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- Ireland (33828 bytes)
2: ...d is located west of the European landmass, which is part of the continent of [[Europe]].]]
3: ...dom]], which covers the northeastern sixth of the island.
5: The [[population]] of the island is approximately 5.7 million people, 4 million in th...
7: ...cotland]], the [[Isle of Man]] and [[Wales]] are visible to the east.]]
10: ...p. See also [[:Image:Ireland_physical_large.png|this larger version]] with more details.]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...etermined through a [[best-of-nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Se...
3: ...onship Series|National League champion]] [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and the [[2004 American League Champi...
5: ...jor League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Serie...
7: ...ecause there are more divisions and each division is smaller.
9: ...no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team ou... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
2: {{MLB Orioles franchise}}
3: ...ltimore, Maryland]]. They are in the Eastern Division of the [[American League]]. They are owned by ...
5: ...rts|1893]], as the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] franchise in the minor Western League. In [[1900 in sport...
6: ...wn as:''' Milwaukee Brewers, 1894-1901. [[St. Louis Browns]], [[1902 in sports|1902]]-[[1953 in sport...
8: ...] [[1954]]-[[1991]], [[Sportsman's Park]] (St. Louis) - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
1: {{MLB Cubs franchise}}
2: ...based in [[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
5: ...]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this time, but that name didn't stick.
6: ...'Home ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
10: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1989]], [[2003]... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
1: {{MLB White Sox franchise}}
3: ...[Chicago, Illinois]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[American League]].
5: ... sports|1893]], as the [[Sioux City, Iowa]] franchise in the minor [[Western League (U.S. baseball)|We...
6: ...huskers, 1894. St. Paul, 1895-1899. "White Sox" is short for "White Stockings".
7: ...iskey Park, was opened in 1991; the original [[Comiskey Park]] was in use from 1910 to 1990.) - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
1: {{MLB Dodgers franchise}}
3: ...Angeles, California]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[National League]].
8: ...]] ([[1913]]-[[1957]]), [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] ([[1958]]-[[1961]]), [[Dodger Stadium]] ([[1...
12: :'''Division titles won''' (10): [[1974]], [[1977]], [[1978...
14: ...ants won''' (21): [[1890]], [[1899]], [[1900]], [[1916]], [[1920]], [[1941]], [[1947]], [[1949]], [[1952... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
1: {{MLB Athletics franchise}}
3: ...rn Division of the [[American League]]. The team is often called the '''A's'''.
5: ...he [[American League]]. Moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]] in [[1955]] and to Oakland in [[1968]].
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[McAfee Coliseum]], Oakland
11: :'''Division titles won''' (13): [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1973... - 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 - )
44: *[[Rembrandt Bugatti]] (1884 - 1916) - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
2: ...Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ...ion = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
10: subdivision_type = [[City-County]] | - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Tampico, Illinois]]
23: ...oreen]], [[Ireland]] in the [[1860s]]. Prior to his grandfather's emigration, the family name had bee...
25: ...gh School. Reagan always considered Dixon to be his home-town.
27: ...her Neil, with parents Jack and Nelle Reagan. (c. 1916-17)]]
29: ...away from Dixon on the nearby [[Rock River (Illinois)|Rock River]]. He continued to work as a lifeguar... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
22: ...12]]-[[1961]]) and Lucia ([[1916]]-[[1997]]) and his brother Sam Houston ([[1914]]-[[1978]]). Johnson ...
24: ...school [[newspaper]], and spent a year away from his studies teaching school, Johnson somehow managed ...
27: ...[Richard M. Kleberg]] and was later rewarded for his work in the campaign with an appointment to be th...
29: ...ed their positions, and gained their respect for his abilities. Lyndon's friends soon included some of...
31: ... His daughters' given names are examples, as was his dog later in life (Little [[Beagle]] Johnson). - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Dwight D. Eisenhower
3: | image name=Eisenhower official.jpg
10: | place of birth=[[Denison, Texas]]
14: | wife=[[Mamie Eisenhower]]
18: '''Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower''' ([[October 14]], [[1890]] – [[Mar... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
18: ...k. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]]."
20: ...ught to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...aised his national leadership, while dismantling his social programs.
26: ... Constitution]]—a matter of great pride to his great-great-grandson Franklin.
28: ... branches remained friendly: James Roosevelt met his wife at a Roosevelt family gathering at Oyster Ba... - Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
16: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
25: ...n your socks?" Without cracking a smile and with his usual seriousness, Calvin answered, "No, but I fi...
27: ...ere, anytime." [http://www.americanpresident.org/history/calvincoolidge/][http://ap.grolier.com/articl...
30: ...of Ohio|Ohio Governor]] [[James M. Cox]] and [[Assistant Secretary of the Navy]] [[Franklin D. Rooseve...
32: ...nators from Kansas|Kansas senator]] [[Charles Curtis]] on their way to the Capitol building on inaugur... - Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
1: ...50px|Alberto Santos-Dumont]]<br>Santos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat.<BR>From the archives of the...
4: public flight of an [[airplane]] in [[Paris]] in October of [[1906]].
6: ...se of catapults, high winds, or other external assistance.
9: ...ive use of the latest labor-saving inventions in his vast property. So successful were these innovatio...
11: ...his books before his tenth birthday. He wrote in his [[autobiography]] that the dream of flying came t... - Blimp (3839 bytes)
1: ...he envelope. For a more complete description of this style of [[aircraft]], please see [[airship]].
3: ...s usually given to Lt. A.D. Conningham of the British [[Royal Navy]] in [[1915]].
5: ...ive explanation for the term. The erroneous story is that at some time in the early [[20th century]], ...
7: ...he first appearance of the word in print was in [[1916]], in [[England]], a year before the first B-clas...
9: The perpetuation of this erroneous explanation is an example of [[fake etymology]]. - Helicopter (20080 bytes)
1: ...l <b>fixed-wing aircraft</b>. The word helicopter is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words '...
5: ...ation, and land anywhere with a clearing a rotor disk and a half in diameter.
9: ...ped items), or as a mount for still, film or television cameras.
11: ==History==
13: ...oy as kids and were very much fascinated by it. This toy eventually made its way to Europe via trade a... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ... his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), better known as ...
13: ...power, the armies of [[Nazi Germany]] and its [[Axis Powers]] dominated much of [[Europe]] during [[Wo...
15: ... [[suicide]] in a [[Berlin]] [[F?unker|bunker]]. His intended [[Third Reich|thousand-year Reich]] ende...
20: ...e is little indication that Alois Hitler treated his son more strictly than was usual for that time an...
22: ...as ironically closely related to Hiedler through his mother's family, too. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
1: '''March 17''' is the 76th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
6: *[[45 BC]] - In his last victory, [[Julius Caesar]] defeats the [[Pom...
7: ...on of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
8: ... their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
9: ...ork City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). - March 19 (9902 bytes)
1: '''March 19''' is the 78th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calen...
7: ...uth of the [[Mississippi River]], is murdered by his own men.
8: ...of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ($245,000 taken).
11: ...1914]] - [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian volcanologist (b. [[1850]])
12: *[[1915]] - [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is photographed for the first time but was not recog...
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