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- Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
10: |Result||• Capitulation of South Vietnam<br>&bull...
14: ...ge:Us flag large.png|105px|Flag of the United States]]
22: !colspan="2" |Casualties
25: ...]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' Official Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded:''' 600,000
27: !colspan="2" |'''Civilian Casualties: ''' c. 2—4 million - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
1: [[Image:LBJMLK.jpg|thumb|250px|right|President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.]...
2: ...right of peaceful protest, the right to a fair investigation and trial if suspected of a crime, and mo...
4: ...hich encompass both human rights and civil liberties.
8: ...n though theoretical [[jurisprudence]] distinguishes between right and liberty (see below: Hohfeld). T...
10: ...es by reference to [[class]] or [[caste]] associates [[privilege]] with the upper layers of society an... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1...
8: ...1]] - [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|22nd Amendment]]
13: *[[1953]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] becomes President
16: ... [[Shah of Iran]] returns to power in [[CIA]]-orchestrated coup known as [[Operation Ajax]]
26: *[[1955]] - [[Rosa Parks]] incites [[Montgomery bus boycott]] - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...he meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...rime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Sovi...
13: ...y reigned over about one third and the United States over two thirds.
15: ...plified and refined in national ideologies to represent two ways of life, each vindicated in [[1945]] ...
17: ... an economic perspective—was the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position.... - New Year (5703 bytes)
2: ...one [[year]] and the beginning of the next. Cultures that measure yearly [[calendar|calendars]] all ha...
7: ...used by most [[developed country|developed countries]]. (For more information, see [[New Year's Day]])
9: ...r later than [[October 5]], when it occurred in [[1967]] and will again occur in [[2043]].
11: ... with [[fireworks|firecrackers]], and in some places with a [[parade]].
14: ...[March]] or [[April]]. The people of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]] celebrate the advent of [[Hindu Cal... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
8: ... Nickname = "Wolverine State" or "Great Lakes State" |
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
25: ... time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
30: HighestElev = 603 |
32: LowestElev = 174 | - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...s perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
6: ...ilosophers, such as [[Rene Descartes]], more interesting than the classical material taught at the Uni...
8: ... infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...t that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
12: ...life-threatening itself) to remove the cyst. Shaftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with ... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]] of less than 1%.
3: ...t is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in the sky.
5: ...ts symbol is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross...
7: ...omes from [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives include ''Venerean'' and ''Veneran''.
9: ...inese]], [[Korea|Korean]], and [[Japan]]ese cultures refer to the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...egotiations with [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] and thereby setting the scene for the second ...
7: ...ian]] army at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jaco...
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circl...
9: ...dier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at...
11: ...recognizes the independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]]. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The G...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
7: ...st known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
15: ...y [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
10: ...tate to ratify the [[United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durh...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
15: ...nnounced at a meeting of the [[AcadéŠe des Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: ...e]]. A clock is usually a physical instrument, an especially accurate one is called a [[chronometer]]...
5: ==Purposes ==
9: ...atch]]es) are carried; big ones are in public places, e.g. a [[train station]] or [[church]]. A small ...
14: ...e and date for all manner of operations whether these be for alarms, event initiation or just to displ...
16: ===Ideal uses=== - Memorial Day (4407 bytes)
1: ... traditionally place flags near veterans' headstones on Memorial Day]]
2: ...r to Memorial Day may include a reading of the names of members who have died during the previous 12 m...
4: ... PM. Another tradition is to fly the [[United States Flag|U.S. Flag]] at [[half-staff]] from dawn unti...
6: ... unofficial beginning of summer in the United States, while [[Labor Day]] is considered the unofficial...
9: ...ties and towns. These observances eventually coalesced around Decoration Day honoring the Union dead ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
10: | [[President of France]]
19: | [[Georges Pompidou]]
31: - Estuary (1941 bytes)
1: ...nomic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services.]]
2: ...vers naturally form [[delta]]s rather than estuaries.
4: ...s etc, which can be classified as estuaries in cases where there is a significant river flowing into t...
6: The estuaries are sometimes confused with [[fjord]]s. The [[Lim]] bay in [[Is...
12: ==References== - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...e New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
3: ...,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
5: ...s given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...half of the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place i...
9: ... champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Association in [...
5: ...mnants'', in [[1901]], after a number of players deserted the team for the [[American League]]. The n...
8: ...A red "C" circumscribed by a blue circle. Sometimes a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the...
9: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1998]]
10: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1989]], [[2003]] - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
5: ...ball)|Western League]]. Moved to [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], then again to Chicago in 1900 when that lea...
9: :''Logo design:'' the letters "SOX", interlocked in various w...
10: :''Wild Card titles won'' (0): ''none''
11: :''Division titles won'' (4): [[1983 in sports|1983]], [[1993 in spo...
12: ...7]], [[1919 World Series|1919]], [[1959 World Series|1959]] - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
9: :'''Logo design:''' a red "C" with the word "REDS" inside
10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
11: :'''Division titles won''' (9): [[1970]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1975]...
12: :'''Other titles won''' (1): Had baseball's best overall record in [[1981]]
15: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (5): [[1919]], [[1940]], [... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
3: ...ased in [[Oakland, California]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[American League]]. The tea...
5: ...Indianapolis, Indiana]] franchise in the minor [[Western League]]. Moved to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylva...
6: ...01]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City Athletics ([[1955]]-[[1967]])
8: ...Red and White; 1950: Blue, Gold and White; 1963-Present: Green, Gold and White
9: ... A stylized "A's". The team also occasionally uses an [[elephant]] logo.
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