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- History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ... century, it was the dominant economic power and well on its way to taking its place among the imperia...
7: ... Congress|Congress]] to resist readmitting the rebel states without first imposing preconditions. A s...
9: ...This failure of the federal government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the governmen...
11: ...otection for life or property now exist in the rebel States."
13: ...led [[carpetbaggers]] by southerners, and were widely perceived as being motivated by graft and corrup... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
14: ... Party]] returned to the [[White House]] with the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "r...
16: ...he [[Stock Market]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were danger...
18: ... became widely popular with the young (and was widely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older ...
34: ... Dome scandal]]. It looked like the President himself might be shown to be involved in corruption, but...
36: ...a full term of his own in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1924]] under the slogan "Keep Cool With Co...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwer...
14: ...d States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Rep...
15: * [[1889]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large maj...
16: ...lliam Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrende... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
51: *[[Henry Adams|Adams, Henry]], (1838-1918), author - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
21: ...gmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ... [[Gibson Girl]]. One of her nieces, [[Joyce Grenfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, w...
8: ... seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do...
10: ...her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband had p...
12: It is generally believed that it was Nancy Astor who, during a [[Worl...
21: # [[Michael Langhorne Astor]] (1916-1979) - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...kiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
4: ...he [[Anglo-Irish]] family's ancestral home, Lissadell House in [[County Sligo]]. Constance and her si...
8: ...e was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12: ...ty, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minster for the Gaeltacht]]. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...my and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which were sent in by ...
6: ...child of the [[Jew]]ish wood trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maiden name:...
14: ...ndependent Poland. Luxemburg denied the right of self-determination for nations under [[socialism]], w...
19: ...aim was to improve the number of seats the party held in the [[Reichstag]].
25: Nonetheless, Luxemburg kept up her political activities; i... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
1: ...renBlixen.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Blixen in Kenya, 1918]]
7: ...ated a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated ...
9: ...drezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
22: * ''The Angelic Avengers'' (1947)
34: ...Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: .... From [[1906]] to [[1907]] she studied at the [[Pelham Art School]] and then at the [[London School o...
5: ...'' where the man at the next table introduced himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". In addition to...
7: ...tminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, she took up with ano...
11: ..., rugs, and the like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted ...
13: ...wn, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]]. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...y Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Cana...
7: ...o in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage nam...
9: ...d her for a part in a one-reel thriller, ''The Lonely Villa'' in 1909. Pickford would go on to become ...
11: ... Pickford became secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Dou...
22: * [[1913]]: Appears (with [[Lillian Gish]]) in Belasco's Broadway production ''A Good Little Devil'' - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ... Chemistry</i>. Hahn and Meitner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of ph...
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ...the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger effect]], which is named...
10: ...celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan...
12: ... in 1946 she was treated to total American press celebrity treatment, with the usual press inaccuracy,... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ... the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Church]].
7: ...ndal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
9: ... atmosphere of strong [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs. As a [[teenager]], however, she became an av...
13: .... Shortly thereafter, the two embarked on an evangelical tour, first to [[Europe]] and then to [[China...
17: ==Evangelism and Foursquare Gospel == - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
10: ...|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities.
12: ... [[Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Criti...
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among establi...
16: ... that she was too old (at 34) for Scarlett's antebellum scenes (One also wonders if the cynical Bankhe...
18: ...rable plays until she played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little Foxes]] (1939). Her portraya... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ...a Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen''' ([[April 26]], [[1918]]–[[January 25]], [[2004]]) was a [[Netherl...
7: ...she became leader of the Dutch female track and field team. In 1999, she was voted "Female Athlete of ...
11: ...Lage Vuursche]] (near [[Baarn]]) to Arnoldus and Helena Koen. As a teenager, she enjoyed [[tennis]], [...
15: ... (shared with two other jumpers) while the Dutch relay team came fifth in the final (the sixth team in...
17: ... the preparations. The Olympics were formally cancelled on May 2, 1940, a week before the Netherlands ... - Hair (11457 bytes)
6: ...style became the new normality and has never entirely gone away since.
13: ...adornment]], a by-product of secondary [[natural selection]] once other somatic hair had been lost.
17: ...coverage in terms of number of folicles is relatively constant.
19: ... as more desirable; see [[#Types_of_hair]] and [[Vellus hair]]. This would also explain the [[sexual d...
23: ...rent parts of the hair have different cysteine levels, leading to harder or softer material. - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
3: '''Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman''' ([[February 13]...
5: ...den curls" and "the most beautiful blue eyes." A relative said, "there never was but one girl in the w...
7: ...ant Truman left for the battlefields of France in 1918. They were married on [[June 28]], [[1919]]; they...
9: ...pon [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s death on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman took t...
