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- Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
10: ...Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field...
12: ...itcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, ...
15: ...rs, placed a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit O...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us...
29: ...e the [[Black Sox Scandal|1919 World Series]] and Frazee's own failings as a theater promoter meant th... - Indiana (20194 bytes)
47: ...n]] as part of the settlement at the end of the [[French and Indian War]], given to the [[United State...
60: ... 475 mile long [[Wabash River]] bisects the state from northeast to southwest and has given Indiana tw...
71: A high percentage of Indiana's GDP comes from manufacturing, and much of this activity is hea...
75: ...bably best known for its decorative [[limestone]] fron the southern, hilly portion of the state. One o...
83: *8.4% [[African American|Black]] - Kansas (21369 bytes)
37: '''Kansas''', derived from the [[Sioux|Siouan]] word Kansa meaning "People...
44: ...lace. On [[March 30]], [[1855]] "Border Ruffians" from [[Missouri]] invaded Kansas during the territor...
52: ...t]], and [[Carrie Nation]]. Famous sport athletes from Kansas include [[Barry Sanders]], [[Gale Sayers...
75: ...termine if evolution should once again be removed from state science standards.
78: ...ors of Kansas]]; [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Kansas]] - Deuterostome (1974 bytes)
14: ...rostomes''' (taxonomic term: '''Deuterostomia'''; from the Greek: "other mouth") are a [[taxon]] of [[...
24: ... a complete small larva, and if a cell is removed from the blastula the other cells will compensate. - Sport (14061 bytes)
11: ... Although there is scant direct evidence of sport from these sources, it is reasonable to extrapolate ...
17: ...ort has been increasingly organized and regulated from the time of the Ancient Olympics up to the pres...
18: ...dditionally the need to have fun and take a break from a hectic workday or to relieve unwanted stress,...
56: ...r own regulatory body. In this way sports evolve from leisure activity to more formal sports: relati...
58: ...ly, the other team is expected to return the ball from the throw-in. - List of sports (7304 bytes)
209: * [[Freestyle skiing]]
222: * [[Freestyle snowboarding]]
321: * [[Ultimate frisbee]] - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
22: ...pear to be part of the drum, but which stand away from it like buttresses, to absorb the outward thrus...
26: ...right|300px|Light streams down into the sanctuary from the dome cupola.]]
31: ...y [[Antonio Averulino]] ([[1455]]), and preserved from the previous basilica.
33: ...ating the most recent openings:<!-- This is taken from an old source, is the inscription new since 200...
68: ...d the holy door in the year of the great jubilee, from the incarnation of the Lord 2000-2001. - Sun (20830 bytes)
10: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>Earth
21: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>[[Milky Way]] core
55: ! align="left" | [[Escape velocity]]<br> from the surface
122: ...onally referred to as '''Sol''' to distinguish it from other "suns". Planet [[Earth]] [[orbit]]s the ...
128: ...istance of about 25,000 to 28,000 [[light-year]]s from the [[galactic centre]], completing one revolut... - Flag (13245 bytes)
3: A '''flag''' is a piece of [[cloth]] flown from a pole or mast, usually intended for signaling ...
5: The study of flags is known as [[vexillology]], from the Latin ''vexillum'' meaning flag or [[banner...
13: From the time of [[Christopher Columbus]] onwards, i...
15: ...them, and by [[World War I]] these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have been used only at ce...
25: * The [[Tricolore|national flag]] of [[France]], also called the [[Tricolore]], which inspi... - American football (39287 bytes)
7: ...le. American football evolved as a separate sport from [[Rugby football]] in the early 20th century. [...
51: ...eld Goals over 50 yards (measured as the distance from the point where the ball is kicked to the end l...
52: ...an '''extra point''' or '''conversion attempt''') from just outside the end zone. They can either att...
53: ...es 2 points and gains possession from the ensuing free kick (''see "Kickoff" below''). Typically this...
61: ...ame. The team that was scored upon kicks the ball from its own 20-yard line. In this case, a tee canno... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
53: *[[Jacques-Yves Cousteau|Jacques Cousteau]], [[France]] — [[Aqua-Lung|aqualung]]
56: ...illiam Cullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
87: *[[Benjamin Franklin]], (1706-1790), [[United States|USA]] &mdas...
88: *[[William Friese-Greene]], (1855-1921) — [[cinematograph... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of thought]], particularly with [[science]],...
10: ...tters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the prima...
12: ...eo's experiments, in particular the distinguished French [[History of science and technology|historian...
14: ...esearch into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality...
24: ... on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Earth when it was on the Earth-side of the ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
15: ... Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberation Front<br>(Viet Cong)]]<br><br />[[Image:Viet cong fl...
33: The '''Vietnam War''' was fought from [[1957]] to [[1975]] between Vietnamese nationa...
37: ...y experts consider the Vietnam War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
41: ...for the Liberation of Vietnam|National Liberation Front]], a South Vietnamese opposition movement with...
43: ...ort to maintain control of her former colony of [[French Indochina]]. - Bill Buckner (4174 bytes)
1: [[Image:TN_baseball.jpg|frame|125px|Baseball Clipart provided by [http://cla...
12: ...eld, allowing Ray Knight to score the winning run from second base. It capped an astonishing comeback ...
14: ...he still would have been unable to prevent Wilson from reaching first base. Wilson was a very fast run...
18: ...n]] joke, the distraught Buckner threw himself in front of a locomotive in grief after his fielding er...
24: After Buckner retired from professional baseball he moved his family to [[... - 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... - Lightning rod (7638 bytes)
1: ...s the roof of a building or the mast of a vessel) from [[lightning]] damage. Other names include '''l...
12: ...er's potential paths as a [[sphere]] that travels from the cloud to the ground.
14: ...ould be placed where they will prevent the sphere from touching a structure.
28: ...res causing fire, loss of strength and explosions from [[Steam explosion|superheated steam]] and air.
30: ...lusions"]], in which he explains the [[logic]] of Franklin's pointed lightning rod and discloses his i... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
14: Sundials are known from ancient Egypt, and were developed further by ot...
24: ...rection table, and must be adjusted for longitude from the center of the time zone. The admittedly in...
34: The sun casts a shadow from the gnomon to a surface called the ''dial face'...
67: ...t of the gnomon (the ''substyle'') are calculated from the formula face-angle = arctan(sin(latitude)*t...
74: ...tional ancient convenience. They are easy to see from large distances and inexpensive to arrange. On... - Lightning (33113 bytes)
10: ...shared some similarity with lightning. [[Benjamin Franklin]] endeavored to test this theory by using a...
12: ... to a post with a [[silk]] thread. As time passed Franklin noticed the loose fibers on the string stre...
14: ... had conducted similar experiments in [[France]], Franklin had suggested the original high-object-with...
16: ...clothes singed, the engraver knocked out, the doorframe of the room split, and the door itself torn of...
18: Franklin also invented the [[lightning rod]], likely... - Thigh (1869 bytes)
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