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- Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
3: ...:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Dorothea Lange]]'s "Migrant Mother," an iconic image of the G...
4: === [[1930s]] ===
5: *[[1930]] - [[Hawley-Smoot tariff]]
9: *[[1932]] - [[Norris-Laguardia Act]]
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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
7: | [[Alabama]]
8: | [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]
11: | [[Alaska]]
12: | [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]]
35: | [[Delaware]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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9: ... England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
12: ...es|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of ...
15: ...pia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
5: *[[Jeppe Aakj沼Aakj沬 Jeppe]], (1866-1930), Danish writer
9: ...misepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patria...
64: *[[Marcela Acuna|Acuna, Marcela]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champio... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
34: ...gail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
44: ..., British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
45: ...to Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
61: ...[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...rchitect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...een of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the ti...
9: ...al change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her succes...
12: ...nly child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
14: ...[[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[1930s]].
5: ...[[Julius Martov]] and the [[Bolshevik]]s under [[Vladimir Lenin]] in [[1903]], Kollontai did not side ...
7: ...henodtel was eventually closed by [[Stalin]] in [[1930]].
9: [[Image:AlexandraKollantaiLarge.jpeg|200px|left]]
13: ...ecoming the world's first female Ambassador. She later served as Ambassador to [[Mexico]] and [[Swede... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: ...''Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo''' ([[January 18]],[[1930]]-[[July 10]],[[2004]]) was the first woman (and ... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
7: ...ous [[suffragist]] and member of the Alberta legislature);
20: .... Canada (Attorney General)'' <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[1930]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> A.C. 124 (P.C.)), the Privy C...
22: Four months later, [[Cairine Wilson]] became the first woman to ...
24: ...ted on Canada's newest [[Canadian dollar|fifty-dollar bill]].
28: ...ter power: Two became members of the Alberta Legislature and one a member of the [[Canadian House of C... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ..., Kansas|Atchison]], [[Kansas]], Amelia loved to play with her younger sister, Muriel. This time that ...
8: ...star]]. After her parents divorced, she sold the plane in 1924 and moved back East, where she was empl...
10: ...veloped a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic crossing. They were married on [[February 7]]...
14: ...o land in a pasture near [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]. She received the [[Disti...
16: ..." financed by [[Purdue University]], she started planning her round-the-world flight. - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...lot's licence at the [[London Aeroplane Club]] in late [[1929]].
8: ...lane for this flight a [[De Havilland]] [[De Havilland Gipsy Moth|Gipsy Moth]] (registration G-AAAH) n...
10: ...ying from [[England]] to [[Japan]] in a [[De Havilland]] [[Puss Moth]] co-piloted with [[Jack Humphrey...
12: ...], [[South Africa]], also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regain this record, this time flying a [[Pe...
16: ...les]], to the [[United States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed in [[Bridgeport, Co... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming language.
3: ...ceived an MA degree in the same two subjects in [[1930]] and in [[1934]] became the first woman to recei...
5: ... development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators.
7: ...the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[...
9: ... to English rather than in [[machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assem... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...y|astronomer]] noted for her research into [[globular cluster]]s, but best remembered for her astronom...
7: ...[Ontario]] where she took a job at the [[David Dunlap Observatory]], where Frank Hogg became director ... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...[Katowice]] (then in [[Germany]], now part of [[Poland]]) and became one of the few women to receive a...
3: ...ranck]] and [[Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus]]. In [[1930]] G?rt married Dr. [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the a...
5: ...]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. Here she developed a model for the...
7: ...umbers are called "[[Magic Numbers]]". Maria postulated, against the received wisdom of the time, that...
11: ...ey had published their results Maria sought to collaborate with them. One of German team, [[Hans Jense... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ... poor farming family. Clyde was first arrested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him ...
19: ...g the evening of [[January 5]] [[1930]] in the Dallas neighborhood of [[Oak Cliff, Texas|Oak Cliff]]. ...
23: ...yde. A prisoner serving a life sentence took the blame willingly for this killing. Fellow inmate [[Ral...
25: ...e returned to Texas within weeks, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raym...
27: ... [[Kaufman, Texas]] jail, Bonnie returned to [[Dallas]] in June of 1932, and was soon back on the road... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...list]] and media sensation in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the ...
13: ... [[Hong Kong]], however, they both contracted [[malaria]]. Robert Semple died of the disease on August...
27: ... Gospel church. She supervised construction of a large, domed church building in the [[Echo Park, Los...
29: ...nt. McPherson's uniqueness in this respect, her flamboyance and her unashamed use of low-key sex appe...
31: ...is faith, incorporating demonstrations of [[glossolalia|speaking-in-tongues]] and [[faith healing]] in... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
1: ...mage:Leni_Riefenstahl.jpg|frame|Riefenstahl circa 1930]]
2: ...film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
7: ...It is not documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
13: ...e Nazis, the court called her a "sympathizer". In later interviews, Riefenstahl maintained that she wa...
15: ...ce. Her biopic and imdb list _no_ films after Tiefland-->As a result she became a [[photographer]]. Sh... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular stars in American history.
5: ... "had no future at all as a performer". Two years later, she witnessed , Warner, a friend of her broth...
7: ...any small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for [[RKO]]. She switched to [[MGM]] (after li...
9: ...year to much press attention. However, Arnaz's philandering and drinking caused problems right from th...
17: [[image:chocolate_factory1.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Lucy and Ethel t... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934...
2: ...show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
4: ...H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: At 15, Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & c...
10: ...e [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
8: ...ave school and go to work. Her first job was as a lather girl in a barbershop. She then became a clerk...
12: ...at Garbo be given a contract as well. But their relationship came to an end as her fame grew. He was f...
17: ...27]]). The latter two she starred in with the popular leading man [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]...
19: ...rst time in ''[[Anna Christie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo T...
