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- Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
7: ..." align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
42: ... of [[tank]] battles and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was th...
45: ... was a family of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born i...
47: ...herland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], the family was le...
50: ...aduated in [[1912]] and decided to join an [[infantry]] regiment when he could have joined an elite co... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...x'', on custom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits.
9: ... the [[Americas]], [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [[Australia]]. New races in [[Bahrain]] and [[China]], o...
11: ... l'Automobile]], and is generally promoted and controlled by [[Bernie Ecclestone]].
18: ...and first run in [[1950]]; a championship for constructors followed in [[1958]]. Non-championship Form...
21: ...[image:rntbrm3litergp.jpg|thumb|Cover of [[Road & Track]] magazine, showing a [[BRM]] H16 Formula One ... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Series has been an annual event ...
4: ==Introduction==
7: ...layers' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the World Series winner, the World Serie...
11: ...earcher [[Doug Pappas]] refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World'...
13: ... International Baseball Federation ([[IBAF]]) has tried to lobby MLB into suspending play during the S... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
8: ...home parks:''' [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)]] [[1954]]-[[1991]], [[Sportsman's Park]] (St. Louis)
18: The modern Orioles can trace their franchise link back to the Milwaukee Bre...
22: ...[[1953 in sports|1953]] season, Veeck sold his controlling interest to Clarence Miles, and the America...
24: ...on-field success, it was one of the four teams contracted by the National League after the [[1899]] se...
25: ... [[New York City]] in 1903 and, after some early struggles, eventually became baseball's most successf... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
3: ...sed in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[American League]].
22: Walsh, [[Doc White]] and [[Nick Altrock]] paced the White Sox to their [[1906 in sport...
25: ... players vanished mysteriously and none were ever tried. [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis|Judge Landis]], Com...
30: ...es through scrappy play rather than consistently strong hitting or pitching. While they had a great r...
35: ...he White Sox of the [[1990s]] adopted classic pinstriped uniforms and the occasional use of black jers... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
3: ...ased in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
6: ...kings in the [[19th century]]; the Redlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations...
8: :'''Uniform colors:''' Red and white, trim Black
25: ...ckings so not to be confused with the Boston AL entry, now shortened to Red Sox) had hitting stars lik...
35: ... the Reds captured a World Series beating the [[Detroit Tigers]] 4 games to 3. - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
6: ...y known as:''' Philadelphia Athletics ([[1901]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City Athletics ([[1955]]-[[1967]])
8: ... 1909-49, 1951-53, 1961: Blue and White; 1905-08, 1954-60, 1962: Blue, Red and White; 1950: Blue, Gold a...
17: ===The Philadelphia Years (1901-1954)===
18: ...Sox]], [[Cleveland Indians|Cleveland Blues]], [[Detroit Tigers]], [[Baltimore Orioles|Milwaukee Brewer...
20: ...rceable in the state of Pennsylvania. Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland Broncos (now the [[Cleveland... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
41: ...st, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
48: ...st, winner of the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...r Physics]] for his explanation of the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for his services to Theoretical P...
5: ...n'' has become a byword for great [[intelligence (trait)|intelligence]] or even [[genius]].
14: ... salesman who later ran an [[electrochemistry|electrochemical]] works, and Pauline, whose maiden name ...
16: ...shyness]], or the significantly rare and unusual structure of his [[human brain|brain]] (examined afte...
18: ...mathematics later in his education, but this is untrue; a change in the way grades were assigned cause... - George Eastman (2821 bytes)
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9: ... [[September 4]], [[1888]] Eastman registered the trademark ''Kodak'',which was simply created by a va...
13: ...ouple of years Eastman was in great pain. He had trouble standing and his walking became a slow shuff...
15: ...n 1947. On the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1954, Eastman was honored with a postage stamp from th... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
156: *[[Einar Jonsson]] (1874 - 1954)
162: *[[Anish Kapoor]], (1954 - ) - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
1: In the [[history of the United States]], '''Reconstruction''' was the period after the [[American Civi...
4: ...m Lincoln]] had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, which neither aided the recently freed sla...
6: Much of the impetus for Reconstruction involved the social and political status of...
8: ...d on [[July 24]], [[1866]]) into five military districts.
12: ...e in southern governments. Republicans assumed control of all state governments and began to pass nume... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
27: ...rced to leave during [[Christmas]] break after contracting [[jaundice]].
28: ...Kennedy was erroneously prescribed steroids to control his [[colitis]], which only heightened his medi...
33: ...rned the rank of [[lieutenant]], commanding a [[patrol torpedo boat]] or ''PT boat''.
35: ...JFKPT109.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jack on his navy patrol boat, [[PT 109]].]]
36: ... was thrown across the deck, injuring his already troubled back. Still, Kennedy somehow towed a wounde... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
33: ...ame the head of the Texas [[National Youth Administration]]. His new post enabled him to use the powe...
39: ... to represent Austin and the surrounding Hill Country. He ran on a [[New Deal]] platform and was effe...
41: ...ohnson was expected to win, he was defeated by controversial late returns in an election marked by mas...
51: ...der Johnson was an observer, developed mechanical trouble and was forced to turn back alone, presentin...
57: ...te and this time won. This election was highly controversial: a three-way Democratic Party [[primary e... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
30: ...nd graduated in [[1915]]. He served with the infantry until [[1918]] at various camps in [[Texas]] and...
36: ...lities had been noticed, on the eve of the U.S. entry into [[World War II]] he had never held an activ...
38: ...ll recognized his great organizational and administrative abilities.
45: ...</sup>, and through his command of ETOUSA, administrative command of all US forces, on the [[Western F... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
16: ...N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...cted President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. Born to wealth...
26: ...way. The Roosevelt family (see [[Roosevelt family tree]]) had lived in New York more than 200 years: [...
30: ...ly. Franklin was her only child, and she was an extremely possessive mother. Since James was a rather ... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
6: ...and became a [[stunt pilot]]. In 1924, he started training as a U.S. military aviator with the [[Unite...
11: ...o Paris nonstop, he was not the first to make a [[Transatlantic flight]]. That had been done first by...
13: ...presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his historic trans-Atlantic flight.
15: ...ions are the basis of modern intercontinental air travel.
18: ...bergh's flight to Belgium to be honored after his trans-Atlantic flight.|format=[[Theora]]}} - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: *[[1756]] - [[St. Patrick's Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for...
22: ...[[France]], and the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], a precursor to the [[NATO]] Ag...
25: ...o]], the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], flees [[Tibet]] and travels to [[India]].
33: ...t in Kosovo]]. Over 22 killed, 200 wounded, 35 destroyed [[Serb Orthodox]] shrines in Kosovo and two m...
39: *[[1804]] - [[Jim Bridger]], American trapper and explorer (d. [[1881]]) - March 19 (9902 bytes)
10: ...ttle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
15: ...20]] - The [[United States Senate]] rejects the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (first ti...
20: ...nd communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
23: *[[1954]] - [[Joey Giardello]] knocks out [[Willie Tory]]...
26: ...irl from Ipanema]]'', sung by [[Astrud Gilberto|Astrud]] and [[JoćÆ Gilberto]]. - March 22 (9294 bytes)
6: ... [[Pilgrims]] of [[Plymouth Colony]] sign a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
18: ...]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]].
21: *[[1954]] - Closed since [[1939]], the [[London gold mark...
25: ..." releasing his first album featuring electric instruments, [[Bringing It All Back Home]].
30: ...gins two days of testimony at North's Iran-Contra trial in Washington.
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