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- San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
2: ...mage:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ..._caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
11: subdivision_name = [[San Francisco]] | - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
18: ...tives]]; he was first elected to Congress in 1948 from [[Michigan's 5th congressional district]].
20: ...friends of the U.S. At home, the economy suffered from [[inflation]] and [[recession]]. Ford came unde...
27: ...uated from law school in [[1941]], having coached football and [[boxing]] part time to pay for school. Ford ...
36: ...73]]) he served as Minority Leader, Ford won many friends in the House due to his fair leadership and ...
63: ...rican personnel from [[Vietnam]], in '[[Operation Frequent Wind]]'. On [[29 April]] and the morning of... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
24: ...e John Minthorn in this [[Newberg, Oregon]] house from [[1885]]-[[1891|91]].]]
30: ...lassroom than in, Hoover managed the baseball and football teams, started a laundry, and ran a lecture agenc...
32: ... what you feel inside yourself," she told college friends.
34: ...ride. Most of all, Stanford became for the orphan from West Branch a surrogate family--a place to belo... - National Football League (30340 bytes)
2: [[Image:NationalFootballLeague.png|frame|NFL logo]]
4: ... Association''', which adopted the name "National Football League" in [[1922 in sports|1922]].
6: ...o the 1960s, the most popular version of American football was played collegiately. The NFL's greatest spurt...
10: ...l site. One week later, selected all-star players from both the AFC and NFC meet in the [[Pro Bowl]], ...
12: ==Current NFL franchises== - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: '''Dr. Frederick Albert Cook''' ([[June 10]], [[1865]] &nda...
6: [[Image:Frederick Cook2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Frederick Cook on South Michigan Avenue in [[Chicago...
9: ...rsity]] and subsequently [[New York University]], from which he received his [[M.D.]] in 1890. In 188...
13: ...er [[Roald Amundsen]], with whom he established a friendship and life-long relationship of mutual resp...
23: [[Image:Frederick Cook.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Frederick Cook in arctic gear]] - March 17 (9666 bytes)
7: ...mation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
11: ...oleonic)|Italian Republic]], with [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] as president, becomes the [[Kingdo...
14: *[[1886]] - [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are killed in [[Mississippi]].
21: ...y opened by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
22: *[[1948]] - [[Benelux]], [[France]], and the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Trea... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: *[[1229]] - [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself ...
14: *[[1871]] - President of the [[France|French]] government [[Thiers]] orders evacuation of ...
18: ...ng a failed [[United Kingdom|British]] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]].
19: ...Belarus]]. Government of [[Ukraine]] emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians.
25: ... [[Alps]] and agree to form an alliance against [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
10: ... days later the Confederate forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
19: ...[[aircraft carrier]] [[USS Franklin (CV-13)|USS ''Franklin'']], killing 800 of her crew and crippling ...
21: ...become overseas [[departement|dé°¡rtements]] of [[France]].
26: ...s]] ''[[Getz/Gilberto]]'', including ''[[The Girl from Ipanema]]'', sung by [[Astrud Gilberto|Astrud]]...
27: *[[1972]] - [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] sign a friendship [[treaty]]. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
11: ...France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 and a v...
24: ...6]] – [[Tunisia]] gains independence from [[France]].
26: *[[1965]] – In [[Naples]], [[Italy]], [[France Gall]] wins the tenth [[Eurovision Song Conte...
27: ...h; The [[Jules Rimet trophy|World Cup]] is stolen from [[Central Hall]], [[London]]
30: ...] is found guilty of the armed robbery of a [[San Francisco, California]] bank. - March 22 (9294 bytes)
9: *[[1638]] - [[Anne Hutchinson]] is expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious diss...
10: ...Act 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies.
12: ... first governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]].
13: *[[1888]] - [[The Football League]] is formed.
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill le... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
7: ...Again [[Catherine de Medici]] and [[Charles IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Hugue...
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of Fort...
17: *1889 - The free [[Woolwich Ferry]] officially opens in east [[L...
19: ...New York]] for a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian ...
38: ...nflict of [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Operation Iraqi Freedom]] - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
3: ...irginia.jpg|thumb|300px|Downtown Richmond as seen from the James River]]
44: ...ce as a natural barrier, it prevented river boats from traveling any further inland.
