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- History of California (38344 bytes)
1: {{dablink|This article covers the History of Californi...
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied for mi...
11: ...re among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciatio...
13: ...s. Tribes in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] tre...
36: ...irst European to explore the coast of the present day State of California was Juan RodrÃguez Cabrillo... - Colorado (22240 bytes)
16: LandArea = 268,879 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[August 1]], [[1876]] |
25: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-6 |
48: FolkDance=Show | StateFolkDance = [[Square dance]] |
60: DomesticatedAnimal=Hide | - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...tian Love]]). Most Christians ( not all see [[Jonadabs]] ) believe Jesus to be the [[Son of God]] and ...
14: ...d was buried, only to be resurrected on the third day to then rise to Heaven and "sitteth at the right...
23: ...g of the Jews" by [[Pontius Pilate]] (John 19:19–22; see Luke 16:8) on the [[INRI|''titulus cruc...
27: ...sh;15; [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 14:65; Luke 23:63–64), whipping (Isa. 53:5; John 19:1; Matt. 27:2...
29: ... the Just|James Adelphos]], Mark, Luke, [[Mary Magdalene]], etc) who also followed Jesus in his travel... - Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
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9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Phalangerida]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Macropodidae]]}}
21: ...lmost 7 weeks repairing their ship which had been damaged on the [[Great Barrier Reef]].
23: ''Kangaroo'' soon became adopted into standard English where it has come to mean any member of... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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40: ...h Marie de Gaulle''' ([[November 22]], [[1890]] – [[November 9]], [[1970]]), in [[France]] commo...
42: ...d head of the provisional government in [[1944]]–[[1946]]. Called to form a government in [[1958...
44: ==1890–1912: Formative years== - Carthage (20744 bytes)
3: ... the [[Phoenician languages|Phoenician]] ''Qart-Hadasht'' "New City" (written without vowels as ''QRT ...
6: ...city was founded by [[Dido]], and a number of foundation myths have survived through Greek and Roman l...
29: ... more likely to have been part of Roman [[propaganda]] against the Carthaginians to justify their conq...
33: ...of the city ritual celebrations included rhythmic dancing, derived from Phoenician traditions. The god...
40: ...ich this conflict played out. From their earliest days, both the Greeks and Phoenicians had been attra... - Aardvark (6420 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Orycteropodidae'''}}
12: ...s afer | author = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]] | date = [[1766]]}}
14: ...nguage|Afrikaans]] for "earth pig," because early settlers from [[Europe]] thought it resembled a [[pig]] (a...
16: ...of the [[Family (biology)|family]] '''Orycteropodidae''' and of the [[Order (biology)|order]] '''Tubul... - St. Valentine's Day (9989 bytes)
1: ... of [[Saint Valentine]], are discussed below. The day's associations with [[romantic love]] arrived af...
3: ...alentines_day_9.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Valentine's Day Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
4: ...aking the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind [[Christmas]]. The associatio...
7: ==History of Valentine's Day==
10: ...and fertility dates to ancient times. In the calendar of [[Ancient Athens]], the period between mid Ja... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
52: ... Italian poetry and created the first Italian standard. The most famous, however, are [[Luigi Pirandel...
64: ...]], [[Himera]], and [[Zancle]] or Messene (modern-day [[Messina]], not to be confused with the ancient...
74: In AD [[440]] Sicily fell to the [[Vandal]] king [[Geiseric]]. A few decades later it came...
80: ...ious outbreak of plague ([[1656]]), followed by a damaging earthquake in the east of the island ([[169...
103: ...ies from Provence in the middle ages, and to this day, the San Fratellans speak a unique Proven硬-Sic... - Mastodon (1620 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Mammutidae'''}}
16: ...g to determine what role, if any, the early human settlers of North America played in the [[extinction]] of ... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
6: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1845]]
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1849]]
10: | date of birth=November 2, 1795
13: | date of death=June 15, 1849
17: | vicepresident=[[George M. Dallas]] - Acropolis (1763 bytes)
4: ...per part of a town. For purposes of defence early settlers naturally chose elevated ground, frequently a hil... - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
1: ..., looms large as an important figure in the early days of European [[colonial]] expansion.
3: ...] dynasty; and of [[Philippa of Lancaster]], the daughter of [[John of Gaunt]]. In [[1414]] he report...
7: ...ation of the Azores during Pedro's regency (1439–1448).
9: ...f geography and navigation added over time. [[Jehuda Cresques]], a noted cartographer, received an inv...
11: ...]] in 1420, and at Henry's instigation Portuguese settlers colonized the islands. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
7: ...wintered at [[Fort Mandan]]. The [[Shoshone]]/[[Hidatsa]] [[Native American|native]] woman [[Sacagawea...
16: ...ed States. Without these calm meetings, the white settlers from the East would have stormed the Indian Count...
34: *Captain [[Meriwether Lewis]] (1774 – 1809)
35: *Captain [[William Clark]] (1770 – 1838)
36: **York (ca. 1770 – ?) Clark's manservant - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
14: ...f southern Scandinavia (2-3 degrees warmer than today) deteriorated considerably, which not only drama...
18: ... of the [[Celts]] inhabiting the more southerly [[Danube]] and Alpine regions during the same period.
25: ...ome]] advanced her borders to the [[Rhine]] and [[Danube]], incorporating many [[Celtic]] societies in...
27: ...efinition of the "Germania magna": from Rhine and Danube in the West and South to the Vistula and the ...
32: ...d. In [[Denmark]] the [[Jutes]] merged with the [[Danes]], in [[Sweden]] the [[Geats]] merged with the... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
1: ...lendar]] (82nd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 284 days remaining.
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: ...Algonquian]] Indians kill 347 [[England|English]] settlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the co...
18: *[[1941]] - [[Washington]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]].
26: ...]] nuclear reactor in [[Decatur, Alabama]] causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
1: ...lendar]] (83rd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 283 days remaining.
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
13: ... at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish settlers for [[Dunedin, New Zealand|Dunedin]], [[New Zeala...
24: ...esolution]] (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General C...
25: ...ian Ocean]], [[Japan]]ese forces capture the [[Anadaman Islands]]. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
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25: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
37: ...s area for perhaps thousands of years. Unlike the settlers that would eventually make Sacramento their home,...
42: ...[[Switzerland]] in the Sacramento area with other settlers in August [[1839]] and established the trading co...
46: ...her Lode]] in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]], the newly founded city grew, quickly reaching ... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
46: The earliest settlers in the Valley of the Sun were the [[Hohokam]] peo...
53: [[Phillip Darrel Duppa|Darrel Duppa]] recommended the name ''Phoenix'', mem...
74: ... the precious water supply. It functions to this day as the major agency for controlled use of irriga...
76: ...heodore Roosevelt Dam]], then the largest masonry dam in the world, began operation. It created [[Roo...
97: ...le, Arizona|Scottsdale]], [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]], [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]], [[Chandler, Arizon... - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
28: ... post. Located on the Kennebec River at highest tidal eddy. Around that time it was given the name "Cu...
42: ... House, designed by Charles Bulfinch, built 1829–1832]]
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