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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
109: | [[1896]] — [[1902]], [[1909]] — [[1912]] (wi... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
19: ...tuguese found gold and diamonds in the neighbor captaincy of [[Minas Gerais]], Rio de Janeiro became m...
35: ... built in 1750 and converted to a tram viaduct in 1896 - and rambles through the hilly streets of the Sa...
123: [[pt:Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)]] - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
15: *[[Ivar Aasen|Aasen, Ivar]], (1813-1896), linguist - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: ...hard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
47: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm]], (1896-1962), mathematician - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
16: ... Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time ma...
25: ...hildless, Ernest Augustus was also the heir-presumptive to the British throne.
27: ... the [[Whig]] Party, which had been in power, except for brief intervals, since [[1830]]. The Whig Pri...
37: ...tributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King of Hanover. These conspiracy theorie...
39: ... Eight more children would be born during the exceptionally happy marriage between Victoria and Prince... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
19: ... propose to May. George duly proposed and May accepted. Despite its being an arranged marriage, May an...
27: ...2]]<td> married [[Wallis Simpson]] ([[19 June]] [[1896]] – [[24 April]] [[1986]]); no issue.
29: ...ried Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood ([[9 September]] [[1882]] – [[23 May]] [[1947]]); and...
58: ...VII, was slow in leaving Buckingham Palace, and kept some of the royal jewels that should have been pa...
62: ...nd Albert, and her youngest son Prince John was kept away on the Sandringham Estate so the public woul... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [...
27: After a trip to Egypt in [[1910]], where she was awed by the ancient ar...
63: ...tt Mary Helene de Septeuil 1889.jpg|''Helene de Septeuil'' (1889)
69: ...tt Mary Maternal Kiss 1896.jpg|''Maternal Kiss'' (1896)
70: ... Nurse and Child 1896-97.jpg|''Nurse and Child'' (1896-97) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
13: ...owever, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
22: ... from the wider [[American Civil Rights Movement (1896-1954)|civil rights movement]] struggle was demons... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: '''Suzanne Valadon''' ([[September 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]...
18: ... but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness."
24: ...ee spirit, she would wear a corsage of carrots, kept a goat in her studio to "eat up her bad drawings"...
26: Her marriage to stockbroker Paul Mousis in [[1896]] failed, when in [[1909]] the then 44-year old V... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
39: ... of every soldier who died in the hospital. The depth of her commitment to the care of her patients in...
83: ...ty of London]]. She could not leave her bed after 1896 and died on [[August 13]], [[1910]]. The offer of... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...[[September 13]], [[1819]] – [[May 20]], [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Robert Schumann]], was one...
9: ...] and continued her visits annually, with the exception of four seasons, until [[1882]]; and from [[18... - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
8: ...the [[Kinetoscope]] production, [[The Kiss (film, 1896)|The Kiss]], became the first screen kiss in cine...
12: ...]] appearance, this time in the feature-length adaptation of [[George V. Hobart]]'s play, ''[[Mrs. Bla... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: ...aption><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
36: *Robert Tyler ([[September 9]], [[1816]] - [[December 3]], [[1877]]). H...
37: ...Tyler ([[April 17]], [[1819]] - [[January 26]], [[1896]]).
44: ...First Lady of the United States]] but died on [[September 10]], [[1842]]. John spent two years as a wi...
46: ...David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[September 5]], [[1927]]). - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
3: ...><font size="+1">'''Grover Cleveland'''</font></caption>
50: ...e [[Interstate Commerce Act]], the first law attempting Federal regulation of the railroads.
60: ...eveland also forced the [[United Kingdom]] to accept arbitration of a disputed boundary in [[Venezuela...
62: ... cover story about the removal of two bad teeth kept the suspicious press somewhat placated. Even when...
67: ...n for the Democratic presidential nomination in [[1896]], but was disappointed when his party nominated ... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
8: == First concepts ==
25: ...h a short age for the Earth. Biologists could accept that the Earth might have a finite age, but even ...
27: ...mates would prove far too short. Thomson had attempted to root the debate in one set of facts; the geo...
37: ...ident of himself, and the fact that multiple attempts to determine the age of the Earth seemed to show...
39: ...uld ultimately resolve the conflict took place in 1896, when the French chemist [[Henri Becquerel|A. Hen... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
67: ...[provisional treaty]] of peace on [[October 26]], 1896.
