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- Tanzania (17411 bytes)
1: The '''United Republic of Tanzania''' (''Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania'' in [[Swahili]]) is a ...
7: native_name = Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania |
11: national_motto = Uhuru na Umoja ([[Swahili]]: Freedom and Unity) |
39: ...om the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[December 9]], [[1961]] <br> [[December 19]], [[1963]] <br> [[April 26...
59: ... Minister]] when Tanganyika became independent in 1961. Tanganyika and the neighbouring [[Zanzibar]] &m... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
59: ...sular land mass that makes up Qatar has sustained human development for thousands of years, for the bu...
61: ...lthough the discovery of oil and hydrocarbon some hundred years later would reinvigorate their interes...
63: ...into the seven-imarat [[United Arab Emirates]]. Thus 1971 marked the inauguration of Qatar as an inde...
73: [[Image:Qa-map.PNG|right|thumbnail|Map of Qatar]] - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
34: | [[April 27]], [[1961]]
56: ...his culminated in independence on [[April 27]], [[1961]]. Sir [[Milton Margai]] (1895-1964) was its firs...
81: [[Image:Sl-map.gif|thumb|Map of Sierra Leone]]
91: ...plans to reopen [[bauxite]] and [[rutile]] mines shut down during the conflict. The major source of ha... - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...[protectorate]] of [[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland]], Botswana adopted its new name after bec...
58: ...], [[1885]] made "[[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland]]" under a [[protectorate]]. The northern ...
60: ...ican advisory council was formed in 1951, and the 1961 [[constitution]] established a consultative legis...
73: ...] enforced by the courts, and Botswana has a good human rights record.
94: [[Image:Botswana map.png|thumb|right|250px|Map of Botswana]] - Cuba (25106 bytes)
12: ...s landing at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs)on April 17,1961 where they were met by castro's army, and fought ...
18: ...ears to its [[Paris Club]] debtors to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, Cuba's economy has ...
36: ...and receiving money from the US government. See [[Human rights in Cuba]]
68: [[Image:Cu-map.png|350px|thumb|Map of Cuba]]
90: ...stimated 1 billion dollars economic damage from [[hurricane Charley]]), depressed tourism, and falteri... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
90: ...esent, some to keep the peace, others assigned to hunt for remnants of the [[Taliban]] and [[al Qaeda]...
143: [[Image:AfghanistanNumbered.png|thumb|250px|right|Map showing provinces of Afghanista...
220: *Toynbee, Arnold J. 1961. ''Between Oxus and Jumna''. Oxford University Pr... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
82: ...an joint committee of the Jamaican legislature in 1961-62, approved in the [[United Kingdom]] and includ...
128: The climate in Jamaica is tropical, with hot and humid weather, although inland regions have a more t...
139: ...mage:alligator_pond_Jamaica_fishing_boats_gm.jpg|thumb|Fishing boats and bauxite cargo ships share the...
150: Over the past several decades, hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans have [[emigration... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ... [[Gulf of Guinea]]. The name [[Congo]] (meaning 'hunter') is coined after the [[Bakongo]] tribe, livi...
72: ...ville but was recaptured and then flown (January, 1961), on orders from the Belgian Minister for African...
80: ...chieved, but Mobutu's government was accused of [[human rights]] violations, repression, a [[cult of p...
138: [[Image:ISS007-E-6305.jpg|275px|thumb|right|Image of Kinshasa and Brazzaville, taken ...
158: [[Image:Map_-_DR_Congo,_major_languages.png|thumb|right|Map of the major Bantu languages in the D... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
41: | [[June 19]], [[1961]] from the United Kingdom
61: [[Image:KuwaitOilWells.jpg|thumb|right|During the first Gulf War, most of Kuwait...
68: ...b states to declare independence on [[June 19]] [[1961]]. Iraq challenged this declaration, claiming tha...
70: ...q (under [[Saddam Hussein]]) in August [[1990]]. Hussein's primary justifications included a charge t...
72: ...sident [[George H. W. Bush]] ultimately condemned Hussein's actions, and moved to drive out Iraqi forc... - Gabon (7342 bytes)
70: The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was [[L鯮 M’ba]], with [[El Hadj Omar Bon...
91: [[Image:Gabon sm04.png|thumb|right|270px|Map of Gabon]] - Malawi (22306 bytes)
49: ...ty of [[Lake Malawi]] 50,000 to 60,000 years ago. Human remains at a site dated about 8000 BC show phy...
51: ...nary|missionaries]]. Other missionaries, traders, hunters, and planters soon followed.
