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  1. Carnation (3475 bytes)
    19: ...ies of ''[[Dianthus]]'', and more particularly to garden [[hybrid]]s between ''D. caryophyllus'' and o...
    21: ...tion" comes from "coronation" or "corone" (flower garlands), as it was one of the flowers used in Gree...
    28: The carnation is also the symbol of the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Carnation Revolution]].
    30: ...ame the symbol of a mother's undying love, and in 1907 was chosen by [[Ann Jarvis]] as the emblem of [[M...
  2. Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
    1: ...e that [[Adolphe Sax]] repeatedly filed lawsuits against Sarrus. It was named after the French bandma...
    5: ...le, [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[L'heure espagnol]]'' (1907) and [[Arrigo Boito]]'s ''[[Nerone]]'' (1924). Th...
  3. John Tyler (18019 bytes)
    15: [[Julia Gardiner Tyler]] (2nd wife)</td></tr>
    27: ... to [[William Henry Harrison]]. Their campaign slogans of "Log Cabins and Hard Cider" and "Tippecanoe ...
    38: ... Tyler ([[May 11]], [[1821]] - [[December 28]], [[1907]]).
    44: ...d. John then married [[Julia Gardiner Tyler|Julia Gardiner]] on [[June 26]], [[1844]]. He was the firs...
    46: *David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[September ...
  4. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    44: ...e States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small>]] from the [...
    46: ..., in his defeat of a congressional attempt to reorganize his cabinet in [[1862]], in his many speeches...
    53: ...ouisiana|New Orleans]] via [[flatboat]] on the Sangamon, [[Illinois River|Illinois]] and [[Mississippi...
    59: ...at he had not had "any such success in life which gave him so much satisfaction."
    61: ... [[1834]]. In [[1837]] he made his first protest against slavery in the [[Illinois House of Representa...
  5. Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
    34: ...inals. Political opponents would later hold this against him, calling him the "Buffalo Hangman." Cleve...
    36: ...elected Mayor of Buffalo in [[1881]], with the slogan "Public Office is a Public Trust" as his tradema...
    40: .... The campaign was one of the most vicious and negative up to that time. The Republicans claimed that...
    44: ...a baby carriage for her. Still more salacious allegations followed: in the election of 1888, Republic...
    50: ...e angered the [[railroad]]s by ordering an investigation of western lands they held by Government gran...
  6. Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
    1: .... It is assumed that the accretion of the Earth began soon after the formation of the Ca-Al-rich incl...
    4: ...[[astronomy]] and [[numerology]]) that creation began on [[October 23]], [[4004 BC]]. Other scholars a...
    9: ...ic basis. The naturalist [[Mikhail Lomonosov]], regarded as the founder of [[Russia]]n science, was on...
    13: ...stratum|strata]], the layering of rock and earth, gave them an appreciation that the Earth had been th...
    25: ...had proposed his theory of the [[evolution]] of organisms by [[natural selection]], a semi-random proc...
  7. Malawi (22306 bytes)
    51: Although the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] reached the area in the [[16th cent...
    53: ...frica|British Central Africa Protectorate]], by [[1907]], the [[Nyasaland]] [[Protectorate]] (''Nyasa'' ...
    57: ... elections for a new Legislative Council. It also gained an important role in the new Executive Counci...
    65: ...ite an MCP-AFORD alliance that ran a joint slate against the UDF.
    96: ...0% of all exports. Nearly 90% of the population engages in subsistence farming. Smallholder farmers pr...
  8. Flag of Idaho (911 bytes)
    7: ...erican War]]. The flag was adopted on March 12, [[1907]] and slightly modified in [[1957]].
  9. Flag of Pennsylvania (547 bytes)
    3: ...ent [[flag]] was adopted by [[Pennsylvania]] in [[1907]].
  10. Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
    10: ...d the height of the dam was raised in two phases, 1907&ndash;1912 and 1929&ndash;1933.
    13: Proper planning began in 1952, just after the [[Nasser]] revolution, a...
    15: ...first stage finished in [[1964]]. The reservoir began filling in 1964 while the dam was still under co...
    18: ...ughts in 1972&ndash;73 and 1983&ndash;84 were mitigated. A new fishing industry has been created aroun...
