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- Garrett A. Morgan (5956 bytes)
2: ...is renowned for a heroic rescue in which he used his hood to save workers trapped in a tunnel system f...
5: ...rothers and sisters on the family farm. While in his teens, he moved north to [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] in ...
7: ...enaged Morgan hired his own tutor, and continued his studies while living in Cincinnati.
9: ...e repairman for a clothing manufacturer. News of his skill at fixing things and experimenting spread q...
13: ...usinesses he would own. In [[1909]], he expanded his business to include a tailoring shop that provide... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
25: *[[Antoine-Louis Barye]]
38: *[[Louise Bourgeois]] (1911 - )
55: *[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] (1827 - 1875) - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
1: In the [[history of the United States]], '''Reconstruction''' ...
3: ==Laws and legislation==
4: ... of laws, passed by the Federal government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegratin...
6: ...etoed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1866]]; however, his veto was overridden.
8: ...ted on [[July 24]], [[1866]]) into five military districts. - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ...Latinos]], who tend to use the term "Latino" or "Hispanic," or to recent African immigrants, who usual...
10: ...African Americans live in the United States, comprising 12.9 percent of the total population. At the t...
12: ==African-American history==
13: ''Main article: [[African-American history]]''
15: ...an society and politics. The growth of [[abolitionism]], which opposed the institution of slavery, cul... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: '''March 18''' is the 77th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calen...
9: *[[1608]] - [[Sissinios of Ethiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
10: ...erkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]]. - Jackson, Mississippi (21073 bytes)
1: ...|Hinds County]]; [[Raymond, Mississippi|Raymond]] is the other county seat. The city has self-styled i...
5: state = Mississippi|
12: county = [[Hinds County, Mississippi|Hinds County]] |
28: == History ==
29: ...n has not lasted to the present day. The state legislature first met in Jackson on [[December 23]], 18... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169...
58: *[[Francis Baily]] ([[Britain]], [[1774]] – [[1844]]) - Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
1: ...ised by Master Fulbert", by [[Romanticism|Romanticist]] painter [[Jean Vignaud]] (1819)]]
2: ... The story of his affair with his student, [[Heloise (student of Abelard)|Héloïse]] has become lege...
7: ...ed from school to school for instruction and exercise, or some years later, after he had already begun...
9: ===Rise to fame===
10: ... Heloisa.jpg|thumb|left|Abelard and his pupil, Eloise, by Edmund Blair Leighton]] - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Tennis (24557 bytes)
1: ...Century, the game spread first throughout the English-speaking world, particularly among the upper cla...
3: ...illions of players, millions of people follow tennis as a spectator sport, especially the four [[Grand...
8: :''Main article: [[Tennis_court|Tennis court]]''
10: ...nis_court.png|right|frame|The dimensions of a tennis court, in [[feet]].]]
12: ...aselines dividing it into two equal ends. The net is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) high at the posts, and 3... - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
1: ...nd Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament, or medalists at the [[Olympic Games]]:
5: ... Agassi]] ([[1970]]-) - ([[:Category:American tennis players|United States]])
6: ...an tennis players|South Africa]] - doubles specialist
8: ...ander]] ([[1951]]-) - ([[:Category:Australian tennis players|Australia]])
9: *[[Wilmer Allison, Jr.]] ([[1904]]-[[1977]]) (United States) - United States House of Representatives (41197 bytes)
2: ...wo-year terms. The presiding officer of the House is known as the [[Speaker of the United States House...
4: ...of both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation. However, some powers (such as the power to...
6: ...ber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the [[United States ...
8: ==History==
9: ...ntation. The Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (nine out of the 13) in [[178... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
10: ideology = [[Conservatism]] |
18: ...ern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservatism|conservative]] of the two major parties.
20: ...expansion of [[slavery]] into new territories, it is not to be confused with the [[United States Democ...
31: ...resident Bush, there has been an increasing emphasis on cultivating deeper loyalty among core social c... - History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
3: ...eyond the period of the [[Greeks]]. In their own histories, they are proud to mention the [[Hurrian]] ...
5: ...lity with the other nations of western Asia, that is, with the [[Syria]]ns and [[Hittite]]s, the [[Sus...
7: ...ised, owing to the immigration at this period of history of tribes in overwhelming numbers who, from w...
9: ...], and furnished a contingent of fighting men to his successors, being thus mentioned under the names ...
11: ... a Greek inscription at [[Behistun]] near the Kurdish capital of [[Kermanshah]]. - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
1: {{History of Germany}}
5: ... territory of the empire originally included what is now [[Germany]], [[Austria]], the [[Czech Republi...
7: ...The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
15: ...r of the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts w...
17: ...s - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the ... - Mexican-American War (9503 bytes)
5: ...ccc|[[Military history of Mexico]]<BR>[[Military history of the United States]]
39: ... '''War of Northern Aggression''' (this last name is more commonly used in the [[U.S. South|American S...
42: ...s between the two countries over territory were raised when the United States government offered to pa...
51: ...ease and unsanitary conditions during the war. It is also estimated that, if post-war deaths from war-...
53: ...e historians claim that these men were actually prisoners of war and forced to fight for Mexico. Other... - Erbium (9509 bytes)
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82: ...olspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffbfff" | '''Miscellaneous'''
108: ...align="center" bgcolor="#ffbfff" | '''Most stable isotopes''' - Technetium (32113 bytes)
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16: ...Name]], [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
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109: ...color="#ffc0c0" | <font color="black">Most stable isotopes</font> - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
1: {{History of Greece}}
2: ...es (or perhaps at any period), and accordingly it is more usual now to use the more general geographic...
4: ==Distinctive features==
7: ... untrue. The Aegean civilization developed three distinctive features.
11: ...e 1950s of [[Linear B]] unlocked the meaning of this script, but an earlier script [[Linear A]] remain...
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