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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...reat Lakes (Africa)|Great Lakes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[T...
3: ...tsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority.
11: image_map = LocationBurundi.png |
14: capital = [[Bujumbura]] |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 627 | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: *[[Patriarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Consta...
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world ti...
6: *[[Bernard Accama|Accama, Bernard]] (1697-1756), Dutch painter
7: ...irk Acevedo|Acevedo, Kirk]] (born 1974), Puerto Rican actor - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ... of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor...
16: ...here I can look at you most of my waking hours! I can't kiss you [in person] so I kiss your picture go...
20: ... perform at [[Constitution Hall]] in Washington because of her skin color. Mrs. Roosevelt arranged fo...
22: ...cism), she was the connection to the African-American population and helped Mr. Roosevelt win a lot of... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...n 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where they...
8: ... first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
14: ...[Venezuela]]. While there, she worked for the Caracas newspaper ''El Nacional'' and as a teacher in a ...
18: ...Gordon, and has lived since then in [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]. In [[2003]] she obtained [[... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...er account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Africa]]''.
5: ...Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ...ron Bror von Blixen-Finecke]], and the couple relocated to Kenya where they operated a [[coffee]] plan...
17: * ''The de Cats Family'' (1909, published in ''[[Tilskueren]]''...
20: * ''[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA) - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...rsue a career as a test pilot. In the 1930s she became fairly famous, setting many [[glider]] aerobati...
6: ...le under direct command of Karl Franke she soon became a major test pilot on the [[Junkers Ju 87]] ''S...
8: ...ting [[barrage balloon]] cables. Eventually she became [[Adolf Hitler]]'s favourite pilot. Reitsch wa...
10: Near the end of the war she became involved in testing the [[V-1 Flying Bomb]], wh...
12: ...h their parents, but he would not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fir... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ...smonaut corps. Out of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]], [...
7: ...t woman and first civilian to fly into space. Her call sign in this flight was '''Chayka''' ([[English...
9: ...o her prominence she was chosen for several political positions: From [[1966]] to [[1974]] she was a m... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[crystallographer]] who made impo...
5: ...lped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ... and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ... on the structure of carbons. Indeed on several occasions after accepting a position at King's, but be... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ...rald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ..." improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...d several hit songs with them, including "(If You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was...
10: ...uite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...ngers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their shows with the famous Ellington'... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...eatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1...
6: ...ild, Franklin and her sisters, [[Carolyn Franklin|Carolyn]] and [[Erma Franklin|Erma]], sang at her fa...
8: ...tist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this perio...
12: ...ance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]].
14: ...'"Angel",'' written by her sister Carolyn which became a soul classic. - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
3: ..., [[Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]) is an American [[blues rock]] [[singer]], [[guitarist]] and son...
7: ...rnia|Los Angeles]] and found work as a [[backup vocalist]] for many major label acts. She was recruite...
9: ...ll Bottrell and other musicians to form what they called "The Tuesday Night Music Club." They would ge...
11: ... [[Grammy]] awards in [[1994]]: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "All I Wanna Do"; Record of the ...
13: ...etted her two Grammy awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best New Album. Other singles in... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ...76]], [[Stuttgart]]) was a [[Germany|German]] radical leftist militant who started out as a journalist...
5: ...girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[September 21]], [[1962]].
7: ...ommon man and the imperialism of the [[capitalism|capitalist]] system.
9: Captured in [[1972]] in [[Langenhagen]], she was, du... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ench cuisine]] and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many [[cookbook]]s and te...
6: ...in. Civic-minded, she volunteered with the [[American Red Cross]] and, after the bombing of [[Pearl Ha...
8: ...re husband Paul Cushing Child, a high-ranking OSS cartographer, and later to [[China]], where she rece...
10: ...] to Mr. Child, a man of sophisticated palate who came from a prominent [[Boston, Massachusetts | Bost...
14: ...s. Child work with them to make it appeal to Americans. - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ...lle Ball]] home because she was "too shy"), and became a star.
7: ...he received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...]]'' ([[1950]]), for which she received another Oscar nomination, put her back on top.
11: ... ever worked together onscreen in either of their careers, was a smash hit and a top-grosser that year... - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
2: ...vember 19]], [[1962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Actor|actress]] and [[Film director|director...
4: ==Life and career==
5: ...orn in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] where she attended an exclusive prep sc...
7: ...the age of 14, she earned a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her r...
