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- Flag of Idaho (911 bytes)
3: ...ficial description of the flag, there should also be a fringe of gold around the edges, but many versi...
5: ...icts a miner and a woman representing equality, liberty and justice. The symbols on the seal represent...
7: ... of a flag carried by the First Idaho Infantry in 1899 during the [[Spanish-American War]]. The flag was... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
5: ... fields. In a high-water year, the whole crop may be entirely wiped out, while in a low-water year the...
10: ...d 54 m high. The initial design was soon found to be inadequate and the height of the dam was raised i...
12: ...han raise the dam a third time a second dam would be built 6 km up-river.
13: Proper planning began in 1952, just after the [[Nasser]] revolution,...
15: ...ments were moved to safer locations (see [[Abu Simbel]]) or granted to countries that helped with the ... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...y of [[agriculture]], roughly 6,000 [[BC]] is the beginning of ancient history. The most common date f...
3: ... however, points to the first appearance of human beings about 150,000 years ago. There is also a grow...
33: ...vent is to the time of its recording the truer it becomes". This fails to take human creativity, hears...
35: ...ancient texts. The novice has yet to learn this. (Becker 1931, Loftus 1996, Thomas & Wick 1993, MacMul...
38: ===Beginning of ancient history=== - Florida (24937 bytes)
43: ...ary 10]], [[1861]] and was one of the founding members of the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA, ...
47: ... has a Senate of 40 members and a House of 120 members. The current governor is [[United States Republ...
49: ...s, Florida is considered by political analysts to be a key [[swing state]] in [[President of the Unite...
51: ...] counties, the Florida Democratic Party tends to be socially conservative and heavily associated with...
56: ...les on top of that, so sales taxes vary by county between 6 and 7.5 percent. The state [[use tax]] is ... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
8: Nickname = Beaver State |
40: ...ticle in ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' described Oregon as a
41: ...dualism [that] is writing the preface to what may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: s...
43: ...later. [[Oregonian]]s are proud of their state's beautiful forests and streams, and place great impor...
49: ...ve American]] tribes, including the [[Bannock (tribe) | Bannock]], [[Chinook]], [[Klamath]], and [[Nez... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into ...
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
53: * [[Rubber]] in [[Mesoamerica]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
28: *[[Bernard Quaritch|Quaritch, Bernard]], (1819 - 1899), German-born, London-based rare books dealer
47: ...dolphe Quetelet|Quetelet, Adolphe]], (1796-1874), Belgian astronomer - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
6: ... [[Berlin]] Aristotle; they are also edited (1891-1899) in A. Busse's ''Commentaria in Aristot. Graeca''...
9: ...s often prefixed to editions of Aristotle. It has been printed separately, with Latin translation and ...
13: ...bliotheca Graeca,'' v. 704-707: C. A. Brandis, ''Uber d. Reihenf. d. Bucher d. Aristot. Org.,'' 283 f... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...han [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often described as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largel...
5: Comets are believed to originate in a cloud (the [[Oort cloud]]...
9: ... is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the tails can extend ove...
11: ...cle bones, it is known that their appearance have been noticed by humans for millennia. One very famo...
15: ...ing behind heavy long-chain organics that tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]... - List of themed timelines (11300 bytes)
2: Other lists can be found at [[List of reference tables]]. You may al...
10: ... [[Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes]]
189: ** [[Timeline of Belgrade]]
241: * [[Timeline of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack]]
260: * [[Timeline of trends in music to 1899]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...ting to reach heaven, similar to the [[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exem...
5: ...reasingly, [[Graphite-reinforced_plastic|carbon fiber]], which is prized for its lightness and strengt...
7: ==Before the 20th century==
15: ... late 20th century from materials that would have been available to da Vinci. The design was deemed fl...
17: ...Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be available for powered flight until the [[gasoline... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
2: ...[[Timeline of United States history (Before 1600)|Before 1600]]
9: ...imeline of United States history (1860-1899)|1860-1899]]
31: ** [[History of the Caribbean]] - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
3: ... of '''United States territorial acquisitions''', beginning with [[American Revolutionary War|American...
5: ...s negotiated by [[Robert Livingston (1746-1813)|Robert Livingston]] during the presidency of [[Thomas ...
11: ...]], [[1845]]. On [[December 29]], [[1845]], Texas became the twenty-eighth state.
23: ...anish-American War]] in [[1898]]. The Philippines became an independent nation in [[1946]].
25: * '''[[American Samoa]]''', occupied in [[1899]], made a formal territory in [[1929]]. - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...g in about half as many deaths as the [[Taiping Rebellion|Taiping Civil War]]). [[Chemical weapon]]s w...
4: ...itical origins|Diplomatic and political origins]] below).
6: ...would thus involve non-combatants in war as never before.
10: ...s were confined to trenches and could move little because of tight defences. This was especially true ...
16: ...b of alliances and counterbalances that developed between the various [[Europe]]an powers after the de... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
7: *[[1820]] - [[Maine]] becomes a state
8: *[[1821]] - [[Missouri]] becomes a state
10: *[[1822]] - [[Cumberland Road]] Bill
16: *[[1825]] - [[John Quincy Adams]] becomes President
21: *[[1829]] - [[Andrew Jackson]] becomes President, appoints his "[[Kitchen Cabinet]]... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1860]] to [[1899]]'''.
8: *[[1860]] - [[Pony Express]] begins
11: *[[1861]] - [[Abraham Lincoln]] becomes President
13: *[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]] begins at [[Fort Sumter]]
16: ...e which objected to Lincoln's suspension of ''[[habeas corpus]]'' - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
9: *[[1900]] - US helps put down [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[China]]
11: *[[1901]] - [[Theodore Roosevelt]] becomes [[President]]
18: ...'[[The Great Train Robbery (movie)|Great Train Robbery]]'' movie opens
33: ...negotiates [[Treaty of Portsmouth]], receives [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
36: *[[1907]] - [[Oklahoma]] becomes a [[U.S. state|state]] - New Year (5703 bytes)
2: ...ture]] celebrates the end of one [[year]] and the beginning of the next. Cultures that measure yearly ...
9: ...6]]. Rosh Hashanah cannot occur later than [[October 5]], when it occurred in [[1967]] and will again...
11: ... 21]], inclusive, on the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. Because the [[Chinese calendar]] is astronomically d...
18: ... festive manner in both [[Bangladesh]] and [[West Bengal]].
22: ...pian]] New Year, Timkat, is celebrated on [[September 11]].
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