    25: ...e traditional river silt did not. Indifferent irrigation control has also caused some farmland to be d...
  11. Al Fayyum (5562 bytes)
    7: ...le region is below sea-level, and, except for the gap mentioned, is encircled by the Libyan hills. The...
    9: ...cres (80&nbsp;km&sup2;) of land, previously unirrigated and untaxed, to be brought under cultivation i...
    11: ...n that increased from 26,000 in 1882 to 37,320 in 1907, and has several large bazaars, [[mosque]]s, bath...
  12. Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
    38: ...conos|Pocono Mountains]] and the [[Delaware Water Gap]] provide popular recreational activities.
    63: ...e lower counties" of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex gained a separate legislature, and in 1710 a separat...
    65: ... [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] o...
    71: ...mes violent confrontations took place between [[organized labor]] and the state's industrial concerns.
    90: ...the state or its officers as parties, and cases regarding statewide elections.
  13. Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
    26: AdmittanceDate = [[November 16]], [[1907]] |
    135: In the [[1870s]] a movement began by people wanting to settle the government lands...
    137: ...m the [[Cimarron Territory]], but lost a lawsuit against the federal government, prompting a judge in ...
    146: The [[Organic Act]] of 1890 created the [[Oklahoma Territory...
    151: On [[November 16]][[1907]], Oklahoma Territory combined with Indian Territ...
  14. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
    68: ...[[2nd century BC|100s BC]]: [[Parchment]] in [[Pergamon]]
    111: * [[1581]]: [[Pendulum]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
    113: * [[1593]]: [[Thermometer]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
    118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
  15. List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
    16: *[[Yamagata Hiro]] (born 1964), author
    18: ...o Tsunetomo]] (1659-1719), Japanese Author of [[Hagakure]]
    21: ...-1946), Japanese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
    42: ...da]], (born [[1972]]), [[Japan|Japanese]] [[video game]] music composer
    48: ...]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
  16. Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
    16: ... [[feather]]s, impressions of skin and internal organs, and "soft tissues, including blood vessels and...
    20: ...y analyzes the relationships between biological organisms, has also proved tremendously useful in [[sc...
    42: ...is inexact; and restoring the muscles and other organs is at best educated guesswork.
    47: ...en by dinosaur standards the [[sauropod]]s were gigantic. The smallest sauropods were larger than anyt...
    49: ...sburgh]]'s [[Carnegie Natural History Museum]] in 1907.
  17. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    25: *[[Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard]] ([[1744]]-[[1809]])
    32: *[[Yaacov Agam]] ([[1928]]-)
    33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
    44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
    50: *[[Charles Alston]] ([[1907]]-[[1977]])
  18. Castle (27805 bytes)
    44: ...essor]] had sent for to defend [[Herefordshire]] against the inroads of the [[Wales|Welsh]].
    59: ...and the keep became merely the last refuge of the garrison, used only when all else had been captured....
    61: ...able than a uniform curved surface. Ch&acirc;teau Gaillard fell to [[Philip Augustus]] in [[1204]] aft...
    63: ...olds perched upon rocks and hills such as Chⴥau Gaillard, where the more exposed parts indeed posses...
    65: ...tillery]] was used for such work, of course, and against lighter natures, some castles and even fortif...
  19. Aviation history (39698 bytes)
    17: ...d not be available for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers.
    39: ...le to test a number of smaller designs powered by gasoline.
    41: ...n Institution]], Langley started a serious investigation into aerodynamics at what is today the [[Univ...
    51: Construction of the first [[Zeppelin]] airship began in 1899 in a floating assembly hall on Lake Cons...
    55: ...''', which flew twice on June 18, 1901, and then again with a newer and more powerful engine in 1903.
  20. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
    21: ...any|German]] born [[American]] &mdash; [[computer game]]
    59: ...ustav Dahl鮝], (1869-1937) &mdash; invented the AGA [[Lighthouse]]
    81: *[[James Fergason]] &mdash; [[liquid crystal display]]
    93: *[[Galileo Galilei]], (1564-1642), [[Italy]] &mdash; [[thermome...

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