13: ...r, Margaret, to become President was "most definitely not." Her reply to what she wanted to do after ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
23: | '''Place of Death:''' || near [[Elizabethton, Tennessee]]
25: | '''Wife:''' || [[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
28: | [[Martha Patterson]] (daughter)<br />[[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
33: ...[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]<br/>(elected on National Union ticket)
42: ...his conciliatory policies towards the defeated rebels and his vetoes of [[civil rights]] bills embroil... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
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34: ...nt Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr., Ellen (Nellie) Grant, and Jesse Root Grant.
39: ... bravery: at [[Battle of Molino del Rey | Molino del Rey]] and [[Battle of Chapultepec | Chapultepec]]...
41: ...uld be put to better use and appointed him [[colonel]] of the 21st Illinois Infantry (effective [[June...
43: ...e of Shiloh]], but with grim determination and timely reinforcements, Grant turned a serious reverse i... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James A. Garfield]]
8: | succeeded=[[Grover Cleveland]]
10: | place of birth=[[Fairfield, Vermont]]
14: | wife=[[Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur]]
18: ...runtled office seeker, on July 2, [[1881]]. Garfield died on September 19th, and Arthur became [[Pres... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
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3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
4: ...colspan=2>[[Image:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
18: ... of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[New Jersey]]</td></tr>
21: ...><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (sister)<br>[[Frances Cleveland]] (wife)</td></tr> - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...nd the world. Each of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]...
12: ...Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] ...
55: ..., [[Military history of the United States]], [[Timeline of United States history]], [[List of U.S. mil...
60: ...h Amendment]] took effect. The Civil War effectively ended the question of a state's right to secede,...
62: ...priating their lands, killing many, and forcibly relocating tribes to otherwise unwanted and barren ar... - Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
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48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.az]]
56: ...ch means "the land of the brave Az people" or "an elevated place for the wealthy and exalted."
60: ... clear ethnic identification and referred to themselves primarily as "Muslims." - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]], an...
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25: |'''[[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]''' || [[Gerhard Schr?]]
46: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.de]] - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ... former President [[Askar Akayev]], but unfortunately moved towards [[autocracy]] and [[authoritariani...
52: ...12th century]], [[Islam]] became the predominant religion in the region. Most Kyrgyz are [[Sunni Musli...
54: ...stan. The ruthless suppression of the [[1916]] rebellion in Central Asia, triggered by the Russian imp...
56: ...ower was initially established in the region in [[1918]], and in [[1924]], the [[Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous...
58: ...language was introduced. The [[Kyrgyz language]] belongs to the Southern Turkic group of languages. In... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
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56: ...lic'' (in Slovak: ''Slovenská republika''). The relation between those two name forms is exactly the ...
63: ...] and [[Liptov]]. Silver coins with the names of Celtic kings represent the first known use of writing... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ... Belgi맧, [[German language|German]]: ''K?reich Belgien'') is a country in [[Western Europe]], border...
3: ...ed in its complex institutions and [[Politics of Belgium|political history]].
4: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
5: ...ique'''<br>'''Koninkrijk Belgi맧'<br>'''K?reich Belgien'''</big>
7: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:c... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: '''Romania''' (formerly spelled ''Rumania'' or ''Roumania''; [[Romanian langua...
62: ... Dragos during the 13th and 14th century respectively. In the [[Middle Ages]], Romanians lived in thre...
64: ...an Empire]] during 15th and 16th century respectively, with internal autonomy under the [[millet (Otto...
66: ...tria-Hungary]]) incorporated Transylvania until [[1918]] at the end of [[World War I]].
68: ...ylvania united with the [[Romanian Kingdom]] in [[1918]]. [[Union]] of Tranylvania with Romania was rati... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
57: ...he death of Charlemagne, was favourable to the development of a great Slavonic power, and Swatopluk, r...
59: ...phen I]]. Initially the history of Hungary was developed in a triangle with that of [[Poland]] and [[B...
65: ...s were finally able to prevail only with Russian help.
67: ...ngary separated from Austria on [[October 31]], [[1918]].
69: ...ral assembly, and Admiral Horthy was subsequently elected Regent, thereby preserving Hungary formally ... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...tution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre]]'').<!--
7: native_name = ɩre<br>Ireland |
8: common_name = the Republic of Ireland |
9: image_flag = Ireland flag large.png |
10: image_coat = Ireland coa.png | - Finland (29511 bytes)
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18: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Helsinki]]
20: |'''Largest City''' || [[Helsinki]]
42: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.fi]] - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|...
6: ...7;שראל<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>دولة اس&...
7: common_name = Israel |
8: image_flag = Israel_flag_large.png |
9: image_coat = Israel-coa-medium.png | - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
59: ...45]], Carantania lost its independence, being largely subsumed into the Frankish empire. Many [[Slavs]...
