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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
49: | [[1960]] — [[1969]] - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...aulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
19: ...tuguese found gold and diamonds in the neighbor captaincy of [[Minas Gerais]], Rio de Janeiro became m...
25: ...d to have [[Bras�a]] built, at great cost, by [[1960]]. On April 21st that year, the capital of Brazil...
27: Between [[1960]] and [[1975]], Rio was a city-state (such as [[H...
58: ... The urban planning of the area, made in the late 1960s, resembles that of North American suburbs, thoug... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
18: *[[Roy Chapman Andrews]], (1884-1960), US explorer
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days ...
21: * [[1922]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] archaeologist [[How...
30: * [[1960]] - Filming wraps on ''[[The Misfits]]'', starrin...
60: ...Groat]], MLB shortstop;NL Most Valuable Player in 1960
147: [[pt:4 de Novembro]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
48: ...klin Pierce Adams|Adams, Franklin Pierce]], (1881-1960), author
78: ...son|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor
105: *[[Friedrich Adler|Adler, Friedrich]], (1879-1960), psychologist - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
22: ===Heiress Presumptive===
23: ...d VIII]]'s abdication, she became [[heiress presumptive]] and was henceforth known as HRH The Princess...
35: ...ouse of Windsor|Windsor]], it was decreed via a [[1960]] [[Order-in-Council]] that the descendants of Qu...
40: ...of Wales|HRH Prince Henry of Wales]] (born [[15 September]], [[1984]]) (known universally as 'Harry')
42: ...ivorced ([[28 April]] [[1992]]) [[Mark Phillips|Captain Mark Phillips]] (born [[1948]]); married ([[12... - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
10: | date of birth=[[September 30]], [[1960]]
18: ...nche Lambert Lincoln''' (born [[September 30]], [[1960]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
34: In [[1960]] Reno enrolled at [[Harvard Law School]], one of...
36: ...ise the Florida court system. In [[1973]] she accepted a position with the Dade County State's Attorne... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
27: Mrs. Roosevelt also accepted large amounts of money from her activities in a...
35: ... mankind," and the Declaration was unanimously adopted by the [[General Assembly]] later that night.
39: ... nomination. She backed Stevenson once again in [[1960]] but [[John F. Kennedy]] received the presidenti... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...Army Corps]]. In [[1945]], while posted to a [[cryptography]] staff in [[Italy]], she began an affair ...
7: In [[1960]] she began a lawsuit (''[[Murray v. Curtlett]]''...
11: ...ianity]] and became [[born again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church in [[Dallas, Texas]].
13: ...atheists as being unacceptable, seemingly all except those whom [[psychology|psychologist]] [[Abraham ...
16: ... time and a visit to [[San Antonio, Texas]]. In September Jon ordered $600,000 worth of gold coins fro... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ...rst''' ([[May 5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] moveme...
11: ... group continued to move leftwards and briefly adopted the name ''[[Communist Party]], British Section...
19: She died in 1960, and was buried in front of Trinity Cathedral in ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...ak Dinesen''' ([[April 17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[...
25: * ''Shadows on the Grass'' (1960 in England and Denmark, 1961 in USA) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ... ([[January 7]], [[1891]]–[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[African-American]] [[folkloristics|fo...
13: ...owever, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
6: ... comparative literature. Her efforts during the [[1960]]'s and [[1970]]'s helped break down the segregat... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
7: ...36]], a post which she held until [[1977]]. In [[1960]] she was appointed Wolfson Research Professor at... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ...ia Callas''' ([[December 2]], [[1923]] –[[September 16]], [[1977]]) was a [[Greece|Greek]]-[[Uni...
11: ...o died hours after he was born on [[March 30]], [[1960]]. The relationship ended nine years later, when ...
13: ...rthodox Church on Rue Georges-Bizet on the [[20 September]], and her ashes were buried in the [[P貥 L... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
20: ...ass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child, Ray Brown, Jr.
51: *1960 ''[[Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife]]''
52: *1960 ''[[Wishes You a Merry Christmas]]''
53: *1960 ''[[Hello, Love]]''
54: *1960 ''[[Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph]... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
4: ...ed from Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in [[1960]] and went to college at the [[University of Texa...
10: ...[D.A. Pennebaker]] documentary ''Monterey Pop'' captured [[Cass Elliott]] in the crowd silently mouthi...
30: ...umentary film]] ''[[Festival Express]]'', which captured her at her very best. Janis's scorching vocal...
32: Although there were some notable exceptions, it can be argued that, prior to Janis, there... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
18: ...ch had a hectic performing schedule which often kept them apart.
24: ... shades ranging from white to medium gray) were kept on set to 'paint out' innappropriate shadows and ...
28: On May 4, [[1960]], a few weeks after taping the final episode of ...
50: ...Speeeeeeed it Up a little!!") Lucy and Ethel attempt to get jobs — for which they are demonstrab... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
6: ...es]], and actor [[George C. Scott]], in the mid-[[1960s]]. (Scott was rumored to have beaten Gardner du...
65: * [[The Angel Wore Red]] (1960) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...her 13th nomination for ''[[Adaptation (movie)|Adaptation]]''. Hepburn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[197...
12: ...e to S. Ogden Ludlow, so she would not have to adopt the "too ordinary" name of "Mrs. Smith." Hepburn...
30: ...tead of glamorous clothing fit for a starlet, prompting RKO executives to confiscate her overalls when...
32: ...hat same year, Hepburn played Jo in the screen adaptation of ''[[Little Women]]'', which broke box-off...
60: ...le. Blanchett, who thanked Hepburn during her acceptance speech, carried one of Hepburn's silk gloves ... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ...a Kelly''' ([[November 12]], [[1929]] – [[September 14]], [[1982]]), later known as ''' ''Her Se...
5: ...] ([[October 4]], [[1889]] – [[June 20]], [[1960]]) and Margaret Majer; her [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Ca...
11: ... affair with co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to protect both their reputations.
17: ...nce, in [[1882]], a childless prince of Monaco adopted an unrelated heir, thereby ensuring Monaco's su...
24: ...[1957]], and now [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] to the throne of Monaco - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...tended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in [[Roehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[M...