21: ...ely, her one-time fianc鬠John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, did not fare as well after the ad... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...]], widely recognized for her sharp wit, [[New England]] gentility and fierce independence. A screen ...
5: ...eryone, but we grew quite to enjoy that," Hepburn later said of her unabashedly liberal family, who sh...
7: ...ging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
10: ..., the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
12: ...d. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong f... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
10: and [[melodica]]s), the mouth harmonica lacks a keyboard. Instead,
20: also in [[jazz]], [[classical music]], [[country music]], [[rock and roll...
24: The harmonica consists of a "comb" made of wood, plastic or metal which
25: creates the holes into which a player blows or draws to make distinct
26: ... comb. Over the reedplates, there is a metal or plastic cover which projects the sound out of the ope... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
5: ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh) |
7: image_flag = Flag of Turkey.svg |
10: capital = [[Ankara]] |latd=52|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=13|longm=24|longEW=E|
11: largest_city = [[Istanbul]] |latd=41|latm=1|latNS=N|longd=28|longm=57|longEW=E|
12: official_languages = [[Turkish language|Turkish]]| - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...ugal, Brazil has [[Portuguese]] as its [[official language]].
8: ...ishing the independent [[Empire of Brazil]]. This lasted until the next emperor, [[Pedro II of Brazil|...
9: In the late [[19th century|19th]] and early [[20th century|...
10: ...eplaced by [[dictatorship]] three times — [[1930]]–[[1934]] and [[1937]]–[[1945]] unde...
15: ...e president are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms. The president has exte... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
5: image_flag = Argentina_flag_large.png |
8: ..._motto = En Unión y Libertad<br>([[English language|English]]: In Union and Liberty)|
10: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]|
12: latd=34|latm=20|latNS=S|longd=58|longm=30|longEW=W|
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] | - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ... west [[Mexico]], to the southwest the [[Cayman Islands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Hait...
6: ...was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]), after which ...
8: ...lliteracy ran about 12%, one of the lowest in the latin american countries.
10: ...le were expanded to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was ad...
12: ...ban patriots, and U.S. Special Forces landing at Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs)on April 17,1961 where they ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...deira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Islands]]).
5: ..., a possibly mixed [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] name meaning "Beautiful Port". During the [[...
7: ...subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
15: ...rtugal for a long time. The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
17: ... was carried out, leading [[Lusitania]] to gain [[Latin Right]] in [[73|73 AD]].{{Inote | ''Hist d... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...mber One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."
4: ...ke Babe Ruth unequivocally the greatest baseball player of all time. In several ways, he changed the ...
7: ...orn at 216 Emory Street in south [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. The house was rented by his maternal grandfa...
9: ... him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
12: ...ed the position because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe ... - California (63989 bytes)
4: Flag = California state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of California]] |
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los A...
15: PostalAbbreviation = CA | - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
4: Flag = Connecticut state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Connecticut]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgepo...
12: PostalAbbreviation = CT |
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' | - Vermont (39851 bytes)
4: Flag = Vermont state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Vermont]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]...
11: Governor = [[Jim Douglas]] |
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest lik...
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
34: ... BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
52: * [[Glass]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: *[[Laloo Prasad Yadav|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
7: ...nder Nikolaevich Yakovlev|Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolaevich]] (born 1923)
12: ...ander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...i]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
31: ...onal Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]] - Ecosystem (2598 bytes)
1: ...naturally occurring assemblage of [[organism]]s (plant, animal and other living organisms—also r...
3: ...nd Lindeman]] in his classic study of a Minnesota lake (Lindeman, 1942).
7: ...[[earth]] can be seen as a single ecosystem, or a lake can be divided into several ecosystems, dependi...
9: ... disastrous results, eventually leading to the collapse of an ecosystem and the death of many of its n... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ... as well as the [[international]], which shaped a large part of the [[history]] of the [[20th century]...
3: ...e Roaring Twenties broke out in [[Germany]], [[England]] and [[France]], where the second half of this...
5: ...e idea of modernity to a large parts of the [[population]]. Formal decorative frills were shed in favo...
8: ...he [[Great Depression]] that would dominate the [[1930]]s.
11: ...y rebounded as the returning soldiers entered the labor force and factories were retooled to produce c... - Solar system (21174 bytes)
1: ...h]] is the third planet of the Solar System. ''[[Planetary system]]s'' are a more generic term for [[s...
3: ==Planets In the Solar System==
5: The wide variety of objects that exist in the Solar System fall into several categories. In recent y...
7: ...(☉) is a [[Stellar_classification|spectral class]] G2 [[star]] that contains 99.86% of the syste...
8: ... Solar System are those nine bodies traditionally labelled as such: - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...pse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|t...
4: ...term to the small moons of the [[gas giant|giant planets]]. The first [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-b...
6: ...olar system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
8: ...e through [[Earth's atmosphere]] and strike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoroids generall...
10: ...signate man-made objects which have ended up in solar orbits, such as the [[Mariner IV]] probe. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
5: Shortcuts to highly popular [[painter]]s:
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [...
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impress...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]] - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: [[Image:Landon-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and ...
3: ...ionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, similar to the [[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]...
5: ... are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, suc...
13: ...ee [[First flying machine]] for a review of such claims.
15: ...h century from materials that would have been available to da Vinci. The design was deemed flightworth... - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
11: *[[Timeline of United States history (1930-1949)|1930-1949]]
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4: [[Image:National-atlas-1970-1900.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1...
6: *[[1900]] - US [[population]] exceeds 75 [[million]]
13: *[[1901]] - [[Platt Amendment]]
16: ...02]] - First [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] game played
17: *[[1902]] - [[Newlands Reclamation Act]] - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
3: ...:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Dorothea Lange]]'s "Migrant Mother," an iconic image of the G...
