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- Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...Szenes''' (or '''Chana Senesh''') ([[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1944]]) was a [[Hungary|Hun...
13: ... tortured. She did not talk even when the guards threatened to torture her mother as well. The mother ...
28: ... her songs is ''(Halichah L'Kesariyah'' ("A Walk Through Cesarea"), commonly known as ''Eili, Eili'' (...
61: :''One - two - three... eight long''
64: :''One - two - three... maybe another week.'' - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ....B.E.]], [[Croix de Guerre|CdG]] ([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[February 5]]?, [[1945]]) was a [[Worl...
11: ...y disposed of in the [[crematorium]]. At Ravensbr?hree other female members of the SOE were executed b... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
36: ... to shoot her through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum. (Referring to Shirley Temple)
72: *1921 [[Nice People]]
73: *1921 [[Everyday]] - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
5: ...'' in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson ([[1871...
19: ...s heard on screen for the first time in ''[[Anna Christie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publi...
25: ...]], replaced on ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christina]]'' ([[1934 in film|1934]]) with former co-...
29: ...ss|Best Actress in a Leading Role]] for ''[[Anna Christie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), ''[[Romance (19...
40: ...rs and vegetables and was known for taking walks through New York streets dressed casually and wearing... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...suffered from numerous health problems including chronic [[asthma]], which also plagued her at a later...
10: ...ion [[Marguerite Broquedis]] in a closely fought three-set match: 5–7, 6–4, 6–3. Tha...
18: ... to the gold medal, she gave up only four games, three of them in the final against [[Dorothy Holman]]...
24: ...riod occurred in an unscheduled appearance in the 1921 [[U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open]] championships. Tha...
36: ...inal was immense, and scalper ticket prices went through the roof. Roofs and windows of nearby buildin... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
10: ...itted inside a holder plate, and as air is drawn through the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, pr...
15: *Activation of sound through air ([[Bernoulli effect]])
16: ...d tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as opposed to [[woodwind in...
33: ...eft works the bellows and manipulates the two or three bass harmony keys, which sound the simple chord...
37: ...e first [[radio]] broadcast of the accordion in [[1921]] and the first sound [[film|motion picture]] fea... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by America...
16: ...s completing his predecessor's term. Since then, three presidents have served two full terms: [[Dwight...
19: ...y four years. Presidents are elected indirectly, through the [[U.S. Electoral College|Electoral Colleg...
25: ...cess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertisin...
56: ...n Johnson]], was born on [[August 27]] [[1908]]. Three other Presidents who followed Johnson in office... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...ica]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913]] to [[1921]].
7: ...sful in passing much of his progressive platform through the state legislature, nor in raising a conve...
11: ... in [[1916]] and served as Vice President until [[1921]]. It is said that Marshall initially turned dow...
29: Marshall is best known for a phrase he introduced to the American lexicon. During...
31: ... House tour by asking them to "be kind enough to throw peanuts at me." Upon hearing of his nomination... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
13: ...ave them an appreciation that the Earth had been through many changes during its existence, however lo...
39: The breakthrough that would ultimately resolve the conflict to...
49: ...e age of the Earth. Radioactivity, which had overthrown the old calculations, yielded a bonus by provi...
63: ...ess in which radium emitted five alpha particles through various intermediate products to end up with ...
85: Holmes's persistence finally began to pay off in 1921, when the speakers at the yearly meeting of the [... - Canada (35540 bytes)
8: ... of Canada|territories]]. Initially constituted through the [[British North America Acts|British Nort...
23: Canada has ten provinces and three territories.
98: ...create a federal union. On [[July 1]], [[1867]], three colonies—Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Bru...
100: ... assumed full control of its own foreign affairs through the [[Balfour Declaration 1926|Balfour Declar...
123: ...nada has a reputation for cold temperatures but, throughout, experiences four distinct seasons. Winte... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
40: ...ty<br>[[21 January]] [[1919]]<br>[[6 December]] [[1921]] |
67: ...l political power. Though Irish unionism existed throughout the whole of Ireland, in the late nineteen...
69: ...h rebels negotiated the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] in 1921 under which the British agreed to the establishme...
75: ...ion were much help to Pro-Treaty forces, and the threat of a return of Crown forces to the Free State ... - Angola (15614 bytes)
61: .... When Portugal refused a decolonization process three independence movements emerged:
81: ...ed people is 4 million. Daily conditions of life throughout the country and specifically Luanda (popul...
131: Angola has three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu langu...
133: ...r dona. [[Fetishism]] is the prevailing religion throughout the province. The dwelling-places of the n...
145: ...errors on Portuguese ex-Colonies stamps of Angola 1921]] - Flag of Iowa (716 bytes)
3: ...rif]]ed [[majuscule]]s. The flag was adopted in [[1921]]. It was designed by Mrs. Dixie Debhardt, from t... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
23: ...the league average. He won 23 games, lost 12 and threw nine shutouts, still the best mark for a left h...
29: ...arry Frazee]] had paid relatively large salaries throughout the war years. However, the team's failur...
39: ...nkees in New York. Yankee pitcher [[Carl Mays]] threw a pitch that hit Indian shortstop [[Ray Chapman...
43: During 1921, Ruth was invited to [[Columbia University]] for ...
47: ...nd Ruth's aggressiveness would see him suspended three more times in 1922, for arguing with umpires. - California (63989 bytes)
120: California is governed as a [[republic]], with three [[separation of powers|branches of government]]...
124: ...recall]] of a sitting governor (the first was the 1921 recall of [[North Dakota]] Governor [[Lynn Frazie...
162: ...r temperatures rarely reach above the high 80's Fahrenheit (low 30's Celsius).
166: ...lude [[Lassen Peak]], which erupted from 1914 and 1921, and [[Mount Shasta]].
182: ...s floribundus''). Many other endemics originated through differentiation or [[adaptive radiation]], wh... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: ...Swedes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilmington, Delaware | Wilmington]...
42: ...of the colony of [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislature, ...
44: ...dge (border)|The Wedge]] was in dispute up till [[1921]]), and some 80 of their original [[limestone]] m...
46: ...tion]]. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three counties became "The Delaware State," and in 17...
74: ...the [[Brandywine Creek|Brandywine]] rivers. The Chritiana is navigable for large ships as far as [[Wi... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
22: *[[Kisshomaru Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Kisshomaru]], (1921-1999), 2nd [[Aikido Doshu|doshu]] of [[aikido]]
57: ...|Ungern von Sternberg, Roman Fyodorovich]], (1886-1921) [[Russia|Russian]] military commander, [[History...
107: *[[Peter Ustinov|Ustinov, Peter]], (born 1921), British actor - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
22: *[[Maurice Yam鯧o|Yam鯧o, Maurice]] (1921-1993)
120: *[[Jean-Christophe Yoccoz|Yoccoz, Jean-Christophe]], mathematician - Anthemius of Tralles (1694 bytes)
9: ...n's house by the use of steam led under pressure through pipes connected to a boiler.''
14: ... History of Greek Mathematics''(2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921) - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
5: ...o be coming up. Everything seemed to be feasible through modern technology, the limits [[ecology]] and...
17: ...1920s cheap mass-produced vehicles became common throughout North America. By [[1927]], [[Henry Ford]...
24: ...150px|Climax of the new architectural style: the Chrysler Building in New York City was built after th...
43: ...criticized the narrow American taste and culture through various essays and articles.
47: ...ucted as the tallest building of the time: the [[Chrysler Building]]. The forms of art deco were pure ...
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