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- Presidents' Day (4386 bytes)
3: ... presidents, highlighting their contributions to the nation's history and development.
7: ...ened to encompass honoring other presidents, and the holiday was colloquially referred to as President...
9: ==When Do We Celebrate?==
11: ... from work or school to remember and learn about the presidents.
15: ...the diverse array of individuals who have guided the nation through triumphs, challenges, and pivotal ... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
1: [[Image:Uscongress.gif|right|frame|Seal of the Congress.]]
3: ...use]]") and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] (the "[[Upper House]]").
5: ...are staggered so that approximately one-third of the terms expire every two years.
7: ...ouses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
9: Both Houses of Congress meet in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] in [[Washington... - National League (4871 bytes)
3: ...[World Series]]. (The Series was not played in either 1904 or 1994.)
5: ...ps (now the [[Atlanta Braves]]) have survived to the present day.
7: ...second place) to enable four teams to advance to the preliminary [[National League Division Series|Div...
9: ...n the batting order, although this is not always the case.
23: ...ivision in either league to have six teams; the others all have fewer. - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...tion of 1904 and 1994. The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
3: ...s Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 1...
5: ...Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...ot earning a [[wild card]] receive them, because there are more divisions and each division is smaller...
9: ...[North America]]n champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, ... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
2: ...[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
4: ...]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Association in [[1871]]. Became a chart...
5: ...e ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this time, but that name didn't ...
8: ...es a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the team will make use of a cartoon bear cub.
11: ... (16): [[1876]], [[1880]], [[1881]], [[1882]], [[1885]], [[1886]], [[1906]], [[1907]], [[1908]], [[1910... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
3: ...ylvania]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
5: ... century)|American Association]]. Transferred to the [[National League]] in [[1887]].
6: ...he [[National Football League]] franchise called the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] came along.
17: ...Wagner]] and [[Fred Clarke]] (who also served as the team's manager from [[1900]] to [[1915]]), trigge...
19: ... first World Series title in [[1909]], defeating the [[Detroit Tigers]] in seven games. - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
5: ...National League Championship Series|champions of the National League]].
7: :'''Founded:''' [[1882]] in the [[American Association (19th century)|American As...
11: ...'' One or two [[Northern Cardinal|cardinal]]s perched on a [[baseball bat]].
12: ...]], an [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphized]] Northern Cardinal
15: :'''American Association pennants won''' (4): [[1885]], [[1886]], [[1887]], [[1888]] - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
1: This is a list of famous chemists:
6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
9: ...[[Johan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Scientist]], [[inventor]] of the telephone and innovations in aviation and hydrofo...
5: ...tle to what he is born with — a man is what he makes of himself. |
12: ...to his work in [[telecommunications]] technology, he was responsible for important advances in [[aviat...
15: ...in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], he later adopted the middle name Graham out of admiration for Alexande...
17: ... what other persons are saying by the motions of their lips. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931)
108: *[[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska]] (1891 - 1915) - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...ctrical effects are discussed under [[electrical phenomenon]] and [[electromagnetism]].
3: ... or charge. For example, "''Q'' = 0.5 C" means "the quantity of electric charge is 0.5 coulomb."
6: ...is is the origin of the word "electricity", from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''ēlektron'' = "[[a...
8: ...ght]]. Other devices discovered in Egyptian and other archaeological digs have been alleged to be [[ba...
10: ...(scientist)|William Watson]], experimenting with the Leyden jar, discovered in [[1747]] that a dischar... - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
4: ...r]]s, where the cars are permanently attached to the cable.
7: ...tively constant, although somewhat influenced by the current load.
9: ...cable speed too quickly and unacceptably jarring the [[passenger]]s.
11: ...lizes what is going on and halts the movement of the cable.
13: ...e they must be offset against the cost of moving the cable. - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Herbert Hoover
3: | image name=HerbertHoover.jpg
14: | wife=[[Lou Henry Hoover]]
19: ...t and died 31 years after leaving office, during the administration of [[Lyndon Johnson]] — his ...
21: ...r was young. His father died in 1880, and his mother in 1884. - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...aked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20th century BC|1900 BC]].
8: ...ry]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Golden Age".
11: ...y|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
14: ...the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
17: ...[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century BC .]] - March 23 (10340 bytes)
1: ...[Gregorian Calendar]] (83rd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 283 days remaining.
6: *[[752]] - [[Pope Stephen II|Stephen II]] becomes [[Pope]].
7: ...s IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
8: ...708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Forth]].
9: ...775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech - "[[give me libe... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
2: ... especially [[lung cancer]], [[emphysema]], and other disorders.
4: ...practice has rapidly declined in recent years in the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[western Europ...
6: ...smoking pipe|pipe]]. Cigarette smoking is by far the most common. Pipes and cigars are less common, an...
8: ... is strongest when tobacco smoke is inhaled into the lungs and increases with quantity and speed of ni...
10: ...diate rewards, while others deny the risks altogether. - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
3: ...nd the circuit. An entire set of cars hooked together is referred to as a [[Train (roller coaster)|tra...
9: ... and then backwards through the same course. And there are even roller coasters which are powered by a...
11: ...he circuit is the most common method of bringing the roller coaster ride to a stop.
15: ...]] effect when multiple trains become stopped at the end of each block.
17: ...loaded while #1 was running), then allow #1 into the station to unload. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
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