13: ...a factor in the failure to cure her ailment. In [[1960]], she and Olivier divorced on supposedly friendl... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: '''Sophia Loren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most...
9: ...ter more early film roles that emphasized her voluptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the fi...
13: ...ained profiency in the [[English language]]. In [[1960]], her acclaimed performance in [[Vittorio De Sic...
15: During the 1960s Loren was one of the most popular actresses in t...
19: ...wn mother) in a made-for-television [[biopic]] adaptation of her autobiography bestseller ''Sophia: Li... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...andmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norma Jeane Baker''. Biographers used to di...
8: ...ed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done without Gl...
12: ...erated information about her childhood. Then in September [[1941]], Grace took her in again. She was t...
34: ...immie," Dougherty *[http://www.familyforest.com/captainslog/64.html ]confirms that they were in love a...
38: ...he culmination of a two-year courtship that had captivated the nation. - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
1: '''Dawn Fraser''' (born [[September 4]] [[1937]]) is an [[Australia]]n champion ...
19: *[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome Olympic Games]]
32: **110 yards freestyle: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
34: **440 yards freestyle: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 - Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
9: ...s), Latynina was again the top favorite for the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]]. In the all-around ... - Apple (20408 bytes)
2: ...e = [[Image:Fuji apple.jpg|200px|Fuji apple]] | caption = Fuji apple}}
27: ...d. To a greater degree than other tree fruit, except possibly [[citrus]], apples store for months whil...
34: ...l produced on a large scale, but many have been kept alive by home gardeners and farmers that sell dir...
53: *'[[Ginger Gold]]': [[Virginia]] (late 1960s)
57: *'[[Honeycrisp]]': Minnesota (1960) - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
8: ...eometry]], [[astronomy]] and [[musica]]. The concept of musica was split into three major kinds: [[mus...
10: ...y to the mathematical proportions. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea of a music of th...
19: ... term for music but the speakers do have the concept (Nettl, 1989).
26: ...analyze the relationship between sound and [[perception]].
31: ... aesthetic effect. Since the range of what is accepted as music varies from culture to culture and fro... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
12: ...d States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a ...
52: ...er 24]], [[1784]], before the Constitution was adopted).
264: ...ts or ex-presidents have died in every decade except four: the [[1800s]], [[1810s]], [[1950s]], and [[...
272: | [[September 24]], [[1789]] ||align=right| $25,000
284: ...hington, already a successful man, refused to accept his salary. - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...tinental drift]], and is currently the theory accepted by the vast majority of scientists working in t...
5: ...1960s]] and has since almost universally been accepted by scientists and has revolutionized the [[Eart...
31: ...preading center the action becomes clear. Crest depths of the old ridges, parallel to the current spr...
33: ...hat one of the key pieces of evidence forcing acceptance of the sea-floor spreading hypothesis was fou...
37: ...d by alternating periods of quiet and episodic eruptions that start with explosive gas expulsion with ... - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
37: | From the United Kingdom<br>[[October 1]] [[1960]]
65: Nigeria was granted full independence in 1960, as a federation of three regions, each retaining...
67: ...lip Effiong, Chief of Staff of the rebel army accepted the terms of surrender before Yakubu Gowon, Hea...
69: In 1975, a bloodless coup swept Gowon aside and brought [[Murtala Ramat Mohammed]...
135: ...antic Ocean|Atlantic]] which occur from June to September. As one progresses northward the country bec... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
62: ...ttacking and taking over many coastal cities, prompting some to seek help from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
81: ...eb Arab Union]], proposed in 1989. Throughout the 1960's, Algeria supported many independence movements ... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
52: ... established in 1923. This system has been interrupted by several coups. Turkey is a member state of t...
86: ...n structures are secured by the constitution. Except with their own consent, no judge or prosecutor ca...
88: ...integrity, and determines professional judges acceptance and court assignments.
90: Turkey is adapting a new national "Judicial Networking System" (U...
92: ...sions as a higher court decision. Turkey also accepts as legally binding any decisions on internationa... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
38: ...ates = From [[France]] <br> [[26 June]], [[1960]] |
53: ...the [[1500]]s, when [[Portugal|Portuguese]] sea captain [[Diego Dias]] sighted the island after his sh...
57: The British accepted the imposition of a French protectorate over Ma...
61: ... [[1959]] and full independence on [[June 26]], [[1960]].
66: ...ocratic Party]] gained power at independence in [[1960]] and was reelected without opposition in [[March... - Samoa (9435 bytes)
70: The [[1960]] Constitution, which formally came into force wi...
97: ...ly any other religious group exists in Samoa, except for the [[Baha'i]]s, which make up 2% of the popu... - Mali (7755 bytes)
40: | From [[France]]<br>[[September 22]], [[1960]]
60: ...gh political and economic reforms and fought corruption. In [[2002]] he was succeeded in democratic el...
75: * [[Mopti Region|Mopti]]
127: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/mali.html Stanford University - Afri... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
60: ...rtial law since a rebellion occurred in the early 1960's and was put down by British troops from Singapo... - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
2: ...ree decades after it gained its independence in [[1960]], by military governments. While a civilian gove...
42: | From [[France]]<br />[[August 13]], [[1960]]
62: ...thers) and movements against French interests prompted France to support a [[coup]] against him in [[1...
112: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/centralafr.html Stanford University ... - Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
39: | From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[September 19]], [[1983]]
59: ...hort of the two-thirds majority needed. In late September 1998, [[Hurricane Georges]] caused approxima...
106: ...out 25% lower than at its peak of about 51,100 in 1960. - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
19: ...ing the dramatic economic failures of the early [[1960s]], Mao stepped down from his position as chairma...
21: ...enuine attempt at purging Chinese society of corruption and other negative influences. Disorder follow...
25: ...y they believe that China's culture has been corrupted, her poor have been reduced to a hopeless adjec...
29: The People's Republic of China adopted its current [[constitution of the People's Repu...
36: ...y, though not all, political [[scientist]]s. Attempts to simply characterize the nature of the politic... - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
35: ...es = From [[France]] <br> [[15 August]], [[1960]] |
47: ...nd the [[Gulf of Guinea]]. Upon independence in [[1960]], the former French region of Middle Congo becam...
