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- Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1900]] to [[1929]]'''.
89: *[[1920]] - First [[radio]] broadcast in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
110: *[[1929]] - [[Herbert Hoover]] becomes President
111: *[[1929]] - [[Saint Valentine's Day Massacre]]
112: *[[1929]] - [[Immigration Act]]
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...th, and [[Belize]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country i...
76:
78: ...Institutional Revolutionary Party]] or PRI), in [[1929]] ended the struggles, uniting all generals and c...
161: ...retches more than 3000 km from northwest to southeast. Its width is varied, from more than 2000 km in t...
163: ..., open to the north, with mountain chains on the east and west and with ocean-front lowlands lying outs... - Luwian language (1607 bytes)
8: ... (1929–1985). Papers from the Fourth East Coast Indo-European Conference, [[Cornell University]],... - Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
18: ...de the white grapefruit and the red, of which the 1929 US Ruby Red (of the Redblush variety) has a [[pat...
24: ...me that grapefruit increases the effects of [[simvastatin]], [[terfenadine]], [[felodipine]], [[nifedip... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
8: ...e are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.
9:
10:
11: .... tornado since the advent of modern weather forecasting
17: - November 4 (10686 bytes)
30: ...ng [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Clark Gable]] -- the last film for both.
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953]])
56: *[[1916]] - [[Walter Cronkite]], news broadcaster
59: *[[1929]] - [[Doris Roberts]], actress
100: * [[Bah�'� Faith]] - Feast of Qudrat (Power) - First day of the 13th month o... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
46: ...vangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...ohn Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
72: ...ams|Adams, Walter Sydney]], (1876-1956), American astronomer
78: *[[Amandus Adamson|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor
79: *[[James Adamson|Adamson, James]], (1946-), astronaut - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
14: ... spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
23: ... [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had been evacuated...
29: ...h Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast to the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwe...
60: ... be her home. She also spends time at [[Balmoral Castle]] in [[Scotland]] and at [[Sandringham House]] ...
64: ...literacy, Queen Elizabeth has witnessed over the past 50 years a gradual transformation of the British ... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
20: ... highest court at that time. On [[October 18]], [[1929]], the committee ruled that Canadian women were i... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
9: ...dbeater's advice to young boys to [[masturbation|masturbate]]. At the time such advice was highly contr...
15: ...ended up disbanding the Order of the Star of the East, which had been founded to support him and of wh... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
3: ...'' ([[June 11]], [[1847]] – [[August 5]], [[1929]]) was a British [[suffragist]] (as opposed to a ... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...ugh one of these lodgers Gladys, aged seven, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The...
7: ...her of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who...
9: ...he won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after...
15: Her last husband was [[Charles 'Buddy' Rogers|Charles 'Bud...
28: * [[1919]]: A very astute business person, she founded [[United Artists]... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
22: ...]], who caught her eye. The two were married in [[1929]]. In [[1931]], Rand became a [[naturalized citiz...
41: ...ion] works, and by giving talks at several east-coast universities, largely through the [[Nathaniel Bra...
68: ...of them seem to have no shortcomings at all, at least from an Objectivist view (Hank Rearden, however, ... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
23: ... Pétain|Pétain]] into English. Contrastingly, Judy Grahn (1989) describes her as, "a 19th...
54: ...e time it is grounded useful, not wistful and fantastic." (p.15)
56: ...ng a variety of interpretations and engagements. Lasty Grahn argues that one must "''inster''stand...en...
58: ...pares Stravinsky's choice of, "the drabbest and least significant phrases," in ''L'Histoire du Soldat''...
74: *''[[Four Saints in Three Acts]]'' (libretto, 1929: music by [[Virgil Thomson]], 1934) - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...icence at the [[London Aeroplane Club]] in late [[1929]]. - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
13: ...e prose poem than to the plot-centred novel. Her last and most ambitious work, "Between the Acts" sums ...
49: *''[[A Room of One's Own]]'' ([[1929]]) - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...[[1937]]), is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the first woman to fly ...
5: ...ennikovo]], a small village in the [[Yaroslavl Oblast]]. After school she worked in a tire factory, and...
11: ...e married fellow cosmonaut [[Andrian Nikolayev]] (1929–2004) and gave birth to their daughter Elen... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
5: ...eceived her Ph.D. from [[Columbia University]] in 1929. She set out in 1925 to do her field work in [[P...
