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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
18: ...f racing during the war, the drivers championship was not formalized until [[1947]], and first run in [...
22: ...deria Ferrari|Ferrari]]. Though [[Stirling Moss]] was able to compete with him regularly, Fangio is rem...
26: ...e first [[United Kingdom|British]] World Champion was [[Mike Hawthorn]], who drove a Ferrari to the tit...
39: ...wroom. The FIA, due to complaints that technology was determining the outcome of races more than driver...
45: ... World Championships since [[1984]]; their streak was interrupted only by [[Michael Schumacher]]'s two ... - Computer (32773 bytes)
14: ...which made modern ''digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[Claude E. S...
24: ...ists the year [[1897]] as the first year the word was used to refer to a [[mechanical calculating devic...
67: ...gnificant design development in digital computing was the introduction of [[Binary numeral system|binar...
70: ...program as it executed. This major design advance was dramatically simplified by the introduction of bi...
73: ...y for intermediate values but in the [[1940s]] it was suggested that the program itself could be stored... - Ship (18843 bytes)
4: ...re than three masts. The five-masted ''Preussen'' was the outstanding example but the big [[German Empi...
12: ...load their vessels until their decks were almost awash, resulting in a dangerously unstable condition. ...
27: ...etheless, it has caused concerns about safety and waste disposal. It has become usual only in large [[a...
59: ... as a structural member, in wooden boats where it was mounted inboard of the sheer strake regardless of...
67: ...er in a seaway. These are called freeing ports or wash ports.. - Forest (3705 bytes)
24: ...|thumb|300px|A forest on [[San Juan Island]] in [[Washington]]]]
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
37: ...magnet in the second half of the 20th century. It was a center of the [[dot-com]] boom at the end of th...
44: ...] in [[1822]], when what is now the downtown area was first settled by William Richardson, an [[England...
46: ...[[1846]] in the name of the [[United States]]. It was then renamed "San Francisco" on [[January 30]], [...
48: .... The first of many environmental transformations was the city's reliance on filled marshlands for real...
53: ...States Senate]], where the [[Compromise of 1850]] was igniting a fierce fight over [[slavery]]. Disgust... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ... [[Greece]] in the [[Persian Wars]]. The building was officially called the '''Temple of Athena the Vir...
5: ...temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was the location of the treasury of the [[Delian Leag...
9: ...awn from the treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]]...
11: ...[Doric order]] temple, the Parthenon, in its day, was regarded as the ''finest''. The temple, wrote [[J...
13: ...rthenon are 30.9 metres by 69.5 metres. The cella was 29.8 metres long by 19.2 metres wide, with intern... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...nt Rome|Roman]] military and political leader. He was instrumental in the transformation of the [[Roman...
4: ...amatic [[assassin]]ation on the [[Ides of March]] was the catalyst for a second set of civil wars, whic...
9: ... was the son of [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]]. Caesar was raised in the Subura, a lower-class neighborhood ...
11: ...nt times, though in his father's generation there was a renaissance of their fortunes. His paternal aun...
13: ... connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married to Cornelia Cinnilla, the youngest d... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers...
20: ...t Alois Hitler treated his son more strictly than was usual for that time and place.
22: ...ities. He was legally born a Hitler, however, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through his...
24: ...s [[Werner Maser]] and [[Ian Kershaw]] argue this was impossible since the Jews had been expelled from ...
25: ...], [[Leonding]] and next to [[Linz]]. Young Adolf was reportedly a good student at the various elementa... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ... known as the '''American War of Independence''', was a [[war]] fought primarily between [[Kingdom of G...
12: ...personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
15: ...20,000 of these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's greatest concern at the time. ...
19: ...he American Revolutionary War. In Europe, the war was often regarded as a scuffle between the poorer pa...
23: .... In response, and because of manpower shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the ... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...he [[California gold rush|gold rush]], Sacramento was a major distribution point, a [[Commerce|commerci...
37: ...ve little evidence of their existence. Their diet was dominated with [[acorn]]s taken from the plentifu...
42: ...Switzerland") in [[1840]]. In [[1848]], when gold was discovered by [[James W. Marshall]] at [[Sutters ...
46: ... During the early [[1850s]] the Sacramento valley was devastated by floods, fires and cholera epidemics...
