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  1. 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.
    13: ...nants won''' (9): [[1901]], [[1902]], [[1903]], [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1927]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979...
    14: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (5): [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979]]
  2. Computer (32773 bytes)
    1: [[image:powermacG5_large.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[computer case|tower]] of a [[personal computer]...
    3: ...lly solve the problem or predict the behavior of the system.
    4: The discipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is calle...
    8: ... particles or any other well-understood physical phenomenon. Although computers have been built out o...
    10: ... signal|analog]]'' computers were once common in the 1960s but are now rarer.
  3. 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
  4. Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
    3: ...[photoelectric effect]] and "for his services to Theoretical Physics".
    5: ... his later years, his fame exceeded that of any other scientist in [[history of science and technology...
    7: ... is manifested in the material universe - all of these show through in his work and philosophy. To th...
    12: ...tein.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Young Einstein before the Einsteins moved from Germany to Italy.]]
    14: ...mentary school]] and, at the insistence of his mother, was given [[violin]] lessons.
  5. 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.
  6. Garrett A. Morgan (5956 bytes)
    2: ...al]]. He is renowned for a heroic rescue in which he used his hood to save workers trapped in a tunnel...
    5: ...d sisters on the family farm. While in his teens, he moved north to [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] in search of ...
    7: ...chool at a young age, in order to work. However, the teenaged Morgan hired his own tutor, and continue...
    9: ...95]], Morgan moved to [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. There, he worked as a sewing machine repairman for a clothi...
    11: Morgan married Madge Nelson in [[1896]]; they were divorced in [[1898]].
  7. Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
    2: ...s influence over modern culture that many social theorists identify this phase of economic and social ...
    6: ...propelled vehicle, a steam powered thresher, for the first time.
    8: ...ic Corporation|Westinghouse]] company to service their steam engines. Upon his marriage to Clara Brya...
    10: ...ropelled vehicle named the [[Quadricycle]], which he test-drove on [[June 4]] of that year.
    12: ...tors, including [[Henry M. Leland]] in 1902, and the company was reorganized as [[Cadillac (automobile...
  8. 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)
  9. 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.
  10. Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
    18: ... [[World War II]], with the rank of [[General of the Army]].
    22: ...]] and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from [[1909]] to [[1911]].
    24: ...senhower]] served in the [[United States Army]], then became an author and served as U.S. Ambassador t...
    26: ...s five years old, until she died. Eisenhower's father was an active member only early in Dwight's life...
    30: ...llege]] at [[Fort Leavenworth]], [[Kansas]], and then served as a battalion commander, at [[Fort Benni...
  11. Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
    7: | preceded=[[Herbert Hoover]]
    16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
    18: ...and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]...
    20: ...ion to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
    22: ...als criticise measures such as the internment of the Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]] and hi...
  12. Louis Bleriot (3099 bytes)
    2: ... the first flight over a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft.
    5: ... ornithopters before, this experiment failed, but he continued working toward a practical aeroplane.
    8: ...eloped a biplane powered by an Antoinette motor. The company broke up in [[1906]] and Blériot began t...
    11: ...aeroplane got off the ground in 1907 but soon crashed and was abandoned.
    14: ...e French and worrying the British, who felt that they had suddenly become vulnerable to air attack.
  13. Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
    2: ...cult eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the [[United States]], in [[1934]].
    4: ...17]]. For his services in battle, he was awarded the [[Military Cross]].
    6: ...gsford Smith and his historic epic flight across the Pacific.
    8: ...to Australia [[air race]], and, flying solo, won the event.
    10: ...off the south coast of [[Burma]]. The remains of the crew have never been located.
  14. Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
    5: ...eople and nations at their start, and through to the present day.
    10: ...ir. They developed three-axis control and established principles of control still used today.
    12: ...cle), were critical to their success in creating the mechanical airplane.
    14: ...ways worked together, and their contributions to the aeroplane's development are inseparable.
    17: ...ks the flyer held, and he could pull one or the other to make it turn left or right.
  15. Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
    11: ... German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party.
    13: ...llion [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]].
    15: ...[Third Reich|thousand-year Reich]] ended shortly thereafter.
    20: ...es his father as an "irascible tyrant"; however, there is little indication that Alois Hitler treated ...
    22: ...nically closely related to Hiedler through his mother's family, too.
  16. Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
    2: ...e [[Robert Peary]] claimed to, April 6, 1909.<ref>Henderson, B. 2009, pp. 58-69</ref>
    7: ...' Long), recent [[Germany|German]] immigrants to the [[USA]].
    9: ...le Hunt; they had one daughter, Helene. In 1923 they were [[divorce]]d.
    13: ...later acquiesced in the attempted publication of the dictionary as his own work.
    15: ...econd expedition in 1906, and claim to have made the first ascent of that mountain (this claim is disc...
  17. Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
    3: ...10]]&ndash;[[1912]] which was the first to reach the [[South Pole]].
    6: ... Nansen]]'s crossing of [[Greenland]] in [[1888]] he decided on a life of exploration.
    10: ... doctor, [[Frederick Cook]]. Cook probably saved the crew from [[scurvy]], an important lesson for Amu...
    12: ...end two winters exploring over land and ice from the place today called [[Gjoa Haven, Nunavut|Gjoa Hav...
    14: ... feet (1 m), a larger ship could never have used the route.
  18. March 18 (10594 bytes)
    1: ...[[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 days remaining.
    6: *[[37]] - The [[Roman Senate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and pr...
    7: ...]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
    10: ... Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
    11: ...ct 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
  19. March 19 (9902 bytes)
    1: ...[[Gregorian calendar]] (79th in [[leap year]]s). There are 287 days remaining.
    6: ...gol]]ian victory in the [[Battle of Yamen]] ends the [[Song Dynasty]] in [[China]].
    7: ...velier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of the [[Mississippi River]], is murdered by his own men...
    8: ...he [[City Bank of New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history...
    9: *[[1861]] - The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]].
  20. March 20 (10075 bytes)
    1: ...[[Gregorian Calendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 days remaining.
    7: *[[1413]] &ndash; [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of [[England]].
    8: ...dash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
    9: ...dia]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
    10: *[[1760]] &ndash; The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]]...

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