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181: | [[1911]] — [[1916]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...d redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization a...
28: ...ilosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Mohism]] were founded. After further political consolidation, seven promine...
48: *[[Rafe de Crespigny|de Crespigny, Rafe]]. 1977. The Ch’iang Barbarians and the Em...
49: ...licies and Strategies of the Later Han Empire''. Rafe de Crespigny. 1984. Faculty of Asian Studies, Au...
50: ...y history of the Three Kingdoms state of Wu'' by Rafe de Crespigny, in Asian Studies Monographs, New S... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
38: * [[1995]] - After attending a peace rally in [[Tel Aviv]]'s King...
56: *[[1916]] - [[Walter Cronkite]], news broadcaster
110: [[af:4 November]] - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
25: ...Forrest J. Ackerman|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
17: *[[Jack Agazarian|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
21: # [[Michael Langhorne Astor]] (1916-1979) - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
8: ...]]. As a member of the ICA she took part in the [[1916]] [[Easter Rising]] and was sentenced to death by...
12: ...Irish Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minster for the Gaeltacht]].
14: ...3 and June 1927 elections. She died in July 1927 after a short illness. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
6: ... [[St Petersburg]] at the age of thirteen. There, after a revolutionary sentiment had spread across th...
9: ...er Jacob Kersner. The hanging of four anarchists after the [[Haymarket Riot]] drew the young Emma Gol...
21: ...public notoriety by the time of the accusations. After undergoing intense cross-examining in confinem...
24: On [[February 11]], [[1916]], she was [[arrest]]ed and imprisoned again for ...
29: ...ration, left'') She was imprisoned for two years, after which she was deported to Russia. At her depor... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
8: After her family moved to [[Warsaw]], Rosa attended ...
10: ...y. Her specialised subjects were ''Staatswissenschaft'' (the science of [[form of government|forms of ...
34: ...n]]s. Luxemburg herself took on the name "Junius" after [[Lucius Junius Brutus]], who was said to have...
36: ...thinks differently.) Another publication, in June 1916, was ''Die Krise der Sozialdemokratie'' (The cris...
38: ... as rulers of the new republic alongside the SPD, after the abdication of the [[Wilhelm II of Germany|... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
5: ...ed as a [[nurse]] and worked for ten years in the affluent New York suburb of [[White Plains]]. In [[1...
9: ...ntrol. She also separated from William Sanger. In 1916, Sanger opened a family planning and birth contro...
11: In [[1916]], Sanger published "What Every Girl Should Know,...
13: ...as its president of until its dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was le...
17: ...ilable [[birth control pill]]. She toured Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
18: ...esi]], a modest artist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple moved to [[Florence]], where A...
20: ...[Rome]] in [[1621]] and later move to [[Naples]]. After her mother's death in [[1651]], Prudenzia slip...
32: ===Again in Rome and after in Venezia ([[1621]]-[[1630]])===
52: ...ty which she continued to follow for a while even after the her father's death (although there are no ...
57: ...hi, the finest wardrobe in the Europe during 600, after [[Van Dyck]]''". - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
6: ... schools in [[Amarillo, Texas]] in [[1914]]. In [[1916]] started teaching at [[Columbia College]] in [[C...
10: In [[1916]], Stieglitz arranged for O'Keeffe to move to New... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
9: ...[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disappointing roles and the public...
13: ...ful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with another woman led to a divorce in [[Janu...
25: * [[1916]]: founded "[[The Mary Pickford Corporation]]" as...
29: ...nced [[Ernst Lubitsch]] to direct her next film. After considering alternatives, they settle on ''[[R...
38: ...fe, Pickford suffered from alcoholism, which also afflicted her first husband and both of her parents.... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
10: ...ver her. She, for her part, had had a tragic love affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it...
12: ...na. The children began to run wild. This state of affairs was allowed to continue until June [[1904]] ...
14: ...[[Maximilian Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a Living Man...
18: ...'. At around the same time, she also conducted an affair with the [[lesbian]] poet [[Sofia Parnok]], w...
20: ...axe-like words: ''bourgeois, Junkers, leeches''". After the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|1917 Revoluti... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
5: ...the British [[Cabinet]], as [[Home Secretary]] in 1916. He was also the first High Commissioner (effecti...
8: ...l and how to use them most efficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the idea of...
9: ...structure of carbons. Indeed on several occasions after accepting a position at King's, but before lea...
15: ... presentations, James Watson was present. Shortly afterwards [[Francis Crick]] and Watson put together...
18: ...heir paper. In fact, she had already prepared a draft paper describing the structure as a double helix... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
13: ...a daughter, Roberta Star Semple, on September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
15: ...nts, remained active with the Salvation Army, and after a short recuperation Aimee joined her in this ...
