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- Sicily (18450 bytes)
8: ...to|Agrigento]]<br />[[Province of Caltanissetta|Caltanissetta]]<br />[[Province of Catania|Catania]]<b...
24: ...iracusa'' in Italian), [[Trapani]], [[Enna]], [[Caltanissetta]], [[Agrigento]], [[Ragusa, Italy|Ragusa...
34: ...other agricultural products. The mines of the [[Caltanissetta]] district became a leading sulphur-prod...
54: ...itecture, carved in the local red sandstone. [[Caltagirone]] is renowned for its decorative ceramics....
66: ...in necropoli over a large area of Palermo, now built over, south of the Norman palace, where the Norma... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
6: *[[Wäinö Aaltonen]] ([[1894]] - [[1966]])
40: *[[Constantin Brancusi]] (1876 - 1957)
133: *[[Herbert Haseltine]] (1877 - 1962)
139: *[[Milton Horn]] (1906 - 1995),
237: *[[Auguste Présult]] - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
7: ... speed at which it moves is relatively constant, although somewhat influenced by the current load.
11: ...l the cable house realizes what is going on and halts the movement of the cable.
16: ... and proved cumbersome. The line was closed, rebuilt and reopened with [[steam locomotives]].
23: Cable cars rapidly spread to other cities, although the major attraction for most was the abilit...
29: ...n [[1890]].) A few more cable car systems were built in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Portugal]] and [[Fra... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
37: ... the city became a [[Underground culture|counterculture]] magnet in the second half of the 20th centur...
48: ...r real estate. Much of the present downtown is built over the former Yerba Buena Cove, granted to the ...
64: ...rupture of over 270 miles of the [[San Andreas Fault]], from [[San Juan Bautista]] to [[Eureka]], cent...
69: ...also as a showcase of the vibrant completely rebuilt city less than a decade after the Earthquake. On ...
75: ...ods once covered by these freeways have been rebuilt, and the restoration of the Embarcadero, San Fran... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
20: ..., presidents, prime ministers, and members of royalty walked behind the casket at [[Funeral of John F....
22: ... elected president of the U.S. ([[Theodore Roosevelt]] was the youngest ever to ''serve'' as president...
38: ...lomon Islands area on the night of Aug 1-2, 1943. Lt. KENNEDY, Capt. of the boat, directed the rescue ...
51: ...ed by McCarthy opponents such as [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] who later said of the episode "he should have d...
53: ... their personal beliefs. The book was awarded the 1957 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Biography. - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
24: ...ith the words "I was born in a house my father built." He often spoke lovingly of his mother as a "Qua...
26: ...age:Lt_Cmdr_Richard_Nixon_1945.jpg|left|The young Lt Commander Richard Nixon of the US Navy 1945]]
34: ...lly the same, if their members are the same..." Although Nixon's allegations were untrue, they succee...
44: ... President on [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s ticket, although he was only 39 years old.
47: ... The "[[Checkers speech]]", as it was called, resulted in a flood of support that required Eisenhower ... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
36: ...oted to Brigadier-General in September [[1941]]. Although his administrative abilities had been notice...
45: ...carrying out the Allied [[Battle of Normandy|assault on the coast of Normandy]] in June [[1944]] under...
47: ...he confidence that President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had in him, he sometimes worked directly with [...
49: ...atastrophic failure, should that be the final result. Long after the successful landings on D-Day and...
51: ...did all that bravery could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
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14: | wife=[[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
18: ...ntral figures of 20th century history. Born to wealth and privilege, he overcame a crippling illness t...
20: ...but others dispute this claim arguing that Roosevelt's economic policies actually slowed recovery. In ...
22: In his lifetime Roosevelt was a polarizing figure: he was a hero to liberal... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
63: ...e two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas.
69: ...ims, and to define themselves, as well as their culture to be Arabic, and not Persian.
73: ...tted Bahrain, but its downturn was not as badly felt, as the economy of Bahrain began to diversify.
83: ...bin Salman Ali Khalifa]]. Both rule through consultation with ministers. The judiciary system is rel...
