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- Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
11: ...[Ireland|Irish]]-born [[British]] [[exploration|explorer]], now chiefly remembered for his Antarctic e...
18: ...." (Some historians have claimed that this ad was placed, although they do not all agree on when or wh...
21: ...itish expeditions, food was foolishly in short supply; the personnel on long treks were usually underf...
28: Accomplishments of the expedition included the first asce...
40: ...y set out across the Ross Ice Shelf to lay the supplies regardless. In December 1916, Shackleton emba... - Lion (11511 bytes)
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20: ... [[jungle]]", the lion is an animal of the open [[plain]]s, and can be found throughout [[Africa]]. It...
29: ...ing; their white color can give away their hiding place.
38: ...s, hippopotamuses, and elephants) can deliver crippling or killing blows by kicking or stomping. - Elijah McCoy (4371 bytes)
7: ...ose had been patented previously; one is the [[displacement lubricator]] which had already attained wi...
9: ...eral substantial lubricator manufacturers in multiple countries.
13: ...he city celebrated Elijah McCoy Day, as officials placed a historic marker at the site of his home. Th...
15: ...t in EL Ahrons' ''Lubrication of Locomotives'' ([[1922]]) which does refer to several other early pionee... - Tutankhamun (15224 bytes)
4: ...culation on what might have been contained in the plundered tombs of far more significant Pharaohs.) H...
6: ...ng king's tomb, excavated by [[Howard Carter]] in 1922. The mask appears in the background of the Nation...
8: ...t common estimates are in this range), that would place his birth around [[1342 BC]]-[[1340 BC]], and ...
10: ...n the old [[pantheon]] of [[god]]s and their [[temple]]s was lifted, the traditional privileges restor...
23: ... discovered from the same X-ray analysis. Some people have mistaken this visible bone fragment for the... - Gabby Hartnett (4450 bytes)
1: ...[catcher]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] who played nearly his entire career with the [[Chicago C...
3: ...cable sore arm limited him to one game behind the plate and 24 games as a pinch-hitter as the Cubs won...
7: ...Game|All-Star]] for the first six games that were played (1933-38), Hartnett was catching when pitcher...
9: ...e middle of the [[1938 in sports|1938]] season, replacing [[Charlie Grimm]].
11: ...omer in the Gloamin'". The Cubs were now in first place, culminating a tremendous 19-3-1 September run... - Baseball (36464 bytes)
1: ...Image:Busch Stadium.jpg|thumb|275px|A view of the playing field at [[Busch Stadium]] in [[St. Louis, M...
3: ...d a [[baseball (ball)|baseball]]. Scoring is accomplished by the batter running and touching a series ...
7: ==Gameplay==
10: ... base is a pentagonal rubber slab known as ''home plate''. The field is divided into two main sections...
12: ...ne players of the home team play the field, while players on the visiting team come to bat one at a ti... - Babe Adams (10141 bytes)
3: ...9 in sports|1909]] [[World Series]], winning 3 complete game victories including a shutout in Game 7; ...
7: ... was released days later after joining a group of players who requested that former manager [[Fred Cla...
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85: COMPLETE GAMES 5TH 24; - Major League Baseball (14783 bytes)
3: ...e Baseball''' ('''MLB''') is the highest level of play in professional [[baseball]] in the world. Mor...
7: ...gue baseball]]. This is due in large part to a [[1922]] [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supre...
11: ...s from early April through the end of September. Players and teams prepare for the season in [[spring...
15: ... [[American League]] ("AL"). Each has its teams split into three divisions grouped generally by geogr...
17: ...]] Major League Baseball introduced [[interleague play]], which was criticized by the sport's purists ... - Brown Bear (9756 bytes)
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29: Being [[omnivore]]s, they feed on a variety of plant parts, including berries, [[root]]s, and
41: ...nic beauty of the area has caused an influx of people moving into the area. In addition, because ther...
58: ...isappeared from the state of [[California ]] in [[1922]] when the last one was shot in [[Tulare County, ... - Broccoli (4962 bytes)
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14: ...Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen| plural_taxon = [[Cultivar|Cultivar Group]]}} - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: While the German people were not fully unified into a single political u...