19: ...m depression]] and several serious health issues. After what she described as a near-death experience ...
23: In 1916 she made a tour through the southern U.S. in her ...
51: ...Beach]] with her secretary, to go swimming. Soon after arrival, McPherson disappeared. - Edith Cavell (1802 bytes)
9: ...bed on her statue in St. Martin's Place, near [[Trafalgar Square]] in [[London]].
11: After the war Edith Cavell was reburied in the groun...
13: In [[1916]], [[Mount Edith Cavell]] in the [[Canadian Rocki... - Heckelphone (1998 bytes)
3: ...'s famous orchestral suite ''[[The Planets]]'' ([[1916]]), as well as several works of [[Delius]] (''A M... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
29: ...in Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is traditionally ...
38: ...cretary of Veterans Affairs|Secretary of Veterans Affairs]].
40: ... office of President or merely act as President. After the death of [[William Henry Harrison]], howev...
51: ...ember 5]], [[1782]], was the first president born after the [[United States Declaration of Independenc...
52: ...arch 29]], [[1790]], was the first president born after the adoption of the [[United States Constituti... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
11: ...the Wilson ticket in [[1912]], was reelected in [[1916]] and served as Vice President until [[1921]]. I...
15: ...trate party unity if he kept Marshall on; thus in 1916 Wilson and Marshall became the first President an...
19: After suffering a more mild one the previous month, ...
23: ...eturned to [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] after his term as Vice President and resumed his law...
36: ...|Governor of Indiana]] |before=[[J. Frank Hanly]]|after=[[Samuel M. Ralston]]|years=1909-1913}} - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
76: ...ing, the [[Central Asian Revolt]], occurring in [[1916]]. - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
52: ...on. Most Kyrgyz are [[Sunni Muslim]]s of the [[Hanafi]] school.
54: ...gered by the Russian imposition of the military draft on the Kyrgyz and other Central Asian peoples, c...
68: ...re was an attempt to depose Akayev in Kyrgyzstan. After the [[coup d'état|coup]] collapsed the ...
76: ...rt-time assembly—were held in February 1995 after campaigns considered remarkably free and open ...
88: ... seized the presidential administration building, after which Akayev hurriedly fled the country, first... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
48: ... It's the second largest country of South America after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the [[wo...
61: ...ative forces dominated Argentine politics until [[1916]], when their traditional rivals, the Radicals, w...
69: ...ns�government, which left office 6 months early after Peronist candidate [[Carlos Saul Menem]] won t...
75: ...enem withdrew from the [[May 25]] runoff election after polls showed overwhelming support for Kirchner...
80: ...hey are allowed to stand for a third term or more after an interval of at least one term. The presiden... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
57: ...ny new [[emirate]]s in the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. After being dominated by [[Persian]]s for thousands ...
61: ...cial standing as a British [[protectorate]] until 1916. ...
69: ... Qatar was a [[fishing]] and [[pearling]] region. After the introduction of the Japanese cultured pear...
106: ...://english.mofa.gov.qa/ Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs] - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
58: ...e. The name ''Republic of Ireland'' came into use after the [[Republic of Ireland Act]] defined it as ...
67: ...e Act 1914]]'s implementation was suspended until after the [[World War I|Great War]]. (The war at tha...
69: ... Conference, 1919]]. However it was not admitted. After the bitterly fought [[Anglo-Irish War|War of I...
75: ... battlefield. British supplies of artillery, aircraft, machine-guns and ammunition were much help to P...
161: ...as the fourth-highest GDP per capita in the world after [[Luxembourg]], [[Norway]], and the [[United S... - Flag of Indiana (917 bytes)
2: ...17]], as part of the commemoration of the state's 1916 Centennial celebration; it was the winner of a co... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
18: ...im, and he was in the majors permanently. Shortly afterwards, Ruth proposed to [[Helen Woodford]], a w...
23: ...of [[Tris Speaker]] to the [[Cleveland Indians]]. After a slightly shaky spring, he would make a case ...
25: ...sique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was usually assoc...
29: ... of the year, he needed an influx of cash to stay afloat. His only available source of money was his ...
39: ...aken to a hospital, Chapman died the next morning after an operation. (Chapman's death remains the onl... - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
49: After the [[American Revolutionary War]], Wisconsin ...
51: ...t, [[Daniel Hoan]], was mayor of Milwaukee from [[1916]] to [[1940]]. During both the [[2000]] and [[200...
61: ...sconsinites although the nicknames "[[Badger]]s" (after the state's nickname and school mascot of the ...