65: ...he collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in [[1918]], Slovenians joined the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croa...
67: '''See also''' [[Timeline of Slovenian history]]
72: ...rs or [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]], which are elected by the parliament.
74: ...ry four years, while National Council members are elected indirectly every 5 years. - Togo (15373 bytes)
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7: ...="0" style="text-align: center;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
14: ...br>([[French language|French]]: Work, Liberty, Homeland)''</small>
48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
57: ...Nations mandates after [[World War I]] ended in [[1918]]. - Flag of Kentucky (1206 bytes)
2: ...was adopted by the Kentucky General Assembly in [[1918]] and finalized in its present form in [[1928]].
4: ... man on the left is [[Daniel Boone]], who was largely responsible for the exploration of Kentucky, and... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...tional icon. He was one of the first five players elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] and he was ...
4: ... York Yankees]]. His international fame helped fuel the rising interest in sports during the ''[[Roar...
9: ...orking with him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
10: ... front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field]]
15: .... In 1914 the breakaway [[Federal League]], a rebel major league which would last only 2 years, place... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
10: ...gestCity = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] |
11: Governor = [[Ed Rendell]] |
30: HighestElev = 979 |
31: MeanElev = 335 |
32: LowestElev = 0 | - Nebraska (13662 bytes)
30: HighestElev = 1,653 |
31: MeanElev = 790 |
32: LowestElev = 256 |
52: The adoption of national prohibition in 1918 with Nebraska as the thirty-sixth state necessary...
55: ...|North]] and [[South Dakota]] and [[Iowa]]), is feeling the brunt of falling populations. 89% of the t... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
32: MeanElev = 5,692 ft, 1735 |
33: LowestElev = Red Bluff Reservoir, 2,817 ft, 859 |
38: ...h language|Spanish]], the state's name would be spelled ''Nuevo M骩co''.
50: ...al]], "The Royal Road" as a 700 mile (1100 km) lifeline from the rest of [[New Spain]] to his remote c... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ... is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...nguage]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle Eas...
56: * [[Bell]]s in [[History of China|China]]
77: * [[3rd century|200s]]: [[Wheelbarrow]]: [[Zhuge Liang]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
11: *[[Paolo Uccello|Uccello, Paolo]], (1397-1475), Italian painter
26: ...harlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist and television presenter
49: ...Miguel de]], (1864-1936), : ''Niebla'', ''San Manuel Bueno Martir''
56: ..., Mattias Alexander von]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[field marshal]]
58: *[[Gabrielle Union|Union, Gabrielle]] (born 1973) United States actress - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
45: ...es, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
48: ... W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
50: ...t)|Yates, Richard]], ([[1926]]-[[1992]]), U.S. novelist - Influenza (10335 bytes)
1: ...eases commonly called "stomach '''flu'''" (and widely misunderstood as being instances of influenza), ...
2: [[Image:Avian_flu.jpg|thumb|200px|Negatively stained flu virions. These were the causative ag...
4: ...s of people. The name comes from the old medical belief in unfavourable [[astrology|astrological]] ''i...
12: The A type of influenza virus is the type most likely to cause [[epidemic|epidemics]] and [[pandemic|p...
21: ...), which lasted from [[1918]] to [[1919]] and is believed to have killed more people in total than [[W... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...style]]; and a series of events, [[national]] as well as the [[international]], which shaped a large p...
3: ... partner. At the middle of the decade economic development started to soar in Europe and the Roaring T...
5: ...in favor of practicality, in [[architecture]] as well as in daily life. At the same time amusement, fu...
16: [[Image:1908_Ford_Model_T.jpg|thumb|right|The Tin Lizzy was the most popu...
17: ... of peripheral companies running gas stations, motels, and providing oil also became important. - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
8: ==Timeline==
9: ''Main article: [[Timeline of women's suffrage]]''
15: ... (women were not initially permitted to stand for election) in a major country was granted in [[New Ze...
21: ...[Bhutan]] -- One vote per family in village-level elections
27: ...lder than 21 (to take effect in the 2007 national elections) [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...h policy of benign neglect which permitted the development of an American spirit and culture which was...
17: ...[[American Revolutionary War]] and established itself as the United States of America with 13 States.
28: ... such as cotton, indigo, and sugar were not as widely avaliable.
30: ...g British interference with American shipping as well as British aid to Native Americans in [[Canada]]...
34: ...n trade and conflict, and more to the internal development in North America. With the end of the warti... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...our separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, the shapes of time zones can be quite ir...
6: ...all other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically meas...
8: ...UTC) is, incidentally, local time at Greenwich itself only between 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in Oct...
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ...g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...to control planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled by moving you...
