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- Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
40: ...sman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...overnment in [[1958]], he inspired a new constitution<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s fir...
45: ...mily of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born in [[Lille...
47: ...the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the French Republic. Their social ideas were... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
2: ...ula One race.jpg|thumb|215px|Cars jockey for position during the [[2004 Monaco Grand Prix|2004]] [[Mon...
7: ...nnual team budgets average in the hundreds of millions of [[United States dollar|US dollars]]. It is b...
9: The sport has traditionally been centred in [[Europe]], which undoubtedl...
11: ...ort is regulated by the FIA, [[F餩ration Internationale de l'Automobile]], and is generally promoted ...
14: ...io]] and [[Stirling Moss|Moss]] at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] in [[1955]]]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...s have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
3: ...es to none, earning their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918...
4: ==Introduction==
5: ...every year between the American League and the National League. Starting in 2003, however, the league ...
7: ...m, because there are more divisions and each division is smaller. - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
2: {{MLB Orioles franchise}}
3: ...imore, Maryland]]. They are in the Eastern Division of the [[American League]]. They are owned by at...
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Oriole Park at Camden Yards]] [[1992]]-present
8: ...home parks:''' [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)]] [[1954]]-[[1991]], [[Sportsman's Park]] (St. Louis)
10: :'''Logo design:''' An [[Baltimore Oriole|oriole]] - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
3: ...hicago, Illinois]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[American League]].
5: ...:'' [[1893 in sports|1893]], as the [[Sioux City, Iowa]] franchise in the minor [[Western League (U.S....
6: :''Formerly known as:'' Sioux City Cornhuskers, 1894. St. Paul, 1895-1899. ...
9: ...go design:'' the letters "SOX", interlocked in various ways
11: :''Division titles won'' (4): [[1983 in sports|1983]], [[199... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
3: ...]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
6: ...1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations of [[communism]].
11: :'''Division titles won''' (9): [[1970]], [[1972]], [[1973]],...
13: :'''American Association pennants won''' (1): [[1882]]
14: :'''National League pennants won''' (9): [[1919]], [[1939]]... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
3: ...kland, California]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[American League]]. The team is often c...
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: ...design:''' A stylized "A's". The team also occasionally uses an [[elephant]] logo.
11: :'''Division titles won''' (13): [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1973]]... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
41: *[[Otto Diels]], (1876-1954), German chemnist, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel...
42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...Physics|Nobel Prize for Physics]] for his explanation of the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for his ser...
7: ...y. To this day Einstein receives popular recognition unprecedented for a scientist.
9: ==Biography==
14: ...nd, at the insistence of his mother, was given [[violin]] lessons.
16: ...t is that he had [[Asperger's syndrome]], a condition related to [[autism]]. - George Eastman (2821 bytes)
5: ...he basis for the invention of the [[film stock|motion picture film]], used by early filmmakers [[Thoma...
9: ...ark ''Kodak'',which was simply created by a variation of some of his favorite letters, and received a ...
11: ...ven a member of [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]], the national men's music fraternity.
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)
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
65: *[[Clodion]] - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
1: ... United States]], '''Reconstruction''' was the period after the [[American Civil War]] when the southe...
3: ==Laws and legislation==
4: ... by the Federal government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegrating the southern s...
6: Much of the impetus for Reconstruction involved the social and political status of free...
8: ...t on [[March 11]], [[1868]]. The first Reconstruction Act divided ten Confederate states (all except [... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
20: ...ing his [[John F. Kennedy assassination|assassination]] on [[November 22]], [[1963]] are remembered in...
24: ...t of his [[civil rights]] policies coming to fruition through his successor, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
26: ==Early life and education==
30: ...m laude]]'' from Harvard with a degree in international affairs in [[June]] [[1940]]. His thesis, enti... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | profession=[[Teacher]]
19: ...John F. Kennedy assassination|Kennedy's assassination]].
29: ...luence, found out how they had reached their positions, and gained their respect for his abilities. Ly...
31: ...an who was also from Texas. After only a short period of dating, the two were married on [[November 17... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
26: Eisenhower was raised in the religion now known as [[Jehovah's Witness]]es.{{fn|1}} Hi...
30: ...enworth]], [[Kansas]], and then served as a battalion commander, at [[Fort Benning]], [[Georgia (U.S. ...
32: ...mie on the steps of St. Louis College at San Antonio, Texas in 1916.]]
34: ... assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission, directed by General [[John J. Pershing]], then ... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]]."
20: ... peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...ves such as [[Ronald Reagan]] have praised his national leadership, while dismantling his social progr...
26: ...hich voted to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]—a matter of great pride to his great-gre... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ... [[1902]] – [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famous for p...
11: Lindbergh gained sudden great international fame as the first pilot to fly solo and non-st...
13: ...tees, including the central committee of the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] in the [[...
15: ...nge by decreasing fuel consumption. These innovations are the basis of modern intercontinental air tr...
18: ...s.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flight to Belgium to be honored aft... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
7: *[[1577]] - formation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobi...
8: ...uette]] and [[Louis Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
10: *[[1776]] - [[American Revolution]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] forces evacuate [[...
16: ...aris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
18: ... Republic of Poland]] adopts the [[March Constitution]]. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
13: ...lla]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in history.
17: *[[1942]] - The [[Thoroughbred Racing Association]] is established in [[Chicago]].
20: ...s, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
21: ...uiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[R鵮ion]] become overseas [[departement|d鰡rtements]] o...
23: ...t [[Madison Square Garden]] in the first [[television | televised]] prize [[boxing]] fight shown in co... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
7: ...stown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population.
8: ...- [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables.
9: ...pelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent.
15: ...5]] - First display (a private screening) of [[motion pictures]] by [[Auguste and Louis Lumi貥]].
21: *[[1954]] - Closed since [[1939]], the [[London gold mark...
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