28: ...n-again faith as her reason for admitting to the past deception.) Finally, they suggested that these wo...
59: ...hat at least 50 percent would prefer to have at least one jungle between themselves and their mothers-i... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
2: ...well''' [[March 14]], [[1851]] - [[January 2]], [[1929]], [[United States|US]] [[Army]] nurse nicknamed ...
13: ... [[Columbia University]] awarded her an honorary master of arts. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: ...d gained a reputation in the South and along the Eastern Seaboard.
9: ...d occasionally reverted to singing in clubs. In [[1929]], she appeared in a [[Broadway]] flop called ''P... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
9: ...8212; once for over a year — and in January 1929, she told him they were through. Although he was ...
15: ...down "square" jobs during the period 1927 through 1929, he also cracked safes, burgled stores, and stole...
23: .... Fellow inmate [[Ralph Fults]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to a ratt...
25: ... Texas within weeks, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamilton]]...
27: ... swapping stolen plates regularly. Though Clyde's astounding driving skill and ability to evade capture... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
15: From [[1929]] to [[1948]] Mother Teresa taught [[geography]] ...
77: ...was determined that more than 450,000 women in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) had been systemat...
115: In contrast to the conditions at her homes, Mother Teresa sou... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
15: ...at he had seen her movie The Triumph of Will at least 15 times.
25: ...In her obituaries Riefenstahl was said to be the last famous figure of Germany's Nazi era to die.
33: ...m Piz Pal?(''[[The White Hell of Pitz Palu]]'', [[1929]])
50: * ''[[The Last of the Nuba]]'' (Harper, 1974; [[St. Martin's Pre... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
7: ...[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] performance was in [[1929]], in ''Broken Dishes'' and later in ''Solid Sout...
23: ...[[breast cancer]], and after having suffered at least one serious stroke. She is interred in [[Forest L...
25: She walked out of her last film, "Wicked Stepmother," which was released pos... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
8: ...ch was seen by comedy director Eric Petscher. He cast her in a small part for the movie ''Peter The Tra...
10: ... her in [[film|cinema]] [[acting]] technique and cast her in a major role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[19...
23: ...e movie poster. She was next part of an all star cast in ''[[Grand Hotel (film)|Grand Hotel]]'' ([[1932...
25: ...[[1935 in film|1935]], but she insisted on being cast in another screen version of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolsto...
33: ... Woman]]'', attempted to capitalize upon this by casting Garbo in a romantic comedy that featured her d... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
1: [[Image:AmazinGrace.jpg|thumb|300px|Grace Kelly (1929–1982).]]
3: '''Grace Patricia Kelly''' ([[November 12]], [[1929]] – [[September 14]], [[1982]]), later know...
15: ...l comedy ''[[High Society]]'' ([[1956]]) was her last film, as her [[marriage]] to [[Rainier III, Princ... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
18: *''[[Se Norge]]'' ([[1929]]) (documentary) - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
21: ...h extensions are often criticised by organ enthusiasts as ''unsympathetic'' to the original style.
49: ...ears, many major concert halls around the world boast organs. [[Camille Saint-Sa뮳|Saint-Sa뮳]]' popu...
63: ...s only one pitch at a time, ideally there is at least one pipe for each controlling key or pedal. (Occa...
140: The pipe organ has at least one [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], with 2-5 keybo...
168: ...[Baroque music|Baroque]] [[composer]] [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], have written for the pipe organ. Music... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
12: ... time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the ...
35: ...utive branch of the federal government — a vast organization numbering about 4 million people, in...
184: || [[1923]] || [[1929]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republica...
188: || [[1929]] || [[1933]] || [[Republican Party (United Stat...
291: ... Secret Service until the President's death. The last President to have lifetime Secret Service protect... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
6: ...t bears a possible resemblance to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of Antarctica]].)
15: ...tion]] over the continent, but [[ice]] there can last for extended time periods. Nearly all of Antarct...
24: ...tarctica]], since they correspond roughly to the eastern and western hemispheres relative to the [[Gree...
40: ...[Peter I Island]] at 68?50' S, 90?35'W, claimed [[1929]], the only Antarctic claim area that is not a se...
53: ...lly estimated that at a given time there are at least 1,000 people living in Antarctica. This varies co... - United States (58223 bytes)
66: ...ce for the nation was the [[Great Depression]] ([[1929]]–[[1939]]). The U.S. has also has taken pa...