65: ...state Progressive Party]] establishment soon thereafter, Wisconsin and in particular, Madison, have of...
125: *5.7% [[African American|Black]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
182: * [[1816]]: [[Davy lamp|Miner's safety lamp]]: [[Humphry Davy]]
228: * [[1849]]: [[Safety pin]]: [[Walter Hunt]]
260: * [[1869]]: [[Vacuum cleaner]]: [[I.W. McGaffers]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
174: *[[James Young|Young, Paraffin]], (1811?1883), Scottish chemist
198: ...ents of Argentina|President]] of [[Argentina]] ([[1916]]-[[1922]], [[1928]]-[[1930]]).
203: *[[Yuan Shikai]], ([[1859]]-[[1916]]), alleged mastermind behind assassination of [[... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
35: ...e May [[1915]], ratified by popular vote August [[1916]]. This hodgepodge was made uniform when Standard...
415: *[[Central African Republic]]
477: *[[South Africa]]
527: *[[Afghanistan]]
607: ...o means that on the short (76 km) frontier with [[Afghanistan]], the official time change is 3 hours a... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Ita...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
39: *[[Kazimierz Alchimowicz]] ([[1840]]-[[1916]])
200: *[[Louis le Brocquy]] ([[1916]]-)
255: *[[William Merritt Chase]] ([[1849]]-[[1916]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...[list of scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[invento...
52: ...rell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) — [[Hovercraft]]
158: ...an-American Inventor of the [[gas mask]], and [[traffic signal]].
168: ...is]] — passenger elevator and concommitant safety device
194: *[[Claude E. Shannon]], (1916-2001) — information theory - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ...cinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood]]
2: ... the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after the war.
16: ...developed between the various [[Europe]]an powers after the defeat of France and formation of the Germ...
22: ...ated in the "''[[Ausgleich|Ausgleich of 1867]]''" after Austria was defeated by [[Prussia]]. As agreed...
26: After the assassination of [[Franz Ferdinand]], after nearly a month of debate, the government of Au... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
43: *[[1909]] - [[William Howard Taft]] becomes President
47: *[[1909]] - Taft implements [[Dollar Diplomacy]]
68: *[[1916]] - US acquires [[Virgin Islands]]
69: *[[1916]] - [[Jeannette Rankin]] elected
70: *[[1916]] - [[Louis Brandeis]] appointed to [[Supreme Cou... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...he civil rights laws that were passed immediately after the end of the war were quickly abandoned. In...
7: ...ploitive economic policies in the defeated region after the war, caused lasting bitterness among South...
9: ...enforce the civil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
11: After solid [[United States Republican Party|Republi...
13: ...and were widely perceived as being motivated by graft and corruption, while locals who participated in... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
14: ...of Safety (Hawaii)|Citizen's Committee of Public Safety]] overthrow the government of Queen [[Liliuoka...
16: ...con Scott]] reaches the [[South Pole]], one month after [[Roald Amundsen]].
17: * [[1916]] - The [[Professional Golfers Association of Ame...
28: * [[1966]] - [[Carl Brashear]], the first [[African American]] [[United States Navy]] diver, is ...
63: *[[1914]] - [[William Stafford]], poet and essayist (d. [[1993]]) - Flood (7770 bytes)
4: ...ght|Flooding in Asheville, North Carolina in July 1916]]
31: ...ion years ago. It had previously become a desert after continental movement had closed the [[Strait o...
39: ...002 European flood]] was a flooding disaster that affected many states including [[Czech Republic]], [...
40: ...ousands, leaving the country devastated for years afterwards. - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: ...worked the text of the Declaration until a little after eleven o'clock, July 4th, when twelve [[colony...
43: ...izes and types allowed, but [[Smuggling|illicit traffic]] brings some of the more powerful [[firecrack...
45: ...ork City]], which supposedly started on July 4, [[1916]] as a way to settle a dispute among four immigra... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
47: ...d by [[social Catholicism]]. During the [[Dreyfus affair]] the family distanced itself from the more c...
50: ...ded at the gruesome [[Battle of Verdun]] in March 1916, and left for dead on the battlefield. Alive, he ...
52: ...ed, he remained in the military, serving on the staff of Gen. [[Maxime Weygand]] and then Gen. [[Phili...
56:
59: ...he [[1920s]] and [[1930s]] due to his bold views. After the German breakthrough at [[Sedan, France|Sed... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
32: ...) in Dublin, while others in Northern Ireland are affiliated with the [[Trades Union Congress]] (TUC) ...
44: ...years. [[Stone age]] inhabitants arrived sometime after [[8000 BC]], with the culture progressing from...