4: === [[1930s]] ===
5: *[[1930]] - [[Hawley-Smoot tariff]]
9: *[[1932]] - [[Norris-Laguardia Act]] - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
10: *[[1951]] - General [[Douglas MacArthur]] fired by Truman for invading China
18: *[[1954]] - [[Saint Lawrence Seaway Act]]
25: ...of China]] lays siege on [[Quemoy]] and [[Matsu Islands]]; Eisenhower sends in navy
27: ... Organizations|CIO]] merge in America's largest [[labor union]]
35: *[[1957]] - Russians launch [[Sputnik]]; "[[space race]]" begins - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
1: ...em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" style="float: right;" width=...
13: | [[February 18]], [[1930]]
120: ...egarding whether Pluto should be classified as a planet (see below for details). Its symbol is a combi...
124: ... orbit of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]]. It is [[#Planet X?|now known]] these discrepancies were an art...
126: ...emis]]'', ''[[Athene]]'', ''[[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]'', ''[[Cosmos]]'', ''[[Hera]]'', ''[[Hercules]... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: ...66]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman Empire]].
8: *[[1492]] - [[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surr...
11: ...1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
15: ...[[1860]] - The discovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [[... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
9: The skyscraper first emerged in the land-strapped areas of [[New York City]] and [[Chica...
11: ...m curtain wall for tall systems of glass that are laterally supported by these skeletal frames. Specia...
19: ... the [[CN Tower]], [[TV masts]], bridges, or oil platforms.
30: |2||[[Petronas Tower 1]]||[[Kuala Lumpur]]||452 m||1,483 ft||88||1998||
32: |3||[[Petronas Tower 2]]||Kuala Lumpur||452 m||1,483 ft||88||1998 - Cattle (12844 bytes)
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15: ...attle''' are [[domestication|domesticated]] [[ungulate]]s, a member of the [[subfamily]] [[Bovinae]] o... - El Salvador (12362 bytes)
1: ... populated state on the [[Americas|American]] mainland and the most [[Industrialization|industrialized...
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10: <td width="140px">([[Flag of El Salvador|In Detail]])
14: ...onal motto]]: Dios, UniLibertad<br>([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: God, Union, Liberty)''</small> - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
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10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Balaenoptiidae]]}} - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
1: ...[[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thorou...
8: A year later the first real race was staged, from [[Paris]]...
12: ...tes]], over a 54.36 mile (87.48 km) course, took place in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] on [[November 2]],...
23: ... rule diametrically opposed to current racing regulations. Extensive use of aluminium alloys was requi...
31: ...rmula_one_car.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern Formula One car]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...e winner was determined through a [[best-of-nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]...
3: ...rst World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed o...
5: The first two games of the series are played in one team's home ballpark, the next three in...
7: ...shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not earning a [[wild card...
9: ...]n champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...d and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call t...
8: ...ircle. Sometimes a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the team will make use of a cartoon be...
18: ...rofessional teams in [[1870]], each with the singular goal of defeating the Red Stockings. A number o...
22: ...gs]], and first baseman [[Cap Anson]] of the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]. While this was going on, beh...
24: ... does provide some perspective to note that a similar winning percentage nowadays would yield 129 wins... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
7: :''Home ballpark:'' [[U.S. Cellular Field]], Chicago. (This park, originally known ...
8: :''Uniform colors:'' black, white and gray
17: ...League in [[1900 in sports|1900]], a year before claiming major league status, the St. Paul franchise ...
19: ...National League, including pitcher and manager [[Clark Griffith]], who paced the White Sox to the AL's...
22: ... upset over the Cubs who had won a record 116 regular-season games. The Sox, dubbed the "Hitless Wond... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
7: ... Superbas" was the name of an acrobatic troup popular at the time), the ''Robins'' (after Wilbert Robi...
8: ...z Ravine") (Prior to 1912, the Brooklyn Dodgers played at Washington Park on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. ...
25: ... at owning the team. He desired to replace the dilapidated Washington Park with a new ballpark, and a...
27: ...oys" for their distracted, error-ridden style of play. After his removal as club president, Robinson ...
28: ...o that many a Dodger yearbook cover featured a Willard Mullin illustration with the Brooklyn Bum. - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
3: ...re a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Oakland, California]]. They are in the Western Division...
5: ...o [[Kansas City, Missouri]] in [[1955]] and to Oakland in [[1968]].
6: :'''Formerly known as:''' Philadelphia Athletics ([[1901]]-[[1954]]), Kansas City...
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[McAfee Coliseum]], Oakland
12: ...1910]], [[1911]], [[1913]], [[1914]], [[1929]], [[1930]], [[1931]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974]], [[1988... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
9: ...1966]]-[[2005]]), Busch Stadum (III) with [[BP Village]] -(Also to be known as "Busch Stadium") from [...
16: ...eague pennants won''' (16): [[1926]], [[1928]], [[1930]], [[1931]], [[1934]], [[1942]], [[1943]], [[1944...
17: ...[[1967]], [[1982]]. The Cardinals (with the [[Oakland Athletics]]) are second only to the [[New York ...
18: ...ason series against the Cardinals, Houston was declared the division champion and St. Louis received a...
24: ...2]] where they enjoyed a four-year dynasty under flamboyant owner [[Chris von der Ahe]]. Initially the... - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: ...ingly popular and continues to attract ever more players around the world.
6: A ''round'' of golf consists of playing a number of ''holes'', usually eighteen. A ho...
8: ...l of winning as many holes as possible; when one player's lead exceeds the number of holes remaining i...
12: ...rass is cut so low that most balls can be easily played) or from the ''rough'' (uncut grass or ground ...
14: ...ht|250px|Bunkers at Filton Golf Club, Bristol, England]] - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemis...
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
43: *[[Davorin Dolar]], (born 1921), chemist - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...e in Physics|Nobel Prize for Physics]] for his explanation of the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for hi...
5: ...of science and technology|history]], and in [[popular culture]], ''Einstein'' has become a byword for ...
