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- Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
1: ...border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
55: ...New Zealand) that isn't threatened by sea level rise, but does have decreasing population.
60: ...are a Polynesian people who are estimated to have settled the islands around 2,000 years ago. During p...
62: ...eans brought diseases new to the Pacific which caused many deaths in Tuvalu.
64: ...The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was ... - Flag of New Mexico (1805 bytes)
5: .... His winning design is the flag that the state uses today.
7: ...h symbolizes the Circle of Life: four winds, four seasons, four directions, and four sacred obligation...
13: ...ettering in the center of the flag, and the state seal in the bottom right corner. - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
6: Seal = Pennsylvania state seal.png |
38: ...lliam Penn]] named Pennsylvania for the Latin phrase meaning "Penn's woodlands", in honor of his fathe...
42: ...e adherents eschew modern conveniences and use horse-drawn farming equipment and carriages, while othe...
44: (The term "Dutch" is a misnomer, as none of these groups are of Dutch origin; the German adjective ...
46: ...as were several other [[USS Pennsylvania|naval vessels]]. - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
8: Seal = Oklahomastateseal.jpg |
40: :''See also: [[List of Oklahoma counties]], [[List of O...
46: ...territory of the Cross Timbers, to the plains and semi-arid regions of Western Oklahoma and the Oklaho...
54: There have been several schemes used to breakdown Oklahoma into regions.
56: ...n into six "countries" for tourism promotion purposes: Red Carpet Country (Northwestern Oklahoma and T... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
6: Seal = Wv_seal_official.png |
38: ...l a greater affinity for [[Pittsburgh]], while those in the [[Eastern Panhandle]] feel a greater conne...
40: ...k Telescope]] at the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]].
42: The [[US Navy]] has named a series of ships [[USS West Virginia|USS ''West Virgi...
46: ...te boundaries could not be redrawn without the consent of the state in question. - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
2: Name = New Jersey |
3: Fullname = State of New Jersey |
4: Flag = New Jersey state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of New Jersey]] |
6: Seal = New Jersey state seal.png | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...t practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
13: * 30 KYA: [[Sewing]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
62: ...00s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
10: ...ers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
27: ...uantz|Quantz, Johann Joachim]], (1697-1773), composer
28: ..., Bernard]], (1819 - 1899), German-born, London-based rare books dealer
39: *[[Ellery Queen|Queen, Ellery]], mystery writer pseudonym
67: *[[Anthony Quinn|Quinn, Anthony]], (1915-2001), US actor - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
13: ...ualifications as for men) was granted in [[New Jersey]] in [[1776]], but rescinded in [[1807]]. The [[...
24: *[[Oman]] -- limited to 175,000 people chosen by the government, mostly male
27: ...ional elections) [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8173].
31: ...oliticians, however, that in 1807 the law was revised to exclude them. This was obviously an unconsti...
33: ...[Mary Fuller]] became active in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], the latter being the author of the b... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, cou...
6: ...s distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
8: ...(UTC) is, incidentally, local time at Greenwich itself only between 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in Oc...
24: ...ment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight saving time]].
25: ...e.g. [[New Zealand]] which is usually UTC + 12, observes a one-hour daylight saving time adjustment du... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ... method]]. The '''history of science''' traces these [[phenomenon|phenomena]] and their pre-cursors ba...
6: ...]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external [[tool]].
9: {{seemain|Theories and sociology of the history of sci...
11: ... to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
13: ...cience. Three philosophers in particular who represent the primary poles in this debate have been [[Ka... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]])
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
41: *[[Fedor Alekseev]] ([[1753]]-[[1824]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...|Taiping Civil War]]). [[Chemical weapon]]s were used for the first time, the first mass bombardment o...
4: ...ld War I were complex developments by themselves (see [[#Diplomatic and political origins|Diplomatic a...
6: ... II]] in [[1939]]. It also greatly increased the use of mass industrialization as the basis for a new ...
8: ... Other scholars view World War I as one of the consequences of French indignation at the French defeat...
10: ...e confined to trenches and could move little because of tight defences. This was especially true of th... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
1: '''Bold text'''This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]]...
11: *[[1901]] - [[Theodore Roosevelt]] becomes [[President]]
16: *[[1902]] - First [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] game played
20: *[[1903]] - First [[World Series]]
26: *[[1904]] - [[Roosevelt Corollary]] to [[Monroe Doctrine]] - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
1: ...0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" style="float: right;" width=280...
17: !align="left"| [[Semi-major axis]]
120: ...647; ), although some prefer a different symbol resembling that of Neptune but with a circle in the to...
124: ...net)|Neptune]]. It is [[#Planet X?|now known]] these discrepancies were an artifact of the slightly in...
126: ...s had been used up, and male names were usually reserved for objects with unusual orbits. - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...] and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the [[English Civil War]].
7: ...Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Charlie", defeats a [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] army at [[Falkirk]] in hi...
15: * [[1899]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
16: ... the [[South Pole]], one month after [[Roald Amundsen]].
19: ...haracter | character]] created by [[Elzie Crisler Segar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic s... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
19: ...wn [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered by [[Giuseppe Piazzi]].
27: *[[1880]] - [[Ferdinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the ...
35: *[[1902]] - The first [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] game is played in [[Pasadena, California]]...
37: *[[1911]] - [[Northern Territory]] is separated from [[South Australia]] and transferred t...
40: ...the "[[Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring]]". - January 2 (10888 bytes)
12: ... [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
21: ...comes the first female staffer for the [[White House]].
25: *[[1905]] - [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou...
28: *[[1921]] - [[DeYoung Museum]] in [[Golden Gate Park]] San Francisco opens.
29: ...[United States Secretary of the Interior|Interior Secretary]] [[Albert Fall]] resigns due to the [[Tea... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ... 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied f...
10: ...mage:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
13: ... northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsidian]], used for arrowheads, axe heads, and knives. Tribes i...
19: ...arls, and gems. The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same. - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...nd 1994. The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
3: ...eing in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
5: ...]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...ut not earning a [[wild card]] receive them, because there are more divisions and each division is sma...
9: ...erica]]n champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succe...
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