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- Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...47]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and [[businessma...
5: ...s worldwide, including the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. Edison ...
10: ...itish government gave those who had been loyal to it. In 1811, three generations of Edison's took up f...
14: ...m. Sam's family joined him and in [[1847]] grew with the birth of their seventh child, [[Thomas Alva ...
16: ...art in his schooling due to childhood illnesses. It was a late start and a poor start. His mind ofte... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...second most populous]] [[country]] in the world, with a [[population]] of over [[1 E9|one billion]], a...
3: ...y has grown significantly, in its economic and military roles, regionally as well as globally.
5: ... due to domestic disputes over how representative it is as a national signifier.
11: [[Stone Age]] rock shelters with paintings at [[Bhimbetka]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]]...
13: ...ies of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in the northern Ind... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
5: [[Military history of the United States]] <br>
6: [[Military history of the Confederate States]]
12: |Place||Principally in the southern United States; also in eastern, central and southweste...
22: ...arge 34 stars.png|100px|]]<br />''[[Flag of the United States|USA flag]] [[1861]]–[[1863]]. 34 s...
50: ...re various names used to describe the war itself, its combatants, armies, and battles (see the article... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820...
4: ...Image:National-atlas-1970-1820.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1820]]
12: *[[1823]] - Treaty with Russia
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
20: ...dent) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' arguing that states can [[nullif... - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ... River as the boundary between free and slave territory in the region between the Appalachian Mountain...
9: ...i Compromise]] makes provisions for the future admittance of slave states and free states.
12: ...hn C. Calhoun|Calhoun's]] ''[[South Carolina Exposition and Protest]]'' outlines [[nullification|nulli...
20: ...rt seeing it not as a "necessary evil," but a "positive good."
24: + The [[abolitionism|abolitionist]] [[American Anti-Slavery Society]] is foun... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]...
11: LargestCity = [[Chicago]] |
22: DensityRank = 11<sup>th</sup> |
23: 2000Density = 86.27 |
24: AdmittanceOrder = 21<sup>st</sup> | - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...anuary 1 was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously...
17: ...[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ...d [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Indi...
10: ...United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
11: *[[1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[tr... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...requent events that occur in the interior of the lithospheric plates are called [[intraplate earthquak...
4: ...e minor and cause no damage(those less than 5 on ritcher scale).
11: ...aller one, large faults are capable of higher magnitude earthquakes than smaller faults are.
13: ...ine landslips or "slides" indirectly triggered by it.
17: == Intensity == - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ... York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships.
5: ...]], the team given the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and th...
7: ...ams which did not qualify for the playoffs, the criteria for the latter changing at various times. Pr...
9: ...es have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the [[North America]]n champions against champion...
11: ...se the ''[[New York World]]'' newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher [[Doug Pappas]] refutes tha... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
56: ... Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
66: ...ham (chemist)|Thomas Graham]] not to be confused with:
72: *[[Fritz Haber]], (1868-1934)
75: *[[John Haldane]], British biochemist - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
2: ...– [[January 8]], [[1941]]) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world [[Scouting]] movement.
5: ... in 1933, "The whole secret of my getting on lay with my mother."
7: ...sually spent on yachting or canoeing expeditions with his brothers.
9: ==Military Career==
13: ... a butterfly collector, incorporating plans of military installations into his drawings of butterfly w... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...as far north as [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other routes led to [[Mexico]] or overs...
4: It is estimated that at its height between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100...
10: ...newspapers, and other organs disseminated the abolitionist viewpoint nationwide.
14: The Underground Railroad developed its own jargon, which continued the [[railway]] meta...
21: ...ound Railroad'' in 1872, after [[Abolitionism|Abolition]]. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
34: *[[Karl Bitter]] (1867 - 1915)
110: *[[Vincenzo Gemito]] (1852 - 1929)
166: ...talie Krol]] [http://www.nataliekrol.com Gallery Site]
177: *[[Sol LeWitt]]
178: *[[Jacques Lipchitz]] (1891 - 1973) - Czech Republic (13856 bytes)
20: | '''[[Capital]]'''
32: ...([[2003]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
35: ...t|GDP]]'''<br> - Total<br> - GDP per capita
36: ...>$19,475 ([[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|40th]])
62: ...tourist]] attraction, is its capital and largest city. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
3: {{Infobox City |
5: nickname = The City by the Bay |
9: map_caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
10: subdivision_type = [[City-County]] |
12: leader_title = [[Mayor]] | - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
5: ...the [[U.S. Army]] to fight the [[United Kingdom|British]] in the [[War of 1812]]. By December he had r...
7: ...on]] and was widely considered to be Jackson's political protegé.
11: ...]] in March [[1836]]. He negotiated a settlement with the Cherokee in February 1836.
14: ...emained for negotiations before retiring to the United States for treatment of an ankle wound.
16: ...ho advocated continuing independence of Texas and its extension to the [[Pacific Ocean]]. - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...[[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements...
8: ...ies of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India o...
11: ...ience]], [[Indian art|Art]], [[Indian literature|literature]], [[Indian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[I...
14: ...n by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
20: ...ed in India coming under the direct rule of the British crown. - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ...n [[United States|American]] [[soldier]] and [[politician]]. He served in the [[U.S. Congress]] and as...
5: ==Early life and military career==
6: ...of Davis's brothers fought the [[British Empire|British]], two of them serving under [[Andrew Jackson]...
10: ...In [[1824]], Davis entered the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]] as a [[c...
14: ...e escorted [[Black Hawk]] himself to prison—it is said that the chief liked Davis because of the... - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
8: ... possessions to pay them. She declined family charity and moved into a small one-room house. Julia too...
12: ...acher. Their older brother, Warren, went to live with other relatives on his mother's side of the fami...
14: ...t time that forbade teaching a slave to read or write, but nevertheless, Jackson taught the man as pro...
16: ...e of his inadequate schooling, he had difficulty with the entrance examinations. As a student, he had ...
20: ...roops, he could persevere and win the particular situation. His judgment proved correct, earning field...
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