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- Botswana (22276 bytes)
58: ...stance, the British Government on [[March 31]], [[1885]] made "[[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland...
67: ...ipate freely in the political process. There are three main rival parties and a number of smaller part...
102: ...iamond]] [[mining]] to fuel economic development through prudent fiscal policies and a cautious [[fore...
104: ... by the [[AIDS]] epidemic. Approximately one in three Botswanans have HIV, giving Botswana the second...
113: ....J. Heinz]] and [[AON Corporation]], are present through direct investments, while others, such as [[K... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
58: Three [[Kush]]ite kingdoms called northern Sudan home...
60: Although [[Christianity]] had been introduced into Sudan in the ...
62: ...volt culminating in the fall of [[Khartoum]] in [[1885]], in which the British [[Charles George Gordon|G...
66: ... the North (Arab, Muslim) versus South (African, Christian and animistic) and has a strong economic el...
83: ...n was divided into five regions in the north and three in the south, each headed by a military governo... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...n the west. The country enjoys access to the sea through a narrow 40 km stretch, following the [[Congo...
61: ...nd]] to honour himself. During the period between 1885 and 1908, between 5 and 15 (the commonly accepted...
76: ...tted that it also played a role in Lumumba's overthrow.
80: ...ivil unrest, Mobutu, now Lieutenant General, overthrew Kasavubu in a [[1965]] [[coup d'鴡t]]. A one-p...
162: ...Belgians. Kimbanguism, officially "the church of Christ on Earth by the prophet Simon Kimbangu," now h... - Gabon (7342 bytes)
68: ...hat is now Gabon when [[France]] occupied it in [[1885]]. In [[1910]], Gabon became one of the four terr... - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
55: ...man]] trading company settled on the islands in [[1885]], and they became part of the [[protectorate]] o...
125: ...re traditional [[tribal]] groups ages ago. Then, Christian missionaries came along and caused great tu... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
113: ...nland portion, Rio Muni, became a protectorate in 1885 and a colony in 1900. Conflicting claims to the m...
130: ...nt form of [[mass media]] in the country are the three state-operated [[FM radio]] stations. There are... - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
6: The state legislature adopted this flag in March, 1885, to replace the original state flag that had been... - Mammoth (4333 bytes)
40: ... OR THE INDIAN AND THE MAMMOTH], by H. C. Mercer, 1885. (searchable facsimile at the University of Georg... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ...ave a [[whites|white]] majority (and one of only three in which non-Hispanic whites do not form a majo...
54: ...rmed by [[volcano]]es arising from the sea floor through a vent described in geological theory as a [[...
64: ...reserved memories of the early migrations orally through [[genealogy|genealogies]] and [[folk tale]]s,...
71: ...ucceeded him to the throne and ruled until her dethronement in [[1893]], a [[coup d'鴡t]] orchestrate...
81: ...waiian culture that was suppressed after the overthrow. The [[1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Conven... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
124: * [[1657]]: [[Pendulum clock]]: [[Christiaan Huygens]]
128: ... [[Seed drill]]: [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]]
133: ...14]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
154: * [[1784]]: [[Shrapnel shell]]: [[Henry Shrapnel]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant general in Malaya, Sin...
45: *[[Dornford Yates|Yates, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
120: *[[Jean-Christophe Yoccoz|Yoccoz, Jean-Christophe]], mathematician - Comet (30542 bytes)
11: ...e visible from the [[Earth]] when a comet passes through the inner solar system, the dust reflecting s...
17: ...the solar wind: when highly charged [[ions]] fly through a cometary atmosphere, they collide with come...
21: ... to other [[star]]s as the Sun follows its orbit through the [[Milky Way]] [[Galaxy]]; the Sun's hypot...
31: ...his remains today. A comet is named after up to three independent discoverers. In recent years, many ...
33: ...very in 1969). Once the comet had been observed through perihelion and its orbit had been established... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
74: *[[Milton Avery]] ([[1885]]-[[1965]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
144: *[[George Biddle]] ([[1885]]-[[1973]])
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]]) - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
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26: ... over this issue. For a dozen years, starting in 1885, even the great Friedrich Delitzsch accepted Hale... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
51: ...ur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
52: *[[Christopher Cockerell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) &md...
112: *[[John Harrison]], (1693-1776) — marine chronometer
154: *[[Narcis Monturiol i Estarriol]], (1819-1885) — steam powered [[submarine]]
164: ...7) — reflecting telescope (which reduces [[chromatic aberration]]) - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
104: *[[1885]] - [[Grover Cleveland]] inaugurated as President
105: *[[1885]] - [[Washington monument]] completed
106: *[[1885]] - [[Stanford University]] founded - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...tive population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, ...
13: ...[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years.
15: Three [[United States Constitution|constitutional]] a...
32: Conflicts with the Plains Indians continued through the Civil War. In 1876 the last serious Sioux...
36: ...nimo]], the last important chief, was captured in 1885. - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: ... ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] dynasty.
13: * [[1885]] - A [[United Kingdom|British]] force defeats a ...
14: ...waii)|Citizen's Committee of Public Safety]] overthrow the government of Queen [[Liliuokalani]] of the...
27: ...a [[KC-135]] jet tanker over [[Spain]], dropping three 70-kiloton [[hydrogen bomb]]s near the town of ...
37: ...curs in [[Northridge, California]] see [[1994_Northridge_Earthquake]] - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...[[office building]]s or [[hotel]]s. The term ''highrise'' is also used to describe tall buildings, but...
9: ...ten-story structure was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's b...
71: |19||[[Chrysler Building]]||New York City||319 m||1,046...
160: |[[Home Insurance Building]] ||1885||Destroyed|| 180 ft||55 m|| || ||12 ||
180: |[[Chrysler Building]]||1930||Present||925 ft||282&... - American Black Bear (15019 bytes)
16: The black bear occurs throughout much of North America from northern [[Cana...
20: ...n color depending on the subspecies: from white through [[chocolate]] brown, [[cinnamon]] brown, and ...
27: Black bears prefer forested and shrubby areas but use wet [[meadow]]s, high tidelands...
30: ...til the mother dens in the fall to [[hibernate]] through the winter months. However, if food was scarc...
32: ...er of their first year, and stay with the mother through the first full winter. They are usually indep...
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