7: ...he two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further details, please consult the ''main articles'' given at the be...
12: ...mania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
13: Between 800 and 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[S...
19: ... the whole map of Europe. The Eastern Germanic peoples destroyed the Western Roman Empire, but the sta... - History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars (9742 bytes)
18: ...rom abusing their extremely large powers (for example, senators were not elected but chosen by the kin...
24: ...orld War I]] Italy remained neutral, since the Triple Alliance had only defensive purposes, and the wa...
28: ...nt. After several years of struggle, in October [[1922]] the fascists attempted a coup (the "Marcia su R...
34: .... Italy's King Victor Emmanuel III criticized the plan to take Albania as an unnecessary risk.
38: ...erlaci and soon absorbed Albania's military and diplomatic service into Italy's. - Culture of Russia (14552 bytes)
1: ...ic culture]]. Modern Russian Culture is highly complex and has changed under [[Czarist]] and [[Soviet]...
9: ...ussia are unique because they are made to help people with prayers instead of idolizing the figure in ...
13: ... by El Lissitzky 1919.jpg|left|Thumb|150px|An example of Russian avant garde art by El Lissitzky in 19...
14: ...pproximately [[1890]] to [[1930]] - although some place its beginning as early as 1850 and its end as ...
18: ...], gained negative attitude of Vladimir Lenin, by 1922 declined considerably, and was eventually disband... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
7: ... the past few centuries. In antiquity, the few people who were able to engage in natural inquiry were ...
9: ... publishing process, as well as the internal disciplinary limitations to the scientific publication pr...
11: ...ed the first scientific community; founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The...
13: The Academia Secretorum Naturae was replaced by the [[Accademia dei Lincei]], founded in [...
25: ...to remember memorable events more easily. For example, the [[Chinese]] [[generation name]]s are taken ... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
31: * [[Wheel]] and [[plough]] both invented in ancient Mesopotamia
32: * Around [[5100 BC]] – [[Temple#Religion|Temple]]s founded in South [[Mesopotamia]]
38: * c. [[4000 BC]] - first examples of [[Sumerian]] [[writing]] in Mesopotamia
87: * Completion of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]
129: ...d philosophical viewpoints are created, further explored or codified - Kickball (1492 bytes)
1: ...ech Republic]] in about [[1922]]. It is typically played on a [[softball]] diamond with a 10- to 16-[[... - Alamosaurus (2138 bytes)
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14: ...rus sanjuanensis | author = [[Gilmore]]| date = [[1922]]}}
17: ...aceous]] period. It was named by [[Gilmore]] in [[1922]] after partial skeletons were found and was the ...
19: ...ew Mexico]], [[Texas]] and [[Utah]], though no complete [[skull]]s have been found. The animal had a l... - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (19760 bytes)
16: ...component carried the bulk of the expedition's supplies, and traveled by sea under the leadership of H...
21: ....<ref>Winship. P. 60</ref> Once the scouting and planning was done, Coronado led the first group of s...
23: ... described. Instead, it was just a complex of simple [[pueblo]]s constructed by the [[Zuni]] Indians....
30: ...o the [[Hopi]] territory to acquire scouts and supplies that could be used to find this river. Members...
38: ==Exploration of the Colorado River== - Vampire (17166 bytes)
7: ...dily fluids of other creatures. This term also applies to mythic animals of the same nature, includin...
11: ...nt. In [[Homer|Homer's]] ''[[Odyssey]]'', for example, the [[ghost|shades]] that [[Odysseus]] meets on...
23: ...rs using [[arrow]]s or [[crossbow]] bolts made completely of wood to attempt to strike the monster's h...
25: ...come to be seen as the absolute surest way to completely destroy a vampire. Previously western vampi...
33: ...by tradition with some stories having vampires simply turning into a bat and flying over when faced wi... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
13: ...lark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.
15: *[[1846]] - Discovery of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] by French astronomer [[Urbain Le V...
20: *[[1922]] - [[Gdynia]] Seaport Construction Act passed by...
36: *[[480 BC]] - [[Euripides]], playwright (d. [[406 BC]])
38: ...1158]] - [[Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany|Geoffrey Plantagenet]], [[Duke of Brittany]]
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