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- January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
31: *[[1935]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]] goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lin...
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese forces.
58: ...[[1777]] - [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], German sculptor (d. [[1857]]) - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
2: ...ge | image = [[Image:Dolphin_063w.jpg|250px]] | caption = [[Dolphin]]}}
109: Dolphins have a fusiform body, adapted for fast swimming. The head contains the [[melo...
135: ...ing their prey at high speed. The dentition is adapted to the animals they hunt: Species with long bea...
139: ...sed to shallow water where they are more easily captured.
145: The popular television show ''[[Flipper (1964 television)|Flipper]]'', created by [[Ivan Tors]]... - History of California (38344 bytes)
36: ...ew Spain]]. He sailed northward and landed on [[September 28]] at [[San Diego|San Diego Bay]], claimin...
38: After Cabrillo's voyage in [[1542]] the concept of [[Alta California|Alta (upper) California]] an...
48: ...stocked his vessels, then stayed for a time and kept friendly relations with the aboriginal natives. ...
50: ...h Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting a description in Drake's own account, was discovered in [[Ma...
78: ...gged Point, California|Ragged Point]] area on [[September 13]]. On [[October 1]], de Portolà's party ... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
5: ... a variety of agents of damage, including fault rupture, vibratory ground motion (i.e., shaking), inun...
26: ...bed in terms of [[intensity]], a scale which attempts to quantify the severity of shaking at a given l...
29: ...trophically undergoes a [[phase transition]] at depths greater than 600 km.
30: ...uch quakes can be an early warning of volcanic eruptions. A rare few earthquakes have been associated ...
57: *[[Good Friday Earthquake]] (1964) Alaskan earthquake. - Martin Luther King Day (1734 bytes)
1: [[Image:Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg|thumb|Martin Luther King... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
24: ...gyptians]] and [[Greco-Roman]]s reveal early attempts at dental [[prosthetic]]s and [[surgery]] ([http...
48: *[[University of British Columbia]] ([[1964]])
54: ...cialty route would only take 2-3 years. It is accepted that only after 5 years of such training would ...
95: ...ople.htm Shayne's Dental Site (several on-line chapters cover history of Dentistry from prehistory to ... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
50: ...he Germans. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retali...
56: ...smissed de Gaulle's theories with the notable exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a maj...
69: ...ons of Frenchmen were refugees on the road), excerpts of the speech appeared in French newspapers the ...
82: ...he President of the provisional government from September [[1944]] but resigned on [[January 20]], [[1...
87: ... active politics, though the RPF lingered until September [[1955]]. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...Senate but is not a senator and does not vote except to break ties. The Senate is regarded as a more d...
10: ...tutional Convention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to send delegates. Many d...
16: ...with most serving but for a single term. The corruption of state legislatures was also widespread; nin...
23: ...essarily an absolute majority) wins. The sole exception is [[Louisiana]], which uses [[runoff voting]]...
29: ...ection can be held. All states, with the sole exception of [[Arizona]], have passed laws authorizing t... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...e. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have t...
10: ... such as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howe...
12: ...namis can be generated when the [[sea floor]] abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying ...
14: ...floor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsu...
21: ...g.png|thumb|right|300px|There is a common misconception that tsunamis behave like wind-driven waves or... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...has been an annual event since 1903, with the exception of 1904 and 1994. The New York Yankees have th...
3: ...ng in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
7: A portion of the gate receipts from the World Series - and, from [[1969]] onwar...
9: ...challenges have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the [[North America]]n champions against ...
73: === The first attempt === - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
32: ...ue championship in 1966, and in a major upset, swept the World Series by out-dueling the Los Angeles D...
325: *Stolen bases: [[Luis Aparicio]], 57 (1964) - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
18: ...e and colors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a summer of...
30: ...the better part of twenty seasons, the team was captained and managed by first baseman [[Cap Anson|Adr...
57: ...935 when they won a record 21 games in a row in September, and 1938 when they won a crucial late-seaso...
62: ..."The Kissing Bandit", ran onto the field and attempted to plant one on [[Ryne Sandberg]]. She was thwa...
265: **[[Bobby Shantz]] (1964) - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
31: ...p to the pitching. By [[1931]] the team was bankrupt, thanks to the [[Great Depression]], and Redland ...
35: ...ns and for the first time in 21 years, the Reds captured a World Series beating the [[Detroit Tigers]]...
41: ... 1962 (paced by Purkey's 23) but finished 3rd. In 1964, they lost the pennant by one game. The farm syst...
43: ...ed through the 1970 season, won the NL West and captured the NL pennant. By time the club got to the W...
47: ...st championship in 35 years. In 1976, the Reds swept throughout the NL West and proceeded to go 9-0 in... - Houston Astros (8294 bytes)
6: ...rmerly known as:''' Houston Colt .45s ([[1962]]-[[1964]]). The team changed its name to the Astros when...
10: ...inted star with the word "Astros" below it in script
28: ...as City Royals]] (on January 9, 2005, Beltrᮠaccepted a better offer and signed with the [[New York M...
150: *'''Pitching wins''': [[Mike Hampton]] (22, 1999) - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
18: ... ?white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the [[white elephant]] as the team mascot, thou...
34: ...n the uniforms had "Athletics" spelled out in script across the front, the team's name never appeared ...
49: ...ers of the worst record in the American League in 1964, had the first pick in the first draft, selecting...
53: ...xas]]. His request was denied by a 9-1 vote. In 1964, he signed an agreement to move the A?s to [[Loui...
70: ...s Finley reacted by trading star players and attempting to sell others. On [[June 15]], [[1976]], Fin... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
16: ...1934]], [[1942]], [[1943]], [[1944]], [[1946]], [[1964]], [[1967]], [[1968]], [[1982]], [[1985]], [[1987...
17: ...1931]], [[1934]], [[1942]], [[1944]], [[1946]], [[1964]], [[1967]], [[1982]]. The Cardinals (with the [...
28: ...e National League in [[1892]] following the bankruptcy of the American Association. They were briefly...
37: ...ue team until the 1960s) gained notoriety by attempting to boycott games against the [[Brooklyn Dodger...
40: ...r in [[1968]], the last series before baseball adopted a divisional format. - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
26: ...eam uniform colors: Red, blue and white, with script "Washington" across the player's chest
32: In [[1964]], the 10,000-seat Turnpike Stadium was construct...
34: ...nd in the team's final game in RFK Stadium on [[September 30]] against the [[New York Yankees]], the S...
54: ...Oates]] was hired as the Rangers' manager and promptly led them to an AL West division title in [[1996... - High jump (8613 bytes)
57: ...m (7'5-3/4"), and won the Olympic gold medal in [[1964]], before a motorcycle accident foreshortened his...
69: ... competitor with the lowest number of failed attempts (at any height) wins. If that fails to break a t... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
44: *[[Jean Baptiste Dumas]], (1800-1884), French chemist
52: *[[Hans von Euler-Chelpin]], (1873-1964), Swedish chemist, winner of the [[1929]] [[Nobel...
209: *[[Ahmed H. Zewail]] (born 1946), [[Egyptian]], [[1999]] Nobel Prize Winner for his work on... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
17: ... attributable to some of the cunning military deceptions instituted at Baden-Powell's behest as comman...
31: ..., who never had any other adventures with women, opted for this late marriage to a woman young enough ...
67: ...te in 1930 in a book for Rover Scouts that the temptation to masturbate was "a quite natural stage of ...
78: ...ell) "Baden-Powell, Two Lives Of A Hero", Putnam, 1964
107: [[pt:Baden-Powell]]
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