82: ...biggest "red light districts" known as [[Monto]] (after its focal point, Mountgomery Street, on the no...
84: ===1916 to 1922: Partial severance of Union; partial inde...
90: ... made to gain independence for Ireland with the [[1916]] [[Easter Rising]], an insurrection largely conf... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...all]] in [[North America]], played in [[October]] after the end of the regular season between the penn...
13: ...agrees to freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman, such a move would do more for populariz...
15: ...ly scheduled to follow the [[2005]] season. The IBAF has already organized thirty-five editions of the...
75: After 2 years of bitter competition and player raidi...
87: == List of World Series after 1904 == - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
24: ... the four teams contracted by the National League after the [[1899]] season.
25: ...was transferred to [[New York City]] in 1903 and, after some early struggles, eventually became baseba...
26: ... won several league championships, including 1944 after they had lost their home field [[Oriole Park(s...
89: *25 [[Image:Cuba_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Rafael Palmeiro]] - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...anager [[Cap Anson]]. ''Remnants'', in [[1901]], after a number of players deserted the team for the ...
18: ...he Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a summer of individually arranged contests amo...
22: After the [[1875]] season, Chicago acquired several ...
28: ...which went on to join the National League in 1892 after the A.A. folded, continues to be a perennial r...
32: After the Chicagoans' great run during the 1880s, th... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
25: ...pitching of [[Eddie Cicotte]] and [[Red Faber]]. After an off-year in the war-shortened season of [[1...
39: ... all of these games despite a mediocre pitching staff led by [[Mike Sirotka]]. Frank Thomas nearly won...
275: *Triples: [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]], 21 (1916) - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
6: ...n as:''' Brooklyn Dodgers, [[1932]] to [[1957]], after which the team moved to Los Angeles for the [[...
7: ...batic troup popular at the time), the ''Robins'' (after Wilbert Robinson, manager from [[1914]] throug...
14: ...ants won''' (21): [[1890]], [[1899]], [[1900]], [[1916]], [[1920]], [[1941]], [[1947]], [[1949]], [[1952...
23: ...oklyn club's history were clouded in uncertainty. After their first year they joined the [[American As...
27: ...or their distracted, error-ridden style of play. After his removal as club president, Robinson return... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[McAfee Coliseum]], Oakland
18: ...mateur" days of the national game, in the 1860s. After [[John McGraw (baseball)|John McGraw]] told re...
24: After the heavily favored A?s lost the [[1914 World ...
26: .... The team would finish in last place every year after that until 1922, when it finished 7th.
28: After that, Mack began to build another winner. In ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
44: *[[Rembrandt Bugatti]] (1884 - 1916)
169: *[[Georges Lacombe]] (1868 - 1916)
193: *[[Antonin Mercié]] (1845 - 1916) - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
53: ...mittee of Vigilance relinquished power both times after it decided the city had been 'cleaned up'.
64: ...ar to that of the later [[Battle of Dunkirk]] to safety across the Bay saved thousands. With the cente...
69: ...s than a decade after the Earthquake. On July 22, 1916 a bomb exploded on Market Street during a [[Prepa...
73: ...ablished peaceful relations with [[Japan]], was drafted and signed there six years later in [[1951]].
75: ... which ultimately turned out to be seismically unsafe. In 1959, the Board of Supervisors voted to halt... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
25: In [[1920]], after years of moving from town to town, the family ...
27: ...her Neil, with parents Jack and Nelle Reagan. (c. 1916-17)]]
38: ...the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in [[1935]]. After the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] he was activate...
48: ...says in his autobiography, he eventually gave in, after countless sleepless nights.
60: ...n's victory. That the hostages were released just after his taking the oath of office is alleged by so... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
19: ...ted States|presidency]] ([[1963]]–[[1969]]) after [[John F. Kennedy assassination|Kennedy's assa...
22: ...[1978]]), Josefa ([[1912]]-[[1961]]) and Lucia ([[1916]]-[[1997]]) and his brother Sam Houston ([[1914]]...
27: Soon after he graduated from college, Johnson taught publ...
31: ...ady Bird), a young woman who was also from Texas. After only a short period of dating, the two were ma...
36: ...e in [[Freemasonry]] on [[October 30]], [[1937]]. After receiving the degree he found that his congres... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
24: ...to [[Belgium]]. John's son, [[David Eisenhower]], after whom [[Camp David]] is named, married [[Richar...
30: ... [[1926]] he attended the [[Command and General Staff College]] at [[Fort Leavenworth]], [[Kansas]], a...
32: ...eps of St. Louis College at San Antonio, Texas in 1916.]]
34: ...to General [[Douglas MacArthur]], Army Chief of Staff, until [[1935]], when he accompanied MacArthur t...