76: ... population of the state, and each state has at least one representative. As of the [[United States 200...
80: ...[[President of the Senate]], with the ability to cast a tiebreaking vote. These two posts are elected, ...
95: ...e|Air Force]]. The [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] is under the [[Department of Homeland Sec...
110: ...ins]] west of the plains, deserts and temperate coastal zones west of the Rocky Mountains and [[tempera... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
49: ...s]] that separate [[Southwest Asia]] from [[Southeast Europe]]. [[Anatolia]] is situated between the [[...
50: ...hichevan]] and to the northeast; [[Iran]] to the east; and [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]] to the south.
62: ... ways of classifying the history of Turkey. The least disputed classification is based on three global...
72: ...idates may run. To be elected, they must win at least 10% of the vote in the province from which they a...
103: ...al Infantry) and Air Force. The Gendarmerie and Coast Guard operate as the parts of Dept. of Internal A... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
48: ...he north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It's the second larges...
61: ...sion of agriculture and foreign investment in infrastructure. Conservative forces dominated Argentine p...
80: ...or a third term or more after an interval of at least one term. The president appoints [[cabinet (gover...
88: ...rly known as ''capital federal''), marked with an asterisk:
156: ...entina's economy had been on a Keynesian roller-coaster ride, and since the late 1970s the country had ... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ... and [[People's Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poore...
30: | '''[[Land borders]]'''<br>'''[[Coastline]]''' || 5,529 km<br>none
66: ...[1919]] (assassination), [[1929]] (abdication), [[1929]] (execution), [[1933]] (assassination), [[1973]]...
68: The last period of stability in Afghanistan lay between [[...
72: ...ern Alliance]] strongholds primarily in the northeast. The Taliban sought to impose a strict interpreta... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
1: ...stern [[Europe]] which borders [[Russia]] to the east, [[Belarus]] to the north, [[Poland]], [[Slovakia...
3: ...itory of present-day Ukraine was a key centre of East Slavic culture in the [[Middle Ages]] before bein...
42: ...T]] ([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+2)<br/>[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] ([[Coordinated Uni...
60: ...-Iranian language moved from Ukraine to the southeast but many also remained.
64: ...e Rus' its first powerful dynasty, the [[Rurik Dynasty]]. - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
52: ...] to the south and east, [[Hungary]] to the northeast, and [[Austria]] to the north.
65: ...Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]], later renamed, in [[1929]], the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. Following the r...
91: The last two are usually considered together as Primorska ...
139: ...st, up to 3500 mm for the Alps, 800 mm for south east and 1400 mm for central Slovenia.
210: * [[Coast of Slovenia]] - Flag of Colorado (1126 bytes)
4: ...y within the center stripe. On [[February 28]], [[1929]], the General Assembly added to the description ... - Flag of West Virginia (372 bytes)
2: ...was adopted by [[West Virginia]] on [[7 March]] [[1929]]. - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
10: ...dam was raised in two phases, 1907–1912 and 1929–1933.
23: ...hich was once brought by the Nile) all along the eastern Mediterranean.
25: ...an fish stocks are also impacted by the dam. The eastern basin of the Mediterranean is low in fertility... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
4: ...t has become statistically the greatest sports dynasty in history, the [[New York Yankees]]. His inter...
15: ...deral League]], a rebel major league which would last only 2 years, placed a team in Baltimore, across ...
41: ...920 figures for slugging and reaching base. Most astonishingly, he broke the home run record for the t...
51: ...d, but despite this, they had just enough to get past [[George Sisler]] and the heavy-hitting [[St. Lou...
57: ... of land in the [[Bronx]] for $600,000 from the [[Astor]] estate. After a year of construction and a c... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
54: ...el [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
40: *[[Lev Yashin|Yashin, Lev]], ([[1929]]-[[1990]]), Russian football goalkeeper
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall ...
68: ...|Yegorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...eksei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
86: *[[Yi Jachun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
3: ...years of rebuilding and coming to terms with the vast human cost of the conflict. Unlike after [[World ...
17: ...300,000 vehicles registered in [[1918]], but by [[1929]] there were 1.9 million. The automobile had wide...
19: ...the [[media]] of the masses, the first mass broadcasting medium. Radios were affordable and entertainin...
23: ===New infrastructure===
25: ...logies led to an unprecedented need for new [[infrastructure]], mostly built by the [[government]]. Cru... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
22: ...he United States, and provided U.S. farmers with vast expanses of land.