9: ...den Globe]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Awards]] as Best Actress for her role as a ga... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...an 70-year acting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest act...
5: ...n children became well-versed in social and political issues. Once a very young Katharine Hepburn eve...
7: ...e would later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own prat...
10: ...r got a degree from BM in history and philosophy; can this be a mistake? other sources say her degree ...
12: ...e married, the couple separated. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and t... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...o teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicolone and grew up in poverty in wartime [[...
7: ...discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
9: ...ting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...ich she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
13: ... being the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English lang... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] of the [[20th century]]. Her...
6: ...s not her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley...
8: ...eane with Albert and Ida Bolender of [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]], southwest of [[Downtown Los ...
10: ... died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]].
12: ...adys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guardian. After Grace married in [[1935]], ... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...], best known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[1964]]) and ''[[...
5: ...ws her American debut). During her run in the musical, she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s tele...
7: ... her in a period musical: as [[Guenevere]] in ''[[Camelot]]'' opposite [[Richard Burton]] and newcomer...
9: ...e]]'' ([[1967]]), with [[Mary Tyler Moore]] and [[Carol Channing]].
11: ...f the Year]] by the [[Harvard University]] theatrical society. - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ...th Games]] medals. In [[October]] [[1962]] she became the first woman to swim the 100 metres in less ...
4: ..., wore an old swimsuit (which angered sponsors) because it was more comfortable, and, it was alleged, ...
6: ...came a publican, swimming coach and in [[1988]] became a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for ...
15: ...[[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]]
22: *[[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962 Perth Commonwealth Games]] - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: '''Jackie Joyner-Kersee''' (born [[March 3]], [[1962]]) is generally considered as the best all-around...
8: ... she saw a man get killed. A few years later, she called her grandmother to talk, only to find out her...
10: ...ercise-induced [[asthma]], and on more than one occasion had to be hospitalized following an event. - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...] and became a US citizen in [[1981]]. During her career she won 18 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]]...
5: ...her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then took the n...
7: ===Tennis career===
11: ...ruggled with her weight in the early years of her career (and was at one point unflatteringly labelled...
13: ...to defect. Within a month, she received a [[Green Card]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
22: ...d Style and New Style dates|Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. H...
24: ...nspired Adams with zeal for the cause of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, A...
28: ...contentiousness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested...
31: ... in London in [[1768]] as ''A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law''), in which he argued that the... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic-Republican]]
18: ...dor]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|...
20: ...Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]], saying, "I think this is the most extraordinar...
22: ==Biographical information== - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...long plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific Ring of Fire]]").
5: ... tectonic theory arose out of two separate geological observations: [[continental drift]], noticed in...
8: ...s division should not be confused with the ''chemical'' subdivision of the Earth into (from innermost ...
10: ...trench]]es. The majority of the world's active volcanoes occur along plate boundaries, with the Pacifi...
12: ... of this principle, which is essentially a large-scale version of [[Archimedes]]' Bath). - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...ca]], and the second largest country on the [[Africa]]n continent. It is bordered by [[Tunisia]] in th...
17: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAlgeria.png]]
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [...
38: | From [[France]]<br>[[July 5]], [[1962]]
53: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Samoa (9435 bytes)
14: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
16: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationSamoa.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''
37: | From [[New Zealand]]<br>[[January 1]], [[1962]]
51: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...t from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its capital.
16: | align=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationGambia.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''
51: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
61: ...gland and France struggled continuously for political and commercial supremacy in the regions of the S... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...with some hills in the island's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[Equator]] and 59? west of t...
3: ...island's interior are also dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good vi...
9: ...lodoid-Barrancoid. For the next few centries, the Caribs—like the Arawak and the Salodoid-Barran...
11: ...[[Slavery|slave labor]] on [[plantation]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving elsewhere.
13: ...ess, Barbados always enjoyed a large measure of local autonomy. Its House of Assembly began meeting in... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...o the southwest the [[Cayman Islands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Haiti]].
6: ...ing the [[19th century]] until the [[Spanish-American War]] of [[1898]]. The [[United States]] occupie...
8: ...an about 12%, one of the lowest in the latin american countries.
10: ...ised. Among other things, [[healthcare]] and [[education]] freely available were expanded to cover all...
12: ...lear Stand-off, between the United States of America and Russia. - Uganda (11554 bytes)
1: ...lic of Uganda''', a country in east-central [[Africa]], bordered in the east by [[Kenya]], in the nort...
