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- Macau (16856 bytes)
2: |+<big>Macau</big>
5: ...center width=130px| [[Image:Macau_coa.png|125px|Macao Coat of Arms]]
7: | width="130px"| ([[Flag of Macau|Flag]])
8: | align=center width=130px| ([[Coat of Arms of Macau|Coat of Arms]])
13: ...9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationMacau.png|Location of Macau]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...tober 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and [[businessman]] who developed...
10: ...ly hanged. He and his family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British government gave...
12: ...l joining the [[MacKenzie Rebellion]] that sought Canadian independence. The revolt failed and, like ...
16: ... son to read and experiment. Many of his lessons came from reading the book [["Parker's School of Nat...
18: ...Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock ticker. - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
1: ...ield at antietam.jpg|thumb|More than 550,000 Americans died fighting the Civil War, include these men ...
10: *[[1860]] - [[South Carolina]] secedes
12: *[[1861]] - [[Confederate States of America]] (the Confederacy) established under President [...
13: *[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]] begins at [[Fort Sumter]]
16: ...rte Merryman|Ex Parte Merryman]]'', federal court case which objected to Lincoln's suspension of ''[[h... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...merican [[labor movement]]. Finally, the era was capped by U.S. involvement in [[World War I]].
7: ...ic policies in the defeated region after the war, caused lasting bitterness among Southerners toward t...
9: ...ivil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
11: ...ter solid [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] gains in the midterm elections, the first Reco...
13: ...se governments were called [[scalawags]]. Republicans took control of all state governorships and sta... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...w Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]]...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: ...[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
1: ...[British English|BE]]) or '''Labor Day''' ([[American English|AE]]) is an [[annual]] [[holiday]] that ...
3: ...ins in the [[eight hour day]] movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreati...
5: ==North American Labor/Labour Day==
7: ...ir date for Labor Day. The date was adopted in [[Canada]] in [[1894]] by the [[government]] of [[Prim...
9: ..., could have been viewed as aligning the U.S. and Canadian labor movements with internationalist sympa... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...r season between the pennant winner of the [[American League]] and the pennant winner of the [[Nationa...
3: ...e [[2004 American League Championship Series|American League champion]] the [[Boston Red Sox]]. The Re...
5: ...dvantage was switched every year between the American League and the National League. Starting in 2003...
7: ...n but not earning a [[wild card]] receive them, because there are more divisions and each division is ...
9: ...s against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
3: ... season), the most in any professional North American sport, while collecting one [[World Series]] cha...
5: ...ranchise in North American sports. Arguably, they can trace their ancestry to the original [[Cincinnat...
6: ...tswriters chose "Bees", a name which never really caught on; even Quinn refused to use it. The team s...
12: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
20: ...ague, and was ready to catch New York. From there came a romp unmatched in baseball history. The Brave... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
6: ...e Redlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations of [[communism]].
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Great American Ball Park]], Cincinnati
10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
13: :'''American Association pennants won''' (1): [[1882]]
23: ... through the remainder of the [[1890s]] signing local stars & aging veterans. - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
5: ...on]]. Transferred to the [[National League]] in [[1887]].
6: ...e]] franchise called the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] came along.
9: :'''Logo design:''' Pirate caricature superimposed on crossed baseball bats
11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
19: ...se they lost few star players to the rival [[American League]]. However, owing to injuries to their st... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
3: {{MLB Cardinals franchise}}
5: The '''St. Louis Cardinals''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team ba...
7: ...in the [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]]. Moved to [[National League]] in [...
8: ...]), St. Louis Perfectos ([[1899]]). Name became "Cardinals" in [[1900]].
10: :'''Uniform colors:''' Cardinal red, White, and Navy blue - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: ...les]] and continuously in the United States since 1887 (Foxburg, Pennsylvania). Although often viewed as...
8: ...individual players (''single'') or by teams. Golf can be scored by [[stroke play]] or [[matchplay|matc...
12: ...'' (where the grass is cut so low that most balls can be easily played) or from the ''rough'' (uncut g...
16: ...he water, but a penalty is incurred in the latter case.
18: ... grass affects the rolling of a golf ball and is called the ''grain''. The ''hole'' must have a diame... - Groundhog Day (3781 bytes)
2: ...val celebrated in the [[United States|USA]] and [[Canada]] on [[February 2]].
4: ...n Balzac, [[Alberta]]. The official groundhog forecaster for [[New York City]] is [[Staten Island Chuc...
6: ...Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania]] on [[February 2]], [[1887]]. In the U.S. the tradition derives from a Scott...
7: :''If Candlemas Day is bright and clear,''
10: ...also stems from similar beliefs associated with [[Candlemas]] Day [http://www.groundhog.org/history/tr... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
14: ...il Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemist
19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
26: *[[Melvin Calvin]] (1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemist...
27: *[[Georg Ludwig Carius]], (1829-1875), German chemist
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
1: ...on_carver.jpg|right|240px|thumb|George Washington Carver, 1906]]
2: ... - [[January 5]], [[1943]]) was an [[African-American]] [[botanist]] who worked in [[agricultural exte...
5: ... became so knowledgeable that he was known by the Carvers' neighbors as "the plant doctor".
7: One day he was called to a neighbor's house to help with a plant in...
9: ...lack person. He promptly left, but still carried scars from this incident for the rest of his life. - Softball (19057 bytes)
1: ...d touching a series of four markers on the ground called [[base (baseball)|bases]]. Softball is a dire...
6: ...ine in baseball. Consequently, softball games typically take between ninety minutes and two hours to c...
8: ...n the United States. An estimated 56 million Americans will play at least one game of softball during ...
10: ...every four years, but in different years for each category.
19: ...ary from league to league and umpire to umpire. Because of the requirement for an arc, the pitcher mus... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
43: *[[Caspar Buberl]] (1834 - 1899)
48: *[[Alexander Calder]] (1898 - 1976)
49: *[[Alexander Milne Calder]] (1845 - 1923)
50: *[[Alexander Stirling Calder]] (1870 - 1945) - Hittites (17910 bytes)
5: ...non-Indo-European language — conventionally called [[Hattic language|Hattic]].
7: ... the two peoples to be the same, but this identification is still disputed.
11: ==Archaeological discovery==
12: The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tablets fo...
14: ...ith the biblical Hittites. Sayce's identification came to be widely accepted over the course of the ea... - Photography (18493 bytes)
1: ...era.jpg|right|Lens and mounting of a large format camera|thumb]]
2: ...ical]] or [[digital]] devices commonly known as [[camera]]s.
5: ...e glass of a scanner to produce pictures electronically.
7: Photographers control the camera to expose the light recording material (usual...
14: *Focal length of the lens ([[Telephoto lens|telephoto]]... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
1: ...number)|81]]st day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (82nd in [[Leap year]]s). There are 284 ...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
8: ...sachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables.
10: ...st direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies.
12: *[[1871]] - In [[North Carolina]], [[William Woods Holden]] becomes the fir...
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