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- Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
4: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
47: ...ng the [[Dreyfus affair]] the family distanced itself from the more conservative natonalist circles an...
50: ...] in March 1916, and left for dead on the battlefield. Alive, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. He...
52: ...France. He was heavily influenced by that war, namely by the use of tanks, fast manoeuvres and lack of...
56: ...n rejected most of de Gaulle's theories, and the relationship between them became strained. French pol... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...'', is the highest class of single-seat [[open-wheel]] [[formula racing|formula]] [[auto racing]]. It ...
9: ...ins its leading market, but races have also been held in the [[Americas]], [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [...
14: ...:Fangio_moss_monza.jpg|thumbnail|200px|[[Juan Manuel Fangio|Fangio]] and [[Stirling Moss|Moss]] at [[A...
18: ...[1958]]. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to rising costs and sink...
22: ...ngio won the title in [[1951]] and four more in [[1954]] through [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two... - World Series (40101 bytes)
5: ...All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
9: ...le some would contend that there is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significant...
11: ... investigation of the ''New York World'' for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed s...
13: ...s not happen at the 2008 Olympics, baseball is likely to be removed from the Olympics to make room for...
15: ... participate. The first such World Cup is tentatively scheduled to follow the [[2005]] season. The IBA... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
3: ...n League]]. They are owned by attorney [[Peter Angelos]].
8: ...home parks:''' [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)]] [[1954]]-[[1991]], [[Sportsman's Park]] (St. Louis)
18: ...ose to moving to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], nearly two decades before big league basebal...
22: ...cation of the team to Baltimore. The team immediately took on the nickname "Orioles", a name with a lo...
24: ...|American Association]] in 1882. Despite its on-field success, it was one of the four teams contracted... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
7: :''Home ballpark:'' [[U.S. Cellular Field]], Chicago. (This park, originally known as New...
17: ... major league status, the St. Paul franchise was relocated to Chicago, to compete directly with the [[...
19: ...led by pitching workhorse [[Ed Walsh]], who routinely pitched over 400 innings each season in his prim...
22: ... average in the American League that year, nevertheless took the Series, and intercity bragging rights...
25: ...en a newsboy) is claimed to have yelled out to Shoeless Joe, "Say it ain't so, Joe!". The phrase has b... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
5: ...2]], or [[1890]], depending on the account. See below.
6: ...kings in the [[19th century]]; the Redlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations...
21: ...f the [[National League]] in [[1876]], but was expelled from the league later, in part for violating l...
27: ===From opening of Redland Field to the Great Depression===
29: ... Groh]] while the pitching staff was led by [[Hod Eller]] and [[Harry Sallee|Harry "Slim" Sallee]], a ... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
5: ...n the minor [[Western League]]. Moved to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] in [[1900]] when that league ...
6: ...y known as:''' Philadelphia Athletics ([[1901]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City Athletics ([[1955]]-[[1967]])
8: ... 1909-49, 1951-53, 1961: Blue and White; 1905-08, 1954-60, 1962: Blue, Red and White; 1950: Blue, Gold a...
9: ...ized "A's". The team also occasionally uses an [[elephant]] logo.
17: ===The Philadelphia Years (1901-1954)=== - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...e for Physics]] for his explanation of the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for his services to Theoretic...
5: ...come a byword for great [[intelligence (trait)|intelligence]] or even [[genius]].
7: ...era. Einstein's reverence for all creation, his belief in the grandeur, beauty, and sublimity of the ...
14: ...nt); Albert attended a [[Catholic school|Catholic elementary school]] and, at the insistence of his mo...
16: ...that he had [[Asperger's syndrome]], a condition related to [[autism]]. - George Eastman (2821 bytes)
13: ...d likely be spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair, something he saw his mother having to use t...
15: ...n 1947. On the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1954, Eastman was honored with a postage stamp from th... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929) - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
4: ...tates|U.S. Congress]] resisted readmitting the rebel states without first imposing conditions. A seri...
8: ...epublican Party|Republican]] gains in the midterm elections, the first [[Reconstruction Act]] was pass...
12: ...pheaval in Southern society. Northerners, derisively called ''[[carpetbagger]]s'', moved south to par...
14: ...oined the Republican party were [[insult | derisively]] called ''[[scalawag]]s''. Disgruntled Southern...
18: ...tion coinciding with a decreased desire for inter-elite conflict, an increased will to integrate the S... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy]]
22: ...Democratic Party]] candidate from the North to be elected president, and the last president to die in ...
28: ...heightened his medical problems causing him to develop [[osteoporosis]] of the lower lumbar spine [htt...
30: ...s affluent and powerful father, it became a best-seller.
38: ... rescue of the men. His courage, endurance and excellent leadership contributed to the saving of sever... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
22: ...rea on the [[Pedernales River]]. His parents, Samuel Johnson and Rebekah Baines, had four more childre...
27: ... the campaign with an appointment to be the newly elected congressman's secretary.
29: ... President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], as well as fellow Texans such as Vice President [[John Nance Gar...
39: ...He ran on a [[New Deal]] platform and was effectively aided by his wife, [[Lady Bird Johnson]].
41: ... was defeated by controversial late returns in an election marked by massive fraud on the part of both... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
22: ...ilene High School]] in [[1909]] and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from [[1909]] to [[1911]].
24: ...ame an author and served as U.S. Ambassador to [[Belgium]]. John's son, [[David Eisenhower]], after wh...
26: Eisenhower was raised in the religion now known as [[Jehovah's Witness]]es.{{fn|1}...
34: ... Government. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in [[1936]].
36: ...he U.S. entry into [[World War II]] he had never held an active command and was far from being conside... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14: | wife=[[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
18: ...ege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. His family ...
20: ... but others dispute this claim arguing that Roosevelt's economic policies actually slowed recovery. In...
22: In his lifetime Roosevelt was a polarizing figure: he was a hero to libera... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
11: ... [[Atlantic Ocean]], flying from [[Roosevelt Airfield]] ([[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], [...
13: ... offer since 1919. A [[ticker-tape parade]] was held for him down 5th Avenue in [[New York City]] on ...
15: ... are the basis of modern intercontinental air travel.
18: ...s to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flight to Belgium to be honored after his trans-Atlantic flight...
26: ...e. The boy was found dead on [[May 12]] in [[Hopewell, New Jersey]] just a few miles from the Lindberg... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: *[[1756]] - [[St. Patrick's Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for the first time (a...
21: ...ent [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
22: ... the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], a precursor to the [[NATO]] Agreement.
23: ..., Berkeley]] researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "[[Californium]]".
24: ...[United States]] launches the [[Vanguard 1]] [[satellite]]. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of the ...
21: *[[1946]] - [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[Réµ®ion]] become over...
22: *[[1953]] - [[Academy Awards]] are first televised.
23: ...ison Square Garden]] in the first [[television | televised]] prize [[boxing]] fight shown in color.
28: ...26]] were passed, calling upon [[Israel]] immediately to cease its military action and withdraw [[IDF|... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
9: ...s expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent.
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of [...
17: ...1939]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany]] takes [[Memel]] from [[Lithuania]].
18: ...ton]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]].
21: *[[1954]] - Closed since [[1939]], the [[London gold mark...
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