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- Finland (29511 bytes)
14: ...kground:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationFinland.png|Location of Finland]]
18: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Helsinki]]
32: | style="vertical-align: top;" | '''[[Independence]]'''<br /> ...
33: | style="vertical-align: top;" | From [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]...
44: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +358 - Flag of California (3028 bytes)
1: ...flag.jpg|0px|right|framed|The modern Bear Flag of California. Image provided by [http://classroomclipa...
3: ...the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]] is sometimes called the '''Bear Flag'''.
5: ...aking population of 4,000 was outnumbered by Americans.
9: ...s standing on green grass. The bear depicted is a California [[grizzly bear|grizzly]] or [[golden bear...
11: ...r [[Francis Drake]] (in 1579), and made good American colonial claims on the lands from the Atlantic t... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...61]]. He also was a member of the original [[American League]] [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|A...
4: ...ring Twenties]]'' as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of nearly all t...
7: ...lived above the saloon they owned and operated on Camden Street. Kate would walk to her father's home ...
9: ...olic]] priest, and the school's disciplinarian, became the major influence on his life, the one man Ba...
12: ...r. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, inste... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisb...
36: ...ian]] time period in [[geology]]. Pennsylvania is called the [[keystone (architecture)|Keystone]] Stat...
38: ...]] and major center for educational and technological advance. The [[The Poconos|Pocono Mountains]] a...
40: ...iladelphia is often called the cradle of the American Nation. It was here that the [[United States Dec...
42: ...niences and use horse-drawn farming equipment and carriages, while others are virtually indistinguisha... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...e there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ... Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
22: *[[Darlene Quaife|Quaife, Darlene]], Canadian writer
30: *[[Don Quarrie|Quarrie, Don]], (born 1951), Jamaican athlete
31: *[[Paul Quarrington|Quarrington, Paul]], Canadian writer
33: *[[Juda Quastel|Quastel, Juda]], British/Canada biochemist
41: *[[Eca de Queir󺼑ueiróº¬ Eca de]], novelist - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
8: ...evich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Sergeyevich]] (1906-1989)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat
148: ...Brigham Young|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader - Agathon (3124 bytes)
1: ...ed certain innovations, and [[Aristotle]] (''Poetica,'' 9) tells us that the plot of his ''Antho'' was...
2: original, not, as usually, borrowed from mythological subjects.
4: ...ake of punning on his name that he makes Dionysus call him a noble poet.
6: ...ness for [[epigram]], antitheses and other rhetorical embellishments, after the fashion of Gorgias, an...
12: ...([[London]]: [[Historical Publishing Company]], [[1906]]) - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-) - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...roduced mechanically, and only amplified electronically - for example an [[electric guitar]]. Usually ...
3: ...; the border between sound effects and actual musical instruments is often hazy.
7: Electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles o...
9: == Early electronic musical instruments ==
10: ...he broadest sense, the very first electrified musical instrument was the [[Denis d?or]] dating from [[... - American football (39287 bytes)
1: ...t of American football, see the [[history of American football]] article. For information on other spo...
3: ...tball.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The ball used in American football has a pointed oval shape, and usually h...
5: ...tive team [[sport]]. The object of the game is to carry the ball to the opposing team's [[end zone]] a...
7: ...nd [[arena football]] are basically forms of American football.
13: ...s an [[United States Air Force Academy|Air Force Academy]] player tries to thwart his progress.]] - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...rthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
2: ... to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japa...
5: ...e:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
6: ==Purpose of castles== - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: [[Image:Landon-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
3: ...ea, killing him. The legend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, si...
5: ...ern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able t...
17: ...proofs and examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the fir...
19: ...ultimately reached a height of 26 m. Ballooning became a major "rage" in Europe in the late [[18th cen... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...d Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instan...
18: ...bage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...ekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
27: *[[1904]] - [[Panama Canal]] Zone acquired
30: *[[1906]] - [[Algeciras Conference]]
31: *[[1906]] - [[Pure Food and Drug Act]] and [[Meat Inspect...
32: *[[1906]] - [[Hepburn Act]]
33: *[[1906]] - Theodore Roosevelt negotiates [[Treaty of Por... - 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... - April (9790 bytes)
1: {{AprilCalendar}}
3: ...th]] [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] and one of four with the length of 30 [[d...
5: ...es]] and ends in the sign of [[Taurus]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation ...
7: ...rts of men", or from the [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] name ''Apru'' for [[Aphrodite]].
9: ...ad 29 days. [[Julius Caesar]]'s calendar [[Julian calendar|reform]] in [[45 BCE]] resulted in April ha... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 17th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[l...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
7: ...rmy at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] ...
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to...
9: ...arleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]]. - 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]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: ...(number)|2]]nd day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 363 days remaining (364 in [[...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
7: *[[533]] - Mercurius became [[Pope]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first po...
9: ...757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
14: ...tus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
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