15: ..., was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...ce of mechanics might perhaps suggest a means, namely, a strong spiral spring. If these advantages and...
19: ...roviding the first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ..., [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadia...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of United States history'''.
2: *[[Timeline of United States history (Before 1600)|Before ...
3: *[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699...
4: *[[Timeline of United States history (1700-1759)|1700-1759...
5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789... - World War I (62979 bytes)
1: ...917, in the vicinity of the [[Battle of Passchendaele]]. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood...
2: ... power back to the days of the [[Crusade]]s, all fell during or after the war.
4: ...tical origins|Diplomatic and political origins]] below).
6: ...tion as the basis for a new form of warfare that relied heavily on [[technology]], and would thus invo...
8: ... have also cited German diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept t... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: '''Civil rights''' are those [[right]]s developed by [[citizen]]s over time and sometimes prote...
4: ...ion or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin. Some other countries h...
6: ==Related Terminology==
8: ...guishes between right and liberty (see below: Hohfeld). The root of the word 'civil' reflects the asso...
10: ...ther of the family could own property, his wife, relatives and children having no right of ownership. ... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
1: '''Bold text'''This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
9: *[[1900]] - US helps put down [[Boxer Rebellion]] in [[China]]
11: *[[1901]] - [[Theodore Roosevelt]] becomes [[President]]
12: *[[1901]] - [[US Steel]] founded by [[John Pierpont Morgan]]
21: *[[1903]] - [[Elkins Act]] - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
14: ... Party]] returned to the [[White House]] with the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "r...
16: ...he [[Stock Market]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were danger...
18: ... became widely popular with the young (and was widely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older ...
34: ... Dome scandal]]. It looked like the President himself might be shown to be involved in corruption, but...
36: ...a full term of his own in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1924]] under the slogan "Keep Cool With Co... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... the repeated assurances from [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that the [[United States]] and [[Britain]] wou...
11: ...hill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[Joseph ...
13: ... other out. This tacit accord applied to Asia as well, as evinced by U.S. occupation of [[Japan]] and ...
15: ...o vie for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.
17: ...ld. His vision was equally a vision of national self-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous ... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...ohn II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
20: *[[1882]] - [[John D. Rockefeller]] unites his oil holdings into the [[Standard ...
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in [[Pitts...
32: ...Bombing During World War II|German bombing]] severely damaged the [[Llandaff Cathedral]], built in [[1... - Elbow-joint (10539 bytes)
2: The '''elbow-joint''' (''Articulatio Cubiti'') [Figs. 1,2] ...
9: '''Figure 1 :''' Left elbow-joint, showing anterior and ulnar collateral l...
11: '''Figure 2 :''' Left elbow-joint, showing posterior and radial collateral...
14: ...sects these at right angles. This ligament is in relation, in ''front,'' with the [[Brachialis]], exce...
17: ... tendon of the [[Triceps brachii]] and the Anconæus. - Ireland (33828 bytes)
2: [[Image:LocationIslandIreland.png|frame|right|Ireland is located west of the European landmass, whic...
3: ...outh, east, west and north-west) and [[Northern Ireland]], currently a part of the [[United Kingdom]],...
5: ...ion in the Republic and 1.7 million in Northern Ireland.
7: ...olour image of Ireland, captured by a [[NASA]] satellite on [[January 4]], [[2003]]. [[Scotland]], the...
10: ...land]] are shown on this map. See also [[:Image:Ireland_physical_large.png|this larger version]] with ... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
4: ...e]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which...
6: ... familiar). However, since they are not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading an...
10: ...uake which is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable ...
14: ...are sometimes triggered by large earthquakes; as well as collapses of volcanic edifices, may also dist...
18: ...sed by some earthquakes, dissipate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area d... - National League (4871 bytes)
5: ...the [[Philadelphia Athletics (19th century)|Philadelphia Athletics]], and the [[Cincinnati Reds]] (not...
7: ...d place) to enable four teams to advance to the preliminary [[National League Division Series|Division...
18: *[[Philadelphia Phillies]]
36: *[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
42: *[[Morgan G. Bulkeley]] [[1876]]-[[1876]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: ... World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
5: ...All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
9: ...le some would contend that there is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significant...
11: ... investigation of the ''New York World'' for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed s...
13: ...s not happen at the 2008 Olympics, baseball is likely to be removed from the Olympics to make room for... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...bs'' was coined in [[1902]] when manager [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with young, inex...
6: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-43...
11: ...1886]], [[1906]], [[1907]], [[1908]], [[1910]], [[1918]], [[1929]], [[1932]], [[1935]], [[1938]], [[1945...
20: ...cond in the N.A. just 2 games behind, but was compelled to drop out of the league during the city's re...
