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- American Civil War (47733 bytes)
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53: ...y 4]], [[1861]]), with [[Jefferson Davis]] as President, and with a [[Constitution]] closely modeled o... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
14: ...Andrew Jackson]] and [[Henry Clay]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|election of 1824]]; Adams im...
16: *[[1825]] - [[John Quincy Adams]] becomes President
20: ...[1828]] - [[John C. Calhoun]] (Jackson's vice-president) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposi...
21: *[[1829]] - [[Andrew Jackson]] becomes President, appoints his "[[Kitchen Cabinet]]" - Illinois (27007 bytes)
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39: ...ke Michigan]]. Most of the state's population resides in Chicago and its [[suburb]]s. The U.S. posta...
51: ...rd, driving out the native residents. With the [[1832]] [[Black Hawk War]], the last native tribes were...
53: ...hat the 16th [[President of the United States|President]] spent his formative years. [[Chicago]] gaine...
56: ...w York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Beginning with President Lincoln's first call for troops and continuing... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
27: ...966]] - A [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] bomber collides with a [[KC-135]] jet tanker over [[Spain]], dr...
28: ...[United States Navy]] diver, is involved in an accident on a routine mission which amputates his leg.
29: * [[1973]] - [[Ferdinand Marcos]] becomes "President for Life" of the [[Philippines]].
30: ...] releases ''[[Blood on the Tracks]],'' often considered one of his best albums.
34: ...ud]] missiles into [[Israel]] in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
38: *[[1955]] - [[Panama]]nian president [[Jose Antonio Remon]] is assassinated.
44: *[[1979]] - [[Sid Vicious]] goes on trial for the murder of [[Nancy...
50: ...le|ruble]]s to stem [[inflation]] and promote confidence.
51: ...99]] - A brutal [[snowstorm]] smashes into the [[Midwest]]ern [[USA]], causing 14 inches (359mm) of sn... - Computer (32773 bytes)
14: ...dern ''digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[Claude E. Shannon]].
16: ...solve all mathematical problems. [[Alan Turing]] identified which problems could and could not be sol...
20: ...often have difficulty understanding the important idea that the computer is only a machine, and cannot...
24: ...who performed the arts and this usage is still valid (although it is becoming quite rare in the [[Unit...
29: ...arch organizations could afford them and were considered so exotic that only a handful would ever be r... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...tate]]s, or as far north as [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other routes led to [[Mexic...
10: ...ns disseminated the abolitionist viewpoint nationwide.
16: *guides were known as "conductors"
17: *hiding places were "stations"
21: ...respondence with many of them, often acting as a middleman in communications between escaped slaves an... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
63: *[[Eduardo Chillida]] (1924-2002)
81: *[[William Reid Dick]] (1879 - 1961)
145: *[[Idel Ianchelevici]] (1909-1994)
146: *[[Antonin Idrac]] (1849 - 1884)
152: *[[Adelaide Johnson]] (1859 - 1955) - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
1: ...ge:Sam_houston_3.jpg|thumb|Sam Houston, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
5: ... father. He ran away from home in [[1809]] and resided for a time with a [[Cherokee]] tribe, where he ...
7: ...Tennesseean [[Andrew Jackson]] and was widely considered to be Jackson's political protegé.
9: ...e to enter [[Mexico|Mexican]] Texas in December [[1832]].
16: ...s for San Augustine. He was a major critic of President [[Mirabeau Lamar]], who advocated continuing i... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
9: ...under the general supervision of the sculptor [[Phidias]], who also had charge of the sculptural decor...
13: ...ast and west ends, and of 110 millimetres on the sides.
19: ...t is not known what was depicted on the northern side: it may have been scenes from the [[Trojan War]]...
21: ...stival honouring Athena. On the fourth, eastern, side was a frieze showing all the gods of the Greek [...
31: ... of war they were willing to demolish them to provide materials for walls and fortifications. A [[mina... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...proto-) [[computer scientist]] who originated the idea of a ''programmable'' [[computer]]. Parts of h...
