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- Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...bezia]], and then, [[Northern Rhodesia]], the country is named after the [[Zambezi River|Zambezi]] riv...
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49: ...es]]. They came primarily from the Luba and Lunda tribes of southern [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] ...
51: ...enetrated by Western explorers, missionaries, and traders. [[David Livingstone]], in [[1855]], was the...
53: ...otectorate. Mining began in the [[Copperbelt]] in 1934. - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ...76|AD 476]]. For several centuries, the Romans controlled the whole of Western Europe, as well as the ...
3: ...20px|right|The Roman Empire during the reign of [[Trajan]]]]
11: ...the ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic and trade.
17: ...ap of Republican Rome by William R Shepherd (died 1934) edited.jpg|thumb|200px|A map of Republican Rome....
19: ...stablished in its place. The consuls, initially patrician but later opened to plebeians, were elected ... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
4: ...es]]'' as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of nearly all the ballpark...
7: ...ove the saloon they owned and operated on Camden Street. Kate would walk to her father's home each tim...
9: ... no avail. He was finally sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a school run by Catholic brot...
10: ...l.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in ba...
14: ...k him to spring training in [[Florida]], where a strong performance with bat and ball saw him make the... - Nebraska (13662 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] (easte...
36: ... gets its name from a [[Native American]] ([[Otoe tribe|Oto]]) word meaning "flat water", after the [[...
45: ...ir homes out of [[sod]] because they found so few trees on the grassy land.
61: ...[[governor]]'s veto with a 3/5ths majority, in contrast to the 2/3rds majority required in some other ...
65: ... the idea that there is but one class. If this be true, there is no sense or reason in having the same... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
38: ...Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|American white birch]], al...
40: ... highest winds ever recorded on Earth: 231 mph in 1934 at the [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mount W...
44: ...ire International Speedway]] (formerly Loudon Racetrack), home of the [[Loudon Classic]], the longest-...
51: ...tories: the founding of the [[Republic of Indian Stream]] on its northern border with [[Canada]] over ...
60: ...utive Council's duties include voting on state contracts worth more than $5,000, on nominations made b... - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
11: ...mmad]], (born 1953), world champion boxer, boxing trainer
23: *[[Mary Quant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
25: *[[Paul Quantrill|Quantrill, Paul]]
26: *[[William Quantrill|Quantrill, William]], [[United States]] [[United States ...
38: ...h, Harry]], (1858-1913), socialist politician and trade unionist - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
275: *[[John Collier]] ([[1850]]-[[1934]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - World War I (62979 bytes)
6: ...]. It also greatly increased the use of mass industrialization as the basis for a new form of warfare ...
8: ...o cited German diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept the Europe...
10: ...le because of tight defences. This was especially true of the [[Western Front (WWI)|Western Front]]. O...
16: ... this assassination has been linked as the direct trigger for World War I, the war's real origins lie ...
19: ...way. Frantic diplomatic efforts to mediate the Austrian-Serbian quarrel simply became irrelevant, as t... - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
1: ...r [[World War II]] before such indicators as industrial production, share prices and global [[Gross Do...
4: ...rtually the entire industrialized world and their trading partners in peripheral nations.
12: ...he [[gold standard]], collapse of [[international trade]] due to the [[Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act]], [[Fe...
14: ...ed present day [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] and the Central Asian republics.
16: ...the intersection of several concurrent long cycle troughs. - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
8: *[[1932]] - [[Stimson Doctrine]]
13: *[[1932]] - [[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]]
17: *[[1933]] - [[Civil Works Administration]]
19: *[[1933]] - [[Farm Credit Administration]]
22: *[[1933]] - [[Public Works Administration]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ment of much of the native population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn...
4: ==Reconstruction==
5: ...ticle: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ...m Lincoln]] had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, but the immense human cost of the war and ...
9: ... government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the government's failure for many decade... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...reasingly mechanized with widespread use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farmers were needed to produce a...
14: ...]], who promised a "return to normalcy" after the traumatic years of World War I.
16: ...t]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were dangerously inflated.
25: ...overseas due to the Great War. Absentee voting by troops overseas was spotty at best.
27: ...he 18th Amendment, then, represented the growing strength of the state in the early 20th century. A fe... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ay of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. Th...
27: ...rdinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
33: ...Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]; [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Mi...
37: ...th Australia]] and transferred to Commonwealth control.
39: *[[1934]] - [[Alcatraz Island]] becomes a [[United States|U.S.]] feder... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ...uista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: ...879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket ...
20: ...ites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[trust]].
22: *[[1893]] - Introduction by [[Webb C. Ball]] of the General Railr... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
7: ..." align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
42: ... of [[tank]] battles and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was th...
45: ... was a family of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born i...
47: ...herland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], the family was le...
50: ...aduated in [[1912]] and decided to join an [[infantry]] regiment when he could have joined an elite co... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...dent of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the A...
10: ...ife and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of Lords as po...
12: The structure of Congress was one of the most divisive is...
14: ...Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate...
16: ...to a period of irrelevance that stood in sharp contrast with the pre-Civil War era. Very few senators ... - Badminton (12494 bytes)
13: ...urt and right service court are divided by the centre line.
18: ...tio, is stiff, and gives excellent kinetic energy transfer. However, some low-end models still use ste...
20: ...yers' personal preferences play a strong role in string selection.
22: ...echnology for jumping; badminton places a lot of stress on the knees.
48: ...rong service court, has touched the net or has obstructed an opposing player. - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
6: ...construction of the first successful [[gasoline|petrol]]-fuelled autos. In [[1894]], the first contest...
12: ...e petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]].
16: With auto construction and racing dominated by [[France]], the Fre...
23: ...imum [[weight]] permitted was 750 kg, a rule diametrically opposed to current racing regulations. Exte...
32: ... to produce downforce and enhance adhesion to the track.
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