3: ...ortion of the south of the country, including the capital [[Kampala]].
11: image_map = LocationUganda.png|
15: capital = [[Kampala]] |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $245| - Rwanda (10946 bytes)
8: image_map = LocationRwanda.png |
11: capital = [[Kigali]] |
31: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 1,268 |
32: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 144 |
35: ...ished_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] | - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]] are situated.
3: |+<big><big>'''Jamaica'''</big></big>
7: ...[[Image:Jamaica flag large.png|125px|Flag of Jamaica]]
8: ...ht="135px" | [[Image:Jamaica_coat_medium.gif|Jamaica: Coat of Arms]]
10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jamaica|In Detail]]) - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
1: ...nes''' is an independent sovereign state of the [[Caribbean]], part of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]...
14: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
16: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationSaintVincentAndTheGrenadines.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''
43: | [[East Caribbean dollar]] - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...dal]] [[Second Congo War]] (known also as the African World War), the deadliest conflict since [[World...
14: image_map = LocationDRCongo.png |
17: capital = [[Kinshasa]] |
37: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 673 |
38: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 162 | - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ...f Malawi''' is a land-locked nation in [[East Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Tanzania]] to the north, [...
8: image_map = LocationMalawi.png |
11: capital = [[Lilongwe]] |
31: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $619 |
32: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 164 | - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...ed country in [[southern Africa|south-central Africa]]. It borders the [[Democratic Republic of the C...
9: image_map = LocationZambia.png |
12: capital = [[Lusaka]] |
32: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 883 |
33: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 157 | - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
13: ... the roll's length were on one side, all the vertical fibres on the other. Greek texts were written on...
15: ...[[Mount Vesuvius]], but has only been partially excavated.
17: ...the codex form, and in the Gr棯-Roman world it became common to cut sheets from papyrus rolls in orde...
19: ...cularly in moist climates, and the fact that they can be manufactured anywhere. The latest certain da...
21: ...in Egypt for the tourist trade was developed in [[1962]] by the Egyptian engineer [[Hassan Ragab]] using... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
7: Map = ak-locator.png |
10: Capital = [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] |
12: ...glish language|English]] 85.7%, Native North American 5.2%, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] 2.9% |
66: ...kon|Yukon Territory]] and [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] to the east, the [[Gulf of Alaska]] and the...
69: ... all, of the pre-Columbian population of the Americas probably took this route and continued further s... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
2: Name = South Carolina |
3: Fullname = State of South Carolina |
4: Flag = South Carolina state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of South Carolina]] |
6: Seal = SouthCarolinastateseal.jpg | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...e there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ... Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
76: *[[Michelle Yeoh|Yeoh, Michelle]] (born 1962), Chinese actor
130: *[[Yoshikawa Eiji|Yoshikawa, Eiji]], ([[1892]]-[[1962]]), novelist
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
1: ...encyclopedia]]s (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
7: ...window and run it. (The other table scripts there can also be used here: transposing columns and rows,...
11: (e.g. good old Netscape 3.04 gold) can't handle the page size.
14: <caption> Alternate versions </caption>
15: <tr bgcolor="#FFD700"><th> Alphabetical <tr><td> - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: '''Space exploration''' is the physical exploration of outer-[[Earth]] objects and gener...
4: ...tronger and lighter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-...
6: ...le trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsule.
13: ...al flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]].
15: ...ght. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...odern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical knowledge]], a global community of [[scholar]]s,...
6: ...ystems, which differs from the search for [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science...
11: ... it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. The [[sociology of science...
13: ...d that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of inves...
15: ...' in [[1962]], there has been much debate in the academic community over the meaning and objectivity o... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Food (24212 bytes)
5: ...h]], the term ''food'' is often used [[metaphor]]ically or figuratively, as in ''food for thought''.
8: ...[Western world|Western]] food law recognises four categories of object as food:
15: *[http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdcact1.htm US federal definition of food]
21: ===Historical development===
23: ...Human]]s are [[omnivore|omnivorous]] animals that can consume both plant and animal products. Evidenc... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...ies by area|seventh largest]] country by geographical [[area]].
3: ...the past two decades the country has grown significantly, in its economic and military roles, regional...
5: ...rsian]] version of ''[[Sindhu]]'', the historic local appellation for the river [[Indus river|Indus]];...
13: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. From [[180 BC]], a series of invasions from [[...