69: ... a referendum. In [[1994]], a constitution was adopted leading to Ethiopia's first multiparty election...
77: ... assembly was held in June 1994. This assembly adopted the constitution of the Federal Democratic Repu...
110: ...The normal rainy season is from mid-June to mid-September (longer in the southern highlands) preceded ...
128: ...m]] was one of the first nations to officially adopt [[Christianity]], when St. [[Frumentius]] of [[Ty... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
53: ...the [[1500]]s, when [[Portugal|Portuguese]] sea captain [[Diego Dias]] sighted the island after his sh...
57: ...r was established by military force in [[1895]]-[[1896|96]], and the Merina monarchy was abolished.
61: ...eriod of provisional government ended with the adoption of a constitution in [[1959]] and full indepen...
76: ...de margin, despite efforts by federalists to disrupt [[ballot]]ing in several coastal areas.
80: ... Sporadic violence and considerable economic disruption continued until [[July]] [[2002]] when Ratsira... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
52: ...lonialist encroachment on their native lands in [[1896]]-[[1897]].
56: ...] economic sanctions against Rhodesia. In an attempt to distance the country from its colonial master,...
62: ...ster House Agreement|Lancaster House]] in an attempt to negotiate a settlement in the civil war.
167: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/zim.html Stanford University - Afric... - Flag of New Jersey (1068 bytes)
2: ...e New Jersey General Assembly for [[March 11]], [[1896]], the buff color is due indirectly to [[George W...
5: ... of the New Jersey General Assembly for March 11, 1896] - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
43: ...constitution]], the third for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of th...
47: ...have a merged city-town government. The sole exception is the [[Groton (city), Connecticut | City of ...
85: ...roads/ct/index.html] for a very complete and in-depth discussion of Connecticut roadways, current, pas...
93: ... [[transportation]] equipment (especially [[helicopters]], [[aircraft]] parts, and [[nuclear submarine...
105: ...esigned the first [[flat turret lathe]], and in [[1896]] built a gear shaper which permitted the manufac... - Utah (29154 bytes)
26: AdmittanceDate = [[January 4]], [[1896]] |
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110: ...f Utah was officially granted on [[January 4]], [[1896]].
139: ...However, the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] are an exception, being comparetively flat. Most of western Uta...
151: .... Snowfall is common in [[winter]] everywhere except the southern border and the Great Salt Lake Deser... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-)
157: *[[Arnold Blanch]] ([[1896]]-[[1968]])
190: *[[Louis Bouché]] ([[1896]]-[[1969]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...d was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, similar to the [[Tower of Bab...
9: ...eonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
11: ...eonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]]
13: There were many early attempts to fly, covering the full range of legend to fac...
15: ... made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
48: *[[Wallace Carothers]], (1896-1937) — [[Nylon]]
162: *[[Alfred Nobel]], (1833-1896), [[Sweden]] — [[dynamite]]
211: ...provided an influential formalisation of the concept of [[algorithm]] and computation: the [[Turing ma...
242: ...–1995) was the inventor of the Bell [[helicopter]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
29: ...mercial application and was able to sell the concept to homes and businesses by mass-producing relativ...
40: ...formed the [[Oriental Telephone Company]]. On [[September 4]], [[1882]], Edison switched on the world'...
43: ...920s.ogg|title= Edison speech on light bulb|description= Video clip of Thomas Edison talking about the...
58: ...riments. Sprague's approach was to calculate the optimum parameters and thus save much needless tinker...
70: ...with a cylinder [[phonograph]]. In [[April]] of [[1896]], Edison and [[Thomas Armat]]'s [[Vitascope]] wa... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
10: ...hese are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
18: ...pe to observe the [[sky]]. Based on sketchy descriptions of telescopes invented in the [[Netherlands]]...
20: ...planet)|Jupiter]]. Galileo published a full description in ''[[Sidereus Nuncius]]'' in March [[1610]]....
24: ...e Sun. By contrast, the [[geocentric model]] of [[Ptolemy]] predicted that only crescent and new phase...
32: Galileo observed the planet [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] in [[1611]], but took no particular notice o... - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
21: * '''[[Hawaii]]''', annexed [[1896]] upon the request of a government made up mainly... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
75: *[[1875]] - [[Resumption Act]]
139: *[[1896]] - ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' 163 US 537 1896 legalizes segregation in railway cars
140: *[[1896]] - [[William Jennings Bryan]] delivers his [[Cro...