52: ...tablished with the kingdoms--trading for slaves captured in the interior. The coastal area was a major...
92: ...as badly hurt by slumping oil prices and the resumption of armed conflict in December [[1998]], which ...
123: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/congob.html Stanford University - Af... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
63: ...llonia]] and the nobility wanted to impose its adopted language, French, on [[Flanders]]. The Flemings...
69: ...]], before gaining independence from Belgium in [[1960]].
73: ...(and one German-speaking party). The regular attempts to re-establish national, Belgian parties end up...
87: ...m belong to one of these two communities. The exceptions are a German-speaking party and some smaller ...
115: ...ofdstedelijk Gewest'', German: ''Die Region Br?Hauptstadt''). - Hungary (18459 bytes)
73: ... communist prime minister [[Imre Nagy]]. From the 1960's on to the late 1980's Hungary enjoyed a disting...
147: ...e isolation of the Carpathian Basin makes it susceptible to [[drought]]s and the effects of [[Global W... - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
59: ...ister of British-administered [[Tanganyika]] in [[1960]], and continued as [[Prime Ministers of Tanzania...
78: ...he union. A commercial court was established in September 1999 as a division of the High Court.
89: ...rm economic progress also depends on curbing corruption and cutting on unnecessary public spending [ht...
165: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/tanzan.html Stanford University - Af... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
62: ...l around [[10 BCE]]. To the south, this kingdom captured [[Sindh]] and extended to the coast of the [[...
76: ...nah]] a British-educated Indian Muslim leader, adopted the cause, and later earned the title of Quaid-...
90: ...he [[Persian language|Persian]] language the concepts of "Pak" meaning "Pure" and "stan" for "land" or...
124: ...rting the USA – after the [[U-2 Crisis of 1960]], Soviet leader [[Nikita Krushchev]] had threate...
130: ...73]] Pakistan itself had. The US also did not accept Bangladesh in favor of Pakistan until after the [... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
41: ...tes = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[June 30]], [[1960]] |
59: ...ropean exploration and administration (1870–1960)===
61: ...their last bit of prestige in Europe, forcibly adopting the Free State as a Belgian colony from the ki...
65: ===The First Republic (1960–1965)===
67: ... Republic of the Congo came into existence (June, 1960) Lumumba was its first premier and minister of de... - Gabon (7342 bytes)
1: ... independence from [[France]] on [[August 17]], [[1960]], Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new...
47: <br>[[August 17]] [[1960]]
68: ...erritories became independent on [[August 17]], [[1960]].
75: In March 1991 a new constitution was adopted. Among its provisions are a Western-style bill ...
140: *[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/gabon.html Stanford University - Afr... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
53: ... marked by a number of unsuccessful Malawian attempts to obtain independence. A growing [[Europe]]an a...
55: ...or his political activities but was released in [[1960]] to participate in a constitutional conference i...
59: ... [[July 6]], [[1964]]. Two years later, Malawi adopted a new constitution and became a [[one-party sta...
67: ...ces with the UDF, particularly over his anti-corruption campaign.
72: ...lected with the president. The president has the option of appointing a second vice president, who mus... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
31: ...nding loss of independence to Castile was not accepted by the majority of the Portuguese people, which...
40: In [[1418]] two captains of Prince Henry the Navigator, were driven by...
85: ...l Europe during Napoleon's era. The alliance is kept through [[NATO]], a military organisation in whic...
93: ... mainland Portugal. Download an [http://www.igeoe.pt/downloads/500mil/500mil_24bits2.zip official map]...
127: ...and rises 14 m bellow the sea surface. It last erupted in 1720 and formed an island, it remained above... - Togo (15373 bytes)
37: | From [[France]]<br>[[April 27]], [[1960]]
59: ...]]-administered UN trusteeship on [[April 27]], [[1960]], the French side declared its independence, wit...
61: ...ook office as soon as Togo gained independence in 1960, was overthrown by 626 Togolese veterans of the F...
63: ...publicly) chalked up to an [[assassination]] attempt, Eyad魡 nationalised the country's phosphate min...
65: ... The government was plagued by numerous coup attempts. Eyad魡 himself fired many of the shots that ki... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
2: ...on the first [[cataract]] of the [[Nile]] in [[Egypt]].
13: ...gnised the [[People's Republic of China]]. The Egyptian government intended to continue the project al...
15: ...rchaeologists and a rescue operation was begun in 1960 under [[UNESCO]]. Sites were surveyed and excavat...
18: ...y 1998) and allowed for the connection of most Egyptian villages to electricity for the first time. Th...
23: ...at is currently the largest source of fish for Egypt, and the subsidence of the [[Nile Delta]] will le... - California (63989 bytes)
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
59: Reptile = [[Desert Tortoise]] |
103: ...ome nobles of [[Imperial Russia]] made brief attempts to explore and claim parts of California, but th...
126: ...25]], [[1854]] where it has been permanently, except for a four-month temporary move in 1862 to San Fr...
158: ...contains more forestland than any other state except Alaska. Most of the forest is found in 2 places.... - Florida (24937 bytes)
56: ...is 6 percent. Local governments may levy a local option sales on top of that, so sales taxes vary by c...
72: [[Image:Hurricane Frances, September 2nd.jpg|left|thumb|138px|Hurricane Frances n...
80: ...r Day Hurricane of 1935]], [[Hurricane Donna]] in 1960 and [[Hurricane Opal]] in 1995. Many other smalle...
85: ... space program at [[Kennedy Space Center]] in the 1960s, Florida has attracted a large number of aerospa...
116: ...gest Protestant denominations in Florida are: [[Baptist]] (22% of the total state population), [[Metho... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
72: ...ion, following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11]] terrorist attacks on nearby [[New York ...
82: ...onstitution/constitution.asp constitution] was adopted in [[1947]]. It provides for a bicameral Legis...
139: ...t Protestant denominations in New Jersey are: [[Baptist]] (10% of the total state population), [[Metho...
147: ...d Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank]] in [[1904]]. In the 1960s, he colaborated on several albums with fellow Ne...