26: ...ritain imposed a loose blockade of the American coast.
28: ...e of the American coast. The embargo, however, devastated American agricultural exports while Britain f...
32: ...e 'status quo ante' after bitter fighting, which lasted until January 8, 1815 (after the peace treaty) ...
34: ...he federal government forcibly deported the Southeastern tribes to less fertile territories to the west... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
6: ...measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at G...
8: ... the last Sunday in October and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year lo...
33: ...to do so. It was based on the longitude 172? 30' East of [[Greenwich]], that is 11 hours 30 minutes ahe...
35: ... Central Standard Time, [[local mean time]], and Eastern Standard Time until it settled on EST by ordin...
37: ...ajor countries had adopted hourly time zones by [[1929]]. Even today, they have not been fully realized,... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ...y related to, but distinct from [[science]] (at least in the modern conception). [[Technology]] concern...
29: Many ancient civilizations collected astronomical information in a systematic manner throu...
40: ... and is known as the philosophic school of [[scholasticism]]. The rise of [[Christianity]] saw a strang...
48: ===The Middle Ages: Eastern World===
52: ...8th]] centuries, a period of Islamic scholarship lasted until the [[14th century]]. This scholarship wa... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
370: *[[Anne Dunn]] ([[1929]]-)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
401: *[[Julian Falat]] ([[1853]]-[[1929]])
531: *[[Robert Henri]] ([[1865]]-[[1929]]) - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...roduces its sounds using [[electronics]]. In contrast, the term [[electric instrument]] is used to mean...
18: Ca. 1929 [[Friedrich Trautwein]] invented the [[Trautonium... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
5: ...nium]], and increasingly, [[Graphite-reinforced_plastic|carbon fiber]], which is prized for its lightne...
25: During the last years of the 18th century, [[Sir George Cayley]] ...
33: ...turing his spine. He died the next day, with his last words being "sacrifices must be made". Lilienthal...
41: ...pont Langley]]. After a distinguished career in [[astronomy]] and a tenure at the [[Smithsonian Institu...
53: ...elin flight occurred on [[July 2]], [[1900]]. It lasted for only 18 minutes, as LZ 1 was forced to land... - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...per. Others include [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[canvas...
10: ...nting using pigments in a water medium on wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the...
21: ...|right|200px|[[Francis Picabia]], ''Ridens'', (c. 1929), gouache and watercolor on cardboard, 104 x 74 c...
33: According to a tradition, dating from at least the early [[20th century]], the white of the pape... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
20: ... - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
28: *[[Emile Berliner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[...
73: *[[George Eastman]], (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — ...
77: *[[John S. Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple ...
100: *[[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]], (1638-... - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
10: ...imeline of United States history (1900-1929)|1900-1929]] - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
25: ...ccupied in [[1899]], made a formal territory in [[1929]]. - Great Depression (16069 bytes)
1: ...ross Domestic Product | GDP]] could surpass their 1929 levels.
12: ...es proposed include the [[stock market crash]] of 1929, collapse of the [[gold standard]], collapse of [...
18: ...ting to telltale signs of an imminent economic disaster in various statistics leading up to the Depress...
28: ...[[dust storm]]s. For a farming people this was disastrous, and these migrants were led westward by adve...
53: ...o advocated government spending in a crisis. In [[1929]] federal expenditures constituted only 3% of the... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
164: ...imeline of United States history (1900-1929)|1900-1929]]</td> - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1900]] to [[1929]]'''.
89: *[[1920]] - First [[radio]] broadcast in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
110: *[[1929]] - [[Herbert Hoover]] becomes President
111: *[[1929]] - [[Saint Valentine's Day Massacre]]
112: *[[1929]] - [[Immigration Act]] - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
55: *[[1937]] - [[Hindenburg disaster]]
61: ...he Worlds (radio)|The War of the Worlds]]'' broadcast
124: *[[1949]] - Germany divided into [[East Germany|East]] and [[West Germany|West]]
133: ...imeline of United States history (1900-1929)|1900-1929]]</td> - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
7: ...ies in the defeated region after the war, caused lasting bitterness among Southerners toward the U.S. g...
11: ...ion Act was passed on [[March 2]], [[1867]]; the last on [[March 11]], [[1868]]. The first Reconstruct...
13: ...f the original [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years.
30: As in the East, expansion into the plains and mountains by miner...
