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- Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
6: ...r]] from his previous club in [[1891]], they were first called ''Pirates''. The name stuck. Over the y...
10: :'''Official mascot:''' [[Pirate Parrot]]
17: In its early days, the club benefitted three times from mergers with defunct clubs. ...
19: ...strong team over the next few years and got their first World Series title in [[1909]], defeating the ...
21: ...ant team in baseball. The [[1927]] season was the first for the sharp-hitting combination of brothers ... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
7: ...deeply concerned with the social impact of scientific discovery. An individual of monumental intellect...
16: ... to [[dyslexia]], simple [[shyness]], or the significantly rare and unusual structure of his [[human b...
20: ...r, but this meant he had no secondary-school certificate. {{an|1}}
22: ... became enamoured with Marie, their daughter, his first sweetheart. Albert's sister Maja was to later ...
26: ...]. During this time Einstein discussed his scientific interests with a group of close friends, includi... - Dean Kamen (2784 bytes)
2: '''Dean Kamen''' (born [[1951]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[entrepreneu...
10: ...989]], Kamen founded the robotics organization, [[FIRST]] (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science ...
21: * [http://www.usfirst.org/about/bio_dean.htm FIRST biography] - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
95: *[[Mino da Fiesole]] (c.1429 - 1484)
96: *[[Steve Fiorilla]]
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
163: *[[Charles Keck]], (1875 - 1951) - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
3: ...ech. This article will focus on philosophy as a ''field of study''.
5: ...n philosophy]] is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This articl...
9: ...f philosophy. Philosophers are motivated by specific questions such as:
17: ...[Aristotle]], who was the first to use this classification (as he believed that to call himself a [[so...
21: ...ar, used different categories than the Greeks. Definitions were not based on common features, but wer... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
22: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
24: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
31: ...Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were ... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ... [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, Clinton served five terms as the [[Governor of Arkansas|Governor]] ...
25: ... record low in his first year, but upon leaving office, it was the highest for a retiring President in...
27: ...g it into the largest surplus by the end of his office.
38: ...ince [[1938]]. His first term was fraught with difficulties, including an unpopular motor vehicle tax ...
40: ...ecision to keep her maiden name while Arkansas' [[First Lady]] raised many eyebrows in the traditional... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
31: ... the wire went dead. Reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both tea...
35: ...''. Reagan was kidded widely about the last named film because his co-star was a chimpanzee. He has a ...
37: ...n 1952. Nancy Reagan became a powerful background figure in Ronald Reagan's rise and roles as governor...
38: ...my Air Force]], which made training and education films. He remained in Hollywood for the duration of ...
42: ...aracteristically, he played a mob chieftain. This film was a remake of an earlier version based on a s... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
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26: ...was active in the sect from 1895, when Dwight was five years old, until she died. Eisenhower's father ...
30: ...920]]. In [[1922]] he was assigned as executive officer to General [[Fox Conner]] in the [[Panama Cana...
34: ...ashington, D.C.]], and then served as executive officer to General [[George V. Moseley]], Assistant Se...
38: ... It was his close association with Marshall which finally brought Eisenhower to senior command positio... - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
31: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 12]], [[1945]] -<br/> [[Jan...
38: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Bess Truman]]</td></tr>
48: ...rticle and discussing the change on the Talk page first. The current consensus is that the punctuation...
51: ...t]] of the [[United States]], succeeding to the office upon the death of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
61: ...clothing store as a clerk. The canteen would be a financial success, of course they did have a captive... - Nero (23127 bytes)
4: ...[October 13]], [[54]]. In [[66]] he added the prefix [[Imperator]] to his name. In [[68]] Nero was d...
8: ...lly if there is an involvement of movements or selfish motives.
27: ...a. Caligula proceeded in having her deified, the first woman in Roman history to achieve this honor.
34: ...uard]] helped Claudius gain the throne. Among his first decisions was the recalling of his nieces from...
42: ...ero Caesar Drusus'''. The marriage would last for five years. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: ... Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
17: ...ther Gulick]] and his wife Charlotte found [[Camp Fire Girls]] (formally announced in [[1912]]).
21: ...ngton, DC]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] is officially opened by President [[Franklin Delano Roose...
26: ...erranean]], the [[DSV Alvin|Alvin]] [[submarine]] finds a missing American [[hydrogen bomb]].
28: ...ssacre]]: The [[United States Army]] charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the i... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
16: ...s a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] operator.
28: ... for [[Hawaii]]an statehood, which would become official on [[August 21]].
31: ...st]] for [[France]] singing "Un premier amour" (A first love).
32: ...cecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to [[Extra-vehicular activity|walk in s...
36: ...Oil embargo crisis]]: Most [[OPEC]] nations end a five-month [[oil]] [[embargo]] against the [[United ... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and...
11: ...nalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Livingstone...
14: ...nted the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] flight.
18: ...d]] presents the [[Moondog Coronation Ball]], the first [[rock and roll]] concert, in [[Cleveland, Ohi...
19: ...e in Sharpeville]], [[South Africa]]: Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demon... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
8: ... - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Forth]].
10: ...] is struck with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Mich...
11: ...the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and reaching the [[Pacific Ocean]], explorers [[Lewis and Clark]] and their...
12: *[[1839]] - First recorded use of "[[Okay|OK]]" as an abbreviati...
13: ...ffe]]'' arrives at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish settlers for [[Dunedin, New Zealand|D... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
19: |url=[http://www.atlantaga.gov/ City of Atlanta Official Website]}}
33: .... The origins of the modern name are somewhat difficult to describe. In [[1845]], the Chief Engineer...
36: ... point in the Civil War, giving the North more confidence, and leading to the re-election of [[Abraham...
38: ...ty of the "New South," by which he meant a diversification of the economy away from agriculture and a ...
43: ...lanta from the old Malaria Control in War Areas offices and staff. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
93: *[[Harald Bohr]] ([[Denmark]], [[1887]] - [[1951]])
106: *[[Jonathan Borwein]] (Scotland/Canada, [[1951]]-)
134: ...n]] (France, [[April 9]], [[1869]] - [[May 6]], [[1951]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
13: ...dams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
20: ...ken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] – [[1951]])
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]]) - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
2: ... [[cigars]]. Tobacco smoking is considered a significant cause of human health problems, especially [[...
13: ...have magical powers, It was also burned as a sacrifice to the gods; a tobacco [[gourd]] was worn as a ...
22: ... is treated chemically to allow it to smolder indefinitely.
37: ...long cigar habit, even though there was no scientific evidence yet of a link between smoking and cance...
43: ... of studies have shown that tobacco use is a significant factor in spontaneous abortions among [[pregn... - American comic book (14771 bytes)
3: ...books''' are typically small magazines containing fictional stories in the artistic medium of [[comics...
5: ...been produced in the [[United States]]. It is difficult to say much in general about them, because of...
8: The first comic book published in the United States is t...
15: Some credit [[Max Gaines]] with publishing the first American comic book, in the format we know tod...
17: ...ontent was heavy on [[adventure]] and [[detective fiction]].
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