21: ...First War of Indian Independence]], most of India came under the direct administrative control of the ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
10: ...l; Capitulation of South Vietnam<br>• Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
14: ...<br><br><br>[[United States|United States of America]]<br><br />[[Image:Us flag large.png|105px|Flag o...
22: !colspan="2" |Casualties
27: !colspan="2" |'''Civilian Casualties: ''' c. 2—4 million
29: !colspan="2" |Categories - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
4: ... Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] gains power, and [[McCarthyism]] (1950-1954) begins
5: *[[1950]] - [[McCarran Internal Security Act]]
10: *[[1951]] - General [[Douglas MacArthur]] fired by Truman for invading China
12: *[[1952]] - [[McCarran-Walter Act|Immigration and Nationality Act]]
17: ...ited in [[Joseph_McCarthy#Fall_of_McCarthy|Army-McCarthy hearings]] - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
4: ...he Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s|Cold War (1953-1962)]].''
8: ...it. In the meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
13: ...of [[Japan]] and the division of [[Korea]]. Politically, therefore, Yalta was an agreement on the post...
15: ...eologies to represent two ways of life, each vindicated in [[1945]] by previous disasters. Conflicting...
17: ...he Pacific oceans, with almost no country left unscathed. The only major industrial power in the world... - Mississippi (15114 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] |
40: ...The name itself probably comes from [[Native American]] words with various spellings that mean "large ...
46: ...d by [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[South Carolina]] and was later twice expanded to include d...
48: ...a]] on [[January 9]], [[1861]]. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] the Confederate States wer...
52: ... hit the Mississippi coast killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars). - Supercell (1455 bytes)
2: ...percell formation when combined with sufficient [[CAPE]].
4: ...iving them a large volume of air to feed off, and can last many hours—they are steady-state stor...
6: Supercells can be any size—large or small, low or high-to...
8: ...d by [[Keith Browning]] and [[Frank Ludlam]] in [[1962]]. - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...' [[planetary orbit|orbits]] are [[ellipse|elliptical]], Venus's orbit is the closest to [[circle|circ...
3: ...e, making it one of only two heavenly bodies that can be seen both day and night (the other being the ...
5: ...]n civilization (the Mayans developed a religious calendar based on Venus's motion) and must have been...
7: ...'[[Wiktionary:Venereal|Venereal]]'', is avoided because of its modern association with [[sexually tran...
11: == Physical characteristics == - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 17th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[l...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
7: ...rmy at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jacobite]] ...
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to...
9: ...arleton]] at the Battle of [[Cowpens]] in [[South Carolina]]. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...w Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]]...
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
10: ...[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]]. - DNA (29095 bytes)
3: ...g [[reproduction]], DNA is [[DNA replication|replicated]] and transmitted to the offspring.
5: ...own as [[chloroplast]]s and [[mitochondria]] also carry DNA, as do many [[virus]]es.
12: :Wikipedia needs to be accurate, but it can be simple ''and'' accurate. Dumbing down someth...
24: * Genes can be loosely viewed as the organism's "cookbook";
26: ...trands, head-to-toe, with bonds between them that can be "unzipped" like a zipper, separating the stra... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
42: ...1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left ...
45: .... Born in [[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]].
47: ...ere also more [[liberal]], influenced by [[social Catholicism]]. During the [[Dreyfus affair]] the fam...
49: ==1912–1940: Military career==
50: ... was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp. - Formula One (29650 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Formula One race.jpg|thumb|215px|Cars jockey for position during the [[2004 Monaco Gr...
9: ...[[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Russia]] and [[South Africa]] have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" image.
18: Historically, the Formula One series evolved from the Europ...
21: ...zine, showing a [[BRM]] H16 Formula One engine in car]]
22: ...s remembered for dominating Formula One's first decade. - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...r season between the pennant winner of the [[American League]] and the pennant winner of the [[Nationa...
3: ...e [[2004 American League Championship Series|American League champion]] the [[Boston Red Sox]]. The Re...
5: ...dvantage was switched every year between the American League and the National League. Starting in 2003...
7: ...n but not earning a [[wild card]] receive them, because there are more divisions and each division is ...
9: ...s against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
2: ...re a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[N...
4: ... Joined the National Association in [[1871]]. Became a charter [[National League]] member in [[1876]...
5: ...ed players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this time, but th...
6: ...'' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
8: ...low the large "C", or the team will make use of a cartoon bear cub. - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
6: ...e Redlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations of [[communism]].
