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- Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ... [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Turkmenistan]], and has a coastline on the [[Caspian Sea]]. Kazakhstan is also a ...
32: | [[Astana]]
72: ...s was characterized by a constant search for new pasture to support the livestock-based economy. The Ka...
74: ...[[1730s]] and [[1740s]]. Major parts of the northeast and central Kazakh territories were incorporated ...
76: ...ing, the [[Central Asian Revolt]], occurring in [[1916]]. - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
52: ...d to be of [[Turkic]] descent, lived in the northeastern part of what is currently [[Mongolia]]. Later,...
54: ...to Afghanistan. The ruthless suppression of the [[1916]] rebellion in Central Asia, triggered by the Rus...
56: ...and in [[1924]], the [[Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast]] was created within the [[Russian SFSR]]. (The t...
62: ...]s and Kyrgyz surfaced in an area of the [[Osh Oblast]] where Uzbeks form a majority of the population....
70: ...lic by direct ballot, receiving 95% of the votes cast. Together with the representatives of seven other... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
48: ...he north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It's the second larges...
61: ...ative forces dominated Argentine politics until [[1916]], when their traditional rivals, the Radicals, w...
80: ...or a third term or more after an interval of at least one term. The president appoints [[cabinet (gover...
88: ...rly known as ''capital federal''), marked with an asterisk:
156: ...entina's economy had been on a Keynesian roller-coaster ride, and since the late 1970s the country had ... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
1: ...#1591;ر) is an [[emirate]] in the [[Middle East]]. Situated on a small [[peninsula]] off the larg...
59: ...through the Arabian peninsula and camped on the coasts within small fishing and pearling villages. The...
61: ...cial standing as a British [[protectorate]] until 1916. ...
78: ...w, barren plain, covered with sand. To the southeast is the spectacular Khor al Adaid or 'Inland Sea',...
90: ...overned explicitly under [[Wahhabi]] law and the vast majority of its citizens follow this specific Isl... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ve-sixths of the island of [[Ireland]], off the coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost s...
67: ...ed by 1915, not the four years it did ultimately last.) For the prior reasons Redmond and his Irish [[N...
69: ...n of Independence was mainly a restatement of the 1916 Proclamation with the additional provision that I...
85: ... peace settlement for Northern Ireland, the [[Belfast Agreement]], was approved in [[1998]] in referend...
92: ...tution, parliamentary elections must be held at least every seven years, though a lower limit may be se... - Flag of Indiana (917 bytes)
2: ...17]], as part of the commemoration of the state's 1916 Centennial celebration; it was the winner of a co... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
4: ...t has become statistically the greatest sports dynasty in history, the [[New York Yankees]]. His inter...
15: ...deral League]], a rebel major league which would last only 2 years, placed a team in Baltimore, across ...
23: In [[1916]] he returned to the rotation, although the team'...
25: ...sique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was usually assoc...
41: ...920 figures for slugging and reaching base. Most astonishingly, he broke the home run record for the t... - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
51: ...t, [[Daniel Hoan]], was mayor of Milwaukee from [[1916]] to [[1940]]. During both the [[2000]] and [[200...
77: ...igan]] to the north, by [[Lake Michigan]] to the east, by [[Illinois]] to the south, and by [[Iowa]] an...
79: ...Eastern Ridges and Lowlands]] region in the southeast is home to many of Wisconsin's largest cities. In...
81: ...r Peninsula]], which extends off of the eastern coast of the state, contains one of the state's most be... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
54: ...el [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall ...
68: ...|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...eksei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
86: *[[Yi Jachun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
149: ...|Young, Charles Augustus]], (1834-1908), American astronomer - Time zone (34024 bytes)
6: ...measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at G...
8: ... the last Sunday in October and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year lo...
33: ...to do so. It was based on the longitude 172? 30' East of [[Greenwich]], that is 11 hours 30 minutes ahe...
35: ...e May [[1915]], ratified by popular vote August [[1916]]. This hodgepodge was made uniform when Standard...
41: ...Z''' to the zero zone, and A-M (except J) to the east and N-Y to the west (J may be assigned to local t... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
39: *[[Kazimierz Alchimowicz]] ([[1840]]-[[1916]])
200: *[[Louis le Brocquy]] ([[1916]]-)
255: *[[William Merritt Chase]] ([[1849]]-[[1916]])
375: *[[Thomas Eakins]] ([[1844]]-[[1916]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
20: ... - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
73: *[[George Eastman]], (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — ...
77: *[[John S. Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple ...
100: *[[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]], (1638-...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]] - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...genocide|civilian massacres]] took place. Four dynasties, the [[Habsburg]]s, the [[Romanov]]s, the [[Ot...
6: ...o-Turkish conflict, which ended in 1924, was the last direct major conflict of the war. The defeat of ...
16: ... The Archduke himself was not terribly popular, least of all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While ther...
19: ...ewer options and little room to maneuver, as the last weeks of July 1914 slipped away. Frantic diplomat...
24: ...[Russia]]. Many in the Austrian leadership, not least [[Habsburg]] Emperor [[Franz Joseph of Austria|Fr... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
68: *[[1916]] - US acquires [[Virgin Islands]]
69: *[[1916]] - [[Jeannette Rankin]] elected
70: *[[1916]] - [[Louis Brandeis]] appointed to [[Supreme Cou...
71: *[[1916]] - [[Adamson Railway Labor Act]]
72: *[[1916]] - [[Federal Farm Loan Act]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
7: ...ies in the defeated region after the war, caused lasting bitterness among Southerners toward the U.S. g...
11: ...ion Act was passed on [[March 2]], [[1867]]; the last on [[March 11]], [[1868]]. The first Reconstruct...
13: ...f the original [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years.
30: As in the East, expansion into the plains and mountains by miner...
32: ...ans continued through the Civil War. In 1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold r... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: ...ign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] dynasty.
9: ...feat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[So...
17: * [[1916]] - The [[Professional Golfers Association of Ame...
50: *[[1763]] - [[John Jacob Astor]], American entrepreneur (d. [[1848]])
137: * [[1997]] - [[Clyde Tombaugh]], astronomer (b. [[1906]]) - Flood (7770 bytes)
4: ...ght|Flooding in Asheville, North Carolina in July 1916]]
7: ...he river to overflow its [[Stream bed|banks]], a vast expanse of shallow water can rapidly cover the ad...
10: [[Monsoon]] rainfalls can cause disastrous flooding in some equatorial countries, such a...
12: ... metres in the eye of the storm. This type of [[coastal]] flooding occurs regularly in Bangladesh.
16: ...called a [[tsunami]] that causes destruction to coast areas. See the ''[[tsunami]]'' article for full d... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
33: ...r for the Continental Congress, [[toast (honor)|toast]]s, 13-gun [[salute]]s, speeches, [[prayer]]s, [[...
45: ...ork City]], which supposedly started on July 4, [[1916]] as a way to settle a dispute among four immigra... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
50: ...ded at the gruesome [[Battle of Verdun]] in March 1916, and left for dead on the battlefield. Alive, he ...
52: ...luenced by that war, namely by the use of tanks, fast manoeuvres and lack of trenches.
63: ...the morning of [[June 16]] in London. This was a last minute effort to try to strengthen the resolve of...
69: ...s often incorrectly associated with the BBC broadcast; nevertheless the words aptly capture the spirit ...
89: ...e Gaulle however maintained regular contact with past political lieutenants from wartime and RPF days, ...
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