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- List of inventors (14020 bytes)
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787) —...
67: *[[Rudolf Diesel]], (1858-1913), [[Germany]] — [[...
103: * [[William Gruber]] — [[View-master]]
114: *[[Rudolf Hell]], (1901-2002)
115: *[[John Philip Holland]], (1840-1914) — "true" submarine - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: '''Thomas Alva Edison''' ([[February 11]], [[1847]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]...
5: ...major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
14: ...uron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan, Ohio]]. That tow...
18: .... MacKenzie's son, Jimmie, from being struck by a runaway railcar. MacKenzie was so grateful, he took...
31: ... the patent rights were sold for $10,000. The quadruplex telegraph was Edison's first big financial su... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
17: *[[1861]] - [[First Battle of Bull Run]]
41: ...[[1866]] - ''[[Ex Parte Milligan]]'' 71 US 2 1866 rules that civilians cannot be tried in military tri...
44: *[[1867]] - [[Reconstruction]] Acts
45: *[[1867]] - [[Alaska Purchase]] from Russia
83: ...herford B. Hayes]] becomes President and [[Reconstruction]] ends with the [[Compromise of 1877]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...cy of [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] continued for a decade before coming to an...
4: ==Reconstruction==
5: ...icle: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ... Lincoln]] had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, but the immense human cost of the war and t...
9: Much of the impetus for Reconstruction involved the question of [[civil rights]] fo... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
13: *[[1700]] - [[Russia]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
27: ...dinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
31: *[[1899]] - [[Spain|Spanish]] rule ends in [[Cuba]]. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
5: ... of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50 feet (15 m).
7: ..., and [[water pump]]s have made possible the construction of extremely tall buildings, some of which a...
9: ...ance Building]]. The ten-story structure was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1...
15: ...n of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as determining the "world's tallest..." de...
17: == 50 Tallest Skyscrapers by Structural/Architectural Height == - Labour Day (7088 bytes)
7: ...bor Day. The date was adopted in [[Canada]] in [[1894]] by the [[government]] of [[Prime Minister]] [[J...
13: ... cold weather in the winter to the fact that the rule was intended as a status symbol for new members...
17: ...]]. In Europe the day had older significance as a rural [[festival]], but over time it has been replac... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
12: ...uropean bows were rather exotic as they were constructed of inlays as well as specialized woods. The p...
26: ...y AD]] but was used as late as China-Japan war of 1894-1895 by [[Manchurian]] troops. [[Roman Empire|Rom... - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
6: ...uccessful [[gasoline|petrol]]-fuelled autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magaz...
16: With auto construction and racing dominated by [[France]], the Fren...
23: ...], the maximum [[weight]] permitted was 750 kg, a rule diametrically opposed to current racing regulat...
61: ...]] Touring Car and GT championships, and the long-running [[Trans-Am series]].
69: ...ue) and the [[Craftsman Truck Series]] ([[pickup truck]]s). - World Series (40101 bytes)
13: ...o be removed from the Olympics to make room for [[Rugby sevens]]. The IBAF has agreed to shortening th...
15: ...ere winter at a warm-weather site, to serve as a true world championship of national baseball teams. T...
61: * 1894 New York Giants
81: ...rush proposed what came to be known as the "Brush Rules", under which the series would be played over ...
83: One rule was that player shares would come from gate rec... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
6: ...[1935 in sports|1935]] season, after enduring bankruptcy and a series of poor seasons, new owner [[Bob...
20: ... starting rotation led by [[Lefty Tyler]], [[Dick Rudolph]], and [[Bill Jmes (baseball player)|Bill Ja...
37: ...omplete game victories, giving up only two earned runs.
40: .... Keen to attract them, the City of Atlanta constructed a new ballpark, Fulton County Stadium, offici...
42: ...l 8]], in front of his home fans, he finally beat Ruth's mark. - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Milwaukee Brewers, 1894-1901. [[St. Louis Browns]], [[1902 in sports|190...
