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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...tings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang ...
28: ...C)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
30: ...ang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
71: *[[George Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: ...Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
35: ...nnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
50: ...ilio]], (1869-1964), [[Philippines]] independence fighter - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...tance Georgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[natio...
6: ... the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
10: ...olleagues assembled in Dublin as the [[First Dᩬ|first incarnation]] of [[Dᩬ ɩreann]], a new Irish...
12: ...et rank from April to August 1919, she became the first Irish female [[Cabinet Minister]]. She held t...
14: ...e 1923 and June 1927 elections. She died in July 1927 after a short illness. - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...''' were five [[Canada|Canadian]] women who, in [[1927]] asked the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] to answer...
5: ...Murphy]] (the [[British Empire|British Empire's]] first woman judge);
6: ...rryat Parlby]] (farm women's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
8: ...Kinney|Louise Crummy McKinney]] (one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]],...
11: ...of Canada|Governor General]] shall... summon qualified Persons to the Senate; and ... every Person so ... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support ...
7: ...ly risked scandal and imprisonment by acting in defiance of the [[Comstock Law|Comstock Law of 1873]] ...
9: ... and Sanger was arrested for violating the post office's obscenity laws by sending birth control infor...
13: ... many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World Population Conference in [[Geneva]].
19: ...married couples in the US. It was the apex of her fifty-year struggle. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion picture]] [[actor|star]], known as "Amer...
9: ... for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disappoint...
11: ...83-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret...
13: She finally divorced Moore in [[March]] [[1920]] and mar...
18: * [[1909]]: discovered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
8: ..., which is now known as the [[Pushkin Museum]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetaeva's mother, Maria Alexandrovna Me...
10: ...family. He was also still deeply in love with his first wife; he would never get over her. She, for he...
12: ...bourgeois Muscovite life, Marina was able for the first time to run free, climb cliffs, and vent her i...
14: ...ksandr Blok]] were capable of generating. Her own first collection of poems, ''Evening Album'', was se...
18: ...conducted an affair with the [[lesbian]] poet [[Sofia Parnok]], who was 9 years older than Tsvetaeva. ... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...tween the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of th...
7: ...], following the death of her mother, she had the first of several [[nervous breakdown]]s. She later i...
9: ...[[civil servant]] and [[political theorist]]. Her first novel, ''The Voyage Out'', was published in [[...
13: ... ambitious work, "Between the Acts" sums and magnifies Woolf's chief preoccupations: transformation of...
15: ...ven me the greatest possible happiness... I can't fight it any longer, I know that I am spoiling your ... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: ...e.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
9: ...al star, Baker also starred in several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse ...
11: ... and public persona into a sophisticated cultural figure. (The marriage was reportedly a publicity stu...
19: ... show opened to rave reviews, but Baker never benefited from it. She died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]]...
25: She became the first American woman to receive French military hono... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...[Baptist]] church. She moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] where she sang with [[The Johnson Brothers]], o...
5: ... [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ...lling stations at a rate far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Bar...
19: ...re is some disagreement over how Bonnie and Clyde first met, but the most prevalent story is that it w...
23: ... was there, at Eastham Camp 1, that it appears he first killed another man — a fellow prisoner n...
25: ...hers. He recruited help, and set about arming and financing the operation.
27: ...uation ended poorly, perhaps because the gang was finally reduced to stealing [[mule]]s for transporta... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
13: ...reafter, the two embarked on an evangelical tour, first to [[Europe]] and then to [[China]], where the...
25: ...me frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed for separation. His petition for divorce, cit...
27: ...f 1918 to 1922 as itinerant Pentecostal preacher, finally settling with her mother in [[Los Angeles, C...
33: ...nday]], McPherson was less a [[fire and brimstone|fire-and-brimstone]] preacher than one to endorse ch...
35: ... on [[February 6]], [[1924]], she also became the first woman to be granted a broadcast license by the... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...]s for the German [[Nazi Party]]. Shut out of the film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she la...
5: ... it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ...o make a film about the German [[Wehrmacht]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freihei...
9: ...technical and aesthetic achievements. She was the first to put railways on the stadium to shoot the st...
13: ...f her using [[concentration camp]] inmates on her film sets, but those claims could not be proved in c... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
6: ... her move to New York. She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab ...
12: ...[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics agree that her acting was ...
14: ...vertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scar...
16: ...onders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a...
20: ...performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her the New York Screen Critics Award.... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
8: ...part for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...n a major role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling'')....
12: ...ationship came to an end as her fame grew. He was fired by MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[1928]],...
17: ...nd ''[[Love (1927 movie)|Love]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]). The latter two she starred in with the popula...
19: ...he first time in ''[[Anna Christie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
1: ...69]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and actress.
4: ...er Olympics]]. She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the [[1924 Winter Olympics]], at t...
6: ...nships in [[1927]] at the age of fifteen, and her first [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal the follo...
8: ...he short skirt costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance [[choreographer|choreogra...
10: ...]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became one of the wealt... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...iva]]'' or ''[[prima donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an internationa...
