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- List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
45: ...es, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
48: ... W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
50: ...t)|Yates, Richard]], ([[1926]]-[[1992]]), U.S. novelist - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...eases commonly called "stomach '''flu'''" (and widely misunderstood as being instances of influenza), ...
2: [[Image:Avian_flu.jpg|thumb|200px|Negatively stained flu virions. These were the causative ag...
4: ...s of people. The name comes from the old medical belief in unfavourable [[astrology|astrological]] ''i...
12: The A type of influenza virus is the type most likely to cause [[epidemic|epidemics]] and [[pandemic|p...
21: ...), which lasted from [[1918]] to [[1919]] and is believed to have killed more people in total than [[W... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...style]]; and a series of events, [[national]] as well as the [[international]], which shaped a large p...
3: ... partner. At the middle of the decade economic development started to soar in Europe and the Roaring T...
5: ...in favor of practicality, in [[architecture]] as well as in daily life. At the same time amusement, fu...
16: [[Image:1908_Ford_Model_T.jpg|thumb|right|The Tin Lizzy was the most popu...
17: ... of peripheral companies running gas stations, motels, and providing oil also became important. - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
8: ==Timeline==
9: ''Main article: [[Timeline of women's suffrage]]''
15: ... (women were not initially permitted to stand for election) in a major country was granted in [[New Ze...
21: ...[Bhutan]] -- One vote per family in village-level elections
27: ...lder than 21 (to take effect in the 2007 national elections) [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...h policy of benign neglect which permitted the development of an American spirit and culture which was...
17: ...[[American Revolutionary War]] and established itself as the United States of America with 13 States.
28: ... such as cotton, indigo, and sugar were not as widely avaliable.
30: ...g British interference with American shipping as well as British aid to Native Americans in [[Canada]]...
34: ...n trade and conflict, and more to the internal development in North America. With the end of the warti... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...our separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, the shapes of time zones can be quite ir...
6: ...all other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically meas...
8: ...UTC) is, incidentally, local time at Greenwich itself only between 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in Oct...
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ...g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...to control planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled by moving you...
15: ..., was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...ce of mechanics might perhaps suggest a means, namely, a strong spiral spring. If these advantages and...
19: ...roviding the first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ..., [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadia...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of United States history'''.
2: *[[Timeline of United States history (Before 1600)|Before ...
3: *[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699...
4: *[[Timeline of United States history (1700-1759)|1700-1759...
5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789... - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ...917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood...
2: ... power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after the war.
4: ...tical origins|Diplomatic and political origins]] below).
6: ...tion as the basis for a new form of warfare that relied heavily on [[technology]], and would thus invo...
8: ... have also cited German diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept t... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: '''Civil rights''' are those [[right]]s developed by [[citizen]]s over time and sometimes prote...
4: ...ion or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin. Some other countries h...
6: ==Related Terminology==
8: ...guishes between right and liberty (see below: Hohfeld). The root of the word 'civil' reflects the asso...
10: ...ther of the family could own property, his wife, relatives and children having no right of ownership. ... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
1: '''Bold text'''This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
9: *[[1900]] - US helps put down [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[China]]
11: *[[1901]] - [[Theodore Roosevelt]] becomes [[President]]
12: *[[1901]] - [[US Steel]] founded by [[John Pierpont Morgan]]
21: *[[1903]] - [[Elkins Act]] - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
14: ... Party]] returned to the [[White House]] with the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "r...
16: ...he [[Stock Market]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were danger...
18: ... became widely popular with the young (and was widely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older ...
34: ... Dome scandal]]. It looked like the President himself might be shown to be involved in corruption, but...
36: ...a full term of his own in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1924]] under the slogan "Keep Cool With Co... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... the repeated assurances from [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that the [[United States]] and [[Britain]] wou...
11: ...hill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[Joseph ...
13: ... other out. This tacit accord applied to Asia as well, as evinced by U.S. occupation of [[Japan]] and ...
15: ...o vie for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.
17: ...ld. His vision was equally a vision of national self-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous ... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...ohn II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard ...
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in [[Pitts...
32: ...Bombing During World War II|German bombing]] severely damaged the [[Llandaff Cathedral]], built in [[1... - Elbow-joint (10539 bytes)
2: The '''elbow-joint''' (''Articulatio Cubiti'') [Figs. 1,2] ...
9: '''Figure 1 :''' Left elbow-joint, showing anterior and ulnar collateral l...
11: '''Figure 2 :''' Left elbow-joint, showing posterior and radial collateral...
14: ...sects these at right angles. This ligament is in relation, in ''front,'' with the [[Brachialis]], exce...
17: ... tendon of the [[Triceps brachii]] and the Anconæus. - Ireland (33828 bytes)
2: [[Image:LocationIslandIreland.png|frame|right|Ireland is located west of the European landmass, whic...
3: ...outh, east, west and north-west) and [[Northern Ireland]], currently a part of the [[United Kingdom]],...
5: ...ion in the Republic and 1.7 million in Northern Ireland.
7: ...olour image of Ireland, captured by a [[NASA]] satellite on [[January 4]], [[2003]]. [[Scotland]], the...
10: ...land]] are shown on this map. See also [[:Image:Ireland_physical_large.png|this larger version]] with ... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
4: ...e]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which...
6: ... familiar). However, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading an...
10: ...uake which is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable ...
14: ...are sometimes triggered by large earthquakes; as well as collapses of volcanic edifices, may also dist...
18: ...sed by some earthquakes, dissipate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area d... - National League (4871 bytes)
5: ...the [[Philadelphia Athletics (19th century)|Philadelphia Athletics]], and the [[Cincinnati Reds]] (not...
7: ...d place) to enable four teams to advance to the preliminary [[National League Division Series|Division...
18: *[[Philadelphia Phillies]]
36: *[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
42: *[[Morgan G. Bulkeley]] [[1876]]-[[1876]]
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