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- Astronomy (13970 bytes)
1: ...(and are beyond the atmosphere), as well as the connected processes and phenomena.
3: ... of [[Apollo 11]] as they circled the [[Moon]] in 1969. Located near the center of the [[Far side (Moon...
8: ... and planets in the sky. Later, the work of [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler]] and [[Isaac Newton|Newton]] pav...
71: ...athematical system that described the earth as spinning on its axis and considered the motions of the ...
75: ...lei]] and [[Johannes Kepler]]. Galileo added the innovation of using [[telescope]]s to enhance his obs... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...lose to the [[Sun]]. When a comet approaches the inner solar system, radiation from the Sun causes its...
11: ...r appearance have been noticed by humans for millennia. One very famous old recording of a comet is t...
33: ... year, so that Comet Bennett 1969i became Comet Bennett 1970 II (it was the second comet to pass perih...
53: ...d for most of the next century. Even after [[Johannes Kepler]] had determined in [[1609]] that the pl...
55: ...e others, such as [[Christian Huygens]] and [[Johannes Hevelius]], supported comets' linear motion.{{h... - List of themed timelines (11300 bytes)
2: ...orical timeline]] which has entries for each millennium, century, decade and year.
262: ...950-1969)|Timeline of trends in music (1950–1969)]] - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
197: *[[Unmanned space mission]]s
200: **[[List of manned space missions]]
309: *[[List of planned cities]]
482: *[[List of machines running CP/M]]
535: ...herlands|NL]], [[Tunnels in New Zealand|NZ]], [[Tunnels in the United Kingdom|UK]] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
6: ...ocket]]s. The [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center|NASM annex]] at [[Dulles International Airport]] in Northe...
13: ...tal launch was of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] unmanned [[Sputnik I]] mission on [[October 4]], [[1957]...
15: ...paceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]].
38: ...nown as ISRO, was established on [[August 15]], [[1969]] under the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] of th...
41: ISRO has started the work on its first Unmanned Lunar program called [[Chandrayan|Chandrayan-1]... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
55: *[[Anna Ancher]] ([[1859]]-[[1935]])
75: *[[Ivan Ayvazovsky|Hovhannes Ayvazovski]] ([[1817]]-[[1900]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
94: *[[Giovanni Francesco Barbieri]] ([[1591]]-[[1666]]) - American football (39287 bytes)
11: ...op players in the league are selected to play an annual [[all-star game]], the [[Pro Bowl]], in [[Hono...
40: ... and, the [[American Football League]] (AFL, 1960-1969). Only the AFL survives, as it merged with the NF...
59: ...y following a field goal or touchdown. At the beginning of a half, the kicking team is determined by [...
61: ... from its own 20-yard line. In this case, a tee cannot be used, so the ball is usually punted. As a re...
73: ...ning the length of the field and '''endlines''' running the width. There is a '''goal line''' ten yard... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
53: ...ertheless, this was not intended in a demeaning manner since he ascribed his changes to ''historiograp...
74: ...came ruler in the west, with his capital in [[Ravenna]]. At this point it is common to refer to the em...
80: The [[6th century]] saw the beginning of the conflicts with the Byzantine Empire's t...
82: ... university at Athens), producing the epic poet Nonnus, the lyric poet Paul the Silentiary, the histor...
84: ...640 and conquering most of the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]] in [[751]], leaving the Byzantines with contro... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
5: ... towards more compact, more powerful designs, beginning with [[steam engine]]s and ending with [[jet e...
25: ...-scale version of his design, first flying it unmanned in 1849, and in 1853 his coachman made a short ...
27: ...nnel]] in 1871. Members of the Society used the tunnel and were surprised, and delighted, to learn tha...
29: ... by [[Wilhelm Kress]] as early [[1877]] near [[Vienna]].
55: ...ening of the [[Spanish-American War]]. Langley planned on building a scaled-up version known as the ''... - Human (48024 bytes)
14: ...me = Homo sapiens | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
24: ...cured in response to a need for long distance [[running]]. Humans are said to be one of a short list o...
