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- Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
4: ...850]], nearly 100,000 people escaped enslavement via the Underground Railroad, a fraction of the estim...
10: ...nd religious denominations played key roles, especially the [[Religious Society of Friends|Society of ...
21: ... a month), sometimes hiding them in his Philadelphia home. He kept careful records, including short b...
23: ...y were not sent on the regular train, but rather via Reading. In this case, the authorities went to t...
25: ...1820]]s. Coincidently, the nation's first commercial railroad, the east-west [[Baltimore & Ohio]] lin... - Astrolabe (4446 bytes)
4: ...al longitude, and vice-versa; and surveying and triangulation.
6: ...hich improved on the accuracy of its wooden [[Arabian]] precursors.
8: ...ltitude]] representing the portion of the [[celestial sphere]] which is above the local horizon. The ...
14: ...-Persian-18C.jpg|thumb|left|An 18th century [[Persian]] astrolabe.]]
16: ...ic [[Spain]] in the [[11th century]] (early Christian recipients of Arab astronomy included [[Gerbert ... - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
4: [[Abraham Lincoln]] had endorsed a lenient plan for reconst...
6: ...of the impetus for Reconstruction involved the social and political status of freed [[slave]]s in the ...
12: ... sheriffs, and deputy governors installed. [[Louisiana]] even had a black governor for a brief period....
14: ...his upheaval resulted in new manifestations of racial tension. [[Whites | White]] southerners who join...
18: ...t, an increased will to integrate the Southern social hierarchy with the larger American society, and ... - Hittites (17910 bytes)
3: ...estern [[Syria]] down to [[Ugarit]], and Mesopotamia down to [[Babylon]], lasted from about 1680 BC to...
5: ... Hittites should be distinguished from the "[[Hattians]]", an earlier people who inhabited the same re...
7: ...ed the Anatolian Hittites in the 19th century initially believed the two peoples to be the same, but t...
12: ...names in the tablets were neither Hattic nor Assyrian, but clearly Indo-European.
14: ...he "kingdom of Kheta" mentioned in these [[Egypt]]ian texts, and with the biblical Hittites. Sayce's i... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Plains, Georgia]]
19: ...83rd ([[1971]]–[[1975]]) [[Governor of Georgia]].
21: ...y in [[Tehran]] on November 4, 1979 by [[Iran|Iranian]] [[revolutionary|revolutionaries]]. Later that ...
23: ... and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
26: ...here were no [[cowboy]]s or [[native americans|Indians]] in the book. Carter mentioned his beloved tea... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
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36: ...art in a night-time military raid near [[New Georgia]] (near the [[Solomon Islands]]) when it was ramm...
40: ...econd World War include the [[Purple Heart]], [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]], and the [[World War ...
47: ... would harm his nascent political career. The marriage rumors were little-known until 1961, when rumor...
51: ...ng fellow Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]]'s controversial campaign to root out Communists and Soviet spies... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
19: ...n [[Politics of the United States|American politician]]. After serving a long career in the [[Congress...
22: ...10]]-[[1978]]), Josefa ([[1912]]-[[1961]]) and Lucia ([[1916]]-[[1997]]) and his brother Sam Houston (...
31: ...that Johnson loved to give everything his own initials. His daughters' given names are examples, as w...
39: ...n [[1937]], Johnson ran for [[Congress]] in a special election for the [[United States House of Repres...
41: ...was expected to win, he was defeated by controversial late returns in an election marked by massive fr... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
19: ...he was a successful [[mining engineer]], humanitarian, and administrator. He had the longest retireme...
26: Hoover's six years in Oregon taught him self-reliance. "My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn m...
30: ... was elected student body treasurer on the "Barbarian" slate, then wiped out a student-government debt...
32: ...r fellow Iowan's love of the outdoors and self-reliant nature. "It isn't so important what others thin...
35: ...mage:boxer.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Boxer forces in Tianjin.]] - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
20: ...d [[Joseph Stalin]], are criticized by some historians. Finally his vision of an effective internation...
22: ...his national leadership, while dismantling his social programs.
34: ...ndicott Peabody]], who preached the duty of Christians to help the less fortunate and urged his studen...
36: ...ification. Eleanor was painfully shy and hated social life, and at first she desired nothing more than... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
21: ...es since the Louisiana Purchase, through the negotiated establishment of the [[Oregon Territory]] and ...