46: ...d by Colonel [[William Byrd II]]. The name comes from [[Richmond upon Thames]], [[England]].
59: Richmond recently changed from a [[council-manager]] form of government to an ...
61: ...h.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031778919147&path... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
1: ...ramento from Riverwalk.JPG|thumb|175px|Sacramento from near the Sacramento River]]
2: ... [[1848]] by [[John Sutter, Jr.]] Sacramento grew from [[Sutter's Fort]], which was established by Sut...
36: === The lost frontier ===
37: ...entiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating fruits, bulbs, seeds, and roots throughout the year.
41: === From pioneers to gold fever === - Denver, Colorado (21161 bytes)
30: ...the largest city along the [[Colorado Front Range|Front Range]] and forms the heart of the [[Denver-Au...
32: ...rado)|Cherry Creek]], approximately fifteen miles from the foothills.
38: ... of the plains regions along the foothills of the Front Range.
43: ...Creek (Colorado)|Cherry Creek]], across the creek from the existing mining settlement of [[Auraria, Ka...
47: ...ile the town grew, land parcels were often traded freely for grubstakes and in the course of gambling ... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
46: ...water from the Salt River. Their name is derived from the [[Pima]] (Akimel O'otham) phrase, ''Ho Ho K...
49: ... and others from Wickenburg had dug a short canal from the Salt River and founded a small farming colo...
53: ...'', memorializing the birth of a new civilization from the ruins left by the Hohokam.
61: ...Hotel now stands. Miss Nellie Shaver, a newcomer from Wisconsin, was appointed as the first female sc...
65: ...nment. The bill was signed by Governor [[John C. Fremont]] on [[February 25]], [[1881]]. Phoenix wa... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
28: ...ch has come to delineate the interior of the city from the surrounding suburbs. This has given rise to...
33: ...stern & Atlantic Railroad]], for lines connecting from [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Chattanoo...
38: ... of the economy away from agriculture and a shift from the "Old South" attitudes of slavery and rebell...
41: ... commuted in 1915, riots broke out in Atlanta and Frank was [[lynching|lynched]].
43: ...ters for Disease Control]] was founded in Atlanta from the old Malaria Control in War Areas offices an... - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
31: ...E16813_Hono.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station]]
37: ... reached by road from the rest of the country, or from the majority of the land area of their respecti...
41: ...li|Nu‘uanu Pali]], he moved his royal court from the Island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawai‘i]]...
46: ...ved the permanent capital of the Hawaiian kingdom from [[Lahaina, Hawaii|Lāhainā]] on [[Maui...
62: ...overnmental center of Hawai‘i. On the waterfront is [[Aloha Tower]], which for many years was t... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...ew capital city. Ralston was an apprentice to the French architect [[Pierre L'Enfant]], and he helped ...
31: ...ed in 1836, but Indiana went bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bi...
33: ...ections enlarged the town. The population soared from just over 8,000 in 1850 to more than 169,000 by...
35: ...in the [[1890s]]. The state government offered a free supply of [[natural gas]] to factories that wer...
37: ...social organization in the city during the period from [[1921]] through [[1928]]. The Klan continued ... - Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
4: ...ines1.ogg|{{IPA|/demwan/}}]] in [[French language|French]]) is the capital city of the [[U.S. state]] ...
8: ... The [[Des Moines River]] (from [[French language|French]] ''Riviè²¥ des Moines'', i.e. "River of the ...
25: mayor = [[Frank Cownie]] |
41: ...ncil consists of a mayor (who, as of [[2005]], is Frank Cownie), two at-large members, and four member...
73: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.23% from two or more races. 6.61% of the population are... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
25: ...icknames include "Beantown", "The Hub" (shortened from [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.|Oliver Wendell Hol...
27: ...cy]] as well as many suburban communities further from the city, has a population of approximately 5.8...
34: ...r [[Boston, England]], a town in [[Lincolnshire]] from which several prominent colonists originated. E...
63: The [[Charles River]] separates Boston from [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], and [[C...
65: ...s increases dramatically as one goes inland away from the city.
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