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- Boat (6417 bytes)
78: ...ve been used for sports purposes as well. For example, the [[Bathtub Boat]] is used in "bathtub races"...
91: ...is terminology is however, archaic. These two examples would in practice, be green 34 and red 124 resp...
102: ... is adjustable in use is running rigging. For example, a forestay is standing rigging and a sheet or a...
117: * [[Ironclad]] (1859-1862) - Football (soccer) (22343 bytes)
5: ...layers allowed to handle the ball in the field of play.
7: ...e from other sports known as "[[football]]". <!-- Please see above polite suggestions before changing ...
9: ...on television. A very large number of people also play football at an amateur level.
11: ...rica]] — football evokes great passions and plays an important role in the life of individual fa...
15: ...ll with their hands or arms during play. Although players mainly use their feet to move the ball aroun... - California (63989 bytes)
44: <!-- before modifying these state symbols please verify your changes against official Californ...
57: Grass = [[Stipa|Purple Needlegrass]] |
81: ...Footnotes in this article use names, not numbers. Please see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for details.
82: ... 1) Assign your footnote a unique name, for example TheSun_Dec9.
86: 5) Multiple footnotes to the same reference: see [[Wikipedia... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
46: ...construction of a 129 mile (208 km) wooden [[plank]] road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from [...
48: ...d privation. Although few major engagements took place in North Carolina itself, her troops served in...
74: ...uilty pleas for minor misdemeanors, accept guilty pleas for traffic violations and accept waivers of t...
92: ...ghly divided by their elevation, with the Coastal Plain extending to areas below 400 feet above sea le...
100: ...rolina's population was estimated at 8,407,248 people. - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
56: ...t and northwest corners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the co...
65: ..."[[Gold Coast, Connecticut|Gold Coast]]", for example, is often derided by residents of the rest of th...
79: ...ly''' have been a miracle.) [[Bus]] service is supplied by [[Connecticut Transit]], owned by the [[Con...
81: ...hey exited. A series of terrible crashes at these plazas eventually led to abandonment of the whole to...
83: ...e daily radio broadcasts of where crashes have completely blocked traffic are a fact of life for commu... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
53: ...St. Charles, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines.
60: ...ce|French]]. Louisiana was named by the French explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]] in honour of ...
78: ...was captured by Federal troops on [[April 25]], [[1862]]. As significant portions of the population had ...
86: ...to note that the "Civilian" tradition is still deeply rooted in all aspects of Louisiana law. Property...
88: ...election|primary]] on Election Day, in which multiple candidates from the same party may be on the bal... - Utah (29154 bytes)
68: Song = ''[[Utah, This is the Place]]'' |
89: ... trappers—including [[Jim Bridger]]—explored some regions of Utah in the early 1800s. The ...
92: ...gnated the capital. In [[1856]], Salt Lake City replaced Fillmore as the territorial capital.
96: ...edition" to quell the supposed rebellion and to replace Brigham Young as territorial governor with [[A...
100: ... the government's advance. Although wagons and supplies were burned, eventually the troops arrived and... - Texas (39610 bytes)
38: ...] explorers mistakenly applied the word to the people and their location.
94: ...45, Texas became the first and, to date, only [[diplomatic recognition|internationally recognized]] in...
114: ...Alonso Alvarez de Pineda]], a [[Spain|Spanish]] explorer, became probably the first [[Europe]]an to ma...
115: ...te;ñez Cabeza de Vaca]], another Spanish explorer, spent six years visiting Texas for trade.
121: ...nited States|United States of America]]. The example of the [[Centralista]] forces' suppression of di... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...ak savanah territory of the Cross Timbers, to the plains and semi-arid regions of Western Oklahoma and...
56: ... (Northwestern Oklahoma and The Panhandle), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Cou...
60: ... plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Central [[Great Plains]],
111: ... [[Caddo]] and [[Osage]]. Descendants of these peoples still live in the state.
113: In the [[16th century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
46: ...ern part of Virginia and plantation owners in the plains and tidewater regions. Under the United Stat...
48: ...ncoln]]'s signing of an act on [[December 31]], [[1862]] that authorized this. ''See [[Wheeling Conventi...
70: ...g|right|thumbnail|Shaded relief map of Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley Appalachians on the Vir...
72: ...egion is extremely rugged in most areas. (The two plateaus are essentially the same, the difference be...
74: ...rdwood]] [[forest]] of [[oak]], [[chestnut]], [[maple]], [[beech]], and [[Eastern White Pine|white pin... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
38: ...ral influences. For a variety of reasons, some people in other parts of the U.S. sometimes mistake it ...
44: ...est inhabitants of the New World. The [[Pueblo people]] built a flourishing sedentary culture in the [...
46: ...]]. His maltreatment of the Pueblo people while exploring the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-stan...
64: ...ving as a teamster, cook, guide, and hunter for exploring parties until [[1840]].
74: ...l at [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]] in [[1851]]. The people of New Mexico would determine whether to permit ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...ipse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|...
4: ... term to the small moons of the [[gas giant|giant planets]]. The first [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-...
6: ...solar system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
10: ...em, and [[minor planet]] for a taxonomy of the subplanetary objects that include asteroids. The term '...
14: ...360) 1981 VA]]; the last numbered and named minor planet was [[99905 Jeffgrossman]] [http://cfa-www.ha... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
135: *[[Frank Weston Benson]] ([[1862]]-[[1951]])
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
636: *[[Gustav Klimt]] ([[1862]]-[[1918]]) - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
4: ..., he met [[Eug�ne Boudin]], who taught him [[en plein air]] (outdoor) techniques for painting, rathe...
6: ...ned to get him out of the army if he agreed to complete an art course at a university.
8: ...ditional art taught at universities, instead in [[1862]] he joined the studio of [[Charles Gleyre]] in P...
15: ...ressionist]] exhibition in [[1874]] and is now displayed in the [[Mus�e Marmottan]], Paris. From the...
19: ...rny]], [[Eure]], in [[Haute-Normandie]], where he planted a large garden which he painted for the rest... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist
77: ...Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam
80: ...6-1971) — [[vacuum tube]] [[television]] display - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of [[mass production]] to the process of [[inve...
5: ...patents, and were actually made by his numerous employees. Edison was frequently criticized for not sh...
18: ...his own business selling [[vegetable]]s. Around [[1862]], Edison printed and published ''[[The Weekly He...
20: Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote record...
24: ...e invention enjoyed popularity. The "gramophone", playing [[gramophone record]]s, was invented by [[Em... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
12: |Place||Principally in the southern United States; al...
53: ...h]] States, where slavery and [[Plantation|cotton plantation]] agriculture were most dominant, formed ...
55: ...state]]s" did not secede, and one seceding state split; these five are known as the [[Border States (C...
58: ...ssion from Virginia and entered the Union (with a plan for gradual emancipation) in [[1863]] as [[West...
62: ...tate]] and a part of the Union. Lincoln had won a plurality there, but there was a number of Southern ... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
18: *[[1862]] - [[Homestead Act]]
19: *[[1862]] - [[Pacific Railway Act]]
20: *[[1862]] - [[Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act]]
56: *[[1869]] - [[Golden spike]] nailed in, completing the [[First Transcontinental Railroad (North...
105: *[[1885]] - [[Washington monument]] completed - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...'' refers to the order in which the months are displayed, [[January]] to [[December]]. The first day o...
7: ...known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
15: ...vet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ... Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]]
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