28: ...d his own practice in [[Columbia, Tennessee|Columbia]].
31: ...brought up as a [[Jeffersonian democracy|Jeffersonian Democrat]], for his father and grandfather were ...
33: ...([[John Quincy Adams]], [[Henry Clay]], and [[William H. Crawford]]) had obtained a majority of the [[...
35: ...n the [[U.S. presidential election, 1828|presidential election of 1828]], Polk rose in prominence, bec... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ..., and [[Qatar]] is to the south across the [[ Persian Gulf]]. The [[Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge]]...
20: | '''Official [[language]]s''' || [[Arabic language|Arabic]] a...
42: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br />- From [[Iran|Persia]]<br>- From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />
61: ...ame [[Mishmahig]] when it was a part of the [[Persian Empire]].
63: ...ahrain, positioned in the middle south of the Persian Gulf, have attracted the attention of many invad... - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ...f the term does not include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ... of 100,000 or more, [[Gary, Indiana|Gary]], [[Indiana]], had the highest percentage of black resident...
15: ... election of President of the [[United States]] [[Abraham Lincoln]], and was one reason for the secession o...
17: ... [[Disenfranchising|disenfranchisement]] and [[racial segregation]], and with it a wave of lynchings a...
19: ...st prominent of these groups, the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]]... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...ist]], [[public servant]], [[scientist]], [[librarian]], [[diplomat]], and [[inventor]]. One of the le...
9: ...cksmith and farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantucket]], [[Massachuset...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at Ecton; and over the ...
13: ...on, they had several more children, including: Josiah Jr. ([[August 23]], [[1685]]), Ann ([[January 5]...
15: ...on [[July 9]], [[1689]]. He then remarried, to Abiah, on [[November 25]] [[1689]] in the [[Old South ... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ...United States|American]] [[soldier]] and [[politician]]. He served in the [[U.S. Congress]] and as a U...
6: ...y]] and leading in the battle of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as an [[infantry]] officer. His older ...
8: ...ral times, in [[1811]] to [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana]], and in [[1812]] to [[Wilkinson County, Missi...
10: ...on, Mississippi]] in [[1818]], and to [[Transylvania University]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky]] in [[1821...
12: ...ellow River]] in [[1831]], he contracted [[pneumonia]], causing him to return to Fort Crawford. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
12: ...make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]]. Cook's [[surveying]] skills were put to good ...
20: ... doubts. With the help of a Tahitian named [[Tupaia]] who had extensive knowledge of Pacific [[geogra...
22: ...he site of the first [[British colony]] in Australia. However, when Captain [[Arthur Phillip]] arrive...
24: ...nes]], and the first European sightings of Australian [[flora]] and [[fauna]]; at first the bay was ca...
26: ...er]] made their first major collections of Australian flora and there were mainly peaceful meetings wi... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: ... 20''' is the 79th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 2...
8: *[[1602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: ...– [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the ...
12: *[[1848]] – King [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] abdicates.
14: ...f [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]]. - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
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3: |county=Fulton County, Georgia
8: |mapcomment=Location of Atlanta in Georgia
19: ...l=[http://www.atlantaga.gov/ City of Atlanta Official Website]}}
22: ...d urban [[sprawl]], population growth, and commercial development. As a result, Atlanta is a common ca... - Springfield, Illinois (6768 bytes)
29: ...from whence he departed to Washington; and his burial mausoleum.
45: ...|Native American]], 1.45% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacifi...
47: ...r the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% are [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.9% have a...
49: ...d 14.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there ar...
51: ...n income for a family is $51,298. Males have a median income of $36,864 versus $28,867 for females. Th... - Lincoln, Nebraska (9126 bytes)
29: ...ng System]]), and [[Nebraska Public Radio]] (affiliated with [[National Public Radio]] and [[Public Ra...
33: ...ure, restaurants, shopping, nightlife and residential lofts and apartments.
41: ...aska|Lancaster County]] in [[1859]]. The territorial capital of [[Nebraska]] had been [[Omaha, Nebras...
43: ... after the recently assassinated [[President]], [[Abraham Lincoln]]. At the time, many of the people south...
58: *Memorial Stadium (home of the [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Corn... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|Englis...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
11: *[[Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi]]
12: ...|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
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