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- Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...ical roots in the democratic revolution that overthrew a dictatorial regime in [[1974]] and the subseq...
25: ... with some [[Arab]], mainly expelled after the [[Christian]] reconquest or [[Reconquista]]). In [[868]...
40: ...their own objective, searching for the legendary Christian Kingdom of [[Prester John]].
47: ...frica and, despite having no son and heir to the throne, decided to go personnaly into battle, where h...
53: ...his brother, King Miguel, a conservative who overthroned Queen Maria I, led to the civil war between 1... - Togo (15373 bytes)
61: ...posed him in a military coup on [[January 13]], [[1963]]. He was killed the next day, shot by Sgt. Etien...
71: ...h 52% of the vote, nearly being defeated by [[Gilchrist Olympio]], son of Sylvanus Olympio. Later inve...
73: ...ist Olympio]]'s attempts to beat the man who overthrew his father were scuppered yet again when he was...
95: ...rt political calm. Progress depends on following through on privatization, increased openness in gover... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
57: ... more democratic franchise. On [[December 31]], [[1963]], the federation was dissolved, and Northern Rho...
59: ... largely dependent on foreign expertise. Abroad, three of its neighbors--Southern Rhodesia and the Por...
61: ...on railroad lines south to South Africa and west through an increasingly troubled Angola.
63: ...lems. The Benguela Railroad, which extended west through Angola, was essentially closed to traffic fro...
71: ...rship from 1964 to 1991. Before 1972, Zambia had three significant political parties—UNIP, the A... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
52: ...n the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. The [[Apache]] revolted violently in [[...
54: ...the Church of San Felipe de Ner�[[1706]]). The through development of ranching and some farming in t...
60: ...with news that independent Mexico welcomed trade through Santa Fe.
64: American frontiersman [[Kit Carson|Kit (Christopher) Carson]], apprenticed to a saddler in th...
105: ...]], and State Treasurer [[Robert E. Vigil]]. All three are Democrats. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
124: * [[1657]]: [[Pendulum clock]]: [[Christiaan Huygens]]
128: ... [[Seed drill]]: [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]]
133: ...14]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
154: * [[1784]]: [[Shrapnel shell]]: [[Henry Shrapnel]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
105: *[[Yulduz Usmanova|Usmanova, Yulduz]], (born 1963), Uzbek singer - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
51: *[[Simon Yates|Yates, Simon]] (born [[1963]]), British mountaineer
120: *[[Jean-Christophe Yoccoz|Yoccoz, Jean-Christophe]], mathematician - Astronaut (7339 bytes)
18: ...ntina Tereshkova]], launched into space in June [[1963]] aboard [[Vostok 6]]. [[Alan Shepard]] became th...
22: The first non-governmental astronaut was [[Christa McAuliffe]], who was killed during the [[Spac... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
122: *[[Ignat_bednarik|Ignat Bednarik]] ([[1882]]-[[1963]])
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
193: *[[Georges Braque]] ([[1882]]-[[1963]]) - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
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34: ... In Philadelphia, where I had been working before 1963, Samuel Noah Kramer was busy making available to ... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
51: ...ur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
52: *[[Christopher Cockerell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) &md...
112: *[[John Harrison]], (1693-1776) — marine chronometer
158: *[[Garrett A. Morgan]], (1877-1963) — African-American Inventor of the [[gas m...
164: ...7) — reflecting telescope (which reduces [[chromatic aberration]]) - World War I (62979 bytes)
8: ...egard World War I as merely the first phase of a three-decade long war spanning the period [[1914]]&nd...
16: ...heir to the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] throne, was [[assassination in Sarajevo|assassinated ...
41: ...ons ([[July 25]]) and declared war ([[July 28]]) through a telegram sent to the Serbian government.
49: ...c Ocean|Atlantic]] ports would be an even larger threat to British trade as a whole.
