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- Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
3: ...[1885]] – [[October 18]], [[1982]]), often known as "'''Bess Truman'''", was the wife of [[Harry...
7: ...r [[Margaret Truman|Mary Margaret]] was born in [[1924]].
9: ...the family to Washington, DC. Upon [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s death on Apri...
11: ...ears of her husband's presidency, Mrs. Truman was not present in Washington except for the social seas...
13: ...argaret, to become President was "most definitely not." Her reply to what she wanted to do after her ... - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
3: ...a saxophone, and it was made in sizes from sopranino to subcontrabass.
5: ... Boito]]'s ''[[Nerone]]'' (1924). These parts are nowadays often played on the [[contrabassoon]].
7: ...ample of the sarrusophone in [[jazz]] is on the [[1924]] recording by [[Clarence Williams]] Blue 5 of "M...
9: ...e sarrusophone is now obsolete and only used as a novelty upon occasions. It had poor intonation and a... - Didgeridoo (7516 bytes)
1: ... didgeridoo collected in [[Arnhem Land]] in the [[Northern Territory]] of Australia in the [[1950s]]. ...
3: ...|instrument]] of the [[Australian Aborigines]] of northern [[Australia]]. It is sometimes described as...
5: ...instrument. Archaeological studies of rock art in northern Australia suggests that the Aboriginal peop...
7: ...ear of "mago", and again, this is a specific term not to be used loosely. There is a general consensus...
15: ...produced in traditionally-oriented communities in northern Australia are typically made from [[hardwoo... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
56: ...an dialect]]) is a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
58: ...[Israel]] to the northeast. It is bordered to the north and east by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the ...
69: ...e next three millennia. The last native dynasty, known as the Thirtieth Dynasty, fell to the [[Iran|Pe...
71: ...lly "Arab" nation once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained in contr...
73: ...ed control of Egypt's government in [[1882]], but nominal allegiance to the [[Ottoman Empire]] continu... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...on Earth, and is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the Pr...
14: ...proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but none have yet been successful.
21: ...must receive a majority of electoral votes, or if no candidate receives a majority, the President and ...
25: ...an]]s) each select a nominee to unite behind; the nominee in turn selects a [[running mate]] to join h...
40: ...yler]] asserted that he had become the President, not merely Acting President, and this precedent was ... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...e [[Arctic]], which is located near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
8: ...ar the smallest in [[population]]: indeed, it has no permanent population at all. It is also the conti...
32: ... piece of land, continent or island, which is the northern limit of the Antarctic treaty. The southern...
37: *[[France]]: 142?02' E to 136?'11 E; claimed [[1924]] as [[Adelie_Land|Terre Ad鬩e]], one of the fou...
39: ...?W; claimed [[1938]] as [[Dronning Maud Land]], a Norwegian territory - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
48: '''Turkmenistan''', once known as the ''[[Turkmen SSR|Turkmen Soviet Socialist...
52: ...ince ancient times, as armies from one empire to another decamped on their way to more prosperous terr...
54: ...ingdom]] established its capital in Nisa, an area now located in the suburbs of the modern-day capital...
56: The Turkmenistan region soon came to be known as the capital of ''Greater'' ''[[Khorasan]]'' ...
60: ...et Union|republics]] of the [[Soviet Union]] in [[1924]]. At this time the modern borders of Turkmenista... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...ountry in [[Central Asia]]. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders [[People's Republic of China|China]...
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52: ...ntury|8th]] centuries. They spread across what is now the [[Tuva]] region of the [[Russia]]n Federatio...
54: ...Kyrgyz people settled in the territory currently known as the Kyrgyz Republic. In the early [[19th cen... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...(disambiguation)|Northern Zambezia]], and then, [[Northern Rhodesia]], the country is named after the ...
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49: ... of southern [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] and northern [[Angola]] but were joined in the 19th cent...
53: ...ansferred to the British [[Colonial Office]] in [[1924]] as a protectorate. Mining began in the [[Copper... - Saqqara (4142 bytes)
7: ...|Thebes]], it remained an important complex for minor burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 ...