390: * [http://www.njslom.org/types.html Descriptions of NJ forms of government] (e.g., township, b... - 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 people by name: U (6532 bytes)
91: *[[Ruben DJ|Urrutia, Ruben]] (born circa 1960), Puerto Rican rapper, better known as "Ruben DJ" - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
10: *[[Yakub of Alexandria]] (819-830), Coptic Pope
45: ...[[Dornford Yates|Yates, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
99: ...[[Yoannis I of Alexandria]], ([[496]]-[[505]]), Coptic Pope
100: ...[Yoannis II of Alexandria]], ([[505]]-[[516]]), Coptic Pope
101: ...Yoannis III of Alexandria]], ([[681]]-[[689]]), Coptic Pope - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
4: .... Some of these works even included various descriptions of exactly how that would be done. During the...
97: ||[[September 14]] [[1959]]
112: ||[[August 18]] [[1960]]
153: <sup>2</sup> The Soviet Union had attempted an earlier rendezvous on [[August 12]], [[1962]...
172: ||[[September 11]] [[1985]] - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
10: ...tablished celestial phenomena, such as a [[Halo (optical phenomenon)|halo]] around the moon, without b...
18: [[Synoptic]] weather observations were still hindered by t...
24: In the [[1960s]], the [[chaotic]] nature of the atmosphere was ...
26: In [[1960]], the launch of [[TIROS-1]], the first successfu...
46: targeted observations (also known as ''adaptive observing systems'') also seem likely to reduc... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ... Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: ...inci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
70: *[[Jean-Michel Atlan]] ([[1913]]-[[1960]]
107: *[[Jean-Michel Basquiat]] ([[1960]]-[[1988]])
123: *[[Captain Beefheart]] ([[1941]]-) - Flag (13245 bytes)
15: ... more elaborate, and were seen as objects to be captured or defended. Eventually these flags posed too...
25: ...[[Tricolore]], which inspired other nations to adopt differenced [[tricolour]]s in sympathy with the r...
27: ...ia]], the source for the [[Pan-Slavic colors]] adopted by many [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] states and pe...
28: ...odel by emerging African states of the 1950's and 1960's, as it was one of the oldest continually indepe...
60: * [[Capture the flag]] is a popular children's sport. - American football (39287 bytes)
30: * [[Arena football]] - an indoor adaptation of professional football, played at a faster...
38: The descriptions in this article are based primarily on the cu...
40: ...e]]), and, the [[American Football League]] (AFL, 1960-1969). Only the AFL survives, as it merged with t...
52: ...core 2 points should they return a fumble, interception or blocked kick to the other team's end zone. ...
59: ... kick]]'''. The receiving team may catch and attempt to advance the ball at any time after the kick, b... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
37: ...am War to have begun in 1946 with the French attempt to re-establish control over their colony. This d...
47: On [[September 2]], [[1945]], [[Ho Chi Minh]] organized a c...
50: ...the dissolution of Europe's empires. France, prompted by nationalists, such as General [[Charles de G...
52: ... true of European communist parties (with the exception of Yugoslav leader [[Tito]]), the situation wa...
54: ...efore "soft on communism," McCarthy's attacks prompted [[President Truman]] to pursue a harder line on... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
44: === [[1960s]] ===
45: *[[1960]] - [[U-2 incident]]
46: *[[1960]] - Greensboro sit-in
47: *[[1960]] - [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]]
48: *[[1960]] - [[National Front for the Liberation of Vietna... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
4: ''Main article: [[The Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s|Cold War (1953-1962)]].''
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: ... striking degree, the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s was consumer-driven (as opposed to investment-dr... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
50: ...o could begin the path to statehood with the assumption that it would exceed 60,000 residents by the t...
72: ...ch of Ohio features glaciated plains, with an exceptionally flat area in the northwest being known as ...
116: ...largest Protestant denominations in Ohio are: [[Baptist]] (15% of the total state population), [[Metho...
122: ...s his running mate) and [[Richard M. Nixon]] in [[1960]]. Consequently, the state is very important to t...
205: **[[Lake County Captains]] - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: ...wed from the [[International Space Station]], [[September 2004]]. [[NASA]] photo by [[Edward Fincke]]...
38: ...of a 10-minute average, and that definition is adopted by most countries. However, a few countries use...
70: ...n September 1947, September 1969, January 1982, September 1983, and January 1995. There is debate on w...
88: |align=left| September || 198 || 3.5
100: ... with a minimum in February and a peak in early September. In the north Indian basin, storms are most ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to c...
20: * [[1945]] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polis...
41: * [[2002]] - [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], dis...
59: ...80]] - [[Mack Sennett]], director, producer (d. [[1960]])
62: *1899 - [[Nevil Shute]], author (d. [[1960]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregoria...
8: *[[990]] - Russia adopts the Julian calendar.
15: ...discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
28: *[[1892]] - [[Ellis Island]] opens to begin accepting immigrants to the [[United States]].
50: ...Sudan]] achieves independence from the [[Egypt|Egyptian Republic]] and the [[United Kingdom|United Kin... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
5: ... a variety of agents of damage, including fault rupture, vibratory ground motion (i.e., shaking), inun...
26: ...bed in terms of [[intensity]], a scale which attempts to quantify the severity of shaking at a given l...
29: ...trophically undergoes a [[phase transition]] at depths greater than 600 km.
30: ...uch quakes can be an early warning of volcanic eruptions. A rare few earthquakes have been associated ...
56: *[[Great Chilean Earthquake]] (1960). Biggest earthquake ever recorded, 9.5 on Moment... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
50: ...he Germans. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retali...
56: ...smissed de Gaulle's theories with the notable exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a maj...
69: ...ons of Frenchmen were refugees on the road), excerpts of the speech appeared in French newspapers the ...
82: ...he President of the provisional government from September [[1944]] but resigned on [[January 20]], [[1...
87: ... active politics, though the RPF lingered until September [[1955]]. - 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... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
22: ...e in [[1954]] through [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two-time champion [[Alberto Ascari]] of [[Sc...
24: ...s]]; [[Jack Brabham]], champion in [[1959]] and [[1960]], soon proved the new design's superiority, and ...
