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- Pope Formosus (4107 bytes)
1: ...:Jean Paul Laurens Le Pape Formose et Etienne VII 1870.jpg|right|300px|]]
2: '''Formosus''' was born around [[816]], in [[Ostia]]. He became Cardinal-Bishop of [[Porto]] in [...
4: ...ruction of the papal see. The condemnation of Formosus and others was announced in July 872. In [[878]...
6: ...]]) and [[Pope Stephen V]] ([[885]]-[[891]]), Formosus was elected Pope on [[October 6]] [[891]].
8: Formosus was forced to crown Duke [[Guido of Spoleto]] R... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
3: ...l) [[British Islands]] [[archipelago]]. It is composed of the [[Republic of Ireland]] which covers fiv...
15: ...tutionally the boundaries have to be observed. Across Ireland, the 32 counties are still used in sport...
17: ...e southern and western counties. These areas are mostly mountainous and rocky, with beautiful green vi...
30: ...d for centuries as one unified political entity, most recently as the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] or as par...
32: ...ingdom]]. The island also has a shared culture across the divide in many other ways. Traditional [[Iri... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ... of 1904 and 1994. The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
3: ...pionship Series|American League champion]] the [[Boston Red Sox]]. The Red Sox won the series four gam...
7: ...ted to the World Series winner, the World Series loser, all the other teams qualifying for the playoff...
11: ...nsorship. (For details, see [http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm Mr. Pappas's web page on th...
37: * 1870 [[Chicago Cubs|Chicago White Stockings]] - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined t...
5: ...merly known as:''' ''White Stockings'', in the [[1870s]]. ''Colts'', in the late [[1890s]]. ''Orphans...
18: ...he name and colors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a sum...
20: ...estroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and other possessions. The club completed its schedule with bo...
22: ...t Spalding|Al Spalding]] of the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]], and first baseman [[Cap Anson... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
21: ...t of his best players to Boston, and founded the Boston Red Stockings, now known as the [[Atlanta Brav...
25: ...the Red Stockings so not to be confused with the Boston AL entry, now shortened to Red Sox) had hittin...
31: ... Reds were second division dwellers for most of those years. [[Eppa Rixey]], [[Dolf Luque]] and [[Pete...
35: ...] [[Frank McCormick]] was the 1940 NL MVP. Other position players included [[Harry Craft]], [[Lonny Fr...
39: ...s]] and the early [[1950s]], Cincinnati finished mostly in the second division. In 1944, [[Joe Nuxhall... - Mother's Day (4660 bytes)
1: ...ail]] in many countries. In [[1973]], the [[U.S. Postal Service]] was held up for eight days because o...
5: ...rigins.htm original Mother's Day Proclamation] in 1870, as a call for peace and disarmament. Excerpt:
11: ''Nor violence indicate possession.<br>
22: ...s its origins in copying the British concept. In most of [[East Asia]], Mother's Day is a heavily mark...
52: ...ption Day]])|| [[Antwerp]] ([[Belgium]]), [[Costa Rica]] - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
19: ... at the age of 13. At the age of 16 he secured a position as a pupil-teacher of elocution and music in...
21: ...Professor of Vocal Physiology and Elocution at [[Boston University]]'s School of Oratory.
23: At Boston he continued his research in the same field, a...
29: ...ried Mabel Hubbard, who was one of his pupils at Boston University, on [[July 11]], [[1877]]. He died ...
41: Gray's transmitter is supposed to have been suggested by the very old device k... - Italy (17022 bytes)
37: |'''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (2003) <br/> - ...
51: ...e, [[French language|French]] is spoken in the [[Aosta Valley]]) that are recognized by the italian co...
58: ...enturies, Italy was central to [[European]] [[philosophy]], [[science]] and [[art]] during the [[Middl...
60: ... the Kingdom of Italy only on [[September 20]], [[1870]], the final date of [[Italian unification]]. The...
68: ...lia probably relates to an ancient Greek word italos (bull), from Proto-Indo-European *wet; the [[Gree... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ensus estimate 2004-01-01). The city stretches across numerous small islands in a marshy [[lagoon]] al...
6: ...iatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable.
10: ...mercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], inc...
20: ...n a number of occasions and twice suffered its imposition. The second, more famous, occasion was on [[...
