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  1. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    19: | '''Date of birth:''' || [[February 12]], [[1809]]
    22: ...ky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
    42: '''Abraham Lincoln''' ([[February 12]], [[1809]] &ndash; [[April 15]], [[1865]])...
    48: ...t reverted to its customary weakness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would on...
    53: ...ite the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon ...
  2. Canada (35540 bytes)
    6: ...the world and the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its terr...
    18: ...uage of [[Quebec]] and is widely spoken in [[New Brunswick]].
    46: ...align=left|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]
    90: ...d [[Hudson Bay]]. As these colonies expanded, a struggle for control of North America took place betwe...
    92: ...e Loyalists, Britain created the colony of [[New Brunswick]] in [[1784]] and divided Quebec into [[Low...
  3. United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
    2: ...al Oman''', in reference of a nineteenth-century truce between the British and some Arab [[sheikh]]s. ...
    42: | [[2 December]], [[1971]]
    61: ...eign affairs in nineteenth-century treaties. In [[1971]], six of these states &mdash; [[Abu Dhabi]], [[A...
    65: The Supreme Council consists of the individual rulers of the seven emirates. The President and Vice...
    71: ...n coastal, desert and sporting resorts and infrastructure. The success of these ventures, along with o...
  4. Jordan (20715 bytes)
    69: ...shing the semi-autonomous Emirate of Transjordan, ruled by the Hashemite Prince [[Abdullah I of Jordan...
    75: ...ian role in Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. The U.S. Government considers the West Bank...
    77: ...curity of the Hashemite state, and open fighting erupted in June 1970.
    79: ... a decisive victory over the ''fedayeen'' in July 1971, expelling them from the country.
    81: ...otiations with Israel sponsored by the U.S. and [[Russia]]. It negotiated an end to hostilities with I...
  5. Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
    59: ...7. Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. St. Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 198...
  6. People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
    1: ...ins a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
    6: ...sometimes used to denote the area under the PRC's rule, usually excluding the two [[Special Administra...
    15: ...in a century, and there was development of infrastructure, industry, healthcare, and education, which ...
    17: ... other consequences of political chaos during the rule of [[Chiang Kai-Shek]].
    21: ...omic reformists, succeeded in winning the power struggle, and Mao's widow, [[Jiang Qing]] and her asso...
  7. Switzerland (22270 bytes)
    18: ...ne Calmy-Rey]]<br>[[Christoph Blocher]]<br>[[Hans-Rudolf Merz]]|
    44: ... involved parties in the struggle against foreign rule by the [[Habsburg]]s, who then held the German ...
    46: ...al cantons had been joined by the cantons of [[Glarus]] and [[Zug]] and the city states of [[Lucerne]]...
    50: ...tween Catholic and Protestant cantons persisted, erupting in further violence at the [[battles of Vill...
    65: ...st cantons in [[1959]], at the federal level in [[1971]], in the last canton only in [[1990]]. In [[1979...
  8. Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
    34: | from [[Pakistan]]<br>[[March 26]] [[1971]]
    36: ...ladesh)|Victory Day]]'''<br>|| [[December 16]], [[1971]]
    47: | '''[[National Fruit]]''' || [[Jackfruit]]
    65: ...[[500 BC]], and there are even claims of social structures from around [[1000 BC]]. Early civilization...
    67: ...er all of [[India]]. When [[Indian Independence Struggle|Indian independence]] was achieved in [[1947]...
  9. Qatar (10610 bytes)
    37: | <br>[[September 3]], [[1971]]
    57: ... became an independent state on [[September 3]] [[1971]]. Unlike most neighbouring emirates, Qatar decli...
    61: ... ensured future participation and dominion as the ruling family, a dynasty that continues to this day....
    63: ... the seven-imarat [[United Arab Emirates]]. Thus 1971 marked the inauguration of Qatar as an independen...
    65: [[As of 2005]], Qatar is ruled by Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who seized...
  10. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    40: currency = [[Pakistani Rupee|Rupee]] (Rs.) |
    57: ...leyexcavation.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Mohenjodaro|Ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukku...
    62: ...the beginning of the [[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administrators...
    66: ...western Pakistan and parts of Sind came under the rule of Hindu rajas.
    69: ...il the early [[19th century]] the entire area was ruled briefly by [[Nadir Shah]] and then by the [[Af...
  11. Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
    64: The historical rulers of Afghanistan belonged to the Abdali tribe o...
