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- Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
20: ...as and concepts are just only recently coming to fruition. His legacy can been seen across [[Modern wo...
60: ...]], he constructed the initial [[brush#Electrics|brush]]less alternate-current [[induction motor]], wh...
73: ...ers (now part of the [[IEEE]]) from [[1892]] to [[1894]]. From [[1893]] to [[1895]], he investigated hig...
75: ...on end in his demonstration of the device he constructed known as the "''[[Egg of Columbus]]''". It wa...
77: ...nts]]", Edison and Westinghouse were almost [[bankrupt]], so in [[1897]], Tesla released Westinghouse ... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
1: ...|right|For months before the '''Olympic Games''', runners relay the [[Olympic Flame]] from [[Olympia, ...
13: ...3;ρία (ekecheiria)'' or [[Olympic Truce]]. The first recorded celebration of the Games ...
25: ...e interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German [[...
27: ...r a reason for the French defeat in the [[Franco-Prussian War]] (1870–1871). He thought the reas...
29: ...[Paris]], held from [[June 16]] to [[June 23]], [[1894]] he presented his ideas to an international audi... - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
20: ...the one by Ptolemy, but cannot be reliably reconstructed. We know he made a celestial globe; a copy o...
34: ...of the first year of Nabonassar, ''i.e.'' [[26 February]] [[747 BC]].
47: ...ry of Babylonia, the ''Babyloniaca'', for the new ruler [[Antiochus]] I; it is said that later he foun...
71: Hipparchus could construct his chord table using the [[Pythagorean theorem...
83: ...''Almagest'' IV.2; [Jones 2001]). Already [[al-Biruni]] (''Qanun'' VII.2.II) and [[Copernicus]] (''de... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
20: ...ng his presidency prosecuted the [[Trust-busting|trusts]], strengthened the [[Interstate Commerce Comm...
35: ... terms, popular [[Theodore Roosevelt]] refused to run in [[U.S. presidential election, 1908|the electi...
37: Taft fought for prosecution of trusts, further strengthened the Interstate Commerce ...
41: ... "Bull Moose") and selected Theodore Roosevelt to run against Taft in the general election. Roosevelt'...
43: ...rongly suggests he had severe [[sleep apnea | obstructive sleep apnea]] during his Presidential term o... - Charles G. Dawes (3139 bytes)
5: ... was interested in public utilities and banking [[1894]]-[[1897]], [[Comptroller]] of the Currency, [[Un...
11: ...irman of the board of the City National Bank and Trust Co., [[Chicago, Illinois]], from 1932 until his... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
14: ...riod Sima Qian relates that a system of inherited rulership was established during the [[Xia Dynasty]]...
28: ... the Shang. The Zhou appeared to have begun their rule under a semi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power...
36: ...s soon as the Qin reign ended, the Qin imperial structure collapsed. The [[Qin Dynasty]] is well know...
44: ...n the midst of land acquisitions, invasions and struggles of [[consort clan]]s and [[eunuch]]s. The [[...
48: ...Northern Dynasties]], a sequence of local regimes ruling over regions north of [[Yangtze River|Yangtze... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
16: *[[Occupation of Nicaragua]] (1867, 1894–1933)
23: ...ion of Veracruz, Mexico (1914)|Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico]] (1914)
28: **[[Polar Bear Expedition]] ([[Russian Civil War]]) (1918–1919)
242: *[[War on Drugs]] (~1972—) - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
19: ...the one by Ptolemy, but cannot be reliably reconstructed. We know he made a celestial globe; a copy o...
33: ...of the first year of Nabonassar, ''i.e.'' [[26 February]] [[747 BC]].
46: ...ry of Babylonia, the ''Babyloniaca'', for the new ruler [[Antiochus]] I; it is said that later he foun...
70: Hipparchus could construct his chord table using the [[Pythagorean theorem...
82: ...''Almagest'' IV.2; [Jones 2001]). Already [[al-Biruni]] (''Qanun'' VII.2.II) and [[Copernicus]] (''de... - Alois Senefelder (3440 bytes)
1: ...6 November]] [[1771]], [[Prague]] – [[26 February]] [[1834]], [[Munich]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[...
9: ...ngs in 1818 in ''Vollstandiges Lehrbuch der Steindruckerei'' which was translated in 1819 into French ...
15: ...e of the square was changed to Senefelderplatz in 1894. An [[Berlin U-Bahn|U-Bahn]] station named [[Sene... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
1: '''February 22''' is the 53rd day of every year in the [[G...
3: {{FebruaryCalendar}}
30: * [[1969]] - [[Barbara Jo Rubin]] wins a [[United States]] thoroughbred [[hors...
37: ...[[2004]] - Ralph Nader announces his intention to run as an independent candidate for President of the...
42: ...nt of the United States]] (d. [[1799]]) (Note: February 11 in the [[Julian Calendar]] that was then st... - Jurisprudence (4866 bytes)
1: ...'juris prudentia''' — by the activity of ''prudentes''; advisors, experts), is the [[philosophy]...
5: ...e ''[[jus]]'' of [[traditional law]] (''mores maiorum'', a body of [[oral law]]s and customs verbally ...
7: ...replaced in 3rd century BC by a laical body of ''prudentes''. Admission to this body was conditional u...
11: After the 3rd century, ''Juris prudentia'' became a more bureaucratic activity, with...
15: ''Jurisprudence'' refers either of two things. First, in [[...
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