22: ...], and first baseman [[Cap Anson]] of the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]. While this was going on, behind... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
7: :''Home ballpark:'' [[U.S. Cellular Field]], Chicago. (This park, originally known as New...
17: ... major league status, the St. Paul franchise was relocated to Chicago, to compete directly with the [[...
19: ...led by pitching workhorse [[Ed Walsh]], who routinely pitched over 400 innings each season in his prim...
22: ... average in the American League that year, nevertheless took the Series, and intercity bragging rights...
25: ...en a newsboy) is claimed to have yelled out to Shoeless Joe, "Say it ain't so, Joe!". The phrase has b... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
5: ...2]], or [[1890]], depending on the account. See below.
21: ...f the [[National League]] in [[1876]], but was expelled from the league later, in part for violating l...
27: ===From opening of Redland Field to the Great Depression===
29: ... Groh]] while the pitching staff was led by [[Hod Eller]] and [[Harry Sallee|Harry "Slim" Sallee]], a ...
31: ...thanks to the [[Great Depression]], and Redland Field was in a state of disrepair. - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
35: ... to 2 to win the [[1944]] [[World Series]]. Outfielder [[Stan Musial|Stan "The Man" Musial]] led the ...
37: In [[1947]], the Cardinals (who were effectively the South's only major league team until the 196...
40: ...ards then lost to the [[Detroit Tigers]] in a closely contested 7 game affair in [[1968]], the last se...
45: ...inch the title, went on to lose Game 6 and ultimately Game 7 by the score of 11-0 the following night.
56: ...with a low line drive over Busch Stadium's left field fence. McGwire went on to finish with 70, a reco... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
2: subject_name=Alexander Graham Bell |
3: image_name=Alexader_g_bell_1.jpg|
4: ...image_caption=[[Scientist]], [[inventor]] of the telephone and innovations in aviation and hydrofoil t...
5: ...s born with — a man is what he makes of himself. |
12: ...f the telephone]]. In addition to his work in [[telecommunications]] technology, he was responsible f... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
6: ... over doing farm chores. At 13, he saw a self-propelled vehicle, a steam powered thresher, for the fir...
8: ...ge to Clara Bryant in [[1888]] Ford supported himself by farming and running a sawmill.
10: ... [[1896]] with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle named the [[Quadricycle]], which he te...
12: ...e company by the investors, including [[Henry M. Leland]] in 1902, and the company was reorganized as ...
15: ...r [[Barney Oldfield]], who named this new Ford model "999" in honor of a racing locomotive of the day,... - Airline (29546 bytes)
9: ... of the airline industry somewhat complex. Nevertheless, some patterns have emerged in the last 50 yea...
13: * The demand for air travel services is derived demand. That is, it depends o...
17: ... cost of capital during the best of times. Conversely, in bad times losses can be dramatically worse.
19: ...978. Many international airline managers are actively lobbying their governments to permit greater con...
21: ===Early development of airlines in the U.S.=== - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929) - Czech Republic (13856 bytes)
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45: | Regained [[October 28]], [[1918]] <br />as [[Czechoslovakia]], <br />divided [[Ja...
56: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
70: ...f [[Bohemia]] was a significant local power, but religious conflicts such as the [[15th century]] [[Hu... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
22: ...ilene High School]] in [[1909]] and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from [[1909]] to [[1911]].
24: ...ame an author and served as U.S. Ambassador to [[Belgium]]. John's son, [[David Eisenhower]], after wh...
26: Eisenhower was raised in the religion now known as [[Jehovah's Witness]]es.{{fn|1}...
30: ...rgia]]. He then served with the Tank Corps from [[1918]] to [[1922]] at [[Camp Meade]], [[Maryland]] and...
34: ... Government. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in [[1936]]. - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
9: | preceded=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
26: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
32: ...td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]</td></tr>
48: ...t. The current consensus is that the punctuation belongs there, which is discussed in the article. Tha...
51: ... the office upon the death of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
23: ...o carried a hamper of his Aunt Hannah's homemade delicacies. Waiting for him on the other end of the c...
26: ... the world to live by his wits, would remain a lifelong favorite.
30: ...gainst campus swells, the reluctant candidate was elected student body treasurer on the "Barbarian" sl...
32: ... others think of you as what you feel inside yourself," she told college friends. - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14: | wife=[[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
18: ...ege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. His family ...
20: ... but others dispute this claim arguing that Roosevelt's economic policies actually slowed recovery. In...
22: In his lifetime Roosevelt was a polarizing figure: he was a hero to libera... - Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
27: ...s [[lieutenant governor]] of the state [[1916]]-[[1918]], and [[List of Governors of Massachusetts|Gover...
30: ...stant Secretary of the Navy]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
32: ...nt-elect]] Coolidge, his wife, and Vice President-elect and [[List of United States Senators from Kans...