30: ...nce the appearance of [[aerofoil]]s in the late [[1960s]]. In the late [[1970s]] Lotus introduced [[grou...
45: ...pionships since [[1984]]; their streak was interrupted only by [[Michael Schumacher]]'s two titles wit...
51: ...ttp://www.formula1.com/ formula1.com]) in an attempt to give it a corporate identity. Ecclestone exper... - 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 ...
73: === The first attempt === - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
30: ...out six years to become competitive. By the early 1960's, stars such as [[Brooks Robinson]], [[Boog Powe...
32: ...ue championship in 1966, and in a major upset, swept the World Series by out-dueling the Los Angeles D... - 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...
281: **[[Ernie Banks]] (1960) - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
5: ...ecame the [[American League]], which achieved acceptance as a major league in [[1901 in sports|1901]].
19: The club adopted the name "White Stockings", the original name o...
35: ...e new ballpark, the White Sox of the [[1990s]] adopted classic pinstriped uniforms and the occasional ...
37: ... Trade" by the Chicago newspapers due to the perception that the White Sox organization essentially su...
39: ... any success over into the postsesaon, getting swept by the wild-card [[Seattle Mariners]] in 3 games ... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
6: ... the [[19th century]]; the Redlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations of [[co...
31: ...p to the pitching. By [[1931]] the team was bankrupt, thanks to the [[Great Depression]], and Redland ...
35: ...ns and for the first time in 21 years, the Reds captured a World Series beating the [[Detroit Tigers]]...
41: ... as [[Jim Maloney]] (the Reds pitching ace of the 1960s), [[Pete Rose]], [[Tony P鲥z]], [[Johnny Bench]...
43: ...ed through the 1970 season, won the NL West and captured the NL pennant. By time the club got to the W... - Houston Astros (8294 bytes)
10: ...inted star with the word "Astros" below it in script
17: * 1960s
18: ** On [[October 17th]], [[1960]], Judge [[Roy Hofheinz]] and the ownership grou...
28: ...as City Royals]] (on January 9, 2005, Beltrᮠaccepted a better offer and signed with the [[New York M...
150: *'''Pitching wins''': [[Mike Hampton]] (22, 1999) - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
7: ...dents, shortened to ''Dodgers'' and officially adopted in 1932. During the Wilbert Robinson years, the...
52: ...top free agent, third baseman [[Adrian Beltre]]; opted not to resign fan favorite Lima; and only just ...
291: ...*[[Frank Howard (baseball player)|Frank Howard]] (1960)
344: *[[Ogden Raptors]] (Rookie, Pioneer League) - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
18: ... ?white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the [[white elephant]] as the team mascot, thou...
34: ...n the uniforms had "Athletics" spelled out in script across the front, the team's name never appeared ...
47: Arnold died in 1960. In December of that year, controlling interest ...
53: ...s that the A?s would remain in Kansas City. On September 18, 1962, after less than two full years of ...
70: ...s Finley reacted by trading star players and attempting to sell others. On [[June 15]], [[1976]], Fin... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
13: ...1902]], [[1903]], [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1927]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979]]
14: ...] championships won''' (5): [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979]]
23: ...g pitcher [[Roy Face]] late in close games. The [[1960]] team featured eight All-Stars, but was widely p...
25: The 1960s would continue with extremely solid defensive pl...
27: ...ragically in a plane crash in [[1972]] while attempting to ship supplies to the victims of an earthqua... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
28: ...e National League in [[1892]] following the bankruptcy of the American Association. They were briefly...
37: ...ue team until the 1960s) gained notoriety by attempting to boycott games against the [[Brooklyn Dodger...
39: === [[1960s]] ===
40: ...r in [[1968]], the last series before baseball adopted a divisional format.
56: ...[[Roger Maris]]'s 37 year-old record of 61 on [[September 8]] with a low line drive over Busch Stadium... - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
20: ...xisted in the 1890's) moved to [[Minnesota]] in [[1960]], Major League Baseball awarded a team to [[Wash...
26: ...eam uniform colors: Red, blue and white, with script "Washington" across the player's chest
34: ...nd in the team's final game in RFK Stadium on [[September 30]] against the [[New York Yankees]], the S...
54: ...Oates]] was hired as the Rangers' manager and promptly led them to an AL West division title in [[1996... - High jump (8613 bytes)
35: at:1960 shift:(22,-8) text:Iolanda_Balas_1,85_m
57: ...] pushed the world mark to 2.23 m (7'3-3/4") in [[1960]]. [[Valeri Brumel]] took over the event for the ...
69: ... competitor with the lowest number of failed attempts (at any height) wins. If that fails to break a t... - Halloween (18290 bytes)
24: ...till is used, but emigrants to America quickly adopted the pumpkin because it is much larger and easie...
35: ...w]] or [[film|movie]]. In [[2001]], after the [[September 11 attacks]], for example, costumes of [[fir...
53: ...or injuries, but many parents were under the assumption that the practice was common. At the peak of t...
86: ...the punkies now. The event has spread since about 1960 to the neighboring village of Chiselborough. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
44: *[[Jean Baptiste Dumas]], (1800-1884), French chemist
110: ... Libby]] (1908-1980), American chemist, winner of 1960 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
209: *[[Ahmed H. Zewail]] (born 1946), [[Egyptian]], [[1999]] Nobel Prize Winner for his work on... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
17: ... attributable to some of the cunning military deceptions instituted at Baden-Powell's behest as comman...
31: ..., who never had any other adventures with women, opted for this late marriage to a woman young enough ...
63: ...." Tod's pictures of nude boys survived until the 1960's, when they were destroyed in order to "protect ...
67: ...te in 1930 in a book for Rover Scouts that the temptation to masturbate was "a quite natural stage of ...
107: [[pt:Baden-Powell]] - Ship (18843 bytes)
10: ...gth]], length of the waterline, beam (breadth), depth (distance between the crown of the weather deck ...
14: ...rward of the Plimsoll mark to indicate the safe depth (or freeboard above the surface) to which a spec...
25: ...0]] have used diesel power or [[motor]]s; one exception, ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'' of [[1968]], starte...
