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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
13: ...me the first animal in orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being...
31: ...er an agreement signed on [[June 14]], [[1962]]. Although it was officially an inter-governmental spac...
59: ===1957-1975===
72: ||[[August 21]] [[1957]]
77: ||[[October 4]] [[1957]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]])
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
69: *[[George Ault]] ([[1891]]-[[1948]])
74: *[[Milton Avery]] ([[1885]]-[[1965]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...on Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, destroying the wings and causing Icarus to fal...
15: ...[[15th century]]. While this glider was never built by Leonardo, its plans were preserved and it was ...
17: ...that such flights can take place without danger, although when the first trials are made you may have ...
19: ...tailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere.
29: ...ter that his efforts became well known. Another delta hang-glider had been constructed by [[Wilhelm Kr... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
14: ...96)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
37: *[[Walter Houser Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor ...
77: ...S. Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam
90: *[[Robert Fulton]], (1765-1815) — steamboat engine
109: ...lton (engineer) | William Hamilton]], jet boat in 1957 - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
6: |Date||[[1957]]–[[1975]]
10: |Result||• Capitulation of South Vietnam<br>• R...
22: !colspan="2" |Casualties
27: !colspan="2" |'''Civilian Casualties: ''' c. 2—4 million
33: The '''Vietnam War''' was fought from [[1957]] to [[1975]] between Vietnamese nationalist and ... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
12: *[[1952]] - [[McCarran-Walter Act|Immigration and Nationality Act]]
33: *[[1957]] - [[Eisenhower Doctrine]]
34: *[[1957]] - [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]]
35: *[[1957]] - Russians launch [[Sputnik]]; "[[space race]]"...
36: *[[1957]] - First nuclear power plant goes into service - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...n the meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...ill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[Joseph S...
13: ... division of [[Korea]]. Politically, therefore, Yalta was an agreement on the postwar status quo in wh...
17: ...n of national self-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous destruction of infrastructure and p...
24: ... that the Soviets had to be "contained" using "unalterable counterforce at every point," until the bre... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
42: ...chigan and Ohio militia maneuvered in the area. Ultimately, Congress awarded the "[[Toledo Strip]]" t...
46: ...ransformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the socio-economic climate of [[United States...
56:
59: *[[1760s]] [[Chief Pontiac]] led a major revolt of the [[Ottawa tribe]] against the British.
69: *[[1828]] Territorial Capitol built in [[Detroit]] at a cost of $24,500. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
32: ...] severely damaged the [[Llandaff Cathedral]], built in [[1290]] on the bank of the [[River Taff]] in ...
39: *[[1957]] - [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] a...
42: ...ush at [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] v [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] [[Football (soccer)|football]] match, [[Glasg...
80: *[[1942]] - [[Hugh Shelton]], American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Sta...
120: *[[2000]] - [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.]], American admiral (b. [[1920]]) - Clock (10086 bytes)
53: ...um clock attracted the attention of designers resulting in a proliferation of clock forms. Notably, th...
122: ...s Joseph Singer, et. al. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957, pp. 648-675. - DNA (29095 bytes)
5: ...at make up [[plant]]s, [[animal]]s and in other multi-cellular [[organism]]s, by contrast, most of the...
39: Although sometimes called "the molecule of heredity",...
47: The cell's machinery is capable of ''melting'' or disassociating a DNA double helix, and us...
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52: {{multi-video item | - Flood (7770 bytes)
5: ...n a [[rain]]fall does occur, it can sometimes result in a sudden flood of water filling dry streambeds...
7: ...was of great significance to many early farming cultures, most famously to the ancient [[Egypt]]ians o...
14: ...h [[heat wave]]s, [[flash flood]]s from quickly melting mountain [[snow]] has caused loss of property ...
22: ...[Netherlands]], where they are referred to as [[Delta Works]] with the [[Oosterschelde|Oosterscheldeda...
27: .... The [[United States]] has donated hurricane shelters to the country, and [[India]] provides the Ban... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...y two members, regardless of population; as a result, the total membership of the body is 100. Senator...