141: *[[1896]] - [[Gold]] discovered in the [[Yukon]]'s [[Klon...
142: *[[1896]] - [[Utah]] becomes a state - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
11: ...tion Act divided ten Confederate states (all except [[Tennessee]], which had been readmitted in [[186...
13: ...ly perceived as being motivated by graft and corruption, while locals who participated in these govern...
15: ...admission to the Union, they were required to accept it (or the fifteenth after passage of the fourtee...
21: ...Rights Act. ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' 163 US 537 1896 went even further, providing that state-mandated ...
30: ...ers and other Indian tribes. They were equally adept and highly elusive, fighting in their environs of... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
18: ...ist, international economy. The [[Soviet Union]] opted not to take part.
51: The Soviet Union was not alone in its attempts to influence other nations. The United States t...
55: ...region due to sheer prudence, out of fear that Egyptian leader [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]'s standoff with ...
65: ...ducts, for which advertisers were increasingly adept at creating demand. Affluent Americans in the [[1...
77: ...s such as ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' 163 US 537 [[1896]] further eroded African American civil rights. - August (4611 bytes)
6: ...e it is because that's when [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]] died. Before Augustus renamed August...
26: ...5]] [[1947]] [[Bharat]] became independent and adopted the name India.
43: ... of the Philippine Revolution on [[August 23]], [[1896]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
31: *[[1935]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]] goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lin...
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese forces.
58: ...[[1777]] - [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], German sculptor (d. [[1857]]) - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...e. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landslide]]s, [[volcanic eruption]]s and large [[meteorite impact]]s all have t...
10: ... such as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howe...
12: ...namis can be generated when the [[sea floor]] abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the overlying ...
14: ...floor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsu...
21: ...g.png|thumb|right|300px|There is a common misconception that tsunamis behave like wind-driven waves or... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...has been an annual event since 1903, with the exception of 1904 and 1994. The New York Yankees have th...
3: ...ng in the [[1918 World Series]], completed on [[September 11]], [[1918]].
7: A portion of the gate receipts from the World Series - and, from [[1969]] onwar...
9: ...challenges have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the [[North America]]n champions against ...
63: * 1896 [[Baltimore Orioles (NL)|Baltimore Orioles]] - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
18: ...e and colors, and it happens that the Chicagos adopted white as their primary color. After a summer of...
30: ...the better part of twenty seasons, the team was captained and managed by first baseman [[Cap Anson|Adr...
57: ...935 when they won a record 21 games in a row in September, and 1938 when they won a crucial late-seaso...
62: ..."The Kissing Bandit", ran onto the field and attempted to plant one on [[Ryne Sandberg]]. She was thwa...
323: *'''Stolen bases''': Bill Lange, 84 (1896) - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
44: *[[Jean Baptiste Dumas]], (1800-1884), French chemist
94: ...[[Friedrich August Kekul頶on Stradonitz]], (1829-1896), German organic chemist
126: *[[Robert S. Mulliken]], (1896-1986), [[United States|American]] physicist, chem...
209: *[[Ahmed H. Zewail]] (born 1946), [[Egyptian]], [[1999]] Nobel Prize Winner for his work on... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
16: ...ass]], and Einstein realized that something in "empty" space acted upon the needle; he would later des...
22: ...hool, where he received his diploma in [[1896]] September. During this time he lodged with Professor J...
24: In the spring of [[1896]], the [[Serbia]]n [[Mileva Maric|Mileva Mari...
26: ...''Eidgen?sche Technische Hochschule'' and was accepted as a Swiss citizen in [[1901]]. During this tim...
31: ...ence of applications despite sometimes poor descriptions, and was taught by the director how "to expre... - Alfred Nobel (7332 bytes)
3: ...tockholm]], [[Sweden]] – [[December 10]], [[1896]], [[San Remo]], [[Italy]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedis...
5: ...turning to Sweden with his father after the bankruptcy of their family business, devoted himself to th...
7: ...rinted when he was dying, and the whole stock except three copies was destroyed immediately after his ...
21: ...and his brothers, Ludvig and Robert Hjalmar (1829-1896), took a leading part, he amassed an immense fort...
