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- Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
1: ...[[1912]]-[[October 12]], [[1969]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and act...
6: By the next Olympiad, she needed no such assistance. She won her first of ten consecu...
10: ... had triumphant shows in Norway in [[1953]] and [[1955]]. In [[1938]] she published her autobiography, ...
18: *''[[Se Norge]]'' ([[1929]]) (documentary) - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
5: ...lympic Trials prior to the Games, she had entered no less than eight events. She nearly won all three ...
11: ...s Open championship. Her [[cancer]] reappeared in 1955 and limited her schedule to eight events, but she...
19: ...iography'', by Babe Didrikson Zaharias, New York, 1955 - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...may have been the first to reach the [[Geographic North Pole]] with [[Robert Peary]] in [[1909]]. Howe...
4: ...his arctic exploration (''A Negro Explorer at the North Pole'') in [[1912]] and later in collaboration... - Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
3: ...amed the terz-heckelphone, Strauss ultimately did not score for it and only a single prototype was eve...
5: ...f the instrument's conicity is quite wide (though not as wide as that of a [[saxophone]]), giving it a...
7: ... numbers, with production ceasing altogether in [[1955]] due to lack of interest. Apparently, only one w...
9: ...bers, but not fitted with keys. Four or five are known to be on display at the Heckel museum in [[Bieb... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...a mere province of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There are 10 mo...
49: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> [[Low Saxon language|Low Saxon]...
55: ...[[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]], behind [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]].
57: ... [[English language|English]] [[adjective]] and [[noun]] for "of or relating to the Netherlands" is "[...
62: ...not prepared to let them go that easily. It would not be until [[1648]] before Spain would recognize D... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
9: ...[[Argentine National Anthem|Himno Nacional Argentino]] |
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
44: footnotes = <sup>*</sup> Argentina also claims 1,000,000...
48: ...] in the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It's the second... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: ...iterally means "The Country of [[Bengal]]". Lying north of the [[Bay of Bengal]], on land it borders [...
3: ...4;ংলাদেশ<br>Gano Projātontrī Bānglādesh</big><...
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65: ...zations had Buddhist and/or [[Hindu]] influences. Northern Bangladesh has several sites of mass archit...
69: ...ry]] as [[International Mother Language Day]]. In 1955, the government of Pakistan changed the name of t... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]. Under the [[Constitution of Irel...
12: national_motto = none |
49: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Irish poun...
60: ... ''de facto'' independence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was ...
67: ...r at that stage was expected to be ended by 1915, not the four years it did ultimately last.) For the ... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ...hwest, [[Chad]] to the west, and [[Libya]] to the northwest.<!--
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58: Three [[Kush]]ite kingdoms called northern Sudan home in ancient times. These kingdoms...
60: ...chant class of Arabs established themselves as economically dominant in feudal Sudan. Important kingdo... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
26: | '''[[Governor-General]]'''
65: ...r, given to it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled th...
71: ...a celebrated the tricentennial of British rule in 1955.
73: Deteriorating economic conditions during the [[1970s]] led to recurre...
75: ...ort Royal]], where the pirate [[Henry_Morgan|Governor Morgan]] held sway, and which was destroyed by a... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...diterranean side of the [[strait of Gibraltar]], known as ''[[Plazas de soberan�]'', such as the [[I...
7: native_name = Reino de Espa
48: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> In some autonomous communities, [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[...
58: ...rian peninsula]] (in the sense that they are not known to have come from elsewhere), consisting of a n...
62: ...anean. Their most important colony was [[Carthago Nova]] (Latin name of modern day [[Cartagena, Spain|... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
13: Governor = [[Thomas Vilsack]] |
49: ... five major railroads across Iowa brough major economic changes as well as travel opportunities.
52: ...d pork during [[World War I]], but farmers saw economic hardships after the war. These hardships were...
56: *Iowa is also a major producer of [[ethanol]].
63: ...souri]] on the south, and [[Wisconsin]] and [[Illinois]] on the east. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Bill Richardson (politician)|Bill Richardson...
50: ... his remote colony. O was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]. The Nativ...
52: ...United States. Peralta built the [[Palace of Governors]] in [[1610]]. Although the colony failed to pr...
58: ...t [[Louisiana Purchase]], which extended into the northeastern corner of New Mexico, to the United Sta...
60: ...iam Becknell]] returned to the United States in [[November]] [[1821]] with news that independent Mexic... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...nvented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practi...
96: * [[1128]]: [[Cannon]] in [[History_of_China|China]]
99: ...lasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
130: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]] - 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''
82: *[[Moisei Uritsky|Uritsky, Moisei Solomonovich]] (1873-1918)
86: *[[Jane Urquhart|Urquhart, Jane]], (born 1949), novelist - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
14: ...[Linus Yale, Jr.|Yale, Linus Jr.]] (1821-1868), innovator of locks
20: *[[Minoru Yamasaki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect...
28: *[[Zal Yanovsky|Yanovsky, Zal]] (1945-2002), of [[Lovin' Spoonful]]
35: ...Yaremenko|Yaremenko, Yury]], (died 1996), USSR economist
42: *[[Yasunori Mitsuda|Yasunori, Mitsuda]], (born [[1972]]), [[Japan|Japanese]]... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|...
47: *[[Cristofano Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
108: *[[Jacopo Bassano]] (ca.[[1510]]-[[1592]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Macau (16856 bytes)
11: ...n=center colspan=2 | <small>''National [[motto]]: none''</small>
20: |[[List of countries by area|Not ranked]]<br>[[1 E7 m?|27.3 km?]] <br>0%
23: |[[List of countries by population|Not ranked]]<br>451,000<br>16,521/km²
40: ...ople's Republic of China]] in [[1999]], and it is now run as a [[Special Administrative Region]] of th...
44: ... is [[Pai Gow]], a game played with [[Chinese dominoes]]. Gamblers from [[Hong Kong]] often take a one... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
15: ...r>[[Image:Flag_of_North_Vietnam.gif|100px|Flag of North Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberati...
33: ...arty of Vietnam. In [[Vietnam]], the conflict is known as '''the American War''' ([[Vietnamese languag...
37: ...ng Thunder]]) of [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam|North Vietnam]]. ''For more details of the events du...
39: ...lly funded their own involvement. Other countries normally allied with the [[United States]] in the Co...
41: ...long with [[diplomacy|diplomatic support]] to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, partly as support a... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
16: ...]] returns to power in [[CIA]]-orchestrated coup known as [[Operation Ajax]]
20: ...roblem-we-all-live-with-norman-rockwell.jpg|thumb|Norman Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With," il...
26: *[[1955]] - [[Rosa Parks]] incites [[Montgomery bus boyco...
27: *[[1955]] - [[American Federation of Labor|AFL]] and [[Co...
28: *[[1955]] - [[Warsaw Pact]]
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