57: On [[April 15]], [[1961]], the MCP won an overwhelming victory in electio...
61: ...asing domestic unrest and pressure from Malawian churches and from the international community led to ...
82: [[Image:Mi-map.png|thumb|Map of Malawi]] - Portugal (61755 bytes)
17: ...tal, because of their alliance with Rome. [[Viriathus]], the Lusitanian leader, drove the Roman forces...
21: [[Image:Castelo guimaraes2.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The [[10th century|10th-century]] [...
27: ...nty. The city of [[Braga]], the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] center of the Iberian Peninsula, fa...
42: ...(a trading post) for commerce with inland Africa thus, circumventing the Arab [[caravan]]s that crosse...
44: [[image:Get image.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Palace of Pena]] in [[Sintra]], o... - Flag of Kansas (1706 bytes)
1: [[Image:Kansas_flag.jpg|thumb|right|Flag of Kansas. Image provided by [http:/...
9: * [[Native American|Indian]]s hunting [[American Bison]] (the buffalo are fleeing ...
19: ...s State Legislature in [[1927]] and modified in [[1961]] (the word "Kansas" was added below the seal in ... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
1: [[image:ruthbatting.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ruth batting for the Yankees]]
2: ...years until it was broken by [[Roger Maris]] in [[1961]]. He also was a member of the original [[America...
10: [[Image:Babe ruth holding baseball.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, st...
12: ...n. But, instead of getting his comeuppance, Babe shut the other team down.
21: [[image:Babe_ruth.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Babe Ruth started on his annual job today... - California (63989 bytes)
98: ...esource-rich coasts large chiefdoms, such as the Chumash, Pomo and Salinan. Trade, intermarriage, and ...
101: ...remote northern province of the nation of Mexico. Huge cattle ranches, or ranchos, emerged as the domi...
113: ...railroad]]. After this rail link was established, hundreds of thousands of Americans came west, where ...
122: ...ucuses. Many important legislative decisions are thus not made on the floor of the legislature but in ...
152: ... central valley, tall mountains, hot deserts, and hundreds of miles of scenic coastline. With an area... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
39: [[Image:Bales of hay.jpg|thumb|left|Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa.]]<...
59: [[Image:Iowa neighbors.jpg|thumb|Iowa neighbors]]
60: [[Image:National-atlas-iowa.png|thumb|Iowa map]]
61: [[Image:Iowa counties with names.jpg|thumb|Iowa counties]]
67: ...rn border of the state. Some of these are several hundred feet thick. In the northeast along the Missi... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ... Champlain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the eas...
57: ...[[Mount Ellen]], [[Mount Abraham]], and [[Camel's Hump]]. The lowest point in the state is [[Lake Cham...
58: ...ribes out of Vermont, later using the area as a [[hunting]] ground and warring with the remaining Aben...
62: ...rmont and the site of the first [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]].
68: ... settlements were made by the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] to protect its settlers on the western... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
96: ...|Michael Fitzpatrick]] (R, 8th District); [[Bill Shuster]] (R, 9th District); [[Don Sherwood]] (R, 10t...
105: [[Image:National-atlas-pennsylvania.png|thumb|300px|Pennsylvania cities and rivers]]
113: [[Image:Pauds.jpg|thumb|right|A sample version of the current Pennsylva...
118: ...rge community today in the central mountains). In 1961 an exposed seam of coal at [[Centralia, Pennsylva...
121: ...mage:Farming near Klingerstown, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|200px|Farming near Klingerstown, Pennsylvania.]... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
51: By the [[1820s]] and [[1830s]], the British [[Hudson's Bay Company]] dominated the [[Pacific North...
77: [[Image:Oregon_DEM_relief_map.gif|thumb|[[Digital elevation model]] relief map of Orego...
101: [[Image:Or08s.jpg|thumb|right|A sample version of an older Oregon [[lic...
164: ...ll 50 states. While some parts of the USA have [[church]] membership rates as high as 80 %, it runs on...
170: [[Image:National-atlas-oregon.png|thumb|300px|Oregon, showing major cities and towns]] - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
31: ...w International Dictionary|Webster's Third]] in [[1961]], was enough to provoke outrage among many with ...
51: ...y the G&C Merriam Company of [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] which still publishes ''Merriam-Webster'' ...
65: *[[Shuowen Jiezi]]
160: ...onary] A collection of slang, colloquialisms, and humorous fake and made-up words. Accepts new entries...
212: ...ft of Lexicography'', Sidney I. Landau, Simon & Schuster, 1998, hardcover, ISBN 0684180960
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