32: ...ans continued through the Civil War. In 1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold r... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
32: ...n retrospect the 1920s are sometimes seen as the last gasp of [[Laissez-faire capitalism|laissez-faire ...
44: In [[1929]] the world's most prosperous nation was the [[Un...
46: ...lic was not buying products as rapidly as in the past); and other signposts of economic health—fr...
48: ...ock market crash]] of Thursday, [[October 24]], [[1929]]. The events in the [[United States]] triggered...
52: ...arket for goods that they were producing. Even in 1929, after nearly a decade of economic growth, more t... - Plato (17363 bytes)
8: ... [[Alfred North Whitehead]], Process and Reality, 1929]]
14: ... to his personal account — he attended his master's trial, though not his execution. Unlike Socra...
31: ...ophy being discussed; one can choose between at least two options of perception: either to participate ...
37: ... well as the concept of an ideal state which Zoroaster called Shahrivar (an ideal city).
47: ...o completely eclipsed that of Plato that the Scholastic philosophers referred to Aristotle as "the Phil... - Zoology (5641 bytes)
37: ...on's merit that he rejected the legendary and fantastic accretions, and returned to Aristotle and the o...
57: * [[Edward Osborne Wilson|E. O Wilson]], b. [[1929]], ([[entomology]], founder of [[sociobiology]]) - January 17 (12233 bytes)
7: ...ign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] dynasty.
9: ...feat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[So...
19: * [[1929]] - [[Popeye|Popeye the Sailor Man]], a [[cartoon...
50: *[[1763]] - [[John Jacob Astor]], American entrepreneur (d. [[1848]])
74: *[[1929]] - [[Jacques Plante]], hockey player (d. [[1986]... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: *[[1492]] - [[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surren...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practic...
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]) .
30: *[[1929]] - [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] agree on...
42: ... match, [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. See [[Ibrox disaster]]. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
7: Since [[1929]], the pope's temporal title has been [[Sovereign...
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]], ([[Chair o...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small>
43: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[26 April]]</small>
50: | <small>Martyred; feast day [[23 November]]</small> - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...ts of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ...nd the area surrounding the [[harbor|harbour]] devastated, although they had not been aware of any [[wa...
18: ...arthquakes, dissipate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the smal...
22: ...eeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area. The sheer weight of water is enough to pu...
24: ... hours between its creation and its impact on a coast, arriving long after the [[seismic wave]] generat... - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: ...st World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on ...
15: ...nstitute a World Cup of Baseball, to be held at least quadrennially during the Northern Hemisphere wint...
85: ...he next three, and the first team would host the last two if necessary; the leagues alternated which re...
103: ...he margin of victory for the Athletics, and his blast in Game 3 off [[Christy Mathewson]] tied that gam...
108: ...est upset of all time. The "Miracle Braves", in last place on July 4th, roared on to win the NL pennan... - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
3: ...ed in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. They are in the Eastern Division of the [[American League]]. They are ...
26: ...home field [[Oriole Park(s)|Oriole Park]] in a disastrous mid-season fire. The huge post-season crowds ...
34: ...nants, and five of the first six American League Eastern Division titles. They played baseball the "Ori...
223: *[[George Caster]]
326: *Walks: [[Lu Blue]], 126 (1929) - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
11: ...1906]], [[1907]], [[1908]], [[1910]], [[1918]], [[1929]], [[1932]], [[1935]], [[1938]], [[1945]]
20: ...tockings were close contenders all summer, but disaster struck on [[October 8]] when a fire began in Mr...
55: ...d, especially after they acquired the services of astute baseball man [[William Veeck, Sr.]]
57: ...lishment of winning a pennant every three years - 1929, 1932, 1935 and 1938 - sometimes in thrilling fas...
59: ...d Series, and have not been back since then, at least through the [[2004]] season. - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
44: ... any other: [[Tommy Lasorda]] and (hometown broadcaster) [[Vin Scully]].
46: ...e was a young pitcher (whose playing days didn't last very long).
48: ...f the Dodgers listening to his radio and TV broadcasts know and love his distinctive [[New York]] radio...
52: ...ual NL champion [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. Only a masterful performance by journeyman [[Jose Lima]] kept...
340: *[[Las Vegas 51s]] (AAA, Pacific Coast League) Moved From Albuquerque, formerly [[Albuqu... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
12: ...1905]], [[1910]], [[1911]], [[1913]], [[1914]], [[1929]], [[1930]], [[1931]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974...