36: ...xas. In June [[1941]] he was appointed Chief of Staff to General [[Walter Kreuger]], Commander of the ... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
20: ...was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...and his failure to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ro...
30: ...'s early years. He later told friends that he was afraid of her all his life. He received his early ed...
36: ...1988]]), and [[John Aspinwall Roosevelt|John]] ([[1916]]–[[1981]]).
44: ...n [[William Howard Taft]]. Franklin's dislike of Taft's administration drove him into politics. In [[1... - Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
25: ...d, "No, but I find it mighty handy."[http://www.drafthorsejournal.com/daysbeforeyesterday/autumn01/75y...
27: ... "there is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime." [http://www.am...
35: ...e blister became infected, and Calvin, Jr. died. After that, Coolidge, a man of few words, who had al...
37: [[Image:Coolidge after signing indian treaty.jpg|right|thumb|250px|On...
49: ...ed economic controls during World War I, favored safety measures in factories, and even worker represe... - Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
5: That aircraft, designated
11: ...agnificent skies of [[Brazil]] in the long, sunny afternoons at the plantation.
21:
32: ...irst public demonstration in the world of an aircraft taking off from an ordinary [[airstrip]] with a ...
35: ...r- to-weight ratio, and other refinements in aircraft construction techniques. - Blimp (3839 bytes)
1: ...more complete description of this style of [[aircraft]], please see [[airship]].
7: ...he first appearance of the word in print was in [[1916]], in [[England]], a year before the first B-clas...
23: ...carry equipment to places where conventional aircraft cannot go, such as above an erupting volcano. Bl... - Helicopter (20080 bytes)
1: ...inguish them from conventional <b>fixed-wing aircraft</b>. The word helicopter is derived from the [[G...
5: Compared to conventional fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters are much more complex, more expensi...
13: ...described some of the ideas in a rotary wing aircraft.
15: ...ter was demonstrated by [[Ra?teras de Pescara]] [[1916]] in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. The [[Bell...
19: ...od, except that instead of moving the entire aircraft, only the wings themselves are moved. The helico... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
15: ...rd Reich|thousand-year Reich]] ended shortly thereafter.
22: ...name of his stepfather, [[Johann Georg Hiedler]], after visiting a priest responsible for birth regist...
24: ...ntury]] and were not allowed to return until well after Maria Schicklgruber's alleged employment.{{ref...
27: ...description of himself as a misunderstood artist. After Hitler's father died on [[January 3]], [[1903]...
31: ...s' benefits to his younger sister Paula, but soon after inherited some money from an aunt. He worked a... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
10: ...itish]] forces evacuate [[Boston, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artillery]] ove...
14: *[[1886]] - [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are killed in [[Mississippi]].
16: ...ncent van Gogh]] paintings in [[Paris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
55: *[[1916]] - [[Ray Ellington]], British singer (d. [[1985]...
112: *[[1987]] - [[Santo Trafficante, Jr.]], gangster - March 19 (9902 bytes)
13: *[[1916]] - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of ...
19: ...t of [[Japan]], a [[dive bomber]] hits the [[aircraft carrier]] [[USS Franklin (CV-13)|USS ''Franklin'...
33: ...peration Anaconda]] ends (started on [[March 2]]) after killing 500 [[Taliban]] and [[al Qaeda]] fight...
36: ...MiG-15|Mig-15]] in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are lef...
49: *[[1873]] - [[Max Reger]], composer (d. [[1916]]) - March 20 (10075 bytes)
11: ...[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of ...
19: *[[1916]] – [[Albert Einstein]] publishes his [[the...
20: ...sioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]].
39: ...her]] once known as [[H. Rap Brown]], is captured after a gun battle that leaves a [[Georgia (U.S. sta... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] a...
18: ...tion of one of the first successful [[airplane]]s after much hard work.
19: ...[New York]] for a post-presidency [[safari]] in [[Africa]]. The trip is sponsored by the [[Smithsonian...
115: ...] - [[Rupert Hamer]], Australian politician (b. [[1916]]) - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
39: ...ed the Sacramento Valley and the Sacramento River after the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] term for "hol...
42: ...topographical engineer [[William H. Warner]] to draft the official layout of the city. However, a bitt...
58: ...become an international attraction for [[rafting|rafters]] and kayakers. The Sacramento River sees man...
63: ...fornia, saw Sacramento's potential as a port in [[1916]], and he campaigned for a deeper harbor. Norboe'...
78: ...urge of the [[World League of American Football|WLAF]] and the [[Sacramento Gold Miners]] of the [[Can... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
150: *[[Pafnuty Chebyshev|Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev]], ([[Russia]], [[May 16]],...