7: ...nd philosophy. To this day Einstein receives popular recognition unprecedented for a scientist.
14: ... were Hermann Einstein, a featherbed salesman who later ran an [[electrochemistry|electrochemical]] wo...
16: ...hat he had [[Asperger's syndrome]], a condition related to [[autism]]. - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...d say in 1933, "The whole secret of my getting on lay with my mother."
7: ...oods, which were strictly out-of-bounds. He also played the piano and violin, was an ambidextrous arti...
13: ... collector, incorporating plans of military installations into his drawings of butterfly wings.
15: ... the 5th Dragoon Guards in [[1897]]. A few years later he wrote a small manual, entitled "Aids to Sco...
17: ...were planted and his soldiers were ordered to simulate avoiding (non-existent) barbed wire while movin... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ... with contributing to the creation of a [[middle class]] in [[United States|American]] society. He was...
6: ... Mary Ford, immigrants from [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]. He was the eldest of six children. As a chi...
8: ...rvice their steam engines. Upon his marriage to Clara Bryant in [[1888]] Ford supported himself by fa...
12: ...y was reorganized as [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]].
15: ...Lake St. Clair in 39.4 seconds, which was a new [[land speed record]]. Convinced by this success, the ... - Philo Farnsworth (6489 bytes)
5: ...h an out-of-state relative and the discovery of a large cache of technology magazines in the attic of ...
7: ...is bride, Elma G. "Pem" Farnsworth. A local [[philanthropist]] managing a [[community chest]] agreed ...
9: ...formed a partnetship with George Everson in Salt Lake City to develop Farnsworth's television ideas. ...
11: ... radio tubes, Philco was persuaded to sever its relationship with Farnsworth in 1934.
13: ...ertainment programs; that year he travelled to England and formed an alliance with [[John Logie Baird]... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
23: *[[Ernst Barlach]]
27: *[[John Beckley]] (1930 - )
33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564) - Czech Republic (13856 bytes)
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6: ...fef align="center" width="120px" | [[image:Czech_flag.png|100px]]
9: | align="center" width="120px" | ([[Flag of the Czech Republic|In Detail]])
13: ...>''National [[motto]]: Truth prevails<br>([[Czech language|Czech]]: Pravda v�amp;#283;z�'</small>
17: | '''[[Official language]]''' - Elephant (13277 bytes)
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23: ...t elephant ever recorded was a male shot in [[Angola]] in 1974, weighing [[1 E4 kg|12 000 kilograms]] ...
29: ...] that enables an elephant to reach food in high places and lift obstacles weighing up to 1 [[ton]]. E... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Denison, Texas]]
13: | place of death=[[Washington, D.C.]]
30: ...1922]] at [[Camp Meade]], [[Maryland]] and other places. He was promoted to Captain in [[1917]] and Ma...
34: ...en served as chief military aide to General [[Douglas MacArthur]], Army Chief of Staff, until [[1935]]...
38: ...]], and then succeeded Gerow as Chief of the War Plans Division. Then he was appointed Assistant Chief... - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
12: | place of birth=[[Lamar, Missouri|Lamar]], [[Missouri]]
15: | place of death=[[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]],...
35: ...d>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Lamar, Missouri|Lamar]], [[Missouri]]</td></tr>
37: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Kansas City, Missouri|Ka...
38: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Bess Truman]]</td></tr> - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[West Branch, Iowa]]
13: | place of death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
19: '''Herbert Clark Hoover''' ([[August 10]], [[1874]] – [[Oc...
24: [[Image:1930-25B-tn.jpg|right|thumb|Hoover lived with his Uncl...
26: ...reported. As an office boy in his uncle's Oregon Land Company he mastered bookkeeping and typing, whi... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[N...
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
16: ...vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...nd privilege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. Hi... - Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
11: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Plymouth, Vermont|Plymou...
13: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Northampton, Massachuset...
14: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Grace Coolidge]]</td></tr>
25: ...chusetts]], graduating in [[1895]]. He practiced law in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], and was a mem...
27: ...tp://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0071560-0&templatename=/article/article.html] - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Near [[Blooming Grove, Ohio|Blooming G...
13: | place of death=[[San Francisco]], [[California]]
18: ...the [[Ohio Senate]] ([[1899]]–[[1903]]) and later as [[Lieutenant Governor of Ohio|Lieutenant Go...
20: ...e]] policies both on economic and social policy. Plagued by scandals in his administration—despi...
23: ...ed at [[Muskingum College|Ohio Central College]] (later [[Muskingum College]]) in [[Iberia, Ohio|Iberi... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ...ing the first solo non-stop flight across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[1927]].
6: ...s]] in the 1920s.<!--What does this mean? Please clarify.-->
8: ==First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean==
10: ...an.JPG|thumb|right|The Spirit of St. Louis on display at the Smithsonian.]]
11: ...irst non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] later that same year. - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
2: ...d and the first flight from Australia to [[New Zealand]], and was also the first to complete the more ...
4: Kingsford Smith was born in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], and was one of seven children...
6: ...uva]], [[Fiji]], and on to [[Brisbane]], where he landed on [[June 8]]. On arrival, he was met by a hu...
8: In [[1930]], he competed in an England to Australia [[air race]], and, flying solo, wo...
10: ...id not arrive at its destination. Eighteen months later, wreckage from the aircraft was located off th... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...mericans''', '''Black Americans''', or simply '''blacks''', are an ethnic group in the [[United States...
3: ==Nomenclature==
6: ..., the term properly can be applied to nearly all black citizens of the United States. Despite its lite...
9: ...e:USA 2000 black density.jpg|thumb|200px|2000 population density]]
10: ...ry]], [[Indiana]], had the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. city in 2000, with 85 per... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
6: place_of_birth = [[Braunau am Inn]], [[Austria-Hungar...
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
20: ...n more strictly than was usual for that time and place.
22: ...n a Hitler, however, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through his mother's family, too.