50: ...tate capital in [[1854]]. Previously, the capital was located in [[San Jos鬠California|San Jos靝, [[V... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
34: ...ntury as a name for the [[Boise River]]. The name was apparently a translation of an earlier English na...
36: Originally known as Fort Boise, Boise was incorporated under a charter in [[1864]] by an ac...
38: ...and left quickly to avoid the public outrage that was sure to erupt when the citizens of Lewiston disco...
40: ...state of Idaho on [[July 3]], [[1890]] when Idaho was admitted to the union as the 43rd state.
66: ...f Prey]]. The [[World Center for Birds of Prey]] was a key part of the re-establishment of the [[Pereg... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...y [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]].
31: ...lis with the village of Broad Ripple to the north was ever operational.
33: ...With roads as the spokes of a wheel, Indianapolis was on its way to becoming a major "hub" of regional ...
35: ...mic, social, and cultural progress. Much of this was due to the discovery of a large [[natural gas]] d...
37: ...ackson was indicted on charges of bribery, but he was acquitted in [[1928]] because the statute of limi... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
84: {{commons|Lansing, Michigan}} - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ... of the [[United States 2000 Census|2000 Census]] was 181,743. The Salt Lake City-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]...
4: ...north end of the [[Salt Lake Valley]] along the [[Wasatch Front]] at an elevation of 4,330 ft (1,320 m)...
6: ... city has developed a strong tourism industry and was host to the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].
17: ... the territorial capital in [[1858]] and the name was subsequently abbreviated to Salt Lake City. The c...
20: ... Another military installation, [[Fort Douglas]], was established in [[1862]] to maintain [[Union]] all... - Russia (28007 bytes)
4: ...December [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist R...
15: ...f [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with b...
17: ...ses of present-day Russia, while its western zone was largely incorporated into the Grand Duchy of [[Li...
19: ...tonomy during the time of the [[Mongol]] yoke and was largely spared the atrocities that affected the r...
23: ...ts spiritual leader, the Byzantine Empire, Russia was able to revive, and organized its own war of reco... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...690;ધી), called '''Mahatma Gandhi''', was the [[charisma]]tic leader who brought the cause ...
18: ...arried [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturba Makharji]], who was the same age as he. They had four sons: [[Harilal...
20: Gandhi was a mediocre student in his youth at Porbandar and ...
23: ...rianism]]. He joined the [[Vegetarian Society]], was elected to its Executive Committee, and founded a...
25: ...bbying attempt on behalf of his older brother. It was in this climate that he accepted a year-long cont... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...l 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Political ...
6: ...f human nature as self-interested cooperation. He was a contemporary of [[Ren頄escartes|Descartes]] an...
10: ... [[Hertford College]]). The principal of Magdalen was the aggressive [[Puritan]] [[John Wilkinson (scho...
12: ...did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommended by Wilkinson as tutor to William, the...
14: ...nt could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable. - Native American (42651 bytes)
21: ... whether it happened at all. Until recently there was a consensus among anthropologists that the allege...
49: ... 500 survived by the year [[1550]], and the group was extinct before [[1650]].
65: ...tions or sent westward. Part of the Cayuga Nation was granted a reservation in British Canada.
70: ...e their land for settlement. The forced migration was marked by great hardship and many deaths. Its rou...
83: ....nbc.gov/orientation/bia2.cfm], the goal of which was to eliminate the reservations and steer Indians i... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
3: ... under some protection. In [[1994]], the Monument was promoted to the status of National Park, as well ...
41: ...er flowing in the region, meaning the water there was relatively saturated in dissolved materials. Thus...
43: ...he [[Pleistocene]] [[ice age]]s, when [[climate]] was cooler and wetter. Today's drier climate does not...
45: ... makes it difficult for [[soil]]s to form. [[Mass wasting]], the down slope movement of loose rock, is ...
51: ...pring People]] moved into the area, which by then was probably already a hot, dry [[desert]] (Recent La... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...r 10]], [[1483]]–[[February 18]], [[1546]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[theology|theologian]...
19: .... Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to see his son ascend to [[civil servi...
23: ...05. A [[lightning bolt]] struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "He...
28: ... to pursue an academic career. In [[1507]] Luther was ordained to the priesthood. In [[1508]] he began ...
31: ...al truths. To Luther, the most important of these was the doctrine of justification by faith alone.
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