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- Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
1: '''Sonja Henie''' ([[April 8]], [[1912]]-[[October 12]], [[19...
3: [[Image:SonjaHenie.jpg|thumb|Sonja Henie]]
4: ...over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach for directions.
6: ...c Games|Olympic]] gold medal the following year. She also won six consecutive European championships.
8: ...grapher|choreography]]. She was also an accomplished tennis player. - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...BabeDidrikson.png|framed|right|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ... her nickname "Babe" (after [[Babe Ruth]]) after she hit five [[home run]]s in a single [[baseball]] g...
5: ...ion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
9: ...[U.S. Women's Open (golf)|U.S. Women's Open]] for her fourth and fifth [[women's majors|major champion...
11: ...ts toll and Zaharias died in 1956 while still in the top rank of female American golfers. - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
1: ...mage:MatthewHenson.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Matthew Henson in Arctic furs]]
2: ...ver reached the same fame as Peary in an America where [[racism|racist]] views were still common.
4: ...ut his arctic exploration (''A Negro Explorer at the North Pole'') in [[1912]] and later in collaborat...
6: ... in a [[Greenland]] expedition when they were in their eighties.
8: On April 6, 1988 Henson was reinterred in [[Arlington National Cemete... - Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
1: ...s is from b to g"'#, sounding a perfect fourth higher.
3: ...omposition [[Eine Alpensinfonie]]. Named the terz-heckelphone, Strauss ultimately did not score for it...
5: ...ne in F has an extremely wide bore. The angle of the instrument's conicity is quite wide (though not a...
7: ... numbers, with production ceasing altogether in [[1955]] due to lack of interest. Apparently, only one w...
9: ... destroyed in the second world war, or may be in the hands of private collectors awaiting discovery. - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...n [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the Netherlands.<!--
8: common_name = the Netherlands |
9: image_flag = Netherlands_flag_large.png |
11: image_map = LocationNetherlands.png |
13: national_anthem = ''[[Wilhelmus van Nassouwe]]'' | - Argentina (30219 bytes)
9: national_anthem = [[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
34: established_events = - [[May Revolution]]<br/> - Declared<br...
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]...
44: ...and (Malvinas) Islands]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
48: ...rica after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the [[world]]. - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: ...eans "The Country of [[Bengal]]". Lying north of the [[Bay of Bengal]], on land it borders [[India]] a...
45: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Amar Sonar Bangla]]
65: ...adesh has several sites of mass architecture, in the form of [[temple]]s and monasteries, bearing proo...
67: ...[British Raj|their rule]] over all of [[India]]. When [[Indian Independence Struggle|Indian independen...
69: ..., the government of Pakistan changed the name of the province from [[East Bengal (province)|East Benga... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...e [[Constitution of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Ir...
8: common_name = the Republic of Ireland |
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
21: leader_names = [[Mary McAleese]]<br>[[Bertie Ahern]] |
39: established_events = - Declared<br> - Recognised ... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...outhwest, [[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest.<!--
14: ... = [[Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan]] ("We Are the Army of God and of Our Land") |
39: established_events = - Date |
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[January 1]], [[1956]] |
58: ...oms called northern Sudan home in ancient times. These kingdoms were influenced by, and in turn influe... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...e west of [[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]] are situated.
8: | align="center" width="140px" rowspan="2" height="135px" | [[Image:Jamaica_coat_medium.gif|Jam...
24: | [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]
44: ... [[West Indies Federation]] and [[United Kingdom|the UK]]</font size="-1"><br>[[August 6]], [[1962]]
52: | '''[[National anthem]]''' - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...ins widely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America...
12: ...al_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Beyond") |
13: national_anthem = ''[[Marcha Real]]'' |
19: ...>[[President of the Government of Spain|Pres. of the Gov.]] |
38: established_events = | - Iowa (24205 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Hawkeye State |
30: HighestElev = 509 |
36: ...", and the [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
38: The state is named for the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] people.
45: ...lieved to be the first Europeans to visit Iowa. They described Iowa as lush, green, and fertile. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
38: ...[[Spain|European]] [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the state's name would be spelled ''Nuevo M骩co''.
44: ...00s]], constructing small towns in the valley of the [[Rio Grande]] and pueblos nearby.
46: ...lley led to long-standing hostility that impeded the Spanish conquest of New Mexico.
50: ... governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]. The Native Americans at [[Acoma, New Mexico|Acoma]] r... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
4: *[[U Aung San]], Commander in Chief of the [[Burma Independence Army]]
23: *[[Morihei Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Morihei]], (1883-1969), Japanese founder of [[aikido]]
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher
52: ...nderwood|Underwood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]]
62: *[[Michelangelo Unterberger|Unterberger, Michelangelo]], (1695-1753), painter - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...nese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
25: ...9995;, 1883-1936), famous [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] teacher
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
39: *[[Kerri Yascheshyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] p... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Macau (16856 bytes)
26: |Handover from [[Portugal]] to the [[People's Republic of China]]
40: ...ow run as a [[Special Administrative Region]] of the PRC. Residents of Macau mostly speak [[Cantonese ...
44: ... [[Hong Kong]] often take a one-day excursion to the city. [[Ferry]] service by [[hydrofoil]] between ...
47: ...existing landmark built in [[1448]] dedicated to the goddess [[Matsu]].
48: ...ntonese Jyutping: ou3 mun4) means "Inlet Gates". The "gates" refer to two erect gate-like mountains of... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
2: !colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffff99"| '''The Vietnam War'''
4: |Conflict||Vietnam War, part of the '''[[Cold War]]'''
8: |Place||[[Southeast Asia]]
14: ...br><br />[[Image:Us flag large.png|105px|Flag of the United States]]
15: ...br><br />[[Image:Viet cong flag.gif|95px|Flag of the Viet Cong]]<br><br /> - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
8: *[[1951]] - [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|22nd Amendment]]
14: *[[1953]] - [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg|Rosenbergs]] executed
16: ...- [[Shah of Iran]] returns to power in [[CIA]]-orchestrated coup known as [[Operation Ajax]]
17: ... [[Joseph_McCarthy#Fall_of_McCarthy|Army-McCarthy hearings]]
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