10: ...n be traced back to the [[First Dynasty]], it was not until the [[Second dynasty of Egypt|Second Dynas...
14: In addition to Djoser's, there are another dozen or so [[pyramid]]s on the site, in vari...
15: ...top of Hotepsekhemwi's tomb, houses the earliest known example of the Pyramid Texts – inscriptio...
18: ...rounding Djoser's pyramid was not uncovered until 1924 – many of these have been superbly preserve... - Flag of Arkansas (1800 bytes)
5: ... stars above the state name and two below, but in 1924, the legislature again changed the flag to the pr... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
11: Governor = [[M. Jodi Rell]] |
38: ... Connecticut|USS ''Connecticut'']] was named in honor of this state.
47: ...ital. Unlike most other states, Connecticut does not have [[county]] governments or [[county seat]]s;...
49: ...e current [[List of Governors of Connecticut|governor of Connecticut]] is [[M. Jodi Rell]] (Republican...
52: ...necticut. There is an ongoing civic pride and economic competition between Hartford and New Haven, wh... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
20: *[[Nobuo Uematsu|Uematsu, Nobuo]], (born 1959), Japanese composer
31: *[[Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova|Ulanova, Galina Sergeyevna]], (1910-1988), Russian ball...
49: ... de]], (1864-1936), : ''Niebla'', ''San Manuel Bueno Martir''
81: *[[Leon Uris|Uris, Leon]], (1924-2003), US writer
82: *[[Moisei Uritsky|Uritsky, Moisei Solomonovich]] (1873-1918) - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...s; emergence of unprecedented [[industrial]] [[economic boom|boom]] and accelerated [[consumer]] [[dem...
3: ... economic partner. At the middle of the decade economic development started to soar in Europe and the ...
5: ...tion|technological]] growth were yet unknown. Technologies like [[train]]s, [[automobile|car]]s and [[...
7: ==Economy of the 1920s==
8: ...pe, the economy did not start to flourish until [[1924]]. At the same time the [[1920]]s were setting th... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|...
47: *[[Cristofano Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
85: *[[Léon Bakst]] ([[1866]]-[[1924]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
108: *[[Jacopo Bassano]] (ca.[[1510]]-[[1592]]) - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ..., [[perennial]], woody [[plant]]. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term g...
11: ...s. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typically classified.
18: ...der the bark. Endogenous trees, mainly in the [[monocotyledon]]s (e.g. [[palm tree|palms]]), grow by a...
20: ...le. Age determination is also impossible in endogenous trees.
24: ...e of individual specimens. A spruce seedling does not fit the definition of a tree, but all spruces ar... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
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26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter
32: *[[Katherine Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
35: *[[Hugo Borchardt]] (1844-1924) German–American inventor of the [[Borchard... - World War I (62979 bytes)
2: ...ace. Four dynasties, the [[Habsburg]]s, the [[Romanov]]s, the [[Ottoman]]s and the [[Hohenzollern]]s, ...
6: ...heavily on [[technology]], and would thus involve non-combatants in war as never before.
10: ...more on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and ground combat.
16: ...s death these were largely aimed at the Serbian minority. Though this assassination has been linked as...
19: ...etween Germany and Russia reinforced one another. No single concise or conclusive assessment has ever ... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
33: ...t negotiates [[Treaty of Portsmouth]], receives [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
44: ... - [[Robert Peary]] plants [[American flag]] at [[North Pole]]
82: *[[1919]]-[[1920]] [[Red Scare]] (NOTE: the time that this event occurred can be debat...
100: *[[1924]] - [[Immigration Act Basic Law]]
101: *[[1924]] - [[Indian Reorganization Act]] - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
5: [[Image:HowYaGonnaKeepEmDownOnTheFarm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A 1919 sheet music ...
7: ...hey've Seen [[Paris|Paree]]?". In fact, many did not remain "down on the farm", as there was a great ...
14: ... [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "return to normalcy" after the traumatic years of World War I.
18: ...th the young (and was widely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older generation). [[Dancing]] ...
23: ...leviate various social problems; this came to be known as "Prohibition". It was enacted through the [[...
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