13: ...ships won''' (9): [[1910]], [[1911]], [[1913]], [[1929]], [[1930]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974]], [[1989...
24: ...cions that the A's had thrown the Series, or at least "laid down", perhaps in protest of Mack's notorio...
26: ...36-117 (.235) in 1916. The team would finish in last place every year after that until 1922, when it f...
28: ...won over 100 games. There are those who feel the 1929 A?s were the best team in baseball history, even ... - High jump (8613 bytes)
6: ...an to modernize, starting with M.F. Sweeney's ''Eastern cut-off''. By taking off as in the scissors, ...
29: at:1929 text:[[Carolina_Gisoll]]_1,60_m
59: ...nating international high jump competitions. The last straddler to set a world record was the late Vlad...
61: ...ranklin Jacobs, who cleared 2.32 m (7'7-1/2"), an astounding two feet (0.59 m) over his head; Chinese r...
71: ...ern high jump bar is made of [[glass-reinforced plastic]] or [[aluminium]]. Other materials are allowed... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
52: ...]], (1873-1964), Swedish chemist, winner of the [[1929]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
93: *[[Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner]] (1783 - 1857)
140: *[[Louis Pasteur]], (1822-1895), French [[biochemistry|biochemi...
198: *[[William Hyde Wollaston]], (1766-1828), [[England|English]] [[chemist]] - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
31: ...er to deflect persistent rumours about his [[pederasty]]. ''See [[#On his interest in boys|discussion b...
39: ...owell''', of Gilwell in the County of Essex, in [[1929]], [[Gilwell Park]] being the International Scout...
49: ...tesy titles of [[The Honourable|Honourable]] in [[1929]]; the son later succeeding his father in [[1941]...
63: ... suspect that Tod's relations were anything but chaste, and his pictures were rather in keeping with th...
67: ...n a book for Rover Scouts that the temptation to masturbate was "a quite natural stage of development" ... - Philo Farnsworth (6489 bytes)
11: ...ciently to hold a demonstration for the press. In 1929 the system was further improved by elimination of... - Tricycle (4572 bytes)
7: ...nd more likely to slide instead of roll. In contrast, a delta with the front brake on hard must go alm...
11: ...epending on the riding position, capable of very fast cornering. A few trikes are designed to tilt into...
15: ...grips (while leaning!)and steer by braking. At least, braking the inside tire will warn you it is gett...
17: ...belong to the Tricycle Association, formed in the 1929, and take part in its day rides, tours and time t... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
110: *[[Vincenzo Gemito]] (1852 - 1929)
192: *[[Clement Meadmore]] (1929 - 2005)
239: *[[Patrick Pye]] (1929 - ) - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
21: ... since Dunedin's curves were too steep to allow coasting, while the latter forced a wedge down into the...
31: ...ith such cars, would also prove to be the second last city to operate them, closing down in [[1957]].
33: In the last decades of the 20th century cable cars have seen ...
63: ...glas]] (on the [[Isle of Man]]) ([[1896]]–[[1929]]) - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
19: ...[[1967]]–[[1975]]). Reagan was also a broadcaster, [[actor]], and head of the [[Screen Actor's Gu...
31: ...rs. Though earning mediocre grades, he made many lasting friendships. Reagan developed an early gift fo...
35: ...or Bonzo]]''. Reagan was kidded widely about the last named film because his co-star was a chimpanzee. ...
38: ...combat duty, but was turned down because of his [[astigmatism]].
121: ...rhetorical style varied. He used strong, even bombastic language to condemn the Soviet Union and commun... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
28: ...His youngest sister, [[Ruth Carter Stapleton]] ([[1929]]-[[1983]]), became a well known [[Christian evan...
60: Amongst Presidents who served at least one full term, Carter is the only one who never m...
77: ...rs" upon which U.S. strategic policy in [[Middle East]] was built. However, his rule was strongly autoc...
81: ...an hostage crisis]] continued, and dominated the last year of Carter's presidency, even though almost h...
96: ...hope and our determination and our goodwill in a vast and awesome universe."[http://www.presidentialufo... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
34: ... V. Moseley]], Assistant Secretary of War, from [[1929]] to [[1933]]. He then served as chief military a...
43: ...estern Desert Campaign|Western Desert]] from the east and was ready for the start of [[Tunisia Campaign...
45: ... the Allied [[Battle of Normandy|assault on the coast of Normandy]] in June [[1944]] under the code nam...
