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- Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
3: ...]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
5: ...)|American Association]]. Transferred to the [[National League]] in [[1887]].
6: ...Bucs'', but that usage tapered off after the [[National Football League]] franchise called the [[Tampa...
12: :'''Division titles won''' (9): [[1970]], [[1971]], [[1972]],...
13: ...nants won''' (9): [[1901]], [[1902]], [[1903]], [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1927]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...tomatically solve the problem or predict the behavior of the system.
4: ...ine which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[computer science]]....
12: ...and zeros). Next, all operations on that information are reduced to simple [[Boolean algebra]].
14: ...athematical problems (and the majority of information processing problems that can be translated into ...
20: ...nown ways to successfully emulate human comprehension or self-awareness. See [[artificial intelligenc... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
50: ...st Carl Emil Erlenmeyer |Emil Erlenmayer]], (1825-1909), German chemist - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...Physics|Nobel Prize for Physics]] for his explanation of the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for his ser...
7: ...y. To this day Einstein receives popular recognition unprecedented for a scientist.
9: ==Biography==
14: ...nd, at the insistence of his mother, was given [[violin]] lessons.
16: ...t is that he had [[Asperger's syndrome]], a condition related to [[autism]]. - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
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4: ...ventor]] of the telephone and innovations in aviation and hydrofoil technology |
5: quotation=A man, as a general rule, owes very little to wh...
12: ... was responsible for important advances in [[aviation]] and [[hydrofoil]] technology.
14: ==Biography== - Garrett A. Morgan (5956 bytes)
2: ...ctive hood, invented a hair-straightening preparation and patented a type of [[Traffic light|traffic s...
5: ...e in his teens, he moved north to [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] in search of employment.
9: In [[1895]], Morgan moved to [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. There, he worked as a sewing machine repairman...
13: ...he first of several businesses he would own. In [[1909]], he expanded his business to include a tailorin...
15: ...1908]], Morgan helped found the Cleveland Association of Colored Men. The same year, he married Mary H... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...evement not only revolutionized industrial production in the United States and the rest of the world, ...
6: ...eldest of six children. As a child, Henry was passionate about mechanics, preferring to tinker in his ...
8: ...is being hired by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] company to service their steam en...
10: ...xperiments culminated in [[1896]] with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle named the [[Qu...
12: ...mpany, the [[Henry Ford Company]]. During this period, he personally drove his Quadricycle to victory ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
65: *[[Clodion]] - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
6: ==Operation==
7: The cable is itself powered by a stationary motor or engine situated in a cable house or ...
9: ... applying brakes. This gripping and ungripping action may be manual, as was the case in all early cabl...
13: ...use of the economy of centrally located power stations, and the ability for cars going down hill to tr...
16: ... ropes, the first cable car installation in operation was the [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line|West Side and Yo... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
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22: ...]] and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from [[1909]] to [[1911]].
26: Eisenhower was raised in the religion now known as [[Jehovah's Witness]]es.{{fn|1}} Hi...
30: ...enworth]], [[Kansas]], and then served as a battalion commander, at [[Fort Benning]], [[Georgia (U.S. ...
32: ...mie on the steps of St. Louis College at San Antonio, Texas in 1916.]] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]]."
20: ... peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...ves such as [[Ronald Reagan]] have praised his national leadership, while dismantling his social progr...
26: ...hich voted to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]—a matter of great pride to his great-gre... - Louis Bleriot (3099 bytes)
1: ...Image:Louis_Bleriot_2.jpg|thumb||220px|Louis Blériot]]
2: '''Louis Blériot''' ([[July 1]] [[1872]] – [[August 2]] [[1...
5: ... Paris]]. He developed an early interest in aviation and, in [[1900]], built a motor-powered machine ...
7: ==Blériot-Voisin Company==
8: ... motor. The company broke up in [[1906]] and Blériot began to build and fly aircraft of his own desig... - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
2: ... the best-known early [[Australia|Australian]] [[pioneer]] [[aviator]]. He completed the first non-sto...
4: ...ia]], and was one of seven children. From 1905 to 1909, he and his family lived in [[Vancouver]], [[Brit...
6: ...r]] and [[Captain Harry Lyon]] (who were the [[radio operator]], [[navigator]] and [[engineer]] for th...
10: ...oss''. The aircraft did not arrive at its destination. Eighteen months later, wreckage from the aircra...
12: ...to replace it) to honour his contribution to aviation and his accomplishments during his life. - Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
5: ...g machine |counter-claims]] by some people and nations at their start, and through to the present day.
8: ...[[Ohio]] in 1871. Both received high school educations but no diplomas.
10: ...y began their mechanical aeronautical experimentation in [[1899]]. The brothers extended the technolog...
14: ...rights always worked together, and their contributions to the aeroplane's development are inseparable.
17: ...tional control rather than simply lift and propulsion which would make sustained flight practical. To... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
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11: ... [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), bett...
13: ...nation of over 11 million people, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the H...
15: ...eat to become one of the world's most powerful nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] ultimately defeat... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...year before [[Robert Peary]] claimed to, April 6, 1909.<ref>Henderson, B. 2009, pp. 58-69</ref>
11: ===Early expeditions===
13: ...cquiesced in the attempted publication of the dictionary as his own work.
15: ...range. He would subsequently make a second expedition in 1906, and claim to have made the first ascent...
24: ...rom McKinley and 3 miles below its top. Barrill's 1909 affidavit included a map correctly locating the [... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
3: ...rer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of [[1910]]–[[1912]] which was the first t...
6: ...and]] in [[1888]] he decided on a life of exploration.
8: == First expeditions ==
10: ... an important lesson for Amundsen's future expeditions.
12: In [[1903]] Amundsen led the first expedition to traverse the [[Northwest Passage]] between th... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
9: ...opia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
11: *[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parliament]] repeals the [[Stam...
14: ...ance|French]] government [[Thiers]] orders evacuation of [[Paris]], a [[Paris_Commune|socialist]] gove...
16: ...ter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] operator.
19: ...[[Ukraine]] emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
13: ...lla]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in history.
17: *[[1942]] - The [[Thoroughbred Racing Association]] is established in [[Chicago]].
20: ...s, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
21: ...uiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[R鵮ion]] become overseas [[departement|d鰡rtements]] o...
23: ...t [[Madison Square Garden]] in the first [[television | televised]] prize [[boxing]] fight shown in co... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
14: ...h; Signature of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
15: *[[1899]] – At [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place...
17: ...tionalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
18: ..., the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
20: ...sh; The [[USS Langley|USS ''Langley'']] is commissioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft...
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