47: ...''woman''. For the etymology of '''man''' see [[mannaz]].
52: ...ial]] [[population genetics]] (numbers are [[millennia]] before present).]]
104: ...C1R. Human skin has a capacity to darken ([[sun tanning]]) in response to UV exposure. Variation in th... - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
12: ...imeline of United States history (1950-1969)|1950-1969]] - World War II (58065 bytes)
37: ...invaded Finland on [[30 November]], [[1939]], beginning the [[Winter War]], which lasted until March o...
42: ...it the Allies in two by driving to the English Channel. Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands fell ...
44: ...ion occupied Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, and annexed [[Bessarabia]] and [[Bukovina|Northern Bukovi...
46: ...ntic (1940)|Battle of the Atlantic]]. In a long-running campaign, German [[U-Boat]]s attempted to depr...
50: President Roosevelt announced a shift in the American stance from neutral... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
37: ...ans. The difficulty in this is establishing a beginning and an end. The fighting with the French was m...
45: ...rol of Indochina in a series of colonial wars beginning in the 1840s and lasting until the 1880s. Duri...
47: ...dence]], and a band played "[[The Star Spangled Banner]]." Ho had hoped that the United States would ...
52: ...tainment]], as proposed in [[1947]] by [[George Kennan]], and the [[domino theory]], which held that i...
61: ...hed liberated base area and army. Hue fell in a manner similar to Hanoi, with the takeover first of th... - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
21: *[[1933]] - [[Tennessee Valley Authority]]
29: *[[1933]] - [[Good Neighbor Policy]] announced
136: ...imeline of United States history (1950-1969)|1950-1969]]</td> - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1969]]'''.
49: *[[1961]] - [[John F. Kennedy]] becomes President
64: [[Image:Motorcade.jpg|thumb|Kennedy's motorcade on November 22, 1963]]
65: *[[1963]] - [[John F. Kennedy]] assassinated
88: *[[1968]] - Presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy]] assassinated - Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
29: ...the first time in 142 years, ending the longest winning streak in sports.
38: *[[1987]] - [[Dennis Conner]] onboard "Stars & Stripes" returns the [[Ameri...
50: ...imeline of United States history (1950-1969)|1950-1969]]</td> - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
3: ...tional mood and his own political savvy to push Kennedy's agenda; most notably, the [[Civil Rights Act...
5: ...number of black leaders elected. In [[1969]], [[Tennessee]] had a 92.1% turnout; [[Arkansas]], 77.9%; ...
13: ...nson crushed Goldwater in the general election, winning 64.9 percent of the popular vote, the largest ...
20: ...during President [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s ([[1963]]-[[1969]]) "War on Poverty." Although some of these progr...
44: ...ch that he was pulling out of the race. He also announced the initiation of the [[Paris Peace Talks]]... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
8: ...ies moved their plants and headquarters from the inner cities and urban centers to the suburbs with lo...
14: .... Stores and businesses have been abandoning the inner cities while the decline of social services and...
36: ... transcend personal controversies, most notably a 1969 automobile accident at [[Chappaquiddick]] Island ...
54: ... framed broad themes and made a strong personal connection to voters. Unlike fellow Republican [[Richa...
58: ... to balance its budget for the first time since [[1969]]. - Mississippi (15114 bytes)
52: ... 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars). - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
70: ...Such cyclones formed in September 1947, September 1969, January 1982, September 1983, and January 1995. ...
111: ...cycles, in which outer eye walls form to replace inner ones. The mechanisms that make this occur are s...
146: ..., in real-time, by sending specially equipped reconnaissance flights into the cyclone. In the Atlantic...
166: The human toll of cyclones cannot be overlooked. However, cyclones may bring much...
195: ...hough it never became a hurricane. [[Hurricane Jeanne]] in [[2004]] was only a tropical storm when it ...
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