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Great American Ball Park]], Cincinnati
10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
13: :'''American Association pennants won''' (1): [[1882]]
23: ... through the remainder of the [[1890s]] signing local stars & aging veterans. - Houston Astros (8294 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1962]] ([[National League]] expansion)
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Houston Colt .45s ([[1962]]-[[1964]]). The team changed its name to the As...
11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[2004]]
18: ...ll in the [[Astrodome]]. The franchise's first decade displayed some great hitters ([[Joe Morgan]], [...
27: ...ports|1986]]), where they lost to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in 7 games. - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
3: ...or League Baseball]] team based in [[Los Angeles, California]]. They are in the Western Division of th...
5: ...to the [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] in [[1884]] and transferred to the...
8: ...rs/dodgers.html Part of the wall of the stadium ] can still be seen.)
11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1996]]
13: :'''American Association pennants won''' (1): [[1889]] - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
3: ...on of the [[American League]]. The team is often called the '''A's'''.
5: ...]] in [[1900]] when that league became the [[American League]]. Moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]] in...
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[McAfee Coliseum]], Oakland
8: ... 1951-53, 1961: Blue and White; 1905-08, 1954-60, 1962: Blue, Red and White; 1950: Blue, Gold and White;...
9: ...go design:''' A stylized "A's". The team also occasionally uses an [[elephant]] logo. - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
4: .... They are in the Western Division of the [[American League]].
6: :'''Founded''': [[1961]] ([[American League]] expansion)
7: ...as the Washington Senators prior to 1961, which became the [[Minnesota Twins]], or the Washington Sena...
9: :'''Uniform colors''': Blue, White, and Scarlet red
11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none'' - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
7: ...cting. Holidays were usually spent on yachting or canoeing expeditions with his brothers.
9: ==Military Career==
11: ...]]. In [[1895]] he held special service in [[Africa]] and returned to India in [[1897]] to command th...
13: ...lu-Natal Province|Natal province]] of [[South Africa]] where his regiment had been posted and where he...
15: ... campaign in [[Ashanti Confederacy|Ashanti]], Africa, and at the age of 40 was promoted to lead the 5t... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
5: capital = [[Palermo]] |
8: ...ssetta|Caltanissetta]]<br />[[Province of Catania|Catania]]<br />[[Province of Enna|Enna]]<br />[[Prov...
24: ...mare del Golfo]] Francavilla di Sicilia, and [[Abacaenum]] (now [[Tripi]]). The regional flag is divid...
30: ...pe. It is also one of the world's most active volcanos.
32: ...s are the [[Aegadian Islands]] to the west, [[Ustica Island]] to the north-west, and the [[Pelagian Is... - Mellotron (7426 bytes)
1: ...ic]] keyboard [[electronic musical instrument|musical instrument]] originally developed and built in [...
3: ...strings, flutes, and brass instruments which were called "lead", or "instrument" sounds, and pre-recor...
6: ...rd-driven tape instruments were built and sold by California-based Harry Chamberlin from [[1948]] thro...
8: ...cial and trademark troubles, the Mellotron name became unavailable and later instruments were sold und...
12: ...rated sounds, to generate [[polyphonic]] electronically generated sounds in the days before polyphonic... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
43: *[[Caspar Buberl]] (1834 - 1899)
48: *[[Alexander Calder]] (1898 - 1976)
49: *[[Alexander Milne Calder]] (1845 - 1923)
50: *[[Alexander Stirling Calder]] (1870 - 1945) - Instructional design (6896 bytes)
1: ...tructional design [[model (abstract)|models]] typically specify a [[method]], that if followed will fa...
4: ...m complex technical tasks, from field-stripping a carbine to navigating across the ocean to building a...
8: ... we know or think), Psychomotor (what we do, physically) and Affective (what we feel, or what attitude...
10: ...ess concrete, operational information; they are incapable of thinking abstractly, reflecting on the pa...
16: ...|constructivist]] theories. Some of the more radical theorists rejected any notion that knowledge exi... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
8: |'''Wavelength regime'''||optical, ultraviolet, near-infrared
16: |'''Deorbit date'''||circa 2010
22: ...="background: #87CEEB; text-align:center;" | Physical characteristics
30: |'''Effective focal Length'''||57.6 m (189 ft)
33: |- style="vertical-align: top;" - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
20: ...nisters, and members of royalty walked behind the casket at [[Funeral of John F. Kennedy|his funeral]]...