194: ...ilhelm Richard Dedekind]], (Germany, [[1831]] - [[1916]])
315: ...aul Halmos|Paul Richard Halmos]] (Hungary, USA, [[1916]] - )
411: *[[Laurent Lafforgue]] (France, [[1966]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
54: ...[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[1916]])
152: ...l]] ([[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[1853]] – [[1916]])
165: *[[Robert Dicke]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1916]] – [[1997]])
203: *[[Al-Farghani|Farghani]] ([[Persia]], d. after [[861]])
214: *[[Herbert Friedman]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1916]] – ) - Postcard (2985 bytes)
11: ...lumbian Exposition]] in [[Chicago]]. Shortly thereafter the United States government, via the [[United...
17: ...era, named for obvious reasons, lasted from about 1916 to 1930. The "linen card" era lasted from about 1... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
28: *[[Sediq Afghan]]
29: *[[Jamal al-Din al-Afghani]], (1839-1897){{fn|R}}
172: *[[Paul Benacerraf]]
324: *[[Rafe Champion]]
343: *[[Roderick Chisholm]], (1916-1999){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - July 24 (8660 bytes)
9: *[[1847]] - After 17 months of travel, [[Brigham Young]] leads 1...
12: ...ry]] is released from prison in [[Austin, Texas]] after serving three years for [[embezzlement]] from ...
25: ...aid at [[Kang Chi]] are the targets of [[antiaircraft missile]]s in the first such attack against Amer...
27: ... [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 11]] splashes down safely in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
33: *[[2002]] - [[Jim Traficant|James Traficant]] is expelled from the [[United States House... - Yellowstone National Park (23738 bytes)
27: ...on Earth, producing drastic climate change in the aftermath. DNA evidence suggests the devastating res...
37: ...and make contact with the Native Americans there. After surviving wounds he suffered in a battle with ...
46: ...s]] who essentially volunteered for the position, after traveling through Yellowstone and witnessing i...
51: ...er the newly-created [[National Park Service]] in 1916.
56: ...and decaying forest. In fact, relatively few [[megafauna]] in the park were killed by the fires and si... - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
6: ... - [[:Category:South African tennis players|South Africa]] - doubles specialist
69: *[[Kevin Curren]] ([[1958]]-) - (South Africa/USA)
79: *[[Cliff Drysdale]] ([[1941]]-) - (South Africa) - one of the "[[Handsome Eight]]"
89: *[[Wayne Ferreira]] - (South Africa)
113: *[[Magnus Gustafsson]] - (Sweden) - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
24: The Republican 2004 [[political platform]] ''A Safer World and a More Hopeful America'' expresses co...
52: ...d by [[Theodore Roosevelt]], McKinley's successor after assassination, who engaged in [[trust-busting]...
54: ...912|the election of 1912]]. He finished ahead of Taft, but the split in the Republican vote resulted i...
58: ...the century. A Republican like U.S. Sen [[Robert Taft]] of Ohio represented the Midwestern wing of the...
68: ...ed the [[U.S. invasion of Afghanistan|invasion of Afghanistan]] and the [[USA Patriot Act]]. - The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
6: ...1812]]. It became popular as a [[patriotic song]] after it was put to the tune of the English drinking...
9: ... Cochrane refused to release Beanes, but relented after Key and Skinner showed them letters written by...
11: ...he Baltimore attack, they were held captive until after the battle, first aboard HMS ''Surprise'', and...
13: ... his pocket, continuing to write during the sail. After being released with Skinner in Baltimore at tw...
15: ... dating from around [[1800]], written by [[John Stafford Smith]]. Nicholson took the poem to a printer... - Buffalo soldier (5141 bytes)
10: ...the [[United States Colored Troops]], composed of African-American soldiers led by white officers. At...
14: ...ls of Honor were earned. They took part in the [[1916]] [[Punitive Expedition]] into [[Mexico]] and in ...
26: ...worth]]. Then-[[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] [[Colin Powell]] was guest speaker for the unv...
31: ...[Jamaica]]ns, especially [[Rastafari movement|Rastafarians]] like Marley identified with the "Buffalo ...
45: * [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/topics/afam/buffalo.htm Photos of the Buffalo Soldiers On t... - Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
11: ... for his Antarctic expedition of [[1914]]–[[1916]] in the ship ''[[#The Endurance|Endurance]]''.
18: ...ng months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case ...
26: ...alled the ''[[Nimrod (ship)|Nimrod]]'' Expedition after its ship, and the "Farthest South" expedition....