25: ...ved frequently, from [[Braunau]] to [[Passau]], [[Lambach]], [[Leonding]] and next to [[Linz]]. Young ... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...n April 21, 1908, a year before [[Robert Peary]] claimed to, April 6, 1909.<ref>Henderson, B. 2009, pp...
13: ...n language|Yamana]] dictionary, and several years later acquiesced in the attempted publication of the...
15: ...ave made the first ascent of that mountain (this claim is discussed at length below).
24: ...'s descriptions of the summit ridge bear no resemblance to the actual mountain). Washburn showed that ...
29: ...crossing [[Nares Strait]] to Annoatok on the Greenland side in the spring of 1909, allegedly almost dy... - Richard E. Byrd (4114 bytes)
1: ...]) was an pioneering [[United States|American]] polar explorer and famous aviator.
5: ...ompleted the trip; becoming the first ever transatlantic flight.
9: ... Nonetheless, this trip earned Byrd widespread acclaim, enabling him to secure funding for subsequent ...
11: ==First Antarctic expedition, 1928-1930==
12: ... expedition returned to America on [[June 18]], [[1930]]. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
6: ...defeats the [[Pompey|Pompeian]] forces of [[Titus Labienus]] and [[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompey the Younger]...
8: ...is Jolliet]] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
10: ...ton, Massachusetts]] after [[George Washington]] places [[artillery]] overlooking the city.
13: *[[1861]] - The Kingdom of [[Italy]] is proclaimed.
18: *[[1921]] - The [[Second Republic of Poland]] adopts the [[March Constitution]]. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of the [[Mississ...
9: ...1]] - The [[First Taranaki War]] ends in [[New Zealand]].
10: ...ville]] begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from [[G...
12: ...for the first time but was not recognized as a [[planet]].
13: ...merican planes take off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
9: ...pol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civil law]].
14: ...of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] flight.
15: ...rsia]] by its native name, [[Iran]], which means 'Land of the [[Aryan]]s'.
17: ...[[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]]
18: ...], the first [[rock and roll]] concert, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] - March 22 (9294 bytes)
5: ... [[Gordian I]] and his son [[Gordian II]] are proclaimed [[Roman emperors]].
7: ...amestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population.
8: *[[1630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming t...
10: ...tamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies.
14: *[[1894]] - The first playoff game for the [[Stanley Cup]] starts. - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: ...''' is the [[capital]], largest [[City|city]] and largest [[metropolitan area]] in the state of [[Ariz...
5: ...ix is now the fifth-largest city, surpassing [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
6: ...etropolitan area of the United States, with a population of 3,251,876 (2000 census)
7: * the largest capital city by area and population in the U.S. (including [[Washington, DC]])
13: ...xico]]) and ''Fiinigis'' in [[Western Apache]] (a language spoken in Arizona). - Cheyenne, Wyoming (8059 bytes)
3: ...[Laramie County, Wyoming|Laramie County]] and the largest city in Wyoming.
7: {{Template:US City infobox|
11: flag = CheyenneWY.jpg |
16: county = [[Laramie County, Wyoming|Laramie County]] |
33: ...Cheyenne were among the fiercest fighters on the plains. Not pleased with the changes brought about b... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
1: ...ng the [[2002 Winter Olympic Games]]. It is Salt Lake City's top tourist draw]]
2: ... [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]] counties, had a population of 1,333,914 as of [[2000]].
4: ...s are known as "[[List of famous Salt Lakers|Salt Lakers]]".
5: ...x|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
6: ...f Latter-day Saints|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. [[Mining]] and the [[railroad]]... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ... [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteratio...
10: *[[Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar]] ([[1930]] - )
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
20: *[[Yousef Alavi]] - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
28: *[[Lawrence Aller]]
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]])
56: *[[Benjamin Baillaud]] ([[France]], [[1848]] – [[1934]]) - Economy of Estonia (6977 bytes)
3: ...omy is greatly influenced by developments in [[Finland]], [[Sweden]], and [[Germany]], three major tra...
6: ...cation, and unemployment. Compensating the German landowners for their holdings, the government confis...
8: ... focused on the local market and the West, particularly Germany and the United Kingdom. Only 3% of all...
10: ..., such as oil-shale mining and phosphorites. As a laboratory for economic experiments, especially in i...
12: ... the former [[COMECON]] area. A balanced budget, flat-rate [[income tax]], [[free trade]] regime, full... - American comic book (14771 bytes)
7: ==The Platinum Age==
8: ...e Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck]], a pirated translation of [[Rodolphe T?er|Rodolphe T?er's]] "Histoir...
13: ...he late [[19th century]]. In the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], early comic books began to appear in the form...
15: ...an 8-page comic section that folded down from the large broadsheet to a smaller 9-inch by 12-inch form...
19: ...o years most comic book companies were publishing large lines of superhero titles, and Superman has go... - Postcard (2985 bytes)
4: ...card''' in that the postage is pre-printed on the latter, whereas a postcard requires a [[postage stam...
5: In the art world the postcard can also be translated into an art object. The art form where this is...
10: ...ght|thumb|Greetings from Pikes Peak, Colorado: A "large-letter" style American postcard from the linen...
15: ...began the Golden Age of American postcards, which lasted until about 1915, when [[World War I]] blocke...
17: ...ly printed on papers with a high rag content. The last and current postcard era, which began about 193... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] ...
10: place_of_death=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
13: ...; गांधी, [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] મોહન...
15: ...King, Jr.]], [[John Lennon]] and the 14th [[Dalai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; d...
18: ...sons: [[Harilal Gandhi]], born in [[1888]]; [[Manilal Gandhi]], born in [[1892]]; [[Ramdas Gandhi]], b... - Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
1: ...Image:Heloïse et d'Abélard.jpg|thumb|right|"Abaelardus and Heloïse surprised by Master Fulbert", by...
