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- Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
13: | place of death=[[Johnson City, Texas]]
16: | party=[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]
19: ...d later ascended to the 36th [[President of the United States|presidency]] ([[1963]]–[[1969]]) a...
22: ...hool|public schools]] and graduated from Johnson City High School in [[1924]]. - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
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15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
18: ...Allied forces in Europe during [[World War II]], with the rank of [[General of the Army]].
24: ... [[1922]]). [[John Eisenhower]] served in the [[United States Army]], then became an author and served...
26: ... raised in the religion now known as [[Jehovah's Witness]]es.{{fn|1}} His mother was active in the sec... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
18: ...[April 12]], [[1945]]), 32nd [[President of the United States]], the longest-serving holder of the off...
20: ...preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death. - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ... through the southeast and midwest of today's [[United States|USA]].
5: ... became commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discov...
6: ... extreme brutality and ruthlessness when dealing with natives. In a conflict for supremacy in Nicaragu...
7: In [[1528]] de Soto led his own expedition along the coast of [[Yucatan]], hoping to find...
11: ...fter Atahualpa had been arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two m... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
16: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
19: ...rty|Democrat]], Polk served as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the ...
21: ...issuance of the first [[postage stamp]]s in the United States.
24: ...ssee|Maury County]]. The family grew prosperous, with Samuel Polk becoming one of the leading gentleme... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...es and the establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
3: ... war itself. This article refers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspective, includi...
5: ...'The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the ...
10: ..., and would often come and go as they saw fit. Militia typically lacked the training and discipline of...
12: ...en may have served the colonies as regulars or militiamen in the eight years of the war, there were ne... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ...n [[United States|American]] [[soldier]] and [[politician]]. He served in the [[U.S. Congress]] and as...
5: ==Early life and military career==
6: ...of Davis's brothers fought the [[British Empire|British]], two of them serving under [[Andrew Jackson]...
10: ...In [[1824]], Davis entered the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]] as a [[c...
14: ...e escorted [[Black Hawk]] himself to prison—it is said that the chief liked Davis because of the... - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
8: ... possessions to pay them. She declined family charity and moved into a small one-room house. Julia too...
12: ...acher. Their older brother, Warren, went to live with other relatives on his mother's side of the fami...
14: ...t time that forbade teaching a slave to read or write, but nevertheless, Jackson taught the man as pro...
16: ...e of his inadequate schooling, he had difficulty with the entrance examinations. As a student, he had ...
20: ...roops, he could persevere and win the particular situation. His judgment proved correct, earning field... - James Longstreet (9732 bytes)
8: .... Army]] in [[June]] of [[1861]] to cast his lot with the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]...
14: ...ctician was mixed, however, and he often clashed with the highly aggressive Lee on the subject of the ...
16: ...homas J. Jackson]], switched their normal roles, with Jackson fighting defensively on the Confederate ...
18: ...[Battle of Fredericksburg]]. There, Longstreet positioned his men behind a stone wall and held off fou...
20: ... that had been under Union control—and send it to feed Lee's hungry soldiers. However, this oper... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]]
3: ... three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[c...
7: ... day laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with his family to [[Great Ayton]].
8: ...War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...ted in the siege of [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]] before the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]]... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
8: ...mes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ($245,000 taken).
11: *[[1914]] - [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian volcanologist (b. [[1850]])
13: ...off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in history.
14: *[[1918]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] establishes [[time zone]...
15: *[[1920]] - The [[United States Senate]] rejects the [[Treaty of Versail... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: ...]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]]. ...
11: ...]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force ...
15: ...[[1899]] – At [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place]] becomes ...
19: ...lbert Einstein]] publishes his [[theory of relativity]].
20: ...SS ''Langley'']] is commissioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]]. - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
10: ...-right: 1px solid gray"| [[Image:RichmondVirginiaCityFlag.png|130px|]]
11: ..." style="padding: 3px;"| [[Image:RichmondVirginiaCityLogo.png|130px|]]
13: ...le="padding: 3px; border-right: 1px solid gray"| City Flag
14: ...gn="center" width="140px" style="padding: 3px;"| City Logo
16: ...;" | <font size="-1">''City [[nickname]]: "River City"''</font> - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
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3: |county=Fulton County, Georgia
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6: ... Capital of the South", "The Phoenix City", "The City Too Busy to Hate", "Hotlanta", "A-Town", "The Bi... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...pulation, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United States]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan...
13: ...d gradually merged with [[Slavs]]. The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th cen...
15: ...d was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia.
17: ...and Duchy of [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russi...
19: ...at affected the rest of the country. Nevertheless it had to fight the Germanic crusaders who attempted... - Politics of Russia (78325 bytes)
1: {{Politics of Russia}}
2: .... [[Constitution of Russian Federation|A new constitution]], creating a strong presidency, was approve...
4: ...e branches was partially resolved by the new constitution, the two branches continued to represent fun...
8: ...d population. Ethnic Russians dominated Soviet politics and government; they also controlled local adm...
10: ...led to the election of new republic legislatures with substantial blocs of pro-reform representatives. - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
4: ...e has rapidly declined in recent years in the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[western Europe]].
8: ...is inhaled into the lungs and increases with quantity and speed of nicotine absorption.
10: ...iew the long-term risks of smoking as balanced by its immediate rewards, while others deny the risks a...
13: ..., and was widely believed to have magical powers, It was also burned as a sacrifice to the gods; a tob...
15: With the arrival of the Europeans in the [[New World]... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
3: ...n amusement park is more elaborate than a simple city park or playground, as an amusement park is mean...
5: ...ear. The temporary (often annual) amusement park with mobile rides etc. is called a '''fun fair''' or ...
7: ...des and rides at county and state fairs (in the United States). Today, amusement parks have largely b...
12: ...sense, was at the [[1893]] [[World Columbian Exposition]], held in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. The 1893 [[W...
14: ...[Coney Island]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. Often, it is Steeplechase Park that comes to mind when one ... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...dia|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to world attention. His philo...
15: ...His auto-biography, "The story of my experiments with truth" reveals his inner persona and reflections...
18: ...e, a Hindu of the [[Vaishnava]] sect. Growing up with a devout Vaishnava mother and surrounded by the ...
20: ...appy at Samaldas College, he leapt at the opportunity to study in England, which he viewed as "a land ...
23: ...n to read works of and about Hinduism, [[Christianity]], and other religions. - Islam (36809 bytes)
2: ...he submission to [[God]]" is a [[monotheistic]] faith, one of the [[Abrahamic religion]]s, and the wor...
6: ...lām'' and means one who "surrenders" or "submits" to God.
10: ...misinterpreted, or distorted by their followers. With that perspective they view the [[Qur'an]] as cor...
12: ...lam|Sunni]] , [[Shi'a Islam|Shi'ite]] and [[Kharijite]].
14: ...od." In order to become a Muslim, one needs to recite and believe these statements. All Muslims agree ...
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