25: ...y). He died of a [[stroke]] on [[December 10]], [[1896]] at [[San Remo]], [[Italy]]. - Garrett A. Morgan (5956 bytes)
11: Morgan married Madge Nelson in [[1896]]; they were divorced in [[1898]]. - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
9: ...cause of a [[lynching]] of a black person. He promptly left, but still carried scars from this inciden...
11: ...is High School in [[Kansas]]. In 1887, he was accepted to [[Simpson College]] in Indianola, Iowa. He ...
13: ...and as a trainer for the athletic teams. He was captain, the highest student rank, of the campus milit...
15: ...is excellence in botany and horticulture that prompted professors Joseph Budd and Louis Pammel to enco...
17: ...icles on his work and gained national respect. In 1896, he completed his master's degree and became the ... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
8: ...Dearborn to work on the family farm and became adept at operating the Westinghouse portable steam engi...
10: ...ustion engines. These experiments culminated in [[1896]] with the completion of his own self-propelled v...
12: ...pany]]. The Detroit Automobile Company went bankrupt soon afterward because Ford continued to improve ...
18: ...11]] with driver Frank Kulick. In 1913, Ford attempted to enter a reworked Model T in the Indianapolis...
20: ...idea, contemporary sources indicate that the concept and its development came from employees Clarence ... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
9: The torso and the legs should be kept as much as possible parallel to the surface of th...
19: ... (minimise drag and lengthen water-line) are not optimal.
26: ...i Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of [[Egypt]]. Written references date back up to [[2nd mille...
28: ...t a variant of [[Breaststroke]], until it was accepted as a separate style in [[1952]].
33: ...trictions on what action the competitors use, except during the freestyle portion of medley swimming. ... - Sicily (18450 bytes)
52: ...from [[Catania]]), as well as the [[sculpture|sculptor]] [[Tommaso Geraci]].
76: ...enstaufen]] dynasty which ruled from [[1194]], adopting Palermo as its principal seat from [[1220]].
96: A common presumption about the peopling of Sicily has been as follo...
100: ...ih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9686481&itool=iconabstr], ''De...
127: *[[Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa]] ([[1896]]-[[1957]]) - writer, poet - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
55: *[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] (1827 - 1875)
116: *[[John Gibson (sculptor)|John Gibson]] (1790 - 1866)
121: *[[Robert Graham (sculptor)|Robert Graham]] (1938 - ) - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...al nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
4: Between the extremes of optimal health and death from [[starvation]] or [[mal...
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific dietary aspec...
10: ...lood|bloodstream]]. The [[digestive system]], except in the unborn fetus, participates in the first st...
27: ...[[Book of Daniel]]. Daniel and his friends were captured by the king of [[Babylon]] during an invasion... - Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
8: ...ction Act divided ten Confederate states (all except [[Tennessee]], which had been readmitted on [[Jul...
14: ...s like the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The Republicans attempted to assist newly freed slaves by the establishme...
18: ...admission to the Union, they were required to accept it (or the fifteenth after passage of the fourtee...
36: ...gun to form in the South. In exchange for its acceptance of reintegration into the Union, the South wa...
40: ...ination. ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' 163 US 537 ([[1896]]) went even further, announcing that state-manda... - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
9: ...ging the car to cable speed too quickly and unacceptably jarring the [[passenger]]s.
16: Though there may have been earlier attempts to pull cars by endless ropes, the first cable c...
21: ... car. Both of these innovations were generally adopted by other cities, including San Francisco.
27: ...t the cars into and out of the terminals. After [[1896]] the system changed to one where a motor car was...
29: ...ay]], the first underground cable car system in [[1896]]. ([[London]]'s first deep-level tube railway, ... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
24: ...r married [[Mamie Eisenhower|Mamie Geneva Doud]] (1896–1979), of [[Denver, Colorado]] on [[Saturda...
30: ...Maryland]] and other places. He was promoted to Captain in [[1917]] and Major in [[1920]]. In [[1922]]...
36: ... Texas. He was promoted to Brigadier-General in September [[1941]]. Although his administrative abilit...
51: ...ld do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."
53: ...they could be compelled to serve as unpaid conscript labor. An unknown number may have died in custody... - Otto Lilienthal (1728 bytes)
3: ...l''' ([[23 May]] [[1848]] – [[10 August]] [[1896]]), the [[German people|German]] "'''Glider King'...