4: ...ose exclusively enumerated to the House. As a result, the responsibilities of the Senate (the "[[upper...
14: ...]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate fallin...
16: ...Amendment]]. The Amendment ultimately had the result of making senators more responsive to the concern...
37: ...or.htm--> In [[1934]], [[Rush D. Holt, Sr.|Rush Holt]] was elected to the Senate at the age of twenty-... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
16: ''See [[List of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
22: ...e in [[1951]] and four more in [[1954]] through [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two-time champion [[...
26: ...and [[Denny Hulme]], British teams and [[commonwealth]] drivers won twelve world championships between...
37: ... turbocharged engines, which [[Renault Sport|Renault]] had pioneered in 1977 with their RS01 car, were...
43: ... teams dominated the late 1980s and 1990s. [[Renault]]-powered Williams drivers [[Nigel Mansell]], [[A... - World Series (40101 bytes)
63: * 1896 [[Baltimore Orioles (NL)|Baltimore Orioles]]
64: * 1897 Baltimore Orioles
85: ...ould host the last two if necessary; the leagues alternated which representative would host the first ...
125: :::[[Walter Johnson]], making his first World Series appear...
153: ...[St. Louis Cardinals | St. Louis NL]] defeats [[Baltimore Orioles|St. Louis AL]], 4 games to 2. - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
15: ..., [[1948 World Series|1948]], [[1957 World Series|1957]], [[1958 World Series|1958]], [[1991 World Serie...
16: ...: [[1914 World Series|1914]], [[1957 World Series|1957]], [[1995 World Series|1995]]
37: ...e]] and [[Bob Buhl]] anchored the rotation. In [[1957]], the Braves celebrated their first pennant in n...
40: ...the City of Atlanta constructed a new ballpark, Fulton County Stadium, officially opened in 1965. The...
42: ... In the relatively hitter friendly confines of Fulton County Stadium ("The Launching Pad"), he actual... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
19: ...ts|1901]]. The White Sox would continue to be built on pitching and defense in the following years, l...
22: Walsh, [[Doc White]] and [[Nick Altrock]] paced the White Sox to their [[1906 in spor...
27: ...fth place or lower) 22 times, until the team rebuilt under managers [[Paul Richards]], Marty Marion, a...
30: ...y that over into the postseason as they lost to Baltimore 3 games to one in the [[American League Cham...
32: ...but frantic lobbying of the state legislature resulted in approval (by one vote) of public funding for... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
6: ...rly known as:''' Brooklyn Dodgers, [[1932]] to [[1957]], after which the team moved to Los Angeles for ...
8: ...'''Home ballpark:''' [[Ebbets Field]] ([[1913]]-[[1957]]), [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] ([[1958]]-[...
22: ===The Brooklyn years (through [[1957]])===
25: ...ntrolling interest in the team and move it to [[Baltimore]], then without a team. His plan was blocke...
32: ...es title came in [[1955 World Series|1955]]. Rebuilt into a contending club first by [[Larry MacPhail]... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
18: ...ndians|Cleveland Blues]], [[Detroit Tigers]], [[Baltimore Orioles|Milwaukee Brewers]], and [[Minnesota...
20: ...cs as well as the 7 other A.L. teams received a jolt when, on April 21, 1902, the [[Pennsylvania Supre...
26: ...h younger (and less expensive) players. As a result, the Athletics went from a 99-53 (.651) won-loss ...
30: ... the A?s last won the pennant in 1931, and many felt the game was passing him by. Save for a 5th plac...
45: ... to use him in critical situations. So, in June, 1957 they traded him to the A's in an eight-player dea... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
97: *[[Izaak Kolthoff]], (1894-1993) the "Father of [[analytical ch...
103: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), chemist, physicist
156: *[[Henri Victor Regnault]] (1810-1878), [[France|French]] chemist and [[Ph...
195: *[[Heinrich Otto Wieland]] (1877-1957) [[Germany|German]] [[chemist]] [[1927]] [[Nobel ...
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