2: ...affair with his student, [[Heloise (student of Abelard)|Héloïse]] has become legendary.
7: ...chool for instruction and exercise, or some years later, after he had already begun to teach, remains ...
10: ...mb|left|Abelard and his pupil, Eloise, by Edmund Blair Leighton]]
11: ...ropolitan teacher, while yet only twenty-two, Abélard set up a school of his own at [[Melun]], then, ... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
7: *[[Nicola Abbagnano]], (1901-1990)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
31: *[[Rodolphus Agricola]], (1443-1485){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202) - Yo-yo (9646 bytes)
3: ...toy]] consisting of two equally-sized discs of [[plastic]], [[wood]], or [[metal]], connected with an ...
5: ..., which result in the return of the yo-yo to the player's hand in this fashion is considered a ''trick...
7: ...of proficiency at the sport in youth to continue playing into adulthood.
11: Contrary to popular myth, there is no evidence that the yo-yo is der...
14: ... well as a specimen<sup>'''B'''</sup>, are on display in the [[National Museum of Athens]]. - Causes of the Great Depression (21364 bytes)
1: ... the emergence of the Great Depression, many formulated in the decades since its occurance.
3: ...caused by cyclical factors which reached a particularly acute point at that time.
12: One class of theories about the Great Depression is that ...
16: ... [[capitalism|capitalist]] world throughout the [[1930s]]. In truth, economic instability had been growi...
18: ..., running a huge balance of trade surplus, but in 1930, what seemed like a cyclical downturn in the econ... - Axon (1894 bytes)
3: ...peripheral]] neurons and [[oligodendrocyte]]s insulating those of the [[CNS|central nervous system]]. ...
5: ...he axons of some neurons branch to form [[axon collateral]]s, along which the bifurcated impulse trave...
9: ...ade in the late 1930's by K. Cole and H. Curtis. Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley also employed the squi...
17: * http://www.sfn.org/wrensite/projects/patch_clamp/index.htm - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ...was [[Tenochtitlan]], built on raised islets in [[Lake Texcoco]] – the site of modern-day [[Mexi...
5: ==Nomenclature==
7: ...rs would consider themselves Aztecs. More particularly, the term refers to the [[empire]] of the Mexi...
9: ... the word ''Azteca'' was like the modern use of ''Latino'', or ''Mediterranean'': a broad term that do...
11: ...the [[Aubin Codex]] relates that after leaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]] ordered his people not to u... - History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
1: ...western [[Iranian language]] related to [[Persian language|Persian]].
5: ...ttite]]s, the [[Susa|Susians]], [[Elamite Empire|Elamites]], and [[Akkad]]ians of [[Babylonia]]; and d...
7: ... common with all the nations inhabiting the high plateaus of [[Asia Minor]], [[Armenia]] and [[Iran|Pe...
9: ...s mentioned under the names of "Saspirians" and "Alarodians" in the muster roll of the army of [[Xerxe...
11: ...Gotarzes]] indeed, whose name may perhaps be translated "chief of the Gutii", was traditionally believ... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
1: ...2px|right|An artistic rendition of an imaginary Atlantis]]
2: ...ato did mention it was somewhere outside the [[Pillars of Hercules]] (i.e. the [[Straits of Gibraltar]...
5: ...] and the Atlantians around 9,000 years before [[Plato]]'s existence.
7: The origins of the story of Atlantis date back to Egyptian priests who transfered ...
9: ===Plato=== - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...ea level]]. It is also home to many species of [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s that have adapted to this ha...
3: ...ey National Monument''' was created in [[1933]], placing the area under some protection. In [[1994]], ...
5: ... times of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake Manly]].
9: ...Death Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence there.
36: ...hape ends at a slot canyon half way down with a relatively small and steep alluvial fan for the stream... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...]] colony with the name of [[Byzantium]] ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Byzantion or ''Βυζ&...
3: ...tium (Constantinople), where most gold coins circulating in Europe came from and were associated with.
5: ...relatively unmolested, while Rome and the west collapsed.
7: ...an]] forces under the command of [[Michael VIII Palaeologus]] in [[1261]].
9: ...nstantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in [[1930]]. - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ly unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Weste...
5: ...reign was usually the German king, and the German lands were always its chief component. After the mid...
17: ... Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans finally broke...
19: ...e without losing contact with their own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Ch...
23: ...ished to spread the Christian faith in the German lands. - Christmas (35108 bytes)
2: ... exact date of his birth was determined centuries later.
4: ...changes within families and the arrival of Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Despite the influenc...
10: ...rth to Jesus in a [[manger]], which has been translated in various ways, most commonly a feeding troug...
14: ...ombination of traceable celestial events might explain the appearance of a giant star that had never b...
16: ...nfirmation by eyewitnesses, have led to much speculation about the accuracy of these reports. As one o... - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
68: | [[Molar volume]]
83: ...ter" bgcolor="ffc0c0"|'''<font color="blue">Miscellaneous'''</font>
177: ...]] that has the symbol '''Hg''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] '''''hydrargyrum''''', for ''watery...
180: Mercury is a relatively poor conductor of [[heat]] but is a good co...
183: ...Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Thorium (11307 bytes)
67: | [[Molar volume]]
82: ...n="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ff99cc" | '''Miscellaneous'''
103: | 1930 kJ/mol
151: ...Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
153: ...y tarnishes in air, becoming grey and eventually black. Thorium oxide (ThO<sub>2</sub>), also called t... - Chicken (21473 bytes)
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6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Aves]]}}
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20: ...ns are the most common bird in the world. The population in 2003 was 24 billion, according to the ''Fi...
25: ...n scratch at the soil to get at adult insects and larva or seed. - Siberian Husky (8100 bytes)
24: !Classification and breed standards
42: |[[New Zealand Kennel Club|NZKC]]: || Utility
47: ...y the [[Chukchis|Chukchi]] tribes for use as a village dog, herding the [[reindeer]], pulling [[sledge...