8: ...each low speeds and altitudes. On [[9 August]] [[1896]], a gust of wind fractured his wing and he fell ... - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ..." or to recent African immigrants, who usually adopt country-of-origin identifiers. However, the term ...
17: ...deracy to be free under U.S. law; it included exceptions for slaves held in all territories that had n...
45: ...ding the capture, enslavement and systematic attempts to de-Africanize blacks in the U.S. under chatte...
54: ...come America's national definition, generally accepted by whites and blacks -- but for different reaso...
56: ...tus of this rule in ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' ([[1896]]), where the Court affirmed the legality of [[ra... - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (8624 bytes)
12: ...one time he planned to emigrate. Although he accepted an appointment at Columbia University in New Yo...
20: ...irst notes. In the following weeks he ate and slept in his laboratory as he investigated many propert...
27: ... later on December 28, 1895. On [[January 5]], [[1896]], an [[Austria]]n newspaper reported Röntgen's ...
36: ...n [[McClure's]] magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, [[1896]], from [[Project Gutenberg]] - March 22 (9294 bytes)
20: ...nded when a charter is adopted in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
96: *[[1687]] - [[Jean Baptiste Lully]], French [[composer]] (b. [[1632]])
100: *[[1896]] - [[Thomas Hughes]], [[novelist]] (b. [[1822]]) - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
2: ...[Image:Phxdowntown.jpg|thumb|right|475px|Phoenix Uptown (northern skyline) in 2004, looking north ]]
61: The first public school in Phoenix opened on [[September 5]], [[1872]], in the courtroom of the count...
99: ...t is typical to see the riverbed entirely dry except when unexpected runoff forces the release of wate...
107: ... June through early September. In every year except 1911, the temperature has soared to 110 °F (4...
111: ...mmon during the monsoon season from July to mid-September as humid air surges in from the [[Gulf of Ca... - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
34: By 1719, the town adopted the name "Trent-towne", after William Trent, on...
40: In [[1896]] the first professional [[basketball]] game was ...
42: ... bridge (the "Trenton Makes" Bridge). The city adopted the slogan in the 1920s to represent Trenton's ...
52: ...renton Public School system has consistently attempted to make strides to improve the quality of educa... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
20: ...the church. This paved the way for statehood in [[1896]], when Salt Lake City became the state capital.
31: ...s of bribery. During the games other scandals erupted over contested judging scores and illegal drug-...
79: ...inning in mid-[[July]] and continuing through [[September]], bringing intense but short [[thunderstorm...
140: ...ce|Greek]] Festival – Weekend festival in September celebrating Utah's Greek heritage
184: Post-secondary educational options in Salt Lake City include the [[University of... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
26: *[[Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov]] (USSR, [[1896]] - [[1982]])
114: *[[Brahmagupta]] (India, [[598]]-[[668]])
141: ...àro]] (Italy, [[March 12]], [[1859]] - [[September 12]], [[1906]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] &ndas...
178: *[[Jean C. B. Dufay]] ([[France]], [[1896]] – [[1967]])
240: ...ould]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1824]] – [[1896]])
313: *[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1851]] – [[1922]])
399: ...rthur Milne|Edward Arthur Milne]] ([[Britain]], [[1896]] – [[1950]]) - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
11: ...icate linear decoration, revealing the first attempts at coloring. These shapes reveal a developed aes...
13: ...cave]], almost 6000 meters long, inhabited to a depth of 700 meters. This cave is one of the biggest N...
25: ...cin|Trenc�Castle]]: Laugaritio, the Roman inscription marking the furthest northern point in Europe.
35: ...eni'' appears in the writings of [[Ptolemy|Claude Ptolemy]] in [[160]] CE. This name was used under th...
37: ...f Liptov in Northern Slovakia, near the area of Liptovsk᠍ara. Six Celto-Slav colonies were discovere... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
4: image_caption=''"[[Father of the Nation|Father of the nation...
20: ...e in Gujarat. Unhappy at Samaldas College, he leapt at the opportunity to study in England, which he ...
23: ...o its Executive Committee, and founded a local chapter. He later credited this with giving him valuab...
25: ...older brother. It was in this climate that he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a p...
31: ...th Africa. Gandhi returned briefly to India in [[1896]] to bring his wife and children to live with him... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
22: ...cine Descartes|Francine]], born in [[1635]] and baptized on [[August 7]] of the same year. She died in...