33: ...at the family home, still without electricity or telephone, when he got word of Harding's death. His f... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...(Leader and Imperial [[Chancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. ...
15: ...rful nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, ...
20: ... also had a son (Alois Junior) and a daughter (Angela) by his second wife. In ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', his ...
22: ...rn a Hitler, however, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through his mother's family, too.
24: ...h century]] and were not allowed to return until well after Maria Schicklgruber's alleged employment.{... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... of the [[Lunar Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Frankli...
11: ...y included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[1681]]), and Hannah ([[May 25]], [...
15: ...he [[Old South Church]] of Boston by the Rev. Samuel Willard.
23: ...ivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great deal of socia...
27: ...libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenmen... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
3: '''Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen''' ([[July 16]], [[1872]]&...
10: ... Led by [[Adrien de Gerlache]], their ship the [[Belgica]] became the first to winter in [[Antarctica]...
12: ...ffin Bay]], [[Lancaster Sound|Lancaster]] and [[Peel Sound]]s, and [[James Ross Strait|James Ross]] an...
14: ...aska]], had a [[telegraph]] station; Amundsen traveled there (and back) overland to wire a success mes...
22: ...nuary]] [[1911]] they arrived at the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] at a location known as the [[Bay of Whales]]. ... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: *[[1756]] - [[St. Patrick's Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for the first time (a...
21: ...ent [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
22: ... the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], a precursor to the [[NATO]] Agreement.
23: ..., Berkeley]] researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "[[Californium]]".
24: ...[United States]] launches the [[Vanguard 1]] [[satellite]]. - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...[[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade...
10: ...John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
12: ...0]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]].
18: ...] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]].
19: ...olish successes, Soviets annex [[Ukraine]] and [[Belarus]]. Government of [[Ukraine]] emigrates to Fra... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of the ...
14: *[[1918]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Cong...
21: *[[1946]] - [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[R鵮ion]] become over...
22: *[[1953]] - [[Academy Awards]] are first televised.
23: ...ison Square Garden]] in the first [[television | televised]] prize [[boxing]] fight shown in color. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: ... in [[India]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
11: ...Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 and a voluntee...
15: ... Place]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[electric chair]].
19: ...h; [[Albert Einstein]] publishes his [[theory of relativity]].
35: ...[1990]] – [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embe... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
13: ...[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle of the Somme]] begins
18: ...]], the first [[rock and roll]] concert, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
23: ...finally successful [[Civil Rights]] March from [[Selma]] to [[Montgomery]] [[Alabama]].
26: ...the fifteenth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Ireland]] singing "All Kinds of Everything".
29: ...ansen]] begins his [[circumnavigation]] in a [[wheelchair]] in the name of [[spinal cord]] injury medi... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
9: ...s expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent.
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of [...
17: ...1939]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany]] takes [[Memel]] from [[Lithuania]].
18: ...ton]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]].
24: ...[[Please Please Me]] first [[Beatles]] [[album]] released in the [[UK]] - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - Estonia (13391 bytes)
2: ... to the north. Estonia has land borders with its fellow [[Baltic state]], [[Latvia]], to the south, wi...
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7: ..."background:#f9f9f9;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" height="120px"
38: | From [[Imperial Russia]]<br> [[24 February]] [[1918]]<br>[[2 February]] [[1920]]<br>[[June]] [[1940]]...
49: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' - Latvia (12041 bytes)
1: ...[Lithuania]] to the south ? and [[Russia]] and [[Belarus]] to the east. In the west Latvia shares a [[...
2: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
5: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:c...
6: ...] || align=center width=133px| [[Image:Latvijas lielais gerbonis.gif|100px|Latvia: Coat of Arms]]
37: | From [[Imperial Russia]]<br/> [[18 November]] [[1918]]<br/> [[11 August]] [[1920]]<br />[[17 June]] [[... - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
9: ... near Pieštany. Numerous necklaces made of shells from Cypraca thermophile [[Gastropoda|gastropod...
11: ...st attempts at coloring. These shapes reveal a developed aesthetic sense.
15: ...trade network for goods such as shells, amber, jewels and weapons. As a result, it became an important...
19: ...ation. After the disappearance of the Cakany and Velatice civilizations, it was the [[Lusatian]] peopl...
21: ...llowing the Slovakian rivers. The victory of the Celts marked the beginning of the later Iron Age. The... - Monaco (12001 bytes)
1: ... this sentence is correct: Monaco is the most densely populated country because Macau is now part of C...
4: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
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13: ...nte<br>([[English language|English]]: With God's Help)''</small>
44: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.mc]] - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - July 24 (8660 bytes)
9: *[[1847]] - After 17 months of travel, [[Brigham Young]] leads 148 [[Mormon]] pioneers ...