175: *[[captain]] - Airline (29546 bytes)
15: ...s been consistently increasing! In the 1950's and 1960's, annual growth rates of 15% or more were common...
31: ...n. Trains ran from here to flying boats in Southampton, and to [[Croydon Airport]]]]
32: ...al carrier. In [[1933]], A�ropostale went bankrupt, was nationalized, and became [[Air France]].
62: ...eat capacity are operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy provisions.
90: ...Boeing]] 737 and derivatives), with the now bankrupt [[Eastern Airlines]] which operated 17 different ... - Mellotron (7426 bytes)
1: ...ilt in [[Birmingham]], [[England]] in the early [[1960]]s. - 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... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
8: |'''Wavelength regime'''||optical, ultraviolet, near-infrared
45: From its original conception in 1946 until its launch, the project to build...
49: ==Conception, design and aims==
68: ...lite was dropped, and budgetary concerns also prompted collaboration with the [[European Space Agency]...
73: ...ics company Perkin-Elmer to design and build the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) and Fine Guidance Se... - Glacial motion (2558 bytes)
1: ...[[glacier]]s--has played an important role in sculpting many landscapes. Typically, glacial motion occ...
7: ...etreat of individual glaciers. In the years since 1960, there has been a striking decline in the overall... - 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...
42: ...347 US 483 ([[1954]]). It was not until the mid [[1960]]s that the civil rights movement grew strong eno... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
25: ...[1921]], at the age of 10, Reagan was [[baptism|baptized]] in his mother's [[Disciples of Christ]] chu...
38: ...ation of the war, and he attained the rank of [[captain]]. Reagan tried repeatedly to go overseas for ...
40: ...er, [[Maureen Reagan|Maureen]] in [[1941]] and adopted a son, [[Michael Reagan|Michael]] in 1945. Thei...
46: ... [[1952]] and [[1956]] and [[Richard Nixon]] in [[1960]]—all while Reagan was still a Democrat.
58: Reagan's first attempt to gain the Republican presidential nomination in... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
30: ...[[1940]]. His thesis, entitled ''[[Why England Slept]]'', was published in 1940 and, with the aid of h...
33: ...nant]], commanding a [[patrol torpedo boat]] or ''PT boat''.
35: ...thumb|right|200px|Jack on his navy patrol boat, [[PT 109]].]]
36: ...n [[August 2]], [[1943]], Kennedy's boat, the ''[[PT-109]]'', was taking part in a night-time military...
38: ...s crew ashore, and after swimming many hours attempting to secure aid and food, finally effected the r... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
51: ...ur planes neared the target area they were intercepted by eight hostile fighters. When, at this time, ...
57: ...ical order]].[http://thoughtcrimes.org/bbv/bbv_chapter-4.pdf][http://www.eiu.edu/~historia/1999/texas9...
69: ...he party's national convention in [[1956]]. In [[1960]], Lyndon received 409 votes on the first and onl...
71: ...nson as a courtesy, and did not expect him to accept.) Others (such as [[W. Marvin Watson]]) say that...
73: In November [[1960]] the Kennedy/Johnson duo beat out [[Richard M. N... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
30: ...he [[United States Navy]]. He could have been exempt from military service because of his Quaker relig...
49: ... Soviet leader [[Nikita Khrushchev]] had an impromptu "[[kitchen debate]]" about the merits of [[capit...
53: ==1960 election and post-Vice Presidency ==
54: ... John Kennedy during their TV debate prior to the 1960 presidential election]]
55: ...ndidate at the [[U.S. presidential election, 1960|1960 Presidential election]]. Nixon campaigned against... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
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...
63: * [[Captain]], United States Army: May 15, 1917 - National Football League (30340 bytes)
4: ...an Professional Football Association''', which adopted the name "National Football League" in [[1922 i...
6: ...he NFL's greatest spurt in popularity came in the 1960s and 1970s, after the 1958 NFL championship game ...
31: ...ur-game pre-season schedule in August and early September. The regular season starts the week after t...
124: ...ned, and it has had to institute measures to attempt to have black head [[coach (sports)|coach]] candi...
130: .... (See [[Madden NFL series]] for a detailed description of each.) There are also Street versions of th... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
15: ...ng aircraft flying range by decreasing fuel consumption. These innovations are the basis of modern in...
18: ...els.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flight to Belgium to be honored a...
26: ...ndberghs moved to [[Europe]] in December 1935. Hauptman, who maintained his innocence until the end, w...
29: ... him a German medal of honor, and Lindbergh's acceptance caused an outcry in the [[United States]] whe...
31: ...[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], [[Iowa]], on [[September 11]], [[1941]], he accused "the Jewish race"... - 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...
21: ... to vote. The movement reached its peak in the [[1960s]] under leaders such as Dr. [[Martin Luther King...
43: ...om the political and social ferment of the late [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]], ''Negro'' fell into disfa...
45: ...ding the capture, enslavement and systematic attempts to de-Africanize blacks in the U.S. under chatte... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
4: image_caption = |
15: He led Germany from the depths of post-[[World War I]] defeat to become one of...
27: ...This is further supported by Hitler's later description of himself as a misunderstood artist. After Hi...
52: ...rian ''Reichswehr'' Group, Headquarters 4 under Captain Mayr. A key purpose of this group was to creat...
60: ...r decided to use Ludendorff as a front in an attempt to seize power in [[Munich]], the [[capital]] of ... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
9: ...h Sea]], and eventually, after the death of the captain for whom he was sailing, becoming the master o...
13: ...ted of Drake's [[Caribbean]] adventures was his capture of the Spanish Silver Train at Nombre de Dios ...
22: ...h ports like [[Valpara�]] as it went. He also captured Spanish ships on the journey north, making go...
24: ...h Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting a description in Drake's own account, was discovered in [[Ma...
34: ... He brought with him a rich cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasures, and was hailed as the firs... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
39: *[[1989]] - In [[Egypt]], a 4,400-year-old [[mummy]] is found in the [[G...
