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  1. 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...
  2. 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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  1. 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]...
  2. 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...
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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)
  6. 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]].
  7. 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...
  8. 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
  9. 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]].
  10. 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''
  11. 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,...
  12. 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 ==
  13. 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...
  14. Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
    3: ...a Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen''' ([[April 26]], [[1918]]&ndash;[[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 ...
  15. 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.
  16. 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 ...
  17. 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...
  18. Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
    2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
    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...
  19. 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...
  20. Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
    2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
    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>
  21. 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...
  22. Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
    6: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1e...
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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."
  23. Germany (46412 bytes)
    1: ...nd [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]], an...
    3: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
    6: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:c...
    25: |'''[[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]''' || [[Gerhard Schr?]]
    46: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.de]]
  24. 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...
  25. Slovakia (19892 bytes)
    1: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
    5: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
    46: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
    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...
  26. 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...
  27. 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...
  28. 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 ...
  29. 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 |
  30. Finland (29511 bytes)
    3: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
    6: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:c...
    18: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Helsinki]]
    20: |'''Largest City''' || [[Helsinki]]
    42: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.fi]]
  31. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...ypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|...
    6: ...7;&#1513;&#1512;&#1488;&#1500;<br>("Medinat Yisra'el")<br>&#1583;&#1608;&#1604;&#1577; &#1575;&#1587;&...
    7: common_name = Israel |
    8: image_flag = Israel_flag_large.png |
    9: image_coat = Israel-coa-medium.png |
  32. 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.
  33. Togo (15373 bytes)
    2: {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; b...
    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]].
  34. 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...
  35. 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...
  36. Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
    10: ...gestCity = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] |
    11: Governor = [[Ed Rendell]] |
    30: HighestElev = 979 |
    31: MeanElev = 335 |
    32: LowestElev = 0 |
  37. 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...
  38. 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...
  39. 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]]
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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...
  43. 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.
  44. 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_...
  45. 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...
  46. 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)
  47. 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]])
  48. 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.
  49. 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]]&ndash;American &mdash; [[plastic]]
  50. 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...

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