30: ...e was interred in a graveyard mainly used for unbaptized infants in [[Adolf Fredrikskyrkan]] in Stockh...
35: ...s, he employs a method called [[methodological skepticism]]: he doubts any idea that can be doubted.
46: ...as he did, and the [[rationalist]] answer to [[scepticism]] which other rationalists have elaborated o...
52: ...cartes also made contributions in the field of [[optics]], for instance, he showed by geometrical cons... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
119: *[[Richard Avenarius]], (1843-1896){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
477: *[[Emil du Bois-Reymond]], (1818-1896){{fn|R}}
967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}} - July 24 (8660 bytes)
48: *[[1896]] - [[Hermann Kasack]], writer (d. [[1966]]) - Triple jump (2149 bytes)
1: ...es the pit entirely, or does not perform the attempt in the alloted amount of time (usually about one ...
3: ...[Olympic Games]] since its first celebration in [[1896]]. In fact, the first modern Olympic Champion, [... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
22: ...Nothing movement|American Party]]. Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic ...
52: ... McKinley]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1896|1896]] is widely seen as a resurgence of Republican do...
54: ...r Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson]], temporarily interrupting the Republican era.
56: ...American politics for the next three decades, excepting the two-term presidency of [[World War II]] Ge...
64: ...nited States|U.S. Congress]], which, with the exception of the Senate during 2001-2002, has been retai... - Phasmatodea (2538 bytes)
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7: {{Taxobox subclassis entry | taxon = [[Pterygota]]}}
8: {{Taxobox infraclassis entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
16: **Family ''[[Pseudophasmatidae]]'' Kirby, 1896 Striped Walkingsticks
19: **Family ''Heteropterygidae'' Rehn, 1904 - History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
5: ...r]] as to be placed in the early [[Cuneiform (script)|Cuneiform]] records on an equality with the othe...
11: ...e and titles are still preserved in a Greek inscription at [[Behistun]] near the Kurdish capital of [[...
13: ...es of the caliphate against the southern Kurds, capturing the famous fortress of [[Sermaj]], of which ...
15: ...but as far as [[Khorasan]] upon one side and [[Egypt]] and [[Yemen]] on the other.
17: ...nto ''sanjaks'' or districts, and, making no attempt to interfere with the principle of heredity, inst... - Europium (8579 bytes)
122: | [[electron capture|ε]]
146: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font>
151: ... with water. Like other rare earths (with the exception of [[lanthanum]]), europium ignites in air at ...
157: ...]] were contaminated with an unknown element in [[1896]] and who was able to isolate europium in [[1901]...
194: ... abundant stable isotope, 153-Eu, is [[electron capture]], and the primary mode after is [[beta minus ... - Technetium (32113 bytes)
46: | <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[krypton|Kr]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> 4d<sup>5</sup> 5[[s-orbi...
122: | [[electron capture|ε]] <br />
180: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font>
191: ...rconductor#Meissner effect|magnetic penetration depth]], the largest among the elements apart from [[n...
201: ...rence for whole Tc-99m medical use discussion except where specific cites are given: ''Nature's Build... - Uranium (27752 bytes)
5: ...[protactinium]] – '''uranium''' – [[neptunium]]
9: ...enter" | [[image:U-TableImage.png|Click for description]]
156: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font>
177: ...nium as fuel. Depleted uranium is used in [[helicopter]]s and [[airplane]]s as counterweights on certa...
191: ...ve]] by French physicist [[Henri Becquerel]] in [[1896]], who first discovered the process of radioactiv... - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
7: ...g remains were thought to have originated with Egyptians or Phoenicians, but with more remains uncover...
9: ===Indigenous script===
11: ...ed the meaning of this script, but an earlier script [[Linear A]] remains undeciphered.
15: ...esco-paintings, ceramic motifs, reliefs, free sculpture and toreutic handiwork of [[Crete]] have suppl...
23: ...te]]. In spite of many comparisons made with [[Egyptian]], [[Babylonian]] and [[Hittite]] plans, both ... - Alaskan Malamute (6961 bytes)
47: ...reational [[mushing]], most Malamutes today are kept as family pets or show dogs. They are unable to c...
62: ...rs who came to Alaska during the [[Gold Rush]] of 1896. This dog was never destined to be a racing sled...