22: ...mocratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate from the North to be elected president, an...
26: ==Early life and education==
27: ... School of Economics]] for a year, studying political economy. In the fall of [[1935]], he enrolled i... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ...ess of the United States|US Congress]], Johnson became the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice ...
24: ...]]. Even though he participated in [[debate]] and campus [[politics]], edited the school [[newspaper]]...
27: ...berg]] and was later rewarded for his work in the campaign with an appointment to be the newly elected...
29: As secretary, Lyndon became acquainted with people of influence, found out ... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
10: | place of birth=[[Yorba Linda, California]]
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
19: ...roper use of Presidential powers to silence political and legal opposition.
22: ... to have been marked by such conservative evangelical Quaker observances as refraining from drinking, ... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
18: ...sh; [[March 28]], [[1969]]), [[United States|American]] soldier and politician, was the 34th [[Preside...
22: ...was descent of [[Forbach]], but had lived in America since the 18th century. The family moved back to ...
24: ...]. John's son, [[David Eisenhower]], after whom [[Camp David]] is named, married [[Richard Nixon]]'s d... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...he forces of reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known...
22: ...re to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ronald Reagan]]...
26: ...in the [[Netherlands]], arrived in New York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[...
28: ...lin Roosevelt's fifth cousin. Despite their political differences, the two branches remained friendly:... - National Football League (30340 bytes)
4: ... formed in [[1920 in sports|1920]] as the '''American Professional Football Association''', which adop...
6: ...legiately. The NFL's greatest spurt in popularity came in the 1960s and 1970s, after the 1958 NFL cham...
8: In recent decades, the NFL traditionally started the regular sea...
10: ...season, the winners of the playoffs in the [[American Football Conference]] and the [[National Footbal...
14: ...="4" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray;">[[American Football Conference]]</th></tr> - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...a]], contributed greatly to India's cultural landscape. Beginning around [[180 BC]], a series of invas...
26: ...h a series of five more tests in [[1998]]. Significant economic reforms beginning in [[1991]], have tr...
36: ...dia was the '''Indus Valley Civilization''', also called the Harappan civilization, which thrived betw...
38: ...gh India may bear some of the most extreme geological and climatic features, these difficult condition...
40: ...h large scale growth in so small a period of time can be attributed to two factors, an organized civil... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 77th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 d...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
6: ...enate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and proclaims [[Caligula]] emperor.
11: *[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parliament]] repeals...
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[Will... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 78th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calendar]] (79th in [[leap year]]s). There are 287 d...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of t...
10: ...te forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
11: *[[1914]] - [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian volcanologist (b. [[1850]]) - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 79th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 d...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
11: ...n I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 ...
12: ...[[1848]] – King [[Ludwig I of Bavaria]] abdicates.
13: ...dash; [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is published. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
1: ...]<sup>th</sup> day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (81<sup>st</sup> in [[leap year]]s). Ther...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
5: *[[1556]] - In [[Oxford]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Cranmer]] is [[Execution by bu...
7: ...ith the church leadership driven out of the [[Vatican]] during an armed conflict, [[Pope Pius VII|Pius...
15: ...i]] formally asked the international community to call [[Persian Empire|Persia]] by its native name, [... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ... Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
37: *[[Cahit Arf]] (Turkey, [[1910]] - [[1997]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
39: ...tarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
55: *[[John Bahcall]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1934]] – )
109: *[[William Wallace Campbell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1862]] – ...
110: *[[Annie Jump Cannon]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1863]] – [[...
111: *[[Luigi Carnera]] ([[Italy]], [[1875]] – [[1962]]) - Monaco (12001 bytes)
1: ...o is the most densely populated country because Macau is now part of China. -->
15: ...ckground:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationMonaco.png|Location of Monaco]]
19: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Monaco-Ville]]
34: ...br/> - Total ([[2003]]) <br/> - GDP/capita
46: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +377 - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
76: ...ohn Anderson (philosopher)|John Anderson]], (1893-1962){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Yo-yo (9646 bytes)
5: ...er of movements. By flicking the wrist, the yo-yo can be made to return to the player's hand, with the...
11: ...ng it would render such a device somewhat impractical. This rumor likely originated in the [[Philippin...
14: ...ce of yo-yo-like toys first appears in the historical record around [[500s BC|500 B.C.]] in [[Ancient ...