32: ===1914–1916 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition===
36: ...ed attempts on [[August 30]], [[1916]] (22 months after departing from [[South Georgia]]). Everyone fr... - Electron (10516 bytes)
113: ...ctrons are the actual foundation of the table. In 1916, Gilbert Newton Lewis and Irving Langmuir explain... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
16: ...ed usher in the [[Second Industrial Revolution]]. After Tesla's demonstration of [[Transmission (telec...
45: * [[VTOL]] [[aircraft]]
51: ...;uka Mandić]], who talented in making home craft tools. Tesla was one of five children, having on...
55: ... to him were, "You've arrived, Nidzo, my pride." After her death, Tesla fell ill. He spent two to thr...
57: ...[direct current|continous current]] [[dynamo]]s. After Tesla described the nature of the benefits fro... - Squid (6229 bytes)
9: ...xobox_authority | author = [[A. Naef]] | date = [[1916]]b}}
35: ...mb|right|These squids are being dried in a harbor after being fished]] - Babe Adams (10141 bytes)
3: ...n 20 games in both 1911 and 1913. An off year in 1916 that saw his ERA rise to 5.72 got him farmed out ...
7: ...1926 in sports|1926]]; he was released days later after joining a group of players who requested that ...
21: 1916 Pirates 34 2 9 .182 16 10 4 0 ...
44: 1916 Pirates 2 11.38 13.25 2.75 1.50 1.83 ...
138: 1916 NL - Boxing (29727 bytes)
8: ...nce to suggest that boxing was prevalent in North Africa during 4000 B.C.
14: ...ore "mufflers" (padded gloves), "time" was called after a set period, and the length of the fight was ...
19: ...]], when [[John Graham Chambers|John Chambers]] drafted new rules. There were twelve rules in all, and...
35: ...plexion. By [[1924]], the A.B.A. had 105 clubs in affiliation.
58: ...se links to the N.S.C., and was re-formed in 1929 after the N.S.C. closed. - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
7: ...1994]] the Winter Games are in between, two years after the Games of the Olympiad.
13: ...hey were held. The Games were then mostly a local affair, and only one event was contested, the [[stad...
25: ...y in the [[17th century]] a sports festival named after the Olympic Games was held in [[England]]. Ove...
36: After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. T...
50: ...cause of war — due to [[World War I]] the [[1916]] Games were cancelled, and because of [[World Wa... - List of geographers (2342 bytes)
6: * [[Hafiz-i Abru]] (Persia, [[15th century]])
31: * [[Torsten H䧥rstrand]] (Sweden, ([[1916]]-[[2004]]) - Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
8: ...><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>[[William Howard Taft]]</td></tr>
25: ...w at the [[University of Virginia]] for one year. After completing and publishing his dissertation, ''...
28: Woodrow Wilson came of age in the decades after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], when [[...
32: ...self a statesman, and his advisors capable men of affairs, in the guidance of Congress?" (the Politics...
44: ...in great part, if not altogether, in the facility afforded him by the Committee system. (ibid, 132) - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[William Howard Taft]]
27: ...eeing a dead [[Pinniped|seal]] at a local market. After obtaining the seal's head the young Roosevelt ...
36: After his family returned to their home in New York,...
50: ...aigned for [[Benjamin Harrison]] in the Midwest. After winning the election President Harrison appoin...
54: ... Juan Hill]] in July 1898, the battle being named after the latter hill. - Charles W. Fairbanks (2978 bytes)
5: ... the United States|presidential]] nomination in [[1916]], but lost. Then he won the nomination for [[Uni...
9: The city of [[Fairbanks, Alaska]] is named after him.
13: * [[U.S. presidential election, 1916]]
16: ...ees|candidate]] | before=[[Theodore Roosevelt]] | after=[[James S. Sherman]] | years=[[U.S. presidenti...
17: ...United States]] | before=[[Theodore Roosevelt]] | after=[[James S. Sherman]] | years=[[March 4]], [[19... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
6: ...d redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization a...
28: ...ilosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Mohism]] were founded. After further political consolidation, seven promine...
56: ...26397;) managed to reunite the country in [[589]] after almost 300 years of disjunction.
58: ...e second shortest dynasty in the history of China after Qin Dynasty, and during this time, millions la...
102: ...he Mongol's invasion and conquest. During the era after the war, called the [[Pax Mongolica]], adventu... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
23: *[[Tampico Affair]] & [[U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico (19...
25: *[[Occupation of the Dominican Republic]] (1916–1924)
26: *[[Pancho Villa Expedition]] (1916–1917)
53: ...tion Infinite Reach]] (strikes on [[Sudan]] and [[Afghanistan]], 1998)
56: **[[U.S. invasion of Afghanistan|Invasion of Afghanistan]] (2001—) - Sea Lamprey (9084 bytes)
19: ...They are found in most temperate regions except [[Africa]]. Their larvae have a low tolerance for high...
