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- Tornado (14220 bytes)
21: ... people. [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/] [http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wspouts.htm USA Today...
25: ... the [[United Kingdom]], especially [[England]] [http://www.torro.org.uk/severeweather/tornadofaqs.htm...
34: ...e imminent. In the United States, [[skywarn]] spotters, often local [[sheriff's deputy|sheriff's depu...
36: Attempts have been made by storm chasers to drop prob...
39: ...here are true incidents of tornadoes repeatedly hitting the same town several years in a row. But for... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...arles I of England|King Charles I]] and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the [[Englis...
9: ...Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]]...
13: ...force defeats a large [[Dervish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Sudan]].
14: ...the [[Committee of Safety (Hawaii)|Citizen's Committee of Public Safety]] overthrow the government of ... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
30: ...eater New York. The four initial boroughs, [[Manhattan]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Queens]], and [[The Bronx]],...
31: *[[1899]] - [[Spain|Spanish]] rule ends in [[Cuba]].
43: *[[1937]] - The first [[Cotton Bowl (game)|Cotton Bowl]] game is played in [[Dallas, Texas]].
58: *[[1971]] - [[Cigarette]] [[advertisement]]s are banned on [[United Stat...
59: ...reland]], and the [[Republic of Ireland]] are admitted into the [[European Community]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
15: ...ing the "world's tallest..." depends greatly on matters of definition.
19: This table is adapted from [http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/] and utiliz...
119: |38||[[Bank of America Tower]]||[[Seattle]]||285 m||937 ft||76||1985 ||
164: |[[Manhattan Life Insurance Building]]||1894||Destroyed||348...
168: |[[Park Row Building]]||1899||Present||391 ft||119 m|| ||||30 || - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
7: ...riginated with marches in both [[Toronto]] and [[Ottawa]] in [[1872]]. On the other hand, socialist de...
13: ...te [[19th century]] and early [[20th century]]. [http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20020913.html]
19: ...fore the official state endorsement, the NSDAP's attempt to appropriate it left no long-term resentmen...
25: ...oth [[Western Australia]] and [[Tasmania]] (the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In [[Queensland]] La...
29: ...ved on the same day throughout the nation. See: [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/Labour/index.html... - Mount Kenya (2621 bytes)
14: |bgcolor=#e7dcc3|[[First ascent]]:||[[1899]] by [[Halford John Mackinder|Halford Mackinder]]
21: ...moss]]. Twelve small [[glacier]]s may be found scattered among the complex of seven summits.
27: ... C. Ollier and J. Brocherel on [[13 September]] [[1899]]. The highest point (Batian) is a [[technical cl...
33: * [http://www.mountkenya.org/ Mount Kenya homepage] - Nairobi (2690 bytes)
6: ...e burning of the original town. Thereafter the settlement continued to grow, becoming the capital of ...
8: ...eft|thumb|Traffic in Nairobi. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
10: Nairobi is served by [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport]] and [[Wilson Airport]] t...
16: ...ent armed robberies, burglaries and carjackings"[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20010428/402881.htm...
19: [http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.c... - Badminton (12494 bytes)
5: ... is the fastest raquet sport in the world with shuttles reaching speeds of up to 332 km/h.
7: ...e court must be covered by the player as the [[shuttlecock]] is not allowed to bounce before being ret...
30: ...s to hit a shuttlecock (normally shortened to "shuttle" or "cock"; more colloquially, "bird" or "birdi...
35: ...own on the net. The movement of the shuttle top settles who of the players has the right to serve.
48: ... doesn?t get one point. As fault rates, if the shuttle hits the ground outside of the court, hangs in ... - World Series (40101 bytes)
7: ... qualify for the playoffs, the criteria for the latter changing at various times. Prior to [[1969]], ...
9: ... no challenges have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the [[North America]]n champions agai...
11: ...f the supposed sponsorship. (For details, see [http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm Mr. Pappa...
66: * 1899 [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Superbas]]
68: * 1901 [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
3: ...on of the [[American League]]. They are owned by attorney [[Peter Angelos]].
24: ...ams contracted by the National League after the [[1899]] season.
26: ...dium (Baltimore)|Municipal Stadium]], caught the attention of the big league brass and helped open the...
32: ... [[batting average]], [[home runs]], and [[runs batted in]].) The Orioles won their first ever America...