3: ... the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named ''La D...
8: ...r her to compete in tennis and gain strength. Her first try at the game was in 1910, when she played o...
10: ...r her first tennis strokes, Lenglen played in the final of the [[1914 in sports|1914]] French Champion...
14: ...g in 10–8, 4–6, 9–7 to take her first Grand Slam victory. - Pansy (10101 bytes)
34: ...]]s that normally have two-year life cycles. The first year they only produce greenery; they bear flo...
51: 2 parts finely ground copper sulphate
66: Transmitted by aphids. Fine yellow veining on young leaves, stunted growth,...
113: ==Name Origin and Significance==
117: .... In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books, there is a [[fictional character|character]] named [[Pansy Parkin... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ing of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Wes...
3: ...d rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering tha...
16: ...orming a knot. Because of the loom structure only five colors can be used to create the design. Moquet...
34: ...rtical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs).
39: ... was excavated by [[Sergei Ivanovich Rudenko]] in 1927 from a Siberian burial ground where it had been p... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]]...
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler...
21: ... of Independence]], and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predece...
25: ... aggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
29: ... (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25... - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
48: ...Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] in 1770, and officially settled as a British colony on [[January 26...
54: ...refer to the whole South Pacific region, not specifically to the Australian continent. In 1793 [[Georg...
56: ...lly accepted that the continent should be known officially as Australia.
63: ...and 48,000 years ago{{mn|Gillespie2002|1}}. These first Australians were the remote ancestors of the c... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ion of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Engli...
58: ...ted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and leg...
60: ...'. Historically the state has had more than one official title. The revolutionary state established by... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom...
46: ...inority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
52: ...>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, th...
54: ...untry" to "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this...
58: ...ded Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Kingdom of... - Flag of Alaska (694 bytes)
3: ...sign was officially adopted in [[1959]]. The blue field is for the sky and the [[forget-me-not]], the ... - Flag of Kansas (1706 bytes)
2: ... the flag tells the [[history of Kansas]] and has figures representing pioneer life.
7: * Settler's cabin and a man plowing a field ([[agriculture]]) [foreground]
11: ... Astera''" - [[Latin]] : "To the Stars through Difficulties" (above the stars)
15: ...d on every and all occasions, when the state is officially represented.
19: ... [[Fort Riley]] by [[Governor]] [[Ben Paulin]] in 1927 for the troops at Fort Riley and for the Kansas [... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ... one season. His record of 60 home runs in the [[1927]] season stood for 34 years until it was broken b...
4: ...oaring Twenties]]'' as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of nearly all...
9: ... working with him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
10: ...ng front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field]]
14: ... On [[April 22]], [[1914]] "The Babe" pitched his first professional game, a six-hit, 6-0 victory over... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
36: ...e state is "State of Iowa", and the [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
45: ... and [[Jacques Marquette]] are believed to be the first Europeans to visit Iowa. They described Iowa ...
47: *The first white settlers officially moved to Iowa in June [[1833]]. Primarily,...
49: ...he [[Union Pacific]] railroad. The completion of five major railroads across Iowa brough major econom... - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
11: OfficialLang = None |
47: ...]], Frenchman [[Jean Nicolet]] became Wisconsin's first European explorer. The French controlled the a...
51: ... censured by the Senate during the [[1950s]]. The first Socialist mayor of a large city in the United ...
53: ... mineral is [[Galena]] otherwise known as lead sulfide which reflects Wisconsin's early mining history...
56: *[[Peshtigo Fire]] - Vermont (39851 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
36: ...ion (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the fifty states. As the only [[New England]] state not ...
48: ...everal mountains do have timberlines: [[Mount Mansfield]], the highest mountain in the state and [[Kil...
54: ...6 degrees Celsius), at [[Bloomfield, Vermont|Bloomfield]] on [[December 30]], [[1933]].
57: ...sfield 20040926.jpg|280px|thumb|right|[[Mount Mansfield]], at 4,393 feet, is the highest elevation poi... - Utah (29154 bytes)
15: OfficialLang = [[English_language|English]] |
48: Fish = [[Trout|Bonneville Cutthroat Trou...
76: ...d the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], which gave a significant boost to the state's tourist industry (especi...
87: ...on—left [[Santa Fe]] in [[1776]], hoping to find a route to the [[California]] coast. The expedi...
92: ...the capital. In [[1856]], Salt Lake City replaced Fillmore as the territorial capital. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
25: ...Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
36: ...ited States]]' northwest, and bordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho...
43: ...hout losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first place. The state has pioneered some innovativ...
49: ...ritain|British]] gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] and [[Span...
38: ...|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Sp...
46:
50: ... Spain]] to his remote colony. O was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]...
62: ...ssouri]], for Santa Fe early in [[1822]] with the first party of traders. Wagon caravans thereafter ma... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
17: *[[Albert Uderzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame
18: *[[Ernst Udet|Udet, Ernst]], German WWI fighter ace
52: ...esident of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]]
56: ...rg, Mattias Alexander von]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[field marshal]]
92: *[[Lewis Urry|Urry, Lewis]], (1927-2004), Canadian inventor - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...r]] [[demand]] and aspirations, coupled with significant changes in the [[lifestyle]]; and a series of...
