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- 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]] – [[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 ... - 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... - 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 — [[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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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]... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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 — in 1984 he was said to have [[USD]] ... - 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... - 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... - 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. - 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... - 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 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... - 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... - 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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