24: ... the "Settecento" that Venice became perhaps the most elegant and refined city in [[Europe]], greatly ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
50: *[[Alexander Stirling Calder]] (1870 - 1945)
53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- ) - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
4: ...ted readmitting the rebel states without first imposing conditions. A series of laws, passed by the F...
12: ...]] even had a black governor for a brief period. Most political "firsts" for [[African-American]]s occ...
18: ...eenth). All Southern states were readmitted by [[1870]] ([[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] was the last ...
36: ...r own lives would at least have more value than those of their dehumanized African-American neighbors....
38: ...on, the South also swayed Congress to pass the [[Posse Comitatus Act]], which prohibited federal milit... - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
13: ... and in any case they must be offset against the cost of moving the cable.
16: ...ipped cars, and proved cumbersome. The line was closed, rebuilt and reopened with [[steam locomotives]...
19: The first cable cars to use grips were those of the [[Clay Street Hill Railroad]] which later...
23: ... other cities, although the major attraction for most was the ability to displace [[horse]]-drawn (or ...
25: ...n [[1882]] and went on to become the largest and most profitable cable car system. As with many cities... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
19: ...1849]]. Polk was born in [[North Carolina]], but mostly lived in and represented the [[U.S. state|stat...
21: ...gton Monument]], and the issuance of the first [[postage stamp]]s in the United States.
24: ...unty, Tennessee|Maury County]]. The family grew prosperous, with Samuel Polk becoming one of the leadi...
31: ... of Tennessee (1821–1823); he resigned the position in order to run his successful campaign for ...
33: ... violation of the will of the people; he even proposed (unsuccessfully) that the [[Electoral College]]... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
8: ...he term ''steamer'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefi...
15: ...working at the same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[D...
19: ... new [[paddle steamer]], the [[PS Pyroscaphe|''Pyroscaphe'']], successfully steamed up the [[river Sa&...
23: ...Forth and Clyde canal were thwarted by fears of erosion of the banks, development was taken up both in...
30: ... to the present day, most destroyed by boiler explosions or fires. One of the few surviving Mississip... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...thnic group in the [[United States of America]] whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were ind...
6: ... American" generally does not include Afro-[[Latinos]], who tend to use the term "Latino" or "Hispanic...
10: ...ny U.S. city in 2000, with 85 percent, followed closely by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]]...
15: ...olitics. The growth of [[abolitionism]], which opposed the institution of slavery, culminated in the [...
17: ..., ratified in 1865, freed all slaves, including those in states that had not seceded. During [[Reconst... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ... cabinet of President [[Franklin Pierce]]. He is most famous for serving as the only [[President]] of ...
23: ...ver, Davis's efforts proved unsuccessful, and he lost the election. The next year, he traveled around ...
42: ...dministration expired in [[1857]]. The president lost the Democratic nomination, which went instead to...
44: ...the Union on [[October 11]] in [[Faneuil Hall]], Boston, and returned to the Senate soon after.
46: ...regarding states' rights, and to further his own position on the issue. [[Abraham Lincoln]], a known o... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...r)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land north of Mexico, in [[1793...
7: ...d guided them westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did ...
9: ...otted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close to the ocean.
10: ... from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostly they just endured the persistent rain.
16: ...much too soon, and there would have been total chaos. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
10: ...]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] forces evacuate [[Boston, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] p...
21: ...esident [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
29: ...Stalker", commits his first two [[murder]]s in [[Los Angeles, California]] murder spree.
31: ...d injures 242 at the [[Israel]]i embassy in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]].
33: ...oyed [[Serb Orthodox]] shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis. - March 18 (10594 bytes)
9: *[[1608]] - [[Sissinios of Ethiopia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
22: ...w London School explosion]] kills three hundred, mostly children.
32: ...t]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his spacecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person ...
36: *[[1974]] - [[Oil embargo crisis]]: Most [[OPEC]] nations end a five-month [[oil]] [[emba...
37: ...were killed at an explosion of a [[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2M]] rocket on its launch pad during a fueling... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...sh; The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
35: ...ndash; [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embezzlement]...
38: *[[1996]] – In [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Erik Menendez]] and [[Ly...
53: *[[1870]] - [[Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck]], German gen...
65: *[[1915]] - [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Ukrainian pianist (d. [[1997]])
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