61: ...[Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation]] (d. [[1960]])
75: *[[1927]] - [[George Plimpton]], writer (d. [[2003]])
91: *[[1960]] - [[Richard Biggs]], actor
112: *[[1965]] - King [[Farouk I of Egypt]] (b. [[1920]]) - March 21 (10586 bytes)
8: ...]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [[Egypt]].
9: ...1804]] - [[Napoleonic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civil law]].
19: *[[1960]] - [[Apartheid]]: [[Sharpeville Massacre|Massacr...
40: *[[1768]] - [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier]], [[France|French]] [[mathema...
70: *[[1960]] - [[Ayrton Senna]], [[automobile]] racer, (d. [... - March 22 (9294 bytes)
20: ...nded when a charter is adopted in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
23: *[[1960]] - [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]] & [[Charles Towne...
96: *[[1687]] - [[Jean Baptiste Lully]], French [[composer]] (b. [[1632]]) - March 23 (10340 bytes)
25: ...]: In the [[Indian Ocean]], [[Japan]]ese forces capture the [[Anadaman Islands]].
30: ... initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
102: *[[1960]] - [[Franklin Pierce Adams]], American newspaper... - Montgomery, Alabama (5329 bytes)
29: ...he [[American Revolutionary War]] attempting to capture [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. Montgomery was made th...
31: ...1954]]/[[1960]], as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, two blocks from the State Capitol Buil... - Denver, Colorado (21161 bytes)
8: |map_caption = Location of Denver in Colorado
53: ...enver by Louis Ballast who operated the Humpty Dumpty Barrel drive-in. He applied for a patent on his...
235: ..., part of the City's Union Station neighborhood; Uptown, part of the North Capitol Hill neighborhood; ...
278: ...ties have parks in the city named after them (except the newest sister city, [[Ulaanbaatar]], [[Mongol...
303: ...tional Football League]] ([[American football]]) (1960-) - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
36: ...plea by Father Thomas O'Reilly of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Sherman did not burn the city...
43: ...t Atlanta. With the city government nearing bankruptcy, [[The Coca-Cola Company]] had to help bail out...
45: ...les in the movement's leadership. On October 19, 1960, a sit-in at the lunch counters of several Atlant...
68: ...ected since [[1973]] has been black; the uninterrupted string of black mayors in excess of thirty year...
205: ...]], a 1.5 mile (2.4 km) NASCAR race track in [[Hampton, Georgia]]. - Cheyenne, Wyoming (8059 bytes)
59: *[[1960]] - 43,505
81: ...c debut. Eight-year old [[Jessica Dubroff]], attempting the stunt of becoming the youngest child ever ... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
24: ...r-city decay. The city lost population from the [[1960s]] through the [[1980s]], but recovered in the [[...
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)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
70: ...[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
114: *[[Brahmagupta]] (India, [[598]]-[[668]])
140: ...|Eduard Čech]] (Czech Republic, [[1893]] - [[1960]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
51: ...[[Walter Baade]] ([[Germany]], [[1893]] – [[1960]])
151: ...rnard Dawson]] ([[Argentina]], [[1890]] – [[1960]])
155: *[[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] ([[France]], [[1749]] &ndas...
240: *[[Benjamin Apthorp Gould]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1824]] &nda...
313: *[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1851]] – [[1922]]) - Sweden (27111 bytes)
3: ...ury. Since [[1816]], Sweden has been at peace, adopting a policy of armed neutrality.
53: ...|English]]: ''For Sweden; with the times'') is adopted by Carl XVI Gustaf as his personal motto in his...
87: ...eing one of the richest countries in the world by 1960. As other economies were re-established, Sweden w...
193: ...stancing themselves from Church rituals such as baptism. With the 20th century a personal belief beca... - 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... - Crochet (5214 bytes)
24: ...ined primarily a homemaker's art until the late [[1960s]] when the younger generation picked up on croch... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
118: *[[J. L. Austin|John Langshaw Austin]], (1911-1960){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
297: *[[Albert Camus]], (1913-1960){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
690: *[[Paul Haeberlin]], (1878-1960) - Rome (33048 bytes)
45: ...lupa'', a word also meaning "prostitute") that adopted and suckled the cognately-named twins ''Rom''ul...
61: ...o passed on elements of Greek culture they had adopted such as the Western version of the Greek [[alph...
76: ...[Eastern Roman Empire]], under [[Justinian I]], captured the city in [[536]].
78: ...9]]. Belisarius was replaced by [[Narses]], who captured Rome from the Ostrogoths for good in [[552]].
84: ... of the Lombards under [[Alboin]] ([[568]]). By capturing the regions of [[Benevento]], [[Lombardy]], ... - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
2: ...:South - Djoum Chimps.jpg|250px|Common Chimp]]| caption = [[Common Chimpanzee]]<br>in [[Cameroon]]'s [...
23: ..., but have been known to reach the age of 60 in captivity.
32: ...ists noted the innaccuracy of these ancient descriptions, which often falsely purported that chimpanze...
34: ...numerous studies of the animals in the wild and captivity. The observers of chimpanzees at the time we...
36: ...itude that had marred previous studies. Prior to 1960, almost nothing was known about chimpanzee behavi... - Long jump (2354 bytes)
1: ...]] (track and field) event in which athletes attempt to land as far from their take-off points as poss...
5: ...nerally each competitor will get a number of attempts to make their longest jump, and only their longe...
9: ...Olympic Games|Olympic]] competition since the inception of the [[Summer Olympic Games|Games]].
11: ...istyakova]] of the former [[Soviet Union]] who leapt 7.52 meters in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] in ... - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
105: *[[Andr鳠G]] ([[1960]]-) - ([[:Category:Ecuadorian tennis players|Ecua...
118: ... Eight"]] - eight WTC professional players of the 1960s
167: *[[Ivan Lendl]] ([[1960]]-) - (Czechoslovakia/USA)
184: *[[Shuzo Matsuoka]] ([[1960]]-) - ([[:Category:Japanese tennis players|Japan]...
187: *[[Tim Mayotte]] ([[1960]]-) - (United States) - New Deal (82408 bytes)
11: ''Reform'' was based on the assumption that the depression was caused by the inherent...
20: ...tain]], led by the Labour party, was unable to adopt major programs to stop its depression. That led ...
