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- Mother's Day (4660 bytes)
1: ...the [[U.S. Postal Service]] was held up for eight days because of the number of letters and cards.
3: ...ferent origins. One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancie...
5: ...f.com/a/mothers-day-origins.htm original Mother's Day Proclamation] in 1870, as a call for peace and d...
14: ''For a great and earnest day of counsel.<br>
20: ... in the [[United Kingdom]] falls on the fourth Sunday of [[Lent]] (typically March or early April). It... - Train (10331 bytes)
21: ...tives is said to be "double-headed", but in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]], it is quite common f...
31: ...untries had replaced steam locomotives for day-to-day use by the [[1970s]]. A few countries, most nota...
72: ...r]]' or TOFC trains. There are also some "inter-modal" vehicles, which have two sets of wheels, for us...
89: *[[The Canadian]] in [[Canada]]. - Airline (29546 bytes)
13: ...e highly seasonal, and often day-of-week, time-of-day, and even directionally variable.
19: ...bbying their governments to permit greater consolidation, in order to achieve higher economies of scal...
34: ...avel came in the mid-1930s, when [[Nazi]] propaganda ministers approved the start of commercial [[zepp...
36: ...two english passengers from [[Schiphol]], [[Amsterdam]] to [[London]] in [[1920]]. Since the [[Netherl...
38: ...s, are among the most famous pictures from the heyday of the [[British Empire]]. - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
3: ... Caesar Augustus''' ([[23 September]] [[63 BC]] – [[19 August]] [[14|AD 14]]), known earlie...
12: ... against the sons of Pompey at the [[battle of Munda]]. Caesar had placed Octavian as the cavalry comm...
14: Caesar was very impressed with Octavian’s daring determination and courage. Caesar and Octavia...
16: ...ing to accompany Caesar on a campaign against the Dacians and the Parthians.
21: ...s]]. The effects would shake the world to its foundation, and plunge it into another devastating civil... - Aviator (3951 bytes)
4: The term was more commonly used in the early days of [[aviation]] and has connotations of bravery...
8: ...ent instituted pilot testing and certification. Today, every country has a national authority governin...
93: *[[Gore Vidal]] - Louis Bleriot (3099 bytes)
2: '''Louis Blériot''' ([[July 1]] [[1872]] – [[August 2]] [[1936]]) was a [[France|French]]...
14: A £1000 prize being offered by the London ''[[Daily Mail]]'' for the first successful flight acros... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
5: date_of_birth = [[20 April]] [[1889]] |
8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
11: ...he [[National Socialist German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party.
15: ...llies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]] by [...
20: ... Alois Hitler also had a son (Alois Junior) and a daughter (Angela) by his second wife. In ''[[Mein Ka... - Hernan Cortes (17441 bytes)
2: ...rtés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca''' ([[1485]]–[[December 2]], [[1547]]) was the [[conquistado...
5: ...who later conquered the [[Inca]] empire of modern-day [[Peru]] (not to be confused with another Franci...
10: ... slaves for his efforts. This was the ''[[encomienda]]'' that had worked so well in the conquest of th...
12: ...a more distant land where gold was said to be abundant. Cortés eagerly sold or mortgaged all his land...
18: ...metimes called "[[La Malinche]]," later made legendary in book and film (even if she was not, as conqu... - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ...]] surrounded by [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. The modern-day home of the popes, it is the smallest independen...
3: ...enedict XVI]] of [[Germany]], [[Angelo Cardinal Sodano]] of [[Italy]] and [[Edmund Cardinal Szoka]] of...
5: ..., [[Apostolic Palace]] and museums were built, predates [[Christendom]].
28: ...ate|Secretary of State]]'''|| [[Angelo Cardinal Sodano]]
38: |'''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Date - Dollhouse (4191 bytes)
3: ...'dollhouse''' is a miniature [[replica]] of a standard [[house]]. They are most commonly associated wi...
5: ...se'' is common in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. In [[United Kingdom|UK]] usage, ''doll's house...
