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- Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...58]] to [[1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], w...
47: ...ssion for the fatherland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], ...
50: ...]] in March 1916, and left for dead on the battlefield. Alive, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. H...
52: - Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...ates dollar|US dollars]]. It is based around a series of races (19 in [[2005 Formula One season|2005]]...
11: ...and is generally promoted and controlled by [[Bernie Ecclestone]].
18: Historically, the Formula One series evolved from the European [[Grand Prix motor rac...
22: ...ngio won the title in [[1951]] and four more in [[1954]] through [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two...
26: ...for the next decade. Between [[Jim Clark]], [[Jackie Stewart]], [[Jack Brabham]], [[Graham Hill]], and... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...1994. The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
3: ...1,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
5: ...is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...for the playoffs which did not reach the World Series, and certain other teams which did not qualify f...
9: ...t there is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any c... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
5: ... that league became the American League, which achieved major league status in 1901.
8: ...home parks:''' [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)]] [[1954]]-[[1991]], [[Sportsman's Park]] (St. Louis)
11: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (3): [[1966 in sports|196...
20: ... successful Cardinals, and lost the 1944 World Series, 4-2.
22: ...he nickname "Orioles", a name with a long and storied history in the city: - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
5: ...t league became the [[American League]], which achieved acceptance as a major league in [[1901 in spor...
7: :''Home ballpark:'' [[U.S. Cellular Field]], Chicago. (This park, originally known as Ne...
12: ...17]], [[1919 World Series|1919]], [[1959 World Series|1959]]
13: ... (2): [[1906 World Series|1906]], [[1917 World Series|1917]]
22: ...erican League that year, nevertheless took the Series, and intercity bragging rights, in six games. - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
6: ...dlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations of [[communism]].
15: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (5): [[1919]], [[1940]], ...
27: ===From opening of Redland Field to the Great Depression===
29: ... had hitting stars led by [[Edd Roush]] and [[Heinie Groh]] while the pitching staff was led by [[Hod ...
31: ... thanks to the [[Great Depression]], and Redland Field was in a state of disrepair. - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
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...
13: ...he [[New York Yankees]] in the number of World Series championships won.
17: ===The Philadelphia Years (1901-1954)===
18: ...eam?s inaugural year saw second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] [la-ZHWAY] lead the league in hitting with a .4... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
30: *[[Henry Cavendish]], (1731-1810), Bristish scientist
31: ...[[Maria Sklodowska-Curie|Maria Skłodowska-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation phys...
32: *[[Pierre Curie]], (1859-1906)
41: *[[Otto Diels]], (1876-1954), German chemnist, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel...
55: *[[Michael Faraday]], (1791-1867), scientist - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...ho is widely regarded as the greatest [[science|scientist]] of the [[20th century]]. He proposed the [...
5: ...ded that of any other scientist in [[history of science and technology|history]], and in [[popular cul...
7: ...eceives popular recognition unprecedented for a scientist.
14: ...auline, whose maiden name was Koch. They were married in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. The family was [[Jew...
16: ...upon the needle; he would later describe the experience as one of the most revelatory of his life. Tho... - George Eastman (2821 bytes)
5: ...d by early filmmakers [[Thomas Edison]], the [[Lumiere Brothers]], and [[Georges M鬩賝].
13: ...said "My work is done. Why wait?" Eastman is buried at Kodak Park in [[Rochester, New York]].
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)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
28: *[[Wilfried Behre]]
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
56: *[[Pierre Cartellier]] (1757-1831)
68: *[[Marie-Anne Collot]] - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
4: ...l states without first imposing conditions. A series of laws, passed by the Federal government, estab...
12: .... [[Louisiana]] even had a black governor for a brief period. Most political "firsts" for [[African-Am...
18: ...hern social hierarchy with the larger American society, and a drive to redirect the military to campai...
24: ...tary District]]: Virginia, under Gen. [[John Schofield]]
25: ...litary District]]: The Carolinas, under Gen. [[Daniel Sickles]] - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
14: ...e=[[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy]]
22: ... be elected president, and the last president to die in office. He was also the first person to become...
24: ...th — with most of his [[civil rights]] policies coming to fruition through his successor, [[Lynd...
33: ...the [[Pacific Theater]] and earned the rank of [[lieutenant]], commanding a [[patrol torpedo boat]] or...
42: ...National Geographic]] expedition found what is believed to be the wreckage of the [[PT-109]] in the So... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Gillespie County, Texas]]
24: ...[[newspaper]], and spent a year away from his studies teaching school, Johnson somehow managed to grad...
27: ...ms in the [[Texas legislature]] and was a close friend to one of Texas's rising political figures, Con...
29: ...ained their respect for his abilities. Lyndon's friends soon included some of the men who worked aroun...
31: ...r only a short period of dating, the two were married on [[November 17]], [[1934]]. The couple later h... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Mamie Eisenhower]]
18: ...]–[[1961]]) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during [[World War II]], with t...
24: ...rd Nixon]]'s daughter [[Julie Nixon Eisenhower|Julie]] in [[1968]].
26: ... 1895, when Dwight was five years old, until she died. Eisenhower's father was an active member only e...
32: ....jpg|thumb|200px|left|Eisenhower with his wife Mamie on the steps of St. Louis College at San Antonio,... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
18: ...d of the forces of reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually...
20: ...this claim arguing that Roosevelt's economic policies actually slowed recovery. In the build up to the...
26: ...s a member of the state convention in [[Poughkeepsie]] which voted to ratify the [[United States Const...
28: ..., and Franklin was to marry Theodore Roosevelt's niece.
30: ...luence in Franklin's early years. He later told friends that he was afraid of her all his life. He rec... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
11: ... Hall and custom built by Ryan Airlines of [[San Diego, California]]. He needed 33.5 hours for the tri...
13: ...ion activities until his death. He served on a variety of national and international boards and commit...
22: He married the author [[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]] in 1929. He...
29: ...f the time indicate that he approved of Nazi policies and of Hitler's leadership.
31: ...annot blame them for looking out for what they believe to be their own interests, but we also must loo... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
6: ...eats the [[Pompey|Pompeian]] forces of [[Titus Labienus]] and [[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompey the Younger]] i...
8: *[[1673]] - [[Jacques Marquette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and...
37: *[[1777]] - [[Roger Taney]], Chief Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (d. [[1864...
38: ... pastor, social reformer, educator, author, and scientist (d. [[1847]])
41: *[[1834]] - [[Gottlieb Daimler]], German engineer and inventor (d. [[19... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of the [[...
19: ...apan]], a [[dive bomber]] hits the [[aircraft carrier]] [[USS Franklin (CV-13)|USS ''Franklin'']], kil...
20: ...ansportation facilities and communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
23: *[[1954]] - [[Joey Giardello]] knocks out [[Willie Tory]] in round seven at [[Madison Square Garden]...
27: *[[1972]] - [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] sign a friendship [[treaty]]. - March 22 (9294 bytes)
10: ... tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies.
21: *[[1954]] - Closed since [[1939]], the [[London gold mark...
27: ...ockholm]], [[Sweden]], [[Teach-In]] wins the twentieth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for the [[Netherlan...
28: ... - [[Karl Wallenda]] of the [[Flying Wallendas]] dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotel...
34: ...sketball]]), becomes the all-time leader in victories for both men's and women's college basketball, g...
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