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- March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: '''March 20''' is the 79th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
8: ...– The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
11: ...d a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
13: ...eecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is published.
14: *[[1883]] – Signature of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Prope... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
1: '''March 23''' is the [[82 (number)|82]]nd day of the year in the [...
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Forth]].
9: ... Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech - "[[give me liberty or give me dea...
10: ... [[strangle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
11: ...xplorers [[Lewis and Clark]] and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...ia gold rush|gold rush]], Sacramento was a major distribution point, a [[Commerce|commercial]] and [[a...
11: subdivision_type = [[County]] |
12: subdivision_name = [[Sacramento County, California|Sacrame...
20: population_note = 1,796,857 ([[List of metropolitan areas by population|metropolitan...
34: == History == - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169...
54: ...[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[1916]]) - Postcard (2985 bytes)
2: ...mage:British postal card 1890.jpg|right|thumb|British post card, used in 1890]]
4: ...any, individual or organization, a postal card is issued by the United States government.
5: ...to an art object. The art form where this is done is called [[mail art]].
7: The study and collecting of postcards is called [[deltiology]].
9: == Brief history of postcards in the United States == - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - July 24 (8660 bytes)
1: '''July 24''' is the 205th day (206th in [[leap year]]s) of the ye...
5: ...67]] - [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son [[King...
9: ...ers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of [[Salt Lake City]].
12: *[[1901]] - [[O. Henry]] is released from prison in [[Austin, Texas]] after serving three years ...
13: *[[1910]] - [[James MacGillivray]] publishes first account of [[Paul Bunyan]] in the [[Detr... - Yellowstone National Park (23738 bytes)
16: <tr><td>''Date of establishment''</td>
18: <tr><td>''Visitation''</td>
25: ...f [[American Bison|bison]] and [[Wapiti|elk]]. It is the core of the [[Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem]]...
27: Long before any recorded [[human]] history in Yellowstone, a massive [[volcanic eruption...
31: ==Human history== - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
1: ...nd Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament, or medalists at the [[Olympic Games]]:
5: ... Agassi]] ([[1970]]-) - ([[:Category:American tennis players|United States]])
6: ...an tennis players|South Africa]] - doubles specialist
8: ...ander]] ([[1951]]-) - ([[:Category:Australian tennis players|Australia]])
9: *[[Wilmer Allison, Jr.]] ([[1904]]-[[1977]]) (United States) - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
7: senateleader= [[Bill Frist]]|
10: ideology = [[Conservatism]] |
18: ...ern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservatism|conservative]] of the two major parties.
20: ...expansion of [[slavery]] into new territories, it is not to be confused with the [[United States Democ...
31: ...resident Bush, there has been an increasing emphasis on cultivating deeper loyalty among core social c... - The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
1: ...Of the five copies made, two are known to still exist.]]
2: ...ner artists rendering.bmp|200px|thumb|right|An artist's rendering of the battle at [[Fort McHenry]].]]
3: ...nner2.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Percy Moran drew Francis Scott Key reaching out towards the flag in [[1913...
4: ...his is one of only ten copies known to exist, and is housed in the [[Library of Congress]].]]
6: ...ic song]] after it was put to the tune of the English drinking song ''[[To Anacreon in Heaven]]'', but... - Buffalo soldier (5141 bytes)
1: '''Buffalo Soldiers''' is a [[nickname]] originally applied to the 10th Cav...
5: ...ounters with them in western Kansas. The nickname is believed to be a reference to either
6: ...air, said to resemble the mane of the [[American Bison|buffalo]], or
10: ...same time. These units were composed of black enlisted men commanded by white officers such as [[Benj...
12: ...s and earned a distinguished record. Thirteen enlisted men and six officers from these four regiments... - Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
4: [[Image:Discoveryboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Discovery]]
6: ...age:Baloonshack.jpg|thumb|right|250px|During the Discovery expedition, Shackleton made the first ballo...
11: ... for his Antarctic expedition of [[1914]]–[[1916]] in the ship ''[[#The Endurance|Endurance]]''.
18: .../www.antarctic-circle.org/advert.htm] for a full discussion.)
21: ...st of the early British expeditions, food was foolishly in short supply; the personnel on long treks w... - Electron (10516 bytes)
54: ...from the term ''electric'', whose ultimate origin is the Greek word meaning amber]. Electrostatic ch...
56: ...ts and therefore play a fundamental part in [[chemistry]].
62: ...stituent parts). The word "particle" is somewhat misleading however, because quantum mechanics shows t...
66: ... as '''e<sup>−</sup>'''. Sometimes the term is used, as proposed by [[Carl David Anderson|Carl D...
68: ...ectron. This is a limitation described by the [[Heisenberg uncertainty principle]], which, simplified ... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
16: ...olution]]. After Tesla's demonstration of [[Transmission (telecommunications)|wireless communication]]...
18: ...eal these plans, while others made fortunes with his [[invention]]s.
20: ...cepts are just only recently coming to fruition. His legacy can been seen across [[Modern world|modern...
29: ...ernating current]] long-distance electrical transmission system ([[1888]]) [http://www.tfcbooks.com/te...
39: ...evices for [[Electric field gradient|high field emission]] - Squid (6229 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Cephalopod]]a}}
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Coleoidea]]}}
9: ...xobox_authority | author = [[A. Naef]] | date = [[1916]]b}}
11: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Suborders]]}...
16: ...English language|English]]-speaking countries, it is often known by the name '''calamari''', from the ... - Babe Adams (10141 bytes)
3: ...Western Association]], but late in 1918 he found his stride again and rejoined the Pirates, where he s...
5: ... league history. [[Rube Marquard]] also went the distance for New York to gain the victory, allowing t...
7: ...st 140. His [[earned run average|ERA]] was 2.76. His last game was on August 11, [[1926 in sports|1926...
21: 1916 Pirates 34 2 9 .182 16 10 4 0 ...
44: 1916 Pirates 2 11.38 13.25 2.75 1.50 1.83 ... - Boxing (29727 bytes)
4: ...ocks out his opponent. Boxing is also called Pugilism and prizefighting.
8: ...s, but were otherwise naked when competing. There is evidence to suggest that boxing was prevalent in ...
10: ...es, and fighting under agreed rules for sport. It is now used to describe a sport in which two contest...
14: ... these features were present in bare-knuckle pugilism.
16: ...h had superseded the "Pugilistic Association's Revised Rules" of [[1853]]. They were often popularly r... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
3: The '''Olympic Games ''', or '''Olympics''', is an international [[multi-sport event]] taking pla...
7: ...sport]]s, the [[Olympic Winter Games]], was established in [[1924]]. Originally these were held in the...
10: ... at Olympia.jpg|thumb|right|Athletes trained in this Olympia facility in its heyday.]]
13: ...a, Greece|Olympia]] was in [[776 BC]], although this was certainly not the first time they were held. ...
15: ...estler [[Milo of Croton]] is the only athlete in history to win a victory in six Olympics.
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