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- 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... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ...uista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: ...879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket ...
20: ...ites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[trust]].
22: *[[1893]] - Introduction by [[Webb C. Ball]] of the General Railr... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...le [[building]], usually higher than 150 [[metre]]s (500 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]). Mo...
7: ...tall buildings, some of which are well over 300 metres (987 ft) tall. The other development essential ...
9: ...e was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Anothe...
15: ...on of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as determining the "world's tallest..." d...
17: == 50 Tallest Skyscrapers by Structural/Architectural Height == - Adam's apple (940 bytes)
5: ...prominent than desired, sometimes remedied by a [[trachea shave]], a type of [[plastic surgery]] to re...
7: The etymology of the term is unclear: Webster's 1913 dictionary states that the term "... is so called... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...dent of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the A...
10: ...ife and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of Lords as po...
12: The structure of Congress was one of the most divisive is...
14: ...Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate...
16: ... legislatures; they achieved their objective in [[1913]] with the ratification of the [[Seventeenth Amen... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wave.jpg|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]...
4: ...very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnotic...
10: ...ch is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of gener...
14: ...s sediment and rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent ...
18: ...er, as energy from falling debris or expansion is transferred to the water into which the debris falls... - National League (4871 bytes)
7: ...n divided into three divisions (East, West and Central), with the addition of a [[wild card|Wild Card]...
9: ...ican League. Often characterized as being a more "traditional" or "pure" league, the National League n...
19: *[[Washington Nationals]] (Montreal Expos through 2004)
21: ===Central Division===
23: The NL Central Division is the only division in either league ... - 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... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
2: ...]] team based in [[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
5: ...experienced players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this tim...
6: ...ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
20: ... side of the city. The [[Great Chicago Fire]] destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and other posse...
22: ...ulbert]], was leading the formation of a new and stronger organization, the [[National League]]. - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
3: ...sed in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[American League]].
22: Walsh, [[Doc White]] and [[Nick Altrock]] paced the White Sox to their [[1906 in sport...
25: ... players vanished mysteriously and none were ever tried. [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis|Judge Landis]], Com...
30: ...es through scrappy play rather than consistently strong hitting or pitching. While they had a great r...
35: ...he White Sox of the [[1990s]] adopted classic pinstriped uniforms and the occasional use of black jers... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
5: ...h century)|American Association]] in [[1884]] and transferred to the National League in [[1890]].
7: ...14]] through [[1931]]) and the ''[[Trolley dodger|Trolley Dodgers]]'' -- originally a pejorative term ...
8: ...Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Dodgers/dodgers.html Part of the wall...
10: ...:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a red streaming baseball
16: :'''Manager''': [[Jim Tracy]] - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
12: ... (15): [[1902]], [[1905]], [[1910]], [[1911]], [[1913]], [[1914]], [[1929]], [[1930]], [[1931]], [[1972...
13: ...] championships won''' (9): [[1910]], [[1911]], [[1913]], [[1929]], [[1930]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974...
18: ...Sox]], [[Cleveland Indians|Cleveland Blues]], [[Detroit Tigers]], [[Baltimore Orioles|Milwaukee Brewer...
20: ...rceable in the state of Pennsylvania. Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland Broncos (now the [[Cleveland...
22: ...), winning the [[World Series]] in 1910, 1911 and 1913. They won over 100 games in 1911 and 1912, and 9... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ...enience of the solver, although in many widely distributed American crosswords such as the ''[[New Yor...
8: ...ain]] and [[Australia]], have a [[lattice]]-like structure, with a higher percentage of black squares,...
10: ...the grid should have 180-degree rotational [[symmetry]], so that its pattern appears the same if the p...
12: ...' crosswords have simple designs and are not symmetric.
14: ...f. In both cases, no two puzzles are alike in construction, and the intent of the puzzle authors is to... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
41: ...st, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
48: ...st, winner of the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...was raised by his mother, [[Henrietta Grace]], a strong woman determined her children would succeed, o...
7: ...e also played the piano and violin, was an ambidextrous artist of some talent, and enjoyed acting. Hol...
13: ...rred to the British secret service. He frequently travelled disguised as a butterfly collector, incorp...
15: ...uits. Using this and other methods he was able to train them to think independently, to use their init...
17: ...g (non-existent) barbed wire while moving between trenches. - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...ates and the rest of the world, but also had such tremendous influence over modern culture that many s...
8: ...This led to his being hired by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] company to service t...
12: ... formed the [[Detroit Automobile Company]]. The Detroit Automobile Company went bankrupt soon afterwar...
15: ...ocomotive of the day, took the car around the country and thereby made the Ford brand known throughout...
18: ...rgrounds in [[1911]] with driver Frank Kulick. In 1913, Ford attempted to enter a reworked Model T in th... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ... pyramid]], published in [[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]...
2: ...[[health]] and [[disease]]. Absence of adequate nutrients may cause disease or death.
4: ...al health and death from [[starvation]] or [[malnutrition]], there is an array of disease states that ...
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific ...
8: ...uitously occur in the form of [[salts]] and [[electrolytes]]. All of these chemical compounds and elem... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[July 14]], [[1913]]
18: ...ss in 1948 from [[Michigan's 5th congressional district]].
20: ...Vietnam]]; Ford did not intervene, but did help extract friends of the U.S. At home, the economy suffe...
22: After experiencing health troubles and being admitted to the hospital four tim...
27: ...s they signed a petition to enforce the [[1939 Neutrality Act]]. This petition was circulated nationa... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
27: ...rced to leave during [[Christmas]] break after contracting [[jaundice]].
28: ...Kennedy was erroneously prescribed steroids to control his [[colitis]], which only heightened his medi...
33: ...rned the rank of [[lieutenant]], commanding a [[patrol torpedo boat]] or ''PT boat''.
35: ...JFKPT109.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jack on his navy patrol boat, [[PT 109]].]]
36: ... was thrown across the deck, injuring his already troubled back. Still, Kennedy somehow towed a wounde... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[January 9]], [[1913]]
19: '''Richard Milhous Nixon''' ([[January 9]], [[1913]] – [[April 22]], [[1994]]) was the thirty-...
22: ... in [[Yorba Linda, California]] on [[January 9]], 1913, to Francis Nixon and Hannah Milhous. He was rai...
24: ... "Quaker saint." Nixon's early life was marked by tragedy in the deaths of two of his brothers, one fr...
34: ...the same..." Although Nixon's allegations were untrue, they succeeded and Voorhis was booed by the cr...
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