68: ...r food. They are extremely hardy dogs and have adapted to the extremely low temperatures commonplace i... - Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
20: ...ahead of his time, many of Tesla's ideas and concepts are just only recently coming to fruition. His l...
36: ...][http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm...
49: ...orthodox [[priest]], Toma Oklobdžija. His baptismal name was Никол...
51: ...odparent|godfather]], [[Jovan Drenovac]], was a Captain in the Krajina army. His family moved to Gospi...
71: ...azine editor [[Robert Underwood Johnson]], who adapted several Serbian poems of [[Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
3: ...ld every fourth year since [[1896]], with the exception of the years during the [[World War]]s.
13: ...iates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of ''εκεχειρ&#...
29: ... first modern Olympic Games would take place in [[1896]] in [[Athens]], in the country of their birth. T...
31: [[1896 Summer Olympics|The first modern Olympic Games]] ...
40: From the 245 participants from 15 nations in 1896, the Games grew to more than 10,500 competitors f... - Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Woodrow Wilson'''</font></caption>
28: ... policy is decided by the legislature" - and corruption rampant. Instead of focusing on individuals in...
30: ...ution as pre-modern, cumbersome, and open to corruption. Before the vigorous presidencies of the turn ...
34: ...ressional Government" emerged as a critical description of America's system, with frequent negative co...
40: ...uled by seniority, were responsible to no one except their constituents, even though they determined n... - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
5: ...<font size="+1">'''Benjamin Harrison'''</font></caption>
36: ...aints and monopolies," the first Federal act attempting to regulate trusts.
42: Harrison tried to make the tariff more acceptable by writing in reciprocity provisions. To cope...
48: ... Mrs. [[Mary Dimmick|Mary Dimmick Harrison]] in [[1896]] and fathered another daughter. A dignified elde... - William McKinley (11746 bytes)
3: ...><font size="+1">'''William McKinley'''</font></caption>
7: ... of Office'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1897]] - [[September 14]], [[1901]]</td></tr>
12: <tr><td>'''Date of Death'''</td><td>[[September 14]], [[1901]]</td></tr>
23: ...McKinley''' ([[January 29]], [[1843]] – [[September 14]], [[1901]]) was the 25th [[President of ...
27: ...ary)|brevet]] [[Major]] of the same regiment in September [[1865]]. - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
5: | date1=[[September 14]], [[1901]]
31: ...872 to 1873 the Roosevelt family traveled in [[Egypt]], the [[Holy Land]], and spent several months in...
34: Except for a few months at Professor McMullen's school, ...
56: ... He made such a concerted effort to root out corruption and "machine politics" that, it is said, Repub...
61: Then, McKinley was assassinated in September 1901, vaulting Roosevelt into the presidency... - Garret Hobart (1570 bytes)
4: ...t with [[William McKinley]], and was elected in [[1896]], serving from [[March 4]], [[1897]], until his...
7: ...evelt]]| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1896|1896]] (won)}} - Charles W. Fairbanks (2978 bytes)
5: ...rty|Republican]] to the United States Senate in [[1896]] and reelected in [[1902]], and served from [[Ma... - John Nance Garner (5903 bytes)
5: ...e was a judge of Uvalde County from [[1893]] to [[1896]] and a member of the state House of Representati...
37: * [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000074 Biographical Directo... - Blue Crabs (3489 bytes)
2: ...ctes sapidus Rathbun 20020819-317.jpg|250px]] | caption = }}
15: ...us | author = [[Mary Rathbun|Rathbun]] | date = [[1896]]}} - Philippine Eagles (3923 bytes)
2: ...neEagleDavao99-2.jpg|Philippine Eagle|240px]] | caption = }}
9: ...xobox authority | author = Ogilvie-Grant | date = 1896}}
12: ...m Robert Ogilvie-Grant|Ogilvie-Grant]] | date = [[1896]]}}
25: ...this reason the eagle was not discovered before [[1896]], and the first nest was found in [[1963]]. They...
37: ... done by cheating businessmen in league with corrupt political officials prevent a genuine effort in p... - Wobbegong Shark (4561 bytes)
2: ...image:Wobbegong.jpg|250px|Spotted wobbegong]] | caption = [[Spotted Wobbegong]], ''Orectolobus maculat...