23: ...nally thought to be an independent [[organism]]. After these five to seven years, they transform into...
59: ...'[[Ichthyomyzon fossor]]'' (Reighard and Cummins, 1916) - Northern Brook Lamprey
102: ..., the Great Lakes fishery has been very adversely affected by their invasion. They are now fought most... - Squids (6229 bytes)
9: ...xobox_authority | author = [[A. Naef]] | date = [[1916]]b}}
35: ...mb|right|These squids are being dried in a harbor after being fished]] - Painting of the United States (3965 bytes)
5: ...ound its painter in [[Thomas Eakins]] ([[1844]]-[[1916]]), an uncompromising realist whose unflinching h...
7: ... critics called the "ash-can" school of painting, after the group's portrayals of the squalid aspects ...
10: In the years after [[World War II]], a group of young New York ar... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
23: The Republican 2004 [[political platform]] ''A Safer World and a More Hopeful America'' expresses co...
51: ...d by [[Theodore Roosevelt]], McKinley's successor after assassination, who engaged in [[trust-busting]...
53: ...912|the election of 1912]]. He finished ahead of Taft, but the split in the Republican vote resulted i...
57: ...the century. A Republican like U.S. Sen [[Robert Taft]] of Ohio represented the Midwestern wing of the...
67: ...ed the [[U.S. invasion of Afghanistan|invasion of Afghanistan]] and the [[USA Patriot Act]]. - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
27: After graduating from Yale, Bush enlisted in the Tex...
32: ...72 to 1973, and that he was suspended from flying after he failed to take a required physical examinat...
38: ... for good shortly after waking up with a hangover after his 40th birthday celebration: "I quit drinkin...
45: ...ors. The [[1979 energy crisis]] hurt Arbusto and, after a name change to Bush Exploration Co., Bush so...
47: After working on his father's successful [[U.S. pres... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
20: ...was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...and his failure to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ro...
30: ...'s early years. He later told friends that he was afraid of her all his life. He received his early ed...
36: ...1988]]), and [[John Aspinwall Roosevelt|John]] ([[1916]]–[[1981]]).
44: ...n [[William Howard Taft]]. Franklin's dislike of Taft's administration drove him into politics. In [[1... - Rowing (20818 bytes)
163: * [[Thomas Eakins]] (1844-1916), American painter, enthusiastic enough to use ro... - Antarctosaurus (3162 bytes)
21: ...ay]], [[Chile]], [[Brazil]], [[Kazachstan]] and [[Africa]] [http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/clea... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
7: ...ars of the Roses]], fought at Blore Heath, in [[Staffordshire]], [[England]]
13: ...is and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.
29: ...]] world heavyweight champion ever to come from [[Africa]] when he knocks out defending [[WBA]] champi...
54: *[[1916]] - [[Aldo Moro]], Italian politician (d. [[1978]... - Scientific method (40667 bytes)
17: ... and solid and living axioms, on which depend the affairs and fortunes of men". And, last of all, "tho...
43: ...ertainty, and leave the rest for others that come after you]], than to explain all things."''
90: ...he [[Einstein field equation]] was published in [[1916]].
113: ...e method, and must wait for others who might come afterward, and perhaps rekindle its line of reasonin...
116: ...ar of return of [[Halley's comet]] which returned after his death. - Robert Abbot (2381 bytes)
5: ...ster Haiward of Wool Church", in [[Dorset]]. In [[1916]], it is known that he was appointed by George Ab... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
5: ...incapable of "expressing anything but itself". Craft also transcribed several interviews with the com...
17: ...gh a notorious philanderer (even rumoured to have affairs with high-class partners such as [[Coco Cha...
19: ...hip and accepted it as inevitable and permanent. After her death Stravinsky and Vera were married in ...
23: ...had a disregard of his social inferiors: Robert Craft was embarrassed by his habit of tapping a glass ...
25: ...he conductor and [[musicologist]] Robert Craft. Craft lived with Stravinsky until his death, acting as... - Timeline of aviation (3479 bytes)
10: ... - [[1915 in aviation|1915]] - [[1916 in aviation|1916]] - [[1917 in aviation|1917]] - [[1918 in aviatio... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
12: ...[P. B. S. Pinchback]] becomes the first serving [[African American]] governor of a U.S. state
18: ...rmy]] attacks [[Italy|Italian]] forces in [[North Africa]]
63: *[[1916]] - [[Kirk Douglas]], actor and film producer
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