49: ...he successful landings on D-Day and the BBC broadcast of Eisenhower's brief speech concerning them, the...
92: * [[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] with one silver and four bron... - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
58: ...h he remained for another ten years. He was the last president not to earn a [[college]] degree, altho...
61: ...w of [[Tom Pendergast|Thomas Joseph (T.J.) Pendergast]] a Kansas City politician.
68: ...er women dedicated across the country in 1928 and 1929.
70: ... his initial reputation as a member of the Pendergast [[Political machine|machine]].
72: ...e "Truman Committee") made a scandal of military wastefulness by exposing fraud and mismanagement. His ... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1929]]
19: ...0]], [[1964]]) is best known as being the 31st ([[1929]]-[[1933]]) [[President of the United States|Pres...
26: ...vid Copperfield]]'', the story of another orphan cast into the world to live by his wits, would remain ...
43: ...nd ballroom of the Savoy Hotel was turned into a vast canteen and distribution center for food, clothin...
66: ... public good - such as regulating [[radio]] broadcasting and aviation, he preferred that a voluntary, n... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
34: ...sachusetts. He was heavily influenced by the headmaster, [[Endicott Peabody (educator)|Endicott Peabody...
48: ...n of the Navy pushed through. He became an enthusiastic advocate of the [[submarine]], and also of mean...
70: Roosevelt came to office in [[1929]] as a reform Democrat, but with no overall plan ...
80: ...but eventually Smith's supporters from the north-eastern states were persuaded to support Roosevelt, an...
84: ...l production had fallen by more than half since [[1929]]. In a country with few government social servic... - Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
7: ...'</td><td>[[August 3]], [[1923]] - [[March 3]], [[1929]]</td></tr>
21: ...es|Vice President]] and the thirtieth ([[1923]]-[[1929]]) [[President of the United States]], succeedin...
39: ...ends that she could get the president to say at least three words during the course of the meal. Upon ...
43: ...ion was the first presidential inauguration broadcast on radio, on [[February 12]], [[1924]] he became ...
47: Coolidge was the last President of the United States who did not attemp... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
13: ...cs]] in the [[United States]]. On [[March 21]], [[1929]] he was presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his...
22: ...e married the author [[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]] in 1929. He taught her how to fly and did much of the exp...
38: ...whom they met sporadically when he came to visit. Astrid later read a magazine article about Lindbergh ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
31: ..., his mother Klara died a painful death from [[breast cancer]]. He gave his share of the orphans' benef...
33: ...mmunity, including many [[Orthodox Jews]] from [[Eastern Europe]]. He was influenced by the [[pseudosci...
45: ... his only education and suggests he did have at least some understanding of the military.
73: ...ticularly hostile. The [[1930]] election was a disaster for [[Heinrich Br?]'s centre-right government, ...
75: ... death, which is generally viewed as an event of lasting turmoil for Hitler. - Richard E. Byrd (4114 bytes)
9: ...can]] aviator and explorer [[Bernt Balchen]] has cast significant doubt on their claim. Nonetheless, th...
12: ...xpeditions were resumed and on [[November 29]], [[1929]] the famous flight to the South Pole was launche... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
6: ...ory in the [[Battle of Yamen]] ends the [[Song Dynasty]] in [[China]].
19: *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: Off the coast of [[Japan]], a [[dive bomber]] hits the [[aircra...
26: ... Girl from Ipanema]]'', sung by [[Astrud Gilberto|Astrud]] and [[Jo㯠Gilberto]].
29: ...ed States House of Representatives]] begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable televisi...
35: *[[2004]] - [[Ĥnekoski bus disaster]] - A [[long-distance lorry]] and a [[bus]] cra... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
8: *[[1602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
111: *[[1926]] - [[Princess Louise of Sweden]], (b. [[1929]])
112: *[[1929]] - [[Ferdinand Foch]], French commander of allie...
115: ...iet Union|Soviet]] [[football]] goalkeeper, (b. [[1929]])
127: *Feast of [[Cuthbert of Lindisfane|St. Cuthbert]], [[pat... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
17: ... The free [[Woolwich Ferry]] officially opens in east [[London]].
32: *1989 - A 1,000-foot diameter [[Near-Earth asteroid]] misses the [[Earth]] by 400,000 miles.