25: ...[[New York City]] in 1903 and, after some early struggles, eventually became baseball's most successfu...
26: ...3-1953. Baltimore's own [[Babe Ruth|George Herman Ruth]] - nicknamed "Babe" - pitched for the Orioles ...
32: ...ague in [[batting average]], [[home runs]], and [[runs batted in]].) The Orioles won their first ever ...
34: ...r]] as "pitching, defense, and the three run home run." - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
6: :''Formerly known as:'' Sioux City Cornhuskers, 1894. St. Paul, 1895-1899. "White Sox" is short for ...
17: ...uskers won the league pennant in [[1894 in sports|1894]], then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. When the W...
30: ...rong hitting or pitching. While they had a great run in the regular season, they were not able to car...
39: ... to an AL Central division title. The team scored runs at a blistering pace, which enabled them to win...
41: ...up of the team from one that relies on the [[home run]] to one that has good pitching and defense. The... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
25: ...k, and again invested heavily to finance the construction of [[Ebbets Field]], which would become the ...
32: ...lay that began with left fielder [[Sandy Amoros]] running down [[Yogi Berra]]'s long fly, then throwin...
39: ...dy's saint, but neither was he just off on a gold rush. He sought as early as [[1952]] to buy new land...
48: ...ircled the basepaths following his legendary home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series: "In a season...
50: ...he late 90's the O'Malley family sold the team to Rupert Murdoch's [[News Corporation]], owner of the ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
61: *[[Alexander Naumovich Frumkin]], (1895-1976), electrochemist
97: *[[Izaak Kolthoff]], (1894-1993) the "Father of [[analytical chemistry|Analy...
138: *[[Rudolph Pariser]], (born 1923), [[theoretical chemis...
161: *[[Leopold Ruzicka]], (1887-1976), [[1939]] [[Nobel Prize in Ch...
196: ...iley]], (1844-1930), US [[chemist]], Pure food & drug advocate - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
16: ...hyness]], or the significantly rare and unusual structure of his [[human brain|brain]] (examined after...
18: ...athematics later in his education, but this is untrue; a change in the way grades were assigned caused...
20: In [[1894]], following the failure of Hermann's electrochem...
33: ...sicsweb.org/articles/world/17/4/2] Whatever the truth, the extent of her influence on Einstein's work...
52: ...chen Theorie der W䲭e geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Fl?eiten suspendierten Teilchen''") covered... - Alfred Nobel (7332 bytes)
5: ...returning to Sweden with his father after the bankruptcy of their family business, devoted himself to ...
16: ... and the [[United Kingdom|British]] Government in 1894 and 1895. Cordite also consists of nitroglycerin ...
33: ... to technological awards, but he had not left instructions on how to do the split between science and ... - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
5: ...illy. This episode caused a bout of [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|respiratory disease]] that...
9: ...now on, his name was "George Carver". They then struck a deal: He would be paid money for cooking for ...
11: ... Iowa. He excelled in art and music, but art instructor Etta Budd, whose father was head of the Iowa ...
15: ...udent after he completed his bachelor's degree in 1894. Because of his proficiency in plant breeding, Ca... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
43: ... the Stretto di Messina, S.p.A. insists that construction is scheduled to commence in 2005 on the worl...
51: ...ilipp Hackert 006.jpg|thumb|Landscape with temple ruins on Sicily, [[Jacob Philipp Hackert]], 1778.]]
70: ...ny of the Sicilian cities to revolt against Roman rule. Rome sent troops to put down the rebellions (i...
72: ...ovince of the Roman Empire. It was something of a rural backwater, important chiefly for its grainfiel...
74: ...brief period ([[662]] - [[668]]) during Byzantine rule Syracuse was the imperial capital, until [[Cons... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
6: *[[Wäinö Aaltonen]] ([[1894]] - [[1966]])
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
132: *[[Per Hasselberg]] (1850 - 1894)
136: *[[Rayner Hoff]] (1894 - 1937)
173: *[[Wilhelm Lehmbruck]]
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