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- Switzerland (22270 bytes)
1: ...on of [[neutral country|political and military neutrality]], but also of international co-operation, a...
3: ...d; for example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-level domain|ccTLD]], [[.ch]].
5: {{Infobox_Country|
31: time_zone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset=+1 |
32: time_zone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST=+2 ... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
29: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 126th]] <br> [[1 E10 m?|49,035 ...
32: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 103rd]]<br> 5,379,455<br>...
41: ...]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1)<br>[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Coordinated Univ...
44: | ''[[Nad Tatrou sa bl?''
49: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...the [[European Union]], and has a [[developed country|developed economy]] and an approximate populatio...
6: {{Infobox Country |
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January]] [[1919]]<br>[[6 December]] ...
58: ...''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and legal documents and members...
67: ...n as of yet undecided new set of measures to be introduced for the area temporarily excluded. Though i... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: The '''Federation of Malaysia''' is a country in [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geogra...
20: ...mbah Mutu<br>([[Malay language|Malay]]: Unity Is Strength)''</font>
37: ...by area|Ranked 64th]] <br> 329,750 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 0.3%
40: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 46th]]<br> 25,720,000 (Q3...
46: | [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|Ranked 33rd]]<br>$271.2 billion<b... - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small...
38: ...] ([[Sioux]]) [[Native American|American Indian]] tribe.
39: ...rth Dakota]] was admitted on the same day (see '''Trivia''', below).
41: ...]. It is one of the six states of the [[Frontier Strip]].
50: :'''[[List of U.S. state trees|State tree]]:''' Black Hills [[Spruce]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
11: ...mmad]], (born 1953), world champion boxer, boxing trainer
25: *[[Paul Quantrill|Quantrill, Paul]]
26: *[[William Quantrill|Quantrill, William]], [[United States]] [[United States ...
38: ...h, Harry]], (1858-1913), socialist politician and trade unionist
46: ...e Questel|Questal, Mae]], (1908-1998), American actress - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
142: *[[Elsa Beskow]] ([[1874]]-[[1953]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
6: ...ment ([[1860]] – [[1862]]), but upon his contracting typhoid his aunt Madame Lecadre intervened ...
8: ...ng open spaces and light painted with thick brushstrokes.
15: ...ng in the first [[impressionist]] exhibition in [[1874]] and is now displayed in the [[Mus�e Marmottan...
24: Monet was exceptionally fond of painting controlled nature — his own garden, his [[water l...
26: Between [[1883]] and [[1908]], Monet travelled to the Mediterranean and painted many land... - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
16: ... of texts for cuneiformists, e.g., Father Johann Strassmaier who compiled an Alphabetisches Verzeichni...
18:
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26: ...ris-based orientalist, Joseph Halevy, argued from 1874 onward that Sumerian was a secret code, and for o...
28: ..., An Introduction to its History and Grammatical Structure, by Marie-Louise Thomsen. - American football (39287 bytes)
11: ...onolulu]]. The NFL also operates a sort of spring-training league, [[NFL Europe]], with 6 teams based ...
13: ...ates Air Force Academy|Air Force Academy]] player tries to thwart his progress.]]
17: .... Southern states|South]], with games sometimes attracting tens of thousands of fans.
51: ...point where the ball is kicked to the end line) attract 4 points.
52: ...he other team's end zone. In the NFL, a blocked extra point kick results in the play being whistled de... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ... flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, destroying the wings and causing Icarus to fall into th...
5: ...ings ([[Wright brothers]]). Modern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that...
15: ...Leonardo, its plans were preserved and it was constructed in the late 20th century from materials that...
17: ...ake place without danger, although when the first trials are made you may have to pay for the experien...
19: ... balloon was powered by a wood fire, and was uncontrolled, that is, it flew wherever the wind took it.... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ... major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
7: ...e magnate lived across the street at his winter retreat (The Mangoes). They were friends until Edison ...
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan...
18: ...m. Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock ticker.
20: Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote recorder, on [[October 28]], [[1868]]. - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
41: ... rules that civilians cannot be tried in military tribunals when civilian courts are available
44: *[[1867]] - [[Reconstruction]] Acts
47: *[[1867]] - [[Medicine Lodge Treaty]]
48: *[[1868]] - [[Burlingame Treaty]]
53: *[[1868]] - [[Treaty of Fort Laramie]] with [[Lakota]] nation - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ment of much of the native population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn...
4: ==Reconstruction==
5: ...ticle: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ...m Lincoln]] had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, but the immense human cost of the war and ...
9: ... government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the government's failure for many decade... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...e|circular]], with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]] of less than 1%.
7: ...n with [[sexually transmitted disease]]s. Some astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', which comes from [[...
14: ...e circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
16: ...ntity of CO<sub>2</sub> in the atmosphere is what traps the heat by the greenhouse mechanism.
18: ...curing any surface details from the [[Optical spectrum|human eye]]. The temperature at the tops of the... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
9: ...at British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[Sou...
11: ...he independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United States|US]] [[Modoc War]...
19: ...gar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]].
20: ...|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw]]. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ay of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. Th...
27: ...rdinand de Lesseps]] begins [[France|French]] construction of the [[Panama Canal]].
33: ...Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]; [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Mi...
37: ...th Australia]] and transferred to Commonwealth control.
39: *[[1934]] - [[Alcatraz Island]] becomes a [[United States|U.S.]] feder... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Series has been an annual event ...
4: ==Introduction==
7: ...layers' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the World Series winner, the World Serie...
11: ...earcher [[Doug Pappas]] refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World'...
13: ... International Baseball Federation ([[IBAF]]) has tried to lobby MLB into suspending play during the S...
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