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  1. Time zone (34024 bytes)
    2: ...nes one hour apart. However, the one hour separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, t...
    6: ...inct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
    10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
    12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00...
    18: ...e of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples:
  2. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
    14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
    17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
    24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
    31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
  3. Aviation history (39698 bytes)
    3: ...killing him. The legend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, simila...
    5: The modern history of aviation has had several broad trends. [[Aircraft]] desi...
    15: ...lew. However, a considerable amount of interpretation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodyna...
    17: ... or leg." Swedenborg was prescient in his observation that powering the aircraft through the air was t...
    19: ...ding the first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere.
  4. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
    23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
    25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
    38: *[[Louis Braille]], (1809-1852)
    56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
  5. Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
    6: ...undary between free and slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Missis...
    9: ...tatehood, the [[Missouri Compromise]] makes provisions for the future admittance of slave states and f...
    12: ...nd Protest]]'' outlines [[nullification|nullification doctrine]]. Calhoun demands that the North keep ...
    15: ... choose between liberty and union. "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!" he cries...
    20: ... the Nat Turner uprising, and the rise of [[abolitionism]], Southern defenders of slavery start seeing...
  6. January 17 (12233 bytes)
    6: ... the [[Vote of No Address]], breaking off negotiations with [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] an...
    11: * [[1852]] - [[United Kingdom]] recognizes the independenc...
    15: * [[1899]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
    17: ...sociation of America|Professional Golfers Association]] (PGA) is formed.
    18: ... - The [[United States]] pays [[Denmark]] $25 million for the [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]].
  7. History of California (38344 bytes)
    3: ...ory of California''' begins with European exploration.
    5: ...hen with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technolog...
    11: ...dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
    13: ...icas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the Americas|settlers]] appeared, they found ...
    16: ===European exploration===
  8. Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
    1: ...t took the vows. His life was described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''.
    5: == Biography ==
    7: ...after his death, but was not properly [[beatification|beatified]] until [[1984]].
    9: ...hether he had previously been a painter by profession is not certain, but appears probable. The painte...
    13: ...gin'' in the convent of Fiesole, and the ''Deposition of Christ'' executed for the Church of the [[Hol...
  9. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
    37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
    42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
    47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
    56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
  10. Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox_Biography |
    4: ...ventor]] of the telephone and innovations in aviation and hydrofoil technology |
    5: quotation=A man, as a general rule, owes very little to wh...
    12: ... was responsible for important advances in [[aviation]] and [[hydrofoil]] technology.
    14: ==Biography==
  11. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
    20: *[[Giovanni di Balduccio]]
    21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
    51: *[[Antonio Canova]] (1757 - 1822)
    65: *[[Clodion]]
  12. Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
    6: ...der [[Andrew Jackson]] and receiving his commendation for bravery in the [[Battle of New Orleans]].
    10: In [[1813]], Davis began his education together with his sister Mary, attending a [[log...
    12: ...ago, Wisconsin]]. While supervising the construction and management of a [[sawmill]] in the [[Yellow ...
    14: ...ering what would eventually become the state of [[Iowa]].
    20: ==Marriage, plantation life and politics==
  13. March 20 (10075 bytes)
    13: *[[1852]] – [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle T...
    14: ...h; Signature of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
    15: *[[1899]] – At [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place...
    17: ...tionalist party (KMT), is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
    18: ..., the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
  14. Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
    2: ...rush|gold rush]], Sacramento was a major distribution point, a [[Commerce|commercial]] and [[agricultu...
    10: map_caption = Location of Sacramento in California |
    11: subdivision_type = [[County]] |
    12: subdivision_name = [[Sacramento County, California|Sacrament...
    19: population_as_of = 2000 |
  15. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
    71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
    99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
    124: *[[William Burnside]] (UK, [[1852]]-[[1927]])
    128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States)
  16. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
    11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
    117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
    172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda...
    175: *[[John Dreyer]] ([[Ireland]], [[1852]] – [[1926]])
  17. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902)
    30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
    81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
    97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
    131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937)
  18. Mustard (7834 bytes)
    2: ...campestris1.jpg|250px|Brassica campestris]] | caption = Wild Mustard (''Brassica campestris'')}}
    5: ...x_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
    6: ...xobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
    11: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
    22: ...grows 90% of all the mustard seed for the international market.
  19. List of Governors of Wisconsin (3807 bytes)
    5: ...ited States Democratic Party|Democrat]]<td>1848 - 1852
    6: ...Farwell]]<td>[[United States Whig Party|Whig]]<td>1852 - 1854
  20. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    1: ...' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
    3: == Foundation and early history ==
    5: ...]] and [[Salerno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]]...
    9: ...]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided into [[bailiwick]]s, which in t...
    15: ... eventually pushed the Knights out of their traditional holdings in Jerusalem. After the fall of the K...

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