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- American Civil War (47733 bytes)
50: ... between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 [[Northern United States|northern ...
53: ...vis]] as President, and with a [[Constitution]] closely modeled on the [[U.S. Constitution]] (see also...
56: ...l War. Blue represents Union states, including those admitted during the war; light blue represents U...
58: ...]], originally convened to vote on secession.<!--most of this MO detail should go in sub-article--> A...
67: ...Slavepatrols.jpg|275px|thumb|Slave "patrollers," mostly poor whites, were given the authority to stop,... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
20: ...sident) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' arguing that states can [[null...
31: *[[1832]] - ''[[Worcester v. State of Georgia]]'' - [[U.S...
32: *[[1832]] - [[Black Hawk War]]
33: *[[1832]] - [[Tariff of 1832]]
34: *[[1832]] - [[Ordinance of Nullification]] passed by [[So... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = IL |
39: ...esides in Chicago and its [[suburb]]s. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''IL'''.
51: ...rd, driving out the native residents. With the [[1832]] [[Black Hawk War]], the last native tribes were...
74: ...g and north of [[Interstate 80]]. This region is cosmopolitan, densely populated, industrialized, and ...
86: The 2003 total [[gross domestic product|gross state product]] for Illinois was $499 billion, p... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: ...in [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
15: * [[1899]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]...
20: ...] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [...
21: ...ration camp]] as [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces close in.
25: ...al more than $2 million from an armored car in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading ...
38: *[[1955]] - [[Panama]]nian president [[Jose Antonio Remon]] is assassinated.
39: ...ia|San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[stock exchange]]s merge.
49: ...3]] - Leaders of the three warring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss peace plans.
62: *[[1837]] - [[Mily Balakirev]], Russian composer (d. [[1910]]) - Computer (32773 bytes)
10: ...the problem being solved is mapped as closely as possible onto the physical phenomena being exploited....
12: ...binary]] base-two [[numeral system]] (ones and zeros). Next, all operations on that information are r...
14: ...ic idea, which made modern ''digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[C...
20: ...e. It is the human brain which recognizes that those patterns form letters and numbers, and attaches ...
29: ...ctronic computers, such as [[Colossus computer|Colossus]] in 1943 and the [[ENIAC]] announced in [[194... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
10: ...d into small, independent groups who, for the purpose of maintaining secrecy, knew of connecting "stat...
21: ...an in communications between escaped slaves and those left behind. He then published these accounts i...
23: Messages often were encoded so that only those active in the Railroad would fully understand th...
27: ...ltop home]]<sup>1</sup> could be seen from the opposite shore. The slaveowner, in hot pursuit, remarke...
31: Although it was possible for escaped slaves to live free in many nort... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- )
83: *[[Alceo Dossena]] (1878 - 1937) - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
9: ...e to enter [[Mexico|Mexican]] Texas in December [[1832]].
22: ... (1848) and the [[Compromise of 1850]] and his opposition to the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]]. He was a [[l... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ...45;ρθένος'' (parthenos), a virgin.
9: ... was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the Acropolis In [[454 BC]].
11: ...urvature of the [[stylobate]], the taper of the naos walls and the ''entasis'' of the columns." The st...
19: ...ent showed Athena's battle with [[Poseidon]] for possession of the land of [[Attica]]. [[Metope|Metope...
27: ...[Constantinople]], where it was later destroyed, possibly during the sack of the city during the [[Fou... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...ngdom|English]] [[mathematician]], analytical philosopher and (proto-) [[computer scientist]] who orig...
5: ...]] on [[December 26]], [[1791]], probably at 44 Crosby Row, Walworth Road, London. Charles' father, Be...
25: *Henry Prevost Babbage (born [[16 September]] [[1824]])
38: ...cture''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4238] in [[1832]]. It was the first publication on what we would ...
40: ...hematics]]. He initially wanted to turn down the position but several friends convinced him to accept. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...sh; The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
35: ...ndash; [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embezzlement]...
38: *[[1996]] – In [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Erik Menendez]] and [[Ly...
46: *[[1811]] - [[Napoleon II of France]], (d. [[1832]])
65: *[[1915]] - [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Ukrainian pianist (d. [[1997]]) - March 22 (9294 bytes)
8: ...630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables.
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale ...
21: *[[1954]] - Closed since [[1939]], the [[London gold market]] reop...
32: *[[1995]] - Cosmonaut [[Valeri Polyakov]] returns after setting a...
46: *[[1907]] - [[Lucia dos Santos]], [[Fatima]] witness (d. [[2005]]) - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
28: ...the [[Plymouth Colony]] in [[1625]] as a trading post. Located on the Kennebec River at highest tidal ...
34: ...until completion of the new capitol building in [[1832]]. Augusta was chartered as a city in [[1849]].
42: ...e, designed by Charles Bulfinch, built 1829–1832]]
49: ... 19.2% of those under the age of 18 and 9.8% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
48: ...8-70), Charles (1770-1800), Thomas Boylston (1772-1832), and an unnamed daughter (stillborn 1775). Abig...
50: In 1784, she joined John Adams at his diplomatic post in [[Paris]]. After 1785, she filled the role of...
52: ... poor health forced her to spend as much time as possible in Quincy.
54: ...rmal pattern of entertaining, becoming the first hostess of the yet uncompleted [[White House]]. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] &n... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: ... [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son [[King James...
8: ...n Bonneville]] leads the first [[wagon train]] across the [[Rocky Mountains]] by using [[Wyoming]]'s [...
14: ...Bingham III]] re-discovers [[Machu Picchu]] "the Lost City of the [[Inca]]s".
15: ...nd]]'' capsizes in central [[Chicago]], with the loss of 845 lives.
18: ...igned in [[Paris]] on [[August 27]], [[1928]] by most leading world powers). - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
3: ...ainter]] of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric [[telegraph]] ...
13: ...se over the telegraph, which he would ultimately lose.) Morse [[prototype]]d an [[electromagnetic]] [[...
21: ...aught painting. Gale was aware of the works of [[Joseph Henry]] on electromagnetic relays. Based on th...
26: ... ([[Maine]]) became a partner with Morse (and proposed a bill in Congress, which didn't pass, for a $3...
40: ...lliam Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin|Lord Kelvin]], [[Joseph Henry]], [[Cyrus West Field]], [[Ezra Cornell]...
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