3: ..., the [[Aftermath of World War I|period after the First World War]] was marked by a [[Post-WWI recessi...
5: ...nd [[dancing]], in defiance of the horrors of the First World War, which were still present in peoples...
11: ...w products on the market on which to spend it. At first, the cessation of wartime production caused a ...
17: ...les became common throughout North America. By [[1927]], [[Henry Ford]] had sold 15 million [[Model T]]... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
40: *[[Pierre Alechinsky]] ([[1927]]-)
56: *[[Michael Peter Ancher]] ([[1849]]-[[1927]])
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
138: *[[Emerik Bernard]] ([[1927]]-)
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Departmen...
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
3: ... The treaty with the United Kingdom in [[1783]] defined the original borders of the [[United States]].
11: ...pansion, won the presidency, but before he took office, Congress approved the annexation of Texas on [...
27: ...Islands inhabitants became American citizens in [[1927]]. - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...was popularized by the U.S. political adviser and financier [[Bernard Baruch]] in April 1947 during a ...
5: ... War]]. After the balance of power in Europe were firmly established, proxy battles in the Third World...
12: ...ple around the world almost as much as the actual fighting did.
17: ...ticularly revolutionary advances were made in the field of [[rocketry]], which led to the [[space race...
20: Other fields in which arms races occurred include: - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
16: *[[1902]] - First [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] game played
20: *[[1903]] - First [[World Series]]
89: *[[1920]] - First [[radio]] broadcast in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylva...
104: *[[1927]] - [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] executed
105: *[[1927]] - [[Charles Lindbergh]] makes first trans-Atlantic [[flight]] - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United Sta...
15: ... takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
19: ...| character]] created by [[Elzie Crisler Segar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]].
23: ... [[1946]] - The [[UN Security Council]] holds its first session. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...uary 1 was to be either [[New Year's Day]] or the first day of its numbered year. Although England beg...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], pr...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered b...
22: ...ein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published. - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: ... won the series four games to none, earning their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the ...
5: ...l All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...dings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not ...
9: ...to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside [[Ma...
13: ...nificant minority are from [[Puerto Rico]], which fields its own teams in international sports competi... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
18: ...Shibe had a ?white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the [[white elephant]] as the team m...
20: ...eague, persuading them to ?jump? to the A.L. in defiance of their N.L. contracts. The Athletics as we...
22: ... in 1914. The team was known for its ?$100,000 Infield,? consisting of John "Stuffy" McInnis (1b), [[...
26: ...t place every year after that until 1922, when it finished 7th.
28: ...est team in baseball history, even surpassing the 1927 Yankees. - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
6: ...r]] from his previous club in [[1891]], they were first called ''Pirates''. The name stuck. Over the y...
10: :'''Official mascot:''' [[Pirate Parrot]]
13: ...1901]], [[1902]], [[1903]], [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1927]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979]]
17: In its early days, the club benefitted three times from mergers with defunct clubs. ...
19: ...strong team over the next few years and got their first World Series title in [[1909]], defeating the ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
10: *[[Svante Arrhenius]], (1859-1927), Swedish chemist and physicist
48: *[[Manfred Eigen]], (1927-), German chemist, winner of the [[1967]] [[Nobel...
56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
58: *[[Hans Fischer]], German organic chemist, [[1930]] [[Nobel ... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...ited States|American]] society. He was one of the first to apply [[assembly line]] manufacturing to th...
6: ...pelled vehicle, a steam powered thresher, for the first time.
8: ...gan|Detroit]] to work as an apprentice machinist, first with James F. Flower & Bros., and later with t...
15: ... this success, the famous race driver [[Barney Oldfield]], who named this new Ford model "999" in hono...
18: ...in races, finishing first (although later disqualified) in an "ocean-to-ocean" (across the [[United St... - Philo Farnsworth (6489 bytes)
5: ...ed an early interest in [[electronics]] after his first [[telephone]] conversation with an out-of-stat...
11: .... By 1928 Farnsworth had developed the system sufficiently to hold a demonstration for the press. In ...
19: ...never became wealthy. The [[cathode ray tube]] configuration developed from Farnsworth's work was used...
25: ...sion systems, which slowly heat a magnetically confined [[plasma]], the fusor injects high temperature...
27: ...ts, development into a power source has proven difficult. Nevertheless the fusor has since become a pr... - Airline (29546 bytes)
2: ...ces with other airlines for reasons of mutual benefit.
11: ...ernment owned or supported to independent, for-profit public companies. This occurs as regulators perm...
15: ... lower fares and sometimes dramatic spurts in traffic growth. The U.S., Australia, Japan, Brazil, Mexi...
17: ...ars is generally low, in the range of 2-3% net profit after interest and tax. It is in this time that ...
19: ...o achieve higher economies of scale and greater efficiencies.
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