21: ...tion allows for a far greater variety and sophistication of motion, thanks to increased stability and ...
25: ...a.'' [[1930]]), an entrepreneur named [[Donald Duncan]] recognized the potential of this new fad and p... - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
5: *[[Andre Agassi]] ([[1970]]-) - ([[:Category:American tennis players|United States]])
6: ...[:Category:South African tennis players|South Africa]] - doubles specialist
8: ...tennis player)|John Alexander]] ([[1951]]-) - ([[:Category:Australian tennis players|Australia]])
10: *[[Manuel Alonso]] ([[1895]]-[[1984]]) ([[:Category:Spanish tennis players|Spain]])
13: *[[Vijay Amritraj]] ([[1953]]-) - ([[:Category:Indian tennis players|India]]) - Cuban Missile Crisis (13015 bytes)
1: ...] and lasted for 38 days until [[November 20]], [[1962]]. It is regarded as the moment when the [[Cold W...
4: ===American missile sites in Turkey===
5: ...strategic value, as the [[nuclear submarine]] was capable of providing the same cover with superior fi...
9: ...an international drama that might impact the American elections in November.
13: ...restore the nuclear balance of power putting American cities directly within the range of Soviet missi... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ... mythology|mythology]] and cultural heritage. The capital was [[Tenochtitlan]], built on raised islets...
7: ...Mexicas alone. This article deals with the historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-day Nahuatl ...
9: ...their city of origin. Their use of the word ''Azteca'' was like the modern use of ''Latino'', or ''Med...
11: ... Mexica. The [[conquistadores]] knew them as "Mexica".
13: ...tzilopochtli]] signaling the location where their capital city [[Tenochtitlan]] should be built. This... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
7: ...ng the closing months of [[World War II]]. As the capital, the city was specially divided by the Allie...
9: ...ions between the Soviets and the western allies escalated. Conflict over a [[currency reform]] in [[19...
11: ...a key factor in the decision to make [[Bonn]] the capital of West Germany in preference to either West...
13: ...mmunist bloc and particularly the Soviet Union, because East Germany's economy was being subsidized by...
17: The impetus for the creation of the Berlin Wall came from East German leader [[Walter Ulbricht]], wh... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...tate under the King of Sicily. The medi涡l Order can be said to have come to an end following its eje...
5: ...rno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild t...
7: ...epulchre]] in Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem bu...
9: ...e [[Krak des Chevaliers]], and [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The propert...
15: ...s well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]]. - Modem (21628 bytes)
1: ...information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce t...
3: ...s and 0s' of a personal computer into sounds that can be transmitted over the [[telephone line]]s of P...
5: ...ations]], "radio modems" transmit [[serial communications|repeating frames of data]] at very high data...
7: ... light into electronic digital data streams. Optical modems routinely have data rates in excess of a ...
9: Modems can be used over any means of transmitting analog si... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
5: !colspan=2 bgcolor=#ffcccc|[[Military history of Canada]]<br>[[British military history|Military hist...
31: <u>American Indians</u>:<br>
33: |style="vertical-align:top"|<u>Great Britain: 99,500</u>
37: Canadian militia: 86,000+<br><br><br>
41: !colspan=2|Casualties - Viking (18085 bytes)
3: {{Scandinavia}}
4: ...erring to Viking Age Scandinavians. The medieval Scandinavian population in general is more properly r...
10: == Historical records ==
15: ...in the [[Mediterranean]] and as far east as the [[Caspian Sea]].
20: ..., accumulated by piracy. These pirates, which are called ''wichingi'' by their own people, and ''Ascom... - Hyksos (23575 bytes)
2: ...dynasty of Egypt|Sixteenth Dynasties]] of Egypt, (ca. 1674-1548 B.C.E. See [[Egyptian chronology]]), r...
4: ... Canaanite names, and archaeologists think of the Canaanites as being indistinguishable from the [[Pho...
6: ...ynasty Hyksos are known from Egyptian monuments, scarabs and other small objects, and [[Manetho]]'s hi...
9: ... Egyptian royal titles, but they are specifically called Hyksos by Manetho. It is generally agreed th...
13: ...t only additional datable archaeological material can resolve. - Argon (6952 bytes)
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32: ...ioisotope|syn]] | hl=35 [[day|d]] | dm=[[Electron capture|ε]] | de=? | pn=37 | ps=[[chlorine|C...
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