8: ...ned enough of the Classics to be accepted to Cambridge.
10: ...in the mathematical instruction available at Cambridge. In response, he, [[John Herschel]], [[George P...
12: ...2]] Charles transferred to [[Peterhouse]], [[Cambridge]]. He was the top mathematician at Peterhouse, ...
16: ...ch in [[Teignmouth]], [[Devon]]. Charles' father did not approve of the marriage. The couple lived hap... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
29: ...Phillips]] in [[The Mall (London)|The Mall]], outside [[Buckingham Palace]], [[London]].
32: ...] becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile [[Iditarod]] [[dog sled]] race.
34: ...[[Food and Drug Administration]] approves anti-[[AIDS]] drug [[AZT]].
35: *[[1990]] – [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery...
44: *[[43 BC]] - [[Ovid]], Roman poet - March 22 (9294 bytes)
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a...
50: *1912 - [[Wilfrid Brambell]], Irish actor (d. [[1985]])
64: *1933 - [[Abolhassan Banisadr]], President of Iran
98: *[[1832]] - [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], German writer...
112: *[[1999]] - [[David Strickland]], American actor (b. [[1969]]) - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
24: ...iver]] at the head of navigation or "head of the tide". As of the [[2000]] census, it has a populatio...
25: [[Image:Maine_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
28: ...g post. Located on the Kennebec River at highest tidal eddy. Around that time it was given the name "C...
34: ...until completion of the new capitol building in [[1832]]. Augusta was chartered as a city in [[1849]].
42: ...e, designed by Charles Bulfinch, built 1829–1832]] - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
124: *[[William Burnside]] (UK, [[1852]]-[[1927]])
187: *[[David van Dantzig]] (Netherlands, [[1900]] - [[1959]])
192: *[[Ingrid Daubechies]] ([[1954]] - ) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ... was the wife of [[John Adams]], the second [[President of the United States]], and is seen as the sec...
3: ...Abigail lacked formal education. On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of ...
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48: ...l Congress "remember the ladies" -- that they consider the needs and rights of women as well as of men...
52: As wife of the first [[Vice President of the United States]], Abigail became a good ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892...
59: *[[John Bainbridge]] ([[Britain]], [[1582]] – [[1643]])
102: *[[Margaret Burbidge]] ([[Britain]], [[1919]] – )
194: *[[Eudoxus of Cnidus|Eudoxus]] ([[Cnidus]], circa [[408 BC]] – circa [[347 BC]])
198: *[[David Fabricius]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1564]] – [[... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
95: *[[Aristides (Apologist)|Aristides]], (fl. 2nd century)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{f...
154: *[[Basilides]], (c. 117-138){{fn|C}}
159: *[[David Baumgardt]], (1890-1963){{fn|R}} - July 24 (8660 bytes)
8: *[[1832]] - [[Benjamin Bonneville]] leads the first [[wag...
24: ...an National Exhibition in [[Moscow]], US vice-president [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]] ha...
25: ...]]: Four [[F-4C Phantom]]s escorting a bombing raid at [[Kang Chi]] are the targets of [[antiaircraft...
26: ... state visit to [[Canada]], [[France|French]] President [[Charles de Gaulle]] declares to a crowd of o...
28: ...nanimously rule that President [[Richard Nixon]] did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed [[W... - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
1: ...mb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
9: ...]], the first child of geographer and pastor [[Jedidiah Morse]] and Elizabeth Ann Breese Morse. After ...
13: ...d [[magnetism]]. In [[1832]], Morse developed the idea of electromagnetic telegraphy, during conversat...
26: ...th Morse (and proposed a bill in Congress, which didn't pass, for a $30,000 [[transmission line|telegr...
55: * "''[http://www.npg.si.edu/edu/brush/guide/unit2/morse.html Samuel F. B. Morse]''". Unit 2:...
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