56: ...ed under the leadership of [[Stepa Stepanovic]]. Three days later the Austrians retreated across the D... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
12: ...ence theory]]). It also involved covert conflict through acts of [[espionage]]. Beyond the actual kill...
49: ...ted States), [[MI6]] (United Kingdom), [[Bundesnachrichtendienst|BND]] (West Germany), [[Stasi]] (East...
54: There have been three distinct periods in the western study of the Co...
60: ...action to cope with instability in Europe, which threatened to drastically alter the balance of power ...
67: ...rtial or [[Limited Test Ban Treaty]] (PTBT/LTBT): 1963. Also put forth by Kennedy; banned nuclear tests... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
50: ... period, and since successive French governments threatened to become less cooperative in Europe if th...
61: ...without resistance. The Viet Minh sent telegrams throughout Tonkin announcing its victory, and local V...
69: ...ring at Fontainbleau, near Paris, and dragged on throughout the summer. Ho signed a modus vivendi (tem...
96: ...of both socialism, and a democratic process that threatened to irreversibly install it. The North Viet...
101: ... through proxy parties, as a way to mitigate the threat of direct [[nuclear war]] between the two [[su... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
64: ...ade.jpg|thumb|Kennedy's motorcade on November 22, 1963]]
65: *[[1963]] - [[John F. Kennedy]] assassinated
66: *[[1963]] - [[Lyndon Johnson]] becomes President
67: *[[1963]] - [[Atomic Test Ban Treaty]]
68: *[[1963]] - [[March on Washington]]; [[Martin Luther King... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
11: [[Image:Chrost.jpg|250px|thumb|The "Big Three" Allied leaders at Yalta: British Prime Minste...
17: ...us destruction of infrastructure and populations throughout Eurasia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ...
30: ...hinese Government of [[Chiang Kai-shek]] was overthrown by Communist leader [[Mao Tse-tung]], who proc...
47: ...ned, noncommunist states in the [[Third World]]. Khrushchev also increased Soviet power by developing ...
49: ...etback, the Soviets garnered a huge victory when Khrushchev formed an alliance with [[Cuba]] after [[F... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
3: ...ssination|assassination of John F. Kennedy]] in [[1963]] changed the political mood of the country. The...
20: ...[1960s]] during President [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s ([[1963]]-[[1969]]) "War on Poverty." Although some of th...
46: ...platform. Johnson's vice president, [[Hubert Humphrey]], also ran for the nomination, promising to co...
48: ...e Humphrey's support within the party elite. Humphrey won the nomination of his party, and ran agains...
66: ...rowth and inflation, known as "[[stagflation]]," through higher taxes and lower spending, which met st... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
48: ...e [[1838]], the city has also been noted for its thriving furniture industry.
82: ...s]] and [[1900s]] [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Chrysler]] and [[General Motors]] were founded in sou...
99: ...l Michigan Constitutions of 1835, 1850, 1908, and 1963]
140: ...mobile]] industry. However, it is also home to a thriving tourist industry, with destinations such as ...
146: ...Motors]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Daimler-Chrysler]]), [[Amway]], [[Cereal]] ([[Kellogg's]]), [... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
22: ...Timepiece Standards in North America: [[Railroad chronometers]].
36: ... but retained his claim to the [[King of Albania|throne]].
41: *[[1967]] - Dr. [[Christiaan Barnard]] performs the second successful [...
49: *[[1993]] - Leaders of the three warring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss ...
58: *[[1777]] - [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], German sculptor (d. [[1857]... - Lightning (33113 bytes)
6: ...e emission of [[light]]. The electricity passing through the discharge channels rapidly heats and expa...
12: ...ched a key and tied it to a post with a [[silk]] thread. As time passed Franklin noticed the loose fib...
22: ... rain become electrically polarized as they fall through the atmosphere's natural electric field, and ...
46: ...n American World Airways|Pan Am]] flight 214 in [[1963]]. Positive lightning is now also thought to be r...
87: ...r no noise at all. Some have been known to pass through windows and even dissipate with a bang. Ball ...
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