36: ... Young Award]] winner [[Jim Palmer]] and switch-hitting first baseman [[Eddie Murray]]. With the decli... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
6: ...:'' Sioux City Cornhuskers, 1894. St. Paul, 1895-1899. "White Sox" is short for "White Stockings".
9: :''Logo design:'' the letters "SOX", interlocked in various ways
22: ...he "Hitless Wonders" for having the lowest team batting average in the American League that year, neve...
25: ..., in which eight White Sox players, including Cicotte and Jackson, were barred from organized baseball...
30: ...gh scrappy play rather than consistently strong hitting or pitching. While they had a great run in th... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
8: ... Park on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Dodgers/dodgers.html Par...
14: ...National League pennants won''' (21): [[1890]], [[1899]], [[1900]], [[1916]], [[1920]], [[1941]], [[1947...
23: ...on two successive pennats under [[Ned Hanlon]] in 1899 and 1900.
28: ...n exaggerated version of famed circus clown [[Emmett Kelly]] to represent the Dodgers in his much-prai...
31: *[[Batting helmet]]s were introduced to Major League Base... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
8: ...rowns ([[1883]]-[[1898]]), St. Louis Perfectos ([[1899]]). Name became "Cardinals" in [[1900]].
28: ...fly called the ''Perfectos'' in [[1899]] before settling on their present name, a name reportedly insp...
37: ...any players who boycotted any games, and the boycott never happened. The Cardinals did not sign a bla...
43: ..., [[Jack Clark (baseball)|Jack Clark]], [[Bruce Sutter]], [[Keith Hernandez]], [[Terry Pendleton]], an...
45: ... inning, umpire [[Don Denkinger]] called Royals batter [[Jorge Orta]] safe at first base - a call late... - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
7: ...or the Washington Senators that existed from 1891-1899 and were contracted.)
10: ...th "TEXAS" on the top half and "RANGERS" on the bottom
34: ..., the Treasurer of the [[Democratic National Committee]]. He sought to move the team from Washington....
44: ...Jim Sundberg]], [[Toby Harrah]] and [[Rick Honeycutt]].
46: ...f that also included [[Charlie Hough]], [[Bobby Witt]], [[Kevin Brown]], and [[Kenny Rogers (baseball ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
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14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
41: *[[Otto Diels]], (1876-1954), German chemnist, winner of...
74: *[[Otto Hahn]], (1879-1968) - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
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26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
34: *[[Karl Bitter]] (1867 - 1915)
43: *[[Caspar Buberl]] (1834 - 1899)
44: *[[Rembrandt Bugatti]] (1884 - 1916) - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
4: ...h [[funicular]]s, where the cars are permanently attached to the cable.
10: ...age:Cable_car.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
11: ...n worse, become entangled in the cable. In the latter case, the cable car may not be able to stop and...
13: ...e is not unique to cable cars, as electric cars fitted with [[regenerative braking]] offer the same ad...
16: Though there may have been earlier attempts to pull cars by endless ropes, the first cab... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
23: ...the surface, but like all Quakers kindly at the bottom." The future president lived with his uncle in...
26: ...novels of [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Sir Walter Scott]]. ''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfiel...
30: ...nior University]] at [[Palo Alto, California]]. Cutting a wider swath outside the classroom than in, H...
37: ... Hoovers in [[Tianjin]]. For almost a month the settlement was under heavy fire. While his wife worked...
43: ...nize from the bottom down, democracies from the bottom up. - Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
13: ...ace of Death:'''</td><td>[[Northampton, Massachusetts]]</td></tr>
15: <tr><td>'''Profession:'''</td><td>[[Attorney]], [[Statesman]]</td></tr>
25: ...lvin answered, "No, but I find it mighty handy."[http://www.drafthorsejournal.com/daysbeforeyesterday/...
27: ...w.americanpresident.org/history/calvincoolidge/][http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0071560-0&templ...
37: ...given to him by the Smoki Indian tribe of [[Prescott, Arizona]].]] - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
18: ...ntering politics, first in the [[Ohio Senate]] ([[1899]]–[[1903]]) and later as [[Lieutenant Gover...
20: Harding was elected to the Ohio State Senate in [[1899]]. He served four years before being elected [[Li...
27: ...igue]]. He traveled to [[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]], [[Michigan]] to spend several weeks in...
29: ...y out of the family and even forbade his wife to attend her wedding. He opposed the marriage vigorousl...
36: ...Harding was elected to the Ohio State Senate in [[1899]]. He served four years before being elected [[Li...
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