44: ...erre Simon de Laplace]], French mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1827]])
63: *[[1929]] - Sir [[Roger Bannister]], runner
94: *[[1369]] - King [[Peter I of Castile]] (b. [[1334]]) - Topeka, Kansas (10234 bytes)
35: ...depositing meat, lumber, and flour and returning eastward with potatoes, corn, and wheat. By the late [...
41: ... a boom period that ended in disaster. There was vast [[speculation]] on town lots. The [[1889]] bubble...
52: ...arted on the southwest side of town, moving northeast, passing over a local landmark named Burnetts Mou...
58: ... author; [[Charles Curtis]], U.S. Vice President (1929–33); and [http://www.topeka.k12.ks.us/meado...
60: ... site of [[Washburn University]], notable as the last city-chartered university in the United States. - Raleigh, North Carolina (12457 bytes)
27: time zone = Eastern|
42: The tornado blasted a 84-mile long path, an unusually drawn out len...
53: *[[Jessie Taliaferro]] (District B, northeast Raleigh)
54: ...n)|James West]] (District C, mayor pro tem, southeast Raleigh)
90: ...edham B. Broughton High School''', was founded in 1929 and is a [[co-educational]], [[International Bacc... - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
53: <td align="center">'''East:''' [[Del City, Oklahoma|Del City]] <br>[[Midwest...
67: ...nd cheap land. While sprawl has stretched the infrastructure of the city government and, some have comp...
75: ...nstruction period. [[Tinker Air Force Base]], in East OKC, is a major BRAC maintenance and deployment f...
96: ... downtown was created, as the inscription on its eastern gate says, "to honor the victims, survivors, r...
106: ...s a western themed amusement park with numerous coasters, rides, and games for all ages. The park also ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - )
190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
245: *[[Pierre Fatou]] (France, [[1878]] - [[1929]])
299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
90: *[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] ([[France]])
132: *[[Josep Comas Sol ([[Spain]])<!--Last name = "Comas Solᦱuot;, list under C -->
166: *[[Terence Dickinson]], ([[Canada]]), astronomer and author
202: *[[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] ([[France]], [[1914]... - Economy of Estonia (6977 bytes)
8: By [[1929]], a stable currency, the [[Kroon]] (or crown), w...
12: ...Estonia has styled itself as the gateway between East and West and aggressively pursued economic reform...
18: ...etween the West, Russia, and other points to the East.
20: ... on fixed pensions. The formerly industrial northeast section of Estonia is undergoing a severe economi...
25: ...riers, is nearly unique in Europe. Estonia also boasts a national currency which is freely convertible ... - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ... seat of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and its [[Eastern Rite]].
39: |[[Lateran treaties]]<br>[[11 February]] [[1929]]
64: ...pes and Italy were resolved on [[February 11]], [[1929]] by three [[Lateran treaties]], which establishe...
73: ...ty. The legal system is based on canon, or ecclesiastical, law; if [[canon law]] is not applicable, the...
77: Created in [[1929]] to provide a territorial identity for the Holy ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
133: *[[Annette Baier]], (born 1929){{fn|O}}
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century) - July 24 (8660 bytes)
15: *[[1915]] - Passenger ship ''[[Eastland]]'' capsizes in central [[Chicago]], with the...
18: *[[1929]] - The [[Kellogg-Briand Pact]], renouncing [[war...
23: ...[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]] perform their last [[comedy show]] together which started on [[July ...
31: *[[2001]] - [[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]], the last [[List of Bulgarian monarchs|Tsar]] of [[Bulgaria...
57: *[[1929]] - [[Oriana Fallaci]], Italian journalist and au... - Yo-yo (9646 bytes)
3: ...oy]] consisting of two equally-sized discs of [[plastic]], [[wood]], or [[metal]], connected with an [[...
7: Yo-yoing is a popular pastime around the world. Although generally associate...
21: ...aintains that use of the folk toy dates back at least a number of centuries. The name ''yo-yo'' is deri...
25: ... with a dozen handmade toys; by [[November]] of [[1929]], Flores was operating two additional factories ...
28: ...lambeau Plastics, who had manufactured Duncan's plastic models since [[1955]]. They continue to run the... - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
100: *[[Gastaudio]] ([[1978]]-) - (Argentina)
110: *[[Sebastien Grosjean]] ([[1978]]-)- (France)
191: *[[Ken McGregor]] ([[1929]]-) - (Australia)
210: *[[Ilie Nastase]] ([[1946]]-) - ([[:Category:Romanian tennis p...
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