9: ...of Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] times. Of several standardized scales, the most common are 1/12th (also ca... - Postcard (2985 bytes)
- Rail transport (15539 bytes)
15: ...e]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more efficient in their progress to...
24: ...irement changed over time and left the system to adapt?
53: ...essful steam-operated railway, the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], ran in northern [[England]] in...
126: [[da:Jernbane]] - Olmec (8916 bytes)
1: ...entral [[Mexico]], roughly in what are the modern-day [[mexican state|states]] of [[Veracruz]] and [[T...
6: ...nd used for recreational and religious purposes – certainly they were playing it before anyone e...
8: ...emes (an obsession with mathematics and with calendars, and a spiritual focus on death expressed throu...
19: ...jaguar]]. [[Olmec figurine]]s were also found abundantly through their period.
23: ...ures is that of [[Ancient Egypt]] ([http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n3_v154/ai_2114... - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
27: ...[20th century]]. Today there are seven ceremonial dance grounds in Oklahoma and these either belong to...
39: ...ow believed that a more ancient Syllabary that predated Sequoyah and may have inspired his great work ...
46: ...m/news/nation/census/2002-02-13-indians.htm USA Today news story], which explains that the 2000 popula...
85: ...herokee Reservation located in Arkansas, with boundaries from north of the Arkansas River up to the so...
87: ...ibe. The US Government has ignored their pleas. Today, there are thousands of Cherokee living in Arkan... - Buffalo soldier (5141 bytes)
12: ...officers from these four regiments earned the [[Medal of Honor]] during the [[Indian Wars]]. In addit...
14: ...e [[Battle of San Juan Hill]]), where five more Medals of Honor were earned. They took part in the [[...
34: ...on movie]] called ''Buffalo Soldiers'' starring [[Danny Glover]] was broadcast and drew attention to t... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
1: ... celebrated in many countries on [[April 1]]. The day is marked by the commission of [[hoax]]es and ot...
4: ...ts and school teachers wanting a respite from the day of pranks, as well as since many of the hoaxes l...
6: ...s furthermore believed that children born on this day will experience good luck in most matters, but w...
9: ...X of France]] brought in the new [[Gregorian calendar]], in which the new year began on [[1 January]]....
11: == Present day == - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
6: ... at this young age that before his fifteenth birthday he was playing on a semi-pro team, the [[Pritche...
8: ...s mother wanted Aaron to attend college in [[Florida]]. But with the promise to finish high school, o...
12: ... led the league in everything except hotel accommodations".
14: ...ond base during a spring training game. The next day Aaron made his first spring training start for t...
21: ...seball All-Star Game|All-Star Games]] for Aaron – only [[Willie Mays]] and [[Stan Musial]] appea... - Tobacco (28162 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
18: ...[smoking ban]]s in an effort to minimize possible damage to [[public health]] due to [[tobacco smoking...
28: ...first wife died, and he married [[Pocahontas]], a daughter of Chief [[Powhatan]]. Although most of the...
30: ...e, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the Lungs, and in the blacke stinking f...
39: ...h branches to protect the young plants from frost damage. These plants were left to grow until around ... - Culture of Ireland (27885 bytes)
8: ...f Ireland'' had changed remarkably little. Even today, when a quarter of the population of the Republi...
12: ...e structures are still of vital importance in the daily life of Irish communities. Apart from the reli...
31: ==Holidays and festivals==
33: :''Main article: ''[[Irish calendar]]
35: ...significant influence. As in other countries, the date for observing [[Christmas]] was deliberately ch... - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
9: ...ere is a movement to restore udal law[http://www.udallaw.com/] to the islands as part of a devolution ...
17: ...ntage of its population educated at primary, secondary and tertiary levels than any other country in [...
19: ...ents in England sit [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]] exams, and then [[Higher Grade...
23: ...], the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] and the [[Clydesdale Bank]]). These notes have no status as [[legal ...
43: ...ald'' and ''The Scotsman'' respectively. Regional dailies include ''[[The Courier and Advertiser]]'' i...
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