12: *[[1901]] - [[O. Henry]] is released from prison in [[Austin, Texas]] after servi...
18: *[[1929]] - The [[Kellogg-Briand Pact]], renouncing [[war]] as an instr...
26: ...erpreted as support for [[Quebec independence]], delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian gov...
27: ...[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 11]] splashes down safely in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
10: *[[Manuel Alonso]] ([[1895]]-[[1984]]) ([[:Category:Spanish...
35: *[[John Bromwich]] ([[1918]]-[[1999]]) - (Australia)
47: *[[Oliver Campbell]] - ([[1871]]-[[1953]]) - (U.S.)
52: *[[Michael Chang]] ([[1972]]-) - (United States)
59: *[[Grant Connell]] - ([[:Category:Canadian tennis players|Canada]... - Causes of the Great Depression (21364 bytes)
3: ...pression are based in the fundamental production relationships of capitalism, and heterodox theories, ...
5: ...ponses, thus even theories which are no longer widely accepted are documented and studied, if for no o...
16: ...amatically reduce the total percentage of wealth held by the very top of the economic scale, and would...
22: ...d been a rapid increase in industrialization, as well as sharp cuts in armaments by the major powers, ...
24: ... the [[United States]] and the apparent economic well-being in other countries, the world economy was ... - The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
9: ...Ross and Cochrane refused to release Beanes, but relented after Key and Skinner showed them letters wr...
11: ...preparations for the Baltimore attack, they were held captive until after the battle, first aboard HMS...
13: ...6]], Key finished the poem at the Indian Queen Hotel where he was staying, entitling it ''Defence of F...
19: ...ayed at military occasions. Two years later, in [[1918]], the song was first played at a [[baseball]] ga...
24: ...a desecration to the song, it has since become a celebrated emblematic signature of the ideals of the ... - Proton (5009 bytes)
1: {| border="1" cellspacing="0" align="right" cellpadding="2" style="margin-left:1em"
35: |[[Elementary charge|Electric Charge]]:
46: ...> kg]], or about 1836 times the mass of an [[electron]]). The proton is observed to be stable, wi...
50: ...mical properties of the atom and which [[chemical element]] it is.
52: ...up [[quark]]s and one down quark, which are also held together by the [[strong nuclear force]], mediat... - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
1: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1e...
14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written ...
45: ...h gate", due to the greeting ceremony the sultan held for foreign ambassadors at the Palace Gate. This...
47: ...ritories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established modern [[Turkey]] during the [[Tu...
53: ...ed as a ''[[Bey]]lik'' within the [[Seljuk Turks|Seljuk Empire]] in the [[13th century]]. In [[1299]],... - Regions of Slovakia (4168 bytes)
16: ...[Kingdom of Hungary]] (cca. 11th / 12th century - 1918), see [[List of traditional regions of Slovakia]]
17: *[[Czechoslovakia]] (the "župy" existed 1918 - 1928)
53: ...r Territorial Units) and 8 "samosprávne kraje" (Self-governing (or: Autonomous) Regions), both of whi...
56: ...m EU-maps ( the kraje correspond to the NUTS 3 level with EUROSTAT)] - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
3: ...vember 9]], [[1989]] and subsequently almost entirely demolished.
7: ...sectors, one for each, although Berlin was completely surrounded on all sides by the Soviet sector of ...
11: ...effect an [[exclave]] of [[West Germany]], completely surrounded by East Germany. West Berlin's precar...
13: ...zig]] defected). Further, many West Berliners travelled into East Berlin to do their shopping at state...
19: ...e Wall. It physically divided the city and completely surrounded West Berlin. During the construction ... - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (17212 bytes)
3: ... indicate that at least Julius Rosenberg was actively involved in [[espionage]] (although they provide...
7: ...here he met Ethel in [[1936]], before marrying Ethel three years later.
9: Ethel Rosenberg was born on [[September 28]], [[1915]] ...
11: ...the Soviet Union's role in the War) and did not feel that the USA should have a monopoly on atomic wea...
13: ...secrets. Another accused conspirator, [[Morton Sobell]], fled to [[Mexico City]], but was later deport... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...rman Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate i...
12: ...ius Cornelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descripti...
13: ...d 70 BC the Germanic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advan...
15: ...[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Ro...
17: ...d to check German advances over the frontier, as well as numerous forts (e.g. at [[Wiesbaden]], [[Augs... - Protactinium (7744 bytes)
2: {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="margin-left: 0.5...
3: | colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" |
15: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
22: | [[group _ element|_ ]], [[period 7 element|7]], [[f-block|f]]
44: | [[Electron configuration]] - Genetics (12654 bytes)
3: ...s in prehistory with the [[domestication]] and [[selective breeding|breeding]] of plants and animals. ...
