage]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...[populism]] and the American [[labor movement]]. Finally, the era was capped by U.S. involvement in [...
7: ...]] to resist readmitting the rebel states without first imposing preconditions. A series of laws, pas...
11: ... under Abraham Lincoln's plan were abolished; the first Reconstruction Act stated that "no legal State...
15: ...he Union, they were required to accept it (or the fifteenth after passage of the fourteenth).
21: ...d blacks going their own ways, and with whites in firm political control. The North allowed white sup... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United Sta...
15: ... takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
19: ...| character]] created by [[Elzie Crisler Segar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]].
23: ... [[1946]] - The [[UN Security Council]] holds its first session. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...uary 1 was to be either [[New Year's Day]] or the first day of its numbered year. Although England beg...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], pr...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered b...
22: ...ein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published. - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
17: ...published ''[[The Origin of Species]]'' set off a firestorm of debate about [[evolution]] and the role...
19: ...olnhofen limestone]] of southern [[Germany]]. The first skeleton is now housed at the [[Natural Histor...
21: ...served [[feathered dinosaurs]] in [[China]] solidified the link between dinosaurs and birds.
25: ...: it had jaws lined with sharp [[teeth]], three [[finger]]s ending in curving claws, and a long bony t...
34: ...braincase]] concluded that its [[brain]] was significantly larger than that of most dinosaurs, indicat...
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