    66: Since [[1900]], eleven rulers were unseated through undemocratic means: [[1...
    68: ...[[1933]] and 1973, when the country was under the rule of King [[Mohammed Zahir Shah|Zahir Shah]]. How...
    72: ...e to a state of [[warlordism]]. The chaos and corruption involved in warlordism in turn spawned the r...
    74: ...|plan]] for the formulation of a new government structure that resulted in the inauguration of Hamid K...
  12. Uganda (11554 bytes)
    61: ...ritish East Africa Company]] in [[1888]], and was ruled as a [[protectorate]] by the [[United Kingdom]...
    63: ... mid-1980s. [[1971]] saw [[Idi Amin]] take power, ruling the country with the military for the coming ...
    65: His rule cost an estimated 300,000 Ugandans' lives, and ...
    67: ... the exception of the North, which continues to struggle with a [[Lord's Resistance Army|rebel insurge...
    88: ...r in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], corruption within the government, and slippage in the g...
  13. Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
    1: ...e country's post-independence name was changed in 1971, from Congo-[[Kinshasa]] (after its capital, to d...
    61: ...ne for Leopold, who built several buildings in [[Brussels]] and [[Ostend]] to honour himself. During t...
    67: ...ns but was released (1960) to participate in the Brussels Congo conference, where he emerged as a lead...
    72: ...issolved in sulfuric acid a few days later. In February, it was announced that he had been killed by a...
    80: ... bank note displayed his image,) and excessive corruption &mdash; in 1984 he was said to have [[USD]] ...
  14. Malaysia (27892 bytes)
    5: ... by [[Indonesia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
    30: | '''[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong|Paramount Ruler]]'''
    76: ...nd [[Lembah Bujang]] in [[Kedah]], as well as [[Beruas]] and [[Gangga Negara]] in [[Perak]] and [[Pan ...
    80: ...w. After the fall of [[Malacca]], three nations struggled for the control of the [[Malacca Strait]]: t...
    82: ... were formed. These settlements were collectively ruled from the [[British East India Company]] seat o...
  15. Bolivia (30115 bytes)
    2: ...[[Argentina]] on the south, and [[Chile]] and [[Peru]] on the west.<!--
    62: ...e [[Napoleonic wars]], sentiment against colonial rule grew.
    65: ...nce was proclaimed in [[1809]], but 16 years of struggle followed before the establishment of the repu...
    71: ...of life and territory discredited the traditional ruling classes, while service in the army produced s...
    74: ...age, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted rural education, and nationalized the country's larg...
  16. Malawi (22306 bytes)
    57: ...n important role in the new Executive Council and ruled Nyasaland in all but name a year later. In a s...
    59: Dr. Banda became [[Prime Minister]] on [[February 1]], [[1963]], although the British still cont...
    61: ... declared President for life of the MCP, and in [[1971]] Banda consolidated his power and was named [[Pr...
    63: ... Party. Accelerated economic liberalization and structural reform accompanied the political transition...
    67: ...ences with the UDF, particularly over his anti-corruption campaign.
  17. Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
    7: ... make it the same on both sides. Additionally in 1971, the [[naval ensign]], which had consisted of a g...
  18. North Carolina (18268 bytes)
    37: ...thirteen colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]]. It is bordered ...
    44: ...pril [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to vo...
    46: ...d commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile (208&nbsp;km) wooden [[plank]]...
    54: ...: This was framed in accordance with the [[Reconstruction]] Acts after North Carolina was readmitted i...
    55: *[[1971]]: This is a minor consolidation of the 1868 cons...
  19. Virginia (23198 bytes)
    36: ...e [[United States]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] and is generally...
    52: ...]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
    54: ...since [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] when he was elected Governor of Virginia.
    59: ...d [[Native American]]s could not vote. Later the rules for voting changed, making it necessary for me...
    61: ...blic Accounts''', '''Superintendent of Public Instruction''', and '''Commissioner of Agriculture and I...
  20. Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
    139: ...e United States District Court in Topeka, Kansas, ruled that settling on the lands ceded to the govern...
    143: === Land runs ===
    144: ...nd. It was to be the first of a number of "[[Land run]]s" (due to widespread cheating later land openi...
    148: ...e Cherokee Strip was opened to settlement by land run in 1894. Also, in 1893, Congress set up the [[Da...
    155: ...ess, cultural, and religious community that had sprung up there.

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