8: ...author = [[Theodore Nicholas Gill|Gill]] | date = 1896}} - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
2: ...lchemy]] by [[Robert Boyle]] in his work ''The Skeptical Chymist'' ([[1661]]), but is often more stric...
34: ... materials industry, coupled with the advance of optical and x-ray sources, made possible the miniatur...
58: *[[Friedrich August Kekul頶on Stradonitz]] 1829-1896 - History of sociology (4929 bytes)
9: ...r of [[Ann饠Sociologique|L'Ann饠Sociologique]] (1896). In [[1919]] a sociology department was establis...
14: ...], [[philosophy]], and [[theology]]. With the exception of Marx, their most enduring influence has bee... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
11: ...s their first performance, shown initially on [[September 15]] [[1752]]. Persecuted by [[religious int...
21: ...a of this period is ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'', adapted by [[H. J. Conway]] from the novel by [[Harriet...
34: In 1896, [[Charles Frohman]], [[Al Hayman]], [[Abe Erlang... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
21: ...Nothing movement|American Party]]. Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic ...
51: ... McKinley]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1896|1896]] is widely seen as a resurgence of Republican do...
53: ...r Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson]], temporarily interrupting the Republican era.
55: ...American politics for the next three decades, excepting the two-term presidency of [[World War II]] Ge...
63: ...nited States|U.S. Congress]], which, with the exception of the Senate during 2001-2002, has been retai... - Rowing (20818 bytes)
24: ...[[1900]] (canceled at the first modern Games in [[1896]]).
38: ...d sweep oar boats are identical to each other except having different riggers however they are referre...
55: ...n is always "one seat." Note - there are some exceptions to this - UK coastal rowers number from stern...
66: ...from ''cock'', a cockboat or other small vessel kept aboard a ship, and ''swain''.
78: A good coxswain is exceptionally valuable for a crew. When the rowers are ... - Rosalynn Carter (3139 bytes)
5: ...ea "Allie" Murray Smith 1904-1997 and Edgar Smith 1896-1940.
15: ...he Christian Life Commission of in the Southern Baptist Convention and in August of 1983, she was elec... - Physics (25628 bytes)
6: ...s that physics is ultimately concerned with descriptions of the material world, whereas mathematics is...
22: !Theory || Major subtopics || Concepts
47: ...[[atom]]s. The field of [[atomic, molecular, and optical physics]] deals with the behavior of individu...
50: !Field ||Subfields || Major theories || Concepts
57: | [[Atomic, molecular, and optical physics]] - September 23 (7397 bytes)
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15: *[[1846]] - Discovery of [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] by French astronomer [[Urbain Le Verrier|Urb...
43: ...]] - [[Hippolyte Fizeau]], French physicist (d. [[1896]]) - Automobile (19750 bytes)
4: ...or the [[driving|driver]] and, almost without exception, one or more passengers.
19: ...ive]]s. The red flag law was not repealed until [[1896]].
33: ...riginal work nearly unrecognizable. The chief exception to this was electronic [[electronic control un...
45: ...tion, even seat belts were considered extra-cost options by many manufacturers. Other countries follow...
61: Attempts at building viable [[battery (electricity)|batte... - Fencing (20753 bytes)
7: ...d of Western techniques of fencing is the manuscript known as MS [[I.33]], which was created in southe...
9: ...inated in the first [[Olympics|Olympic games]] in 1896. The first few years of fencing as a sport were c...
60: ...eself before counterattacking -- rather than attempting to hit one's opponent even at the risk of bein...
103: ... areas on an opponent. The [[F.I.E.]] recently adopted rules intended to remove this anomaly. The rule...
105: ...s for reelless epee and foil have not yet been adopted. - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
7: ...reation and transportation, bicycles have been adapted for use in many occupations, in the military, a...
13: ...scooter-like ''[[dandy horse]]'' of the French Compte de Sivrac, dating to [[1790]], was long cited as...
23: ...loped during these years, but were only slowly adopted by casual riders. By the turn of the century, ...
55: ..., a variable gear ratio is needed to maintain an optimum pedaling speed while covering varied terrain....
129: ...as. The [[Kent]] police purchased 20 bicycles in 1896, and by 1904 there were 129 police bicycle patrol... - Wilhelm Beer (1571 bytes)
4:
13: ...er crater]] on the [[Moon]] and an [[asteroid]] [[1896 Beer]].
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