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- Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...ms, trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for several [[m...
5: ...s (e.g. [[apple]]s). Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]...
9: ...rm, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics, reproductive structures, etc.
11: ...]]s, which grew in vast forests in the [[Carboniferous]] Period; tree ferns still survive, but the onl...
13: ...e]]s). A landscape of trees scattered or spaced across grassland (usually grazed or burned over period... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: ...rge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
29: ...r]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
36: ...63;]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
40: ..., [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...intensity military operations and full-scale war from [[1947]] until the collapse of the Soviet Union ...
5: ...ance of power in Europe were firmly established, proxy battles in the Third World became an ever-impor...
7: ...es, operated in good part by arming or funding surrogates, a development that lessened direct impact o...
9: ...ain in the late 1970s and early [[1980s]], but improved as the Soviet bloc started to unravel in the l...
11: ...all]], a symbol of the Cold War-era division of Europe]] - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1969]]'''.
14: *[[1953]] - [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg|Rosenbergs]] executed
20: ...norman-rockwell.jpg|thumb|Norman Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With," illustrating the struggle ...
21: *[[1954]] - [[Brown v. Board of Education]]
23: ...54]] - Fall of [[Dien Bien Phu]]; French lose control of [[Vietnam]] - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...nd [[Britain]] would open a second front on the European continent; but the Allied invasion did not oc...
11: ... Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[J...
13: ...from a few minor adjustments, this would be the "iron curtain" of the Cold War. In hindsight, [[Yalta]...
17: ...merge intact—and even greatly strengthened from an economic perspective—was the United Sta...
20: ... for cordoning off a new Russian empire with an "iron curtain." - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: ...ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] dynasty.
8: ...ain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
9: ...leton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]].
10: * [[1819]] - [[Simol�r]] proclaims the Republic of [[Colombia]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]]... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...n about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that Janu...
7: ...404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]].
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
14: *[[1707]] - [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned King of [[Portugal]] - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: ...the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman Empire]].
8: ...ista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[...
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: ...ck]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] against [[England]]. - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = [[Dinosauria]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_norank_entry | taxon = [[Coelurosauria]]}}
17: ...a firestorm of debate about [[evolution]] and the role of [[transitional fossil]]s that endures to thi...
19: ...cimens of ''Archaeopteryx'' have been found, all from the Late [[Jurassic]] [[Solnhofen limestone]] of...
25: ...irds, but ''Archaeopteryx'' was rather different from any bird we know of today: it had jaws lined wit... - Pope Stephen II (796 bytes)
3: ...II as a pope (and, in [[1959]], deleted his name from its official list of popes), but many historians... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
4: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-colla...
7: | style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image...
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
40: ...and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_i... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...[[United States dollar|US dollars]]. It is based around a series of races (19 in [[2005 Formula One se...
9: The sport has traditionally been centred in [[Europe]], which undoubtedly remains its leading market...
11: ...l'Automobile]], and is generally promoted and controlled by [[Bernie Ecclestone]].
14: ...gio|Fangio]] and [[Stirling Moss|Moss]] at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] in [[1955]]]]
16: ... [[List of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.'' - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...ine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Series has been an annual event s...
3: The [[2004 World Series]] was played from [[October 23]] until [[October 27]], between the...
4: ==Introduction==
7: ... preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the W...
11: ...supposed sponsorship. (For details, see [http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm Mr. Pappas's we... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Association i...
5: ...Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this time, but that name didn't stick.
18: ...time was right for the organization of the first professional league, the [[National Association]], in...
20: ...e N.A. just 2 games behind, but was compelled to drop out of the league during the city's recovery per...
22: ...lbert]], was leading the formation of a new and stronger organization, the [[National League]]. - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
7: ... 1991; the original [[Comiskey Park]] was in use from 1910 to 1990.)
12: ..., [[1919 World Series|1919]], [[1959 World Series|1959]]
17: ...starred with the [[St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis Browns]] in the [[1880s]]. Comiskey originally found...
19: ...ears, led by pitching workhorse [[Ed Walsh]], who routinely pitched over 400 innings each season in hi...
22: Walsh, [[Doc White]] and [[Nick Altrock]] paced the White Sox to their [[1906 in sports... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
6: ...Stockings in the [[19th century]]; the Redlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connot...
21: ...[National League]] in [[1876]], but was expelled from the league later, in part for violating league r...
23: ...team's star players. The Red Stockings wandered through the remainder of the [[1890s]] signing local s...
25: ...average in 1905 was the first individual batting crown won by a Red. In [[1911]], [[Bob Bescher]] stol...
27: ===From opening of Redland Field to the Great Depression... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Brooklyn Dodgers, [[1932]] to [[1957]], after which t...
7: ...binson years, the newspapers used the nicknames ''Robins'' and ''Dodgers'' interchangeably, often in t...
8: ...dgers played at Washington Park on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENE...
14: ...1949]], [[1952]], [[1953]], [[1955]], [[1956]], [[1959]], [[1963]], [[1965]], [[1966]], [[1974]], [[1977...
15: ...d Series]] championships won''' (6): [[1955]], [[1959]], [[1963]], [[1965]], [[1981]], [[1988]] - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
18: ...y earlier teams in the [[National Association of Professional Baseball Players|National Association]],...
20: ...ennsylvania. Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland Broncos (now the [[Cleveland Indians]]) and did not s...
24: ... the Series, or at least "laid down", perhaps in protest of Mack's notorious thriftiness. Mack himself...
26: ...nsive) players. As a result, the Athletics went from a 99-53 (.651) won-loss record and 1st place fin...
30: ...inished in last or next-to-last place every year from 1935-1946. By now Mack and his immediate family... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
54: *Sir [[Anthony Caro]] (1924 - ) - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
19: ...pulation_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) |
20: population_total = 733,072 (city proper) |
33: ... population density of any major U.S. city aside from [[New York City]].
35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were the [[Spai...
37: ...|bohemian]] reputation, the city became a [[Underground culture|counterculture]] magnet in the second ...
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