50: ...rkings, and tail tip. The most common colors are black and white, grey and white, copper red and white...
56: Its ears are triangular, well-furred, and erect; its fox-brush tail is c... - Japanese Terrier (2850 bytes)
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47: The Japanese Terrier is a balanced, square dog, tri-coloured, with white predomi...
53: ...vely as a pet. The dogs became very popular as [[lap dog]]s in ports such as Nagasaki, [[Kobe]] and [... - Keeshond (3181 bytes)
6: |[[Image:Keeshond.jpg|250px|thumb|none|The black "spectacles" of the Keeshond are an important c...
20: |[[The Netherlands]]
22: !Classification and breed standards
41: |[[New Zealand Kennel Club|NZKC]]: || Non-sporting
49: ...originating in the [[Netherlands]]. Its closest relative is the [[Pomeranian]]. Originally called the ... - Neutron (7687 bytes)
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29: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart...
31: [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
32: ...ssion and absorption of [[pion]]s. A neutron is classified as a [[baryon]], and consists of two down ...
34: ...t they are uncharged. This property of neutrons delayed their discovery, makes them very penetrating, ... - Gabby Hartnett (4450 bytes)
1: ...catcher]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] who played nearly his entire career with the [[Chicago Cu...
3: ...nded with a remarkable season in [[1930 in sports|1930]], [[batting average|hitting]] .339 with career h...
5: ...uld do so for the next eight consecutive seasons (1930-37), and in [[1939 in sports|1939]] he broke [[Ra...
7: ...ame|All-Star]] for the first six games that were played (1933-38), Hartnett was catching when pitcher ...
9: ... middle of the [[1938 in sports|1938]] season, replacing [[Charlie Grimm]]. - List of geographers (2342 bytes)
1: The [[geographer]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet|alphabetical]] [[trans...
2: ...x|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
18: * [[John Dee]] (England, [[1527]] - [[1608]])
62: * [[Yi-Fu Tuan]] (United States, China, b. [[1930]]) - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]
12: | date of death=[[March 8]], [[1930]]
13: | place of death=[[Washington D.C]].
18: ... ([[September 15]], [[1857]]–[[March 8]], [[1930]]) was an [[Politics of the United States|America...
20: ...rs]] by the people instead of by the [[state legislature]]s. Taft was the first president to occupy t... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ly unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Weste...
5: ...reign was usually the German king, and the German lands were always its chief component. After the mid...
17: ... Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons, Frisians, Thuringians, Langobardi. Around 260 AD, the Germans finally broke...
19: ...e without losing contact with their own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Ch...
23: ...ished to spread the Christian faith in the German lands. - Culture of Russia (14552 bytes)
1: ...0th century B.C. with the development of [[East Slavic culture]]. Modern Russian Culture is highly co...
14: ..., [[Kazimir Malevich]], [[Wassily Kandinsky]], [[Vladimir Tatlin]], [[Alexander Rodchenko]], and [[Mar...
18: ...] of [[Bolsheviks]], gained negative attitude of Vladimir Lenin, by 1922 declined considerably, and wa...
22: ...ny similarties to European baroque style, was popular. Througout the majority of the 1900's russian a...
36: *[[Catherine Palace]] - Angel Shark (6012 bytes)
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10: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
14: ...atoidea|rays]]. The 16-odd known species are all classified in a single genus '''''Squatina''''' belon... - Economic history of the United States (14450 bytes)
5: ...also signed the [[Federal Reserve Act]], or Owen-Glass Act, establishing the [[Federal Reserve]] as th...
8: ...gan to fail. Some historians blame the crash on a lack of foresight in President Coolidge, pointing ou...
13: ...ed to pull itself strongly out of the Depression, largely due to [[World War II]], but there is an ong...
16: ...reached earlier in the decade, but this would not last.
17: ...-- Do something with this, please. It was part of Lancemurdoch's original history. Aside from being ob... - Comics of the United States (14771 bytes)
7: ==The Platinum Age==
8: ...e Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck]], a pirated translation of [[Rodolphe T?er|Rodolphe T?er's]] "Histoir...
13: ...he late [[19th century]]. In the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], early comic books began to appear in the form...
15: ...an 8-page comic section that folded down from the large broadsheet to a smaller 9-inch by 12-inch form...
19: ...o years most comic book companies were publishing large lines of superhero titles, and Superman has go... - Painting of the United States (3965 bytes)
3: ...ement brought the transcendent beauty of frontier landscapes to painters' attention.
5: ...ains, and the people who lived near them. Middle-class city life found its painter in [[Thomas Eakins]...
12: ...d images of American popular culture—Coca-Cola bottles, soup cans, comic strips.
14: ...can contribution to world art has been a mocking playfulness, a sense that a central purpose of a new ...
17: ...eth]], [[Winslow Homer]], [[Man Ray]], [[Dorothea Lange]], [[Robert Capa]], [[Ansel Adams]], [[Augustu... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
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10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[N...
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
16: ...vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...nd privilege, he overcame a crippling illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. Hi... - Handball (6138 bytes)
1: ...ort]] where two teams of seven players each (six players and a [[goalkeeper]]) pass and bounce a [[bal...
3: ...ball which is inverse from football. It has been played internationally since the first half of the 20...
7: ...om the goal. There is also a dashed near-semicircular line that is nine meters away from the goal.
9: ...ch and touch the ball in the air within it. If a player should find himself in contact inside the goal...
11: ...uch as in [[basketball]], except that a handball player may raise their hand above shoulder level whil... - Geography1 (26085 bytes)
1: [[Image:World-map-2004-cia-factbook-large-1.7m-whitespace-removed.jpg|thumb|290px|right|...
2: ... geography]] and [[physical geography]].<ref>web.clas.ufl.edu/users/morgans/lecture_2.prn.pdf.</ref>
5: ...ty of topics such as economics, health, climate, plants and animals, geography is highly interdiscipli...