104: ...ansport facilities, Bahrain is home to numerous multinational firms with business in the Persian Gulf.... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
11: ...repeated this trip 75 years later in [[2002]].) Although Lindbergh was the first to fly from New York...
15: ...emonstrating and charting polar air-routes, high altitude flying techniques, and increasing aircraft f...
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19: {{multi-video end}} - Richard E. Byrd (4114 bytes)
1: ...([[October 25]], [[1888]] – [[March 11]], [[1957]]) was an pioneering [[United States|American]] p...
5: ...d bubble sextants. His expertise in this area resulted in his appointment to plan the flight path for ...
12: ...their emergency supplies in order to achieve the altitude of the Polar Plateau. However, the flight wa...
18: By the time Richard Byrd died on [[March 12]] [[1957]], he had amassed twenty-two citations and specia...
22: ....south-pole.com/p0000107.htm Richard E. Byrd 1888-1957]. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
14: *[[1886]] - [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are killed...
15: ...pia|SS ''Utopia'']] sinks off the coast of [[Gibraltar]], killing 574.
21: ...nt [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
81: *[[1957]] - [[Michael Kelly (editor)|Michael Kelly]], Ame...
109: *[[1957]] - [[Ramon Magsaysay]], [[President of the Phili... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
28: *[[1969]] – In [[Gibraltar]], [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] get married...
30: *[[1976]] – [[Patty Hearst]] is found guilty of the armed robbery of a [[San Francisco, Calif...
38: ...rik Menendez]] and [[Lyle Menendez]] are found guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing o...
55: ...1890]] - [[Beniamino Gigli]], Italian tenor (d. [[1957]])
70: *[[1921]] - [[Rudolf Noelte]], film director (d. [[2002]]) - March 22 (9294 bytes)
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of [[...
43: *[[1861]] - [[Walter Francis Willcox]], statistician and [[United St...
84: *[[1957]] - [[Stephanie Mills]], American actress, singer
110: *[[1994]] - [[Walter Lantz]], American [[cartoon]]ist (b. [[1899]]) - March 23 (10340 bytes)
19: *[[1909]] - [[Theodore Roosevelt]] leaves [[New York]] for a post-presidency [[saf...
23: ...] - [[Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines]]
68: *[[1942]] - [[Walter Rodney]], historian and political figure (d. [[...
79: *[[1957]] - [[Amanda Plummer]], American actress - Little Rock, Arkansas (9366 bytes)
50: ...La Petite Roche'' (the little rock). La Harpe built a trading post near the little rock. The Quapaw ...
51: *1812 - William Lewis, a fur trapper, built a home near the little rock.
60: *1957 - The "[[Little Rock Nine]]" are finally enrolled...
62: ...igh School]] was racially integrated in September 1957.
90: ... Little Rock is the corporate headquarters of [[Alltel]] and [[Dillard's]]. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
25: ...ry, "The Athens of America," owing to its great cultural and intellectual influence.
34: ...htness, and education remain a part of Boston's culture.
38: ...exporting products such as [[rum]], [[fish]], [[salt]] and [[tobacco]]. It was chartered as a city in...
59: ... Bay, Boston|Back Bay]], and [[South End]] are built on [[Land reclamation|reclaimed land]]—two ...
61: ...achusetts|Canton]], and [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
214: *[[Simon Donaldson]] (Britain, [[1957]] - )
221: *[[Walther Franz Anton von Dyck]] (Germany)
244: *[[Gerd Faltings]] (Germany, [[1954]] - )
247: *[[Walter Feit]] (Austria/USA, [[1930]] - [[2004]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]]...
51: *[[Walter Baade]] ([[Germany]], [[1893]] – [[1960]]...
81: *[[Charles Thomas Bolton]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1943]] – )
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] –...
105: *[[Schelte J. Bus]] ([[United States|USA]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
59: *[[Louis Althusser]], (1918-1990){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
175: *[[Walter Benjamin]], (1892-1940){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
221: *[[Ludwig Boltzmann]], (1844-1906){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}
270: *[[Rudolf Bultmann]], (1884-1976){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
276: *[[Walter Burley]], (c. 1275-c. 1345){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
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