5: ...ncing, although, in many instances, do not completely determine, the final [[phenotype]] of the organi...
12: ...ugh not all features show these patterns of [[Mendelian inheritance]], his work acted as a proof that ...
14: ...mous with the term ''gene'', whilst the term ''allele'' now means a specific variant of a particular g...
16: The significance of Mendel's work was not understood until early in the twen... - Chinese River Dolphin (4152 bytes)
14: ...| author = [[Gerrit S. Miller|Miller]] | date = [[1918]]}}
31: ...ls still alive. Needless to say, that is an extremely low number and it is therefore thought to be the...
35: ...ve spent the financial resources on [[in vitro]] cell preservation and maintenance of the Baiji facili... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
16: ...dent-Elect takes office just before the President-Elect. Unlike the President, the Constitution does n...
18: ...s of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.''
21: ...case of ties. In practice, the Vice President rarely presides over day-to-day matters in the Senate; ...
23: ...e Presidents have been able to announce their own election to the Presidency: [[John Adams]], [[Thomas...
25: ...e would have more power as a Senator. When he was elected to the Senate from his native [[South Caroli... - Babe Adams (10141 bytes)
1: ... League Baseball]] from 1906 to 1926, almost entirely with the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]].
3: ...d out to the [[Western Association]], but late in 1918 he found his stride again and rejoined the Pirate...
5: Adams was known as an excellent control pitcher. On July 17, [[1914 in sports...
7: ...as on August 11, [[1926 in sports|1926]]; he was released days later after joining a group of players ...
22: 1918 Pirates 36 1 1 .500 3 3 2 0 ... - Middle East (6318 bytes)
11: ...nd is the location of the long-running [[Arab-Israeli conflict]].
15: ...[Turkey]], [[Iran]] ([[Persia]]), [[Iraq]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Lebanon]], [[Oman]],...
17: ...ionally considered to include [[Afghanistan]] as well.
23: ...ttoman Empire in [[1918]], ''Near East'' largely fell out of common use, while ''Middle East'' came to...
27: ... in other European languages, but, since it is a relative description, the meanings depend on the coun... - Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
14: ...y of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Ellen Louise Wilson]]<br>
23: ...mory was of hearing that Abraham Lincoln had been elected and that a war was coming. Wilson's father ...
25: ...o achieve academically through determination and self-discipline, but never quite overcame his dyslexi...
32: ...on the other hand, a better chance to approve himself a statesman, and his advisors capable men of aff... - Rutherford B. Hayes (9651 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[James Garfield]]</td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Delaware, Ohio]]</td></tr>
16: ...ates|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[William A. Wheeler]]</td></tr>
24: ...lieutenant colonel [[October 24]], [[1861]], colonel [[October 24]], [[1862]], brigadier general of Vo... - James A. Garfield (15070 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''James A. Garfield'''</font></caption>
4: ...james_a_garfield_illustration.3.jpg|James A. Garfield]]</div></td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Moreland Hills, Ohio]]</td></tr>
12: ...ce of Death:'''</td><td>[[Long Branch, New Jersey|Elberon (Long Branch), New Jersey]]</td></tr> - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
4: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
9: <tr><td>'''Preceded by:'''</td><td>[[Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
26: ...[[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] [[Phi Delta Theta]], and graduated in [[1852]]. He studied...
28: ...[[Mississippi River Commission]] in [[1879]], and elected as a Republican to the [[United States Senat... - William McKinley (11746 bytes)
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
8: <tr><td>'''Predecessor'''</td><td>[[Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
9: <tr><td>'''Successor'''</td><td>[[Theodore Roosevelt]]</td></tr>
19: *[[Theodore Roosevelt]] ([[1901]])</td></tr>
27: ...t his later inauguration as president the only jewelry that McKinley wore was his fraternity pin. On ... - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Theodore Roosevelt
3: | image name=Teddy roosevelt.jpg
14: | wife=[[Edith Roosevelt]]
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20: ...life role he played in the [[White House]], Roosevelt is usually thought of as one of the [[Great Amer... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
14: | wife=[[Helen Herron Taft]]
18: ...his predecessor and close friend [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
20: ...titution|17th Amendment]], mandating the [[direct election]] of [[United States Senate|senators]] by t...
22: ...itting]] the Republican vote and resulting in the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Taft later became [[... - Charles W. Fairbanks (2978 bytes)
3: ...ss]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] and in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. He was admitted to the [[Ohio]] bar ...
5: ...harles E. Hughes]]. Hughes and Fairbanks lost the election to [[Woodrow Wilson]] and [[Thomas Marshall...
7: ...actice of law in Indianapolis, where he died in [[1918]]. He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery.
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