7: ...|title=The History of Geography |publisher=Basil Blackwell |location=Oxford |pages=p. 66}}</ref>}}
9: ...? |work=AAG Career Guide: Jobs in Geography and related Geographical Sciences |publisher=Association o... - Wonders of the Ancient World (11560 bytes)
1: ...piled over the ages to catalogue the most spectacular man-made constructions and natural things in the...
3: ...cal antiquity]], and was based on guide-books popular among [[Ancient Greece|Hellenic]] sight-seers an...
4: Many similar lists have been made, including lists for the Me...
8: ...erodotus]] (484 BC–ca. 425 BC), and the scholar [[Callimachus]] of [[Cyrene]] (ca 305–240 ...
20: ...umata''"(Greek: '''Θαύματα'''), which translates closer to "things to be seen". The list that w... - September 23 (7397 bytes)
7: ...fought at Blore Heath, in [[Staffordshire]], [[England]]
10: ...''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of [[England]]
13: ...[1806]] - [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest...
15: *[[1846]] - Discovery of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] by French astronomer [[Urbain Le Ve...
16: *[[1868]] - [[Grito de Lares]] (Lares Revolt) occurs in [[Puerto Rico]] against Span... - Automobile (19750 bytes)
2: ...thumb|right|A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile.]]
4: ...ck]]s, and [[van]]s, with cars being the most popular by far. Older terms include '''horseless carriag...
13: It is generally claimed that the first automobiles with gasoline-powe...
15: ...e built in Britain in 1895 by [[Frederick William Lanchester]] who also patented the [[disc brake]] in...
17: ===Popularity=== - Gemini (3325 bytes)
2: ...n)|Auriga]] and the near-invisible [[Lynx (constellation)|Lynx]] to the north and [[Monoceros]] and [[...
6: ... - only one, Alhena (γ) is ever seen from a large city - and trace out a rectangle to the southe...
8: ...Pluto]] was discovered in this constellation in [[1930]], near the star Wasat (δ Geminorum).
12: ...a; Geminorum, near the western edge of the constellation.
15: Since this constellation is easily viewable as two parallel stick figu... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
8: * [[1288]] - [[Pope Nicholas IV|Nicholas IV]] becomes [[Pope]].
9: ... [[Charles VIII of France]] enters [[Naples]] to claim the city's throne.
12: ...] for five million [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]].
16: ...] adopts a new [[constitution]] that abolishes [[slavery]].
17: ...pkins University]] is founded in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...in a broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from...
5: ...titled ''Poetics of Music''. In it, he famously claimed that music was incapable of "expressing anyth...
7: ... the [[Western countries|West]] and in his native land. He was named by [[Time magazine]] as one of th...
10: ...e age of 20, Stravinsky became the pupil of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], probably the leading Russian ...
12: ...: from the ''L'oiseau de feu'', whose style draws largely on Rimsky-Korsakov, to ''Petrushka's'' empha... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
2: ...gion]]s of [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].
4: ...ecember 31]], [[2004]] [http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2004/tab_3.pdf]), it is a richly [[hetero...
6: ...reignty over it. According to Israeli [[Jerusalem Law]], Jerusalem is the capital of the [[State of Is...
7: [[Palestinian]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a fu...
12: ...alim'' in [[Akkadian]], a cognate of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ''Ir Shalem'' ("city of Salem"). S... - Timeline of aviation (3479 bytes)
12: *'''[[1930s]]:''' [[1930 in aviation|1930]] - [[1931 in aviation|1931]] - [[1932 in aviatio... - Jet engine (22370 bytes)
2: ...ton's_Third_Law_:_Law_of_reciprocal_actions|third law of motion]], the engine experiences thrust in th...
4: ...uction, compression, ignition and exhaust taking place continuously. The engine generates [[thrust]] b...
6: ...y a large amount, whereas a [[propeller]] takes a large mass of air and accelerates it by a small amou...
10: Modern turbojet engines are modular in concept and design. The central power-produc...
15: ...ype of powerplant would have to be conceived. The latter would prove to be the case. The gas turbine (... - Flight simulator (9712 bytes)
1: ...umb|right|Interior Cockpit of a modern Flight Simulator]]
2: ...ly as possible. The different types of flight simulator range from [[video game]]s up to fullsize [[Si...
4: ...the [[military]] for pilot training, disaster simulation and aircraft development.
8: ... rotate and tilt freely. Another early flight simulator of about [[1910]] was built using a section of...
10: ...1930]] just simulated mechanical motions, but was later enhanced to include instruments and was used b... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
14: ...founded the [[feminist]] daily [[newspaper]], ''[[La Fronde]]''.
15: *[[1905]] - [[1905 law on secularity|Law separating church and state]] passed in France
19: *[[1941]] - [[Republic of China|China]] declares war on [[Japan]], [[Germany]], and [[Italy]].
20: ...ash in occupied [[Germany]]. He died twelve days later.
30: ...comes the first directly elected president of [[Poland]]. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (7198 bytes)
2: ...0.jpg|thumb|right|Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. circa 1930.]]
10: ...killed in so many bloody battles. Holmes recalled later that he was not a natural soldier but preferre...
14: == Law practice and state judgeship ==
16: ...conclusion, Holmes returned to Harvard to study [[law]], being admitted to the bar in [[1866]], and we...
18: ...cisions by others who had argued that [[organized labor]] was by nature illegal. - List of HIV-positive people (8891 bytes)
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15: *[[Amanda Blake]], ([[1929]]-[[1989]]), played Kitty Russell (saloon owner, Miss Kitty) (''[[...
23: *[[Cyril Collard]], ([[1957]]-[[1993]]), [[France|French]] write...
25: ...d needle while addicted to heroin; died of AIDS-related causes
33: ...peteer (''[[Wayland Flowers and Madame, Madame's Place]]'')
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