22: ...l" (1933-34) virtually every organized group (except the Socialists and Communists) gained much of wha...
26: ...onopoly was bad for America, [[Louis Brandeis]] kept insisting, because it produced waste and ineffici...
34: ...arly days of the New Deal, it is difficult to recapture, even in imagination, the heady enthusiasm amo... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
22: ...Nothing movement|American Party]]. Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic ...
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...
66: ...eform]] and a balanced federal budget notable exceptions. The Republican-controlled House of Represen... - Regions of Slovakia (4168 bytes)
1: Since 1949 (except 1990-1996) , [[Slovakia]] has been divided into a...
22: ...je December 24, 1948/ January 1 1949 – June 30, 1960 ==
32: == Kraje July 1, 1960 – December 19, 1990 == - Navigation (15650 bytes)
18: ...ng navigators trained a professional small boat captain so that he could write a book.
57: Conceptually, the angle to the celestial object establish...
63: Traditionally, three chronometers are kept in [[gimbal]]s in a dry room near the center of t...
65: The angle is measured with a special optical instrument called a "[[sextant]]." Sextants ...
75: ...is]], or by using a dual [[sundial]] called a [[diptych]]. - Jury trial (20452 bytes)
21: Many English colonies adopted the jury trial system including the [[United St...
27: ...irst and Second-degree murders, even if only attempted. In others, such as the [[United Kingdom]], jur...
34: ...nal cases, such as child rape, the jury may be tempted to convict based on personal feelings rather th...
38: ...ider [[Japan]], for instance, which used to have optional jury trials for capital or other serious cri...
40: ...ticipate in the jury system, and support the concept. Second, the Lord Chancellor's attack on the jury... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
7: ... origins of the story of Atlantis date back to Egyptian priests who transfered it to [[Solon]]. Solon ...
12: ... legendary event. Sonchis, priest of [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it int...
17: ...ypt|Saite]] priest showed him its history in [[Egyptian hieroglyph|hieroglyphic]] characters. Some ot...
23: ...by an outer ring-shaped continent, with the inscription, "The earth beyond the Ocean, where men lived ...
27: ...of Ocean."'' —Jordanes, ''[[Getica]]'', chapter 1:4. - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...ic, and have been later connected with ancient Egypt through what linguists term a "[[folk etymology]]...
11: ...hem in the context of their times. They were attempting to explore and investigate nature before many ...
13: ... formed the basis of [[metallurgy]] since its inception at the end of the [[Neolithic]], would seem in...
15: ...red to be the most perfect of substances. By attempting to transmute base metals into gold, they were,...
19: ...ng to the study of alchemy than he did to either optics or physics, for which he is famous, (see [[Isa... - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (17212 bytes)
3: ... though decades later, Soviet communications decrypted by the [[VENONA project]] became publicly avail...
9: Ethel Rosenberg was born on [[September 28]], [[1915]] in [[New York]]. She was an ...
11: ...overnment, however, and had made a number of attempts to infiltrate its operations at the [[University...
49: ... involvement is not clear from the VENONA transcripts. A document from [[November 27]], [[1944]] [http...
53: ...He spent 10 years in prison and was released in [[1960]], and has lived under an assumed name since his ... - Viking (18085 bytes)
19: :''Aurum ibi plurimum, quod raptu congeritur piratico. Ipsi enim piratae, 'quos il...
52: ...enter for Slavic pirates, as opposed to the descriptions in the [[Norse saga]].
84: ...e [[16th century]], e.g. ''Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus'' (Olaus Magnus, [[1555]]), and the ...
87: ...nother author who had great influence on the perception of the Vikings was [[Esaias Tegn鲝], another ...
89: ...George Hicke, who published a ''Linguarum vett. septentrionalium thesaurus'' in [[1703]]–[[1705|... - Antalya (20816 bytes)
5: ... and touristic hub with thematic hotels with concepts like [[Venice]],[[Topkapi Palace]], [[Moscow]] c...
22: ...he death of Alexander in 323 BC, a long battle erupted between his commanders that lasted until 188 BC...
35: ...pation of the area by the Italians came to an abrupt end after the First World War with the founding o...
46: ...s never below 10 °C in this region. With the exception of a few weeks of rainy days, the seawater, wh...
147: When: 12-29 September, 18 days - Helium (36603 bytes)
102: ..."2" align="center" bgcolor="#c0ffff" | <small>Except where noted, all data was produced under conditio...
104: ... the elements and it exists only as a [[gas]] except in extreme conditions. Extreme conditions are als...
112: ... conductivity]] that is greater than any gas except [[hydrogen]] and its [[specific heat]] is unusua...
134: ... This is because heat conduction occurs by an exceptional quantum-mechanical mechanism. Most material...
146: ...itrogen and oxygen (every ten meter increase in depth yields a one atmosphere increase of pressure). '... - Iridium (10102 bytes)
118: | [[electron capture|ε]]
125: | [[electron capture|ε]]
135: | [[beta emission|β]] <br/> [[electron capture|ε]]
137: | [[Platinum|<sup>192</sup>Pt]]<br/>[[Osmium|<sup>192</sup>Os]]
154: | [[Platinum|<sup>194</sup>Pt]] - Krypton (9031 bytes)
5: ...an="2" align="center" | [[bromine]] – '''krypton'''
16: | krypton, Kr, 36
142: | [[electron capture|ε]]<br />
174: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font>
177: ... is known to form compounds with [[fluorine]]. Krypton can also form [[clathrates]] with water when at... - Rutherfordium (3808 bytes)
51: ...onor of [[Igor Vasilevich Kurchatov]] ([[1903]]-[[1960]]), former Head of Soviet Nuclear Research.
53: ...nion of Pure and Applied Chemistry ([[IUPAC]]) adopted Unnilquadium (symbol Unq) as a temporary name f...
54: ...ever in [[1997]] they resolved the dispute and adopted the current name. - Scandium (10820 bytes)
102: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font></th>
121: ...f 99% pure scandium metal wasn't produced until [[1960]].
136: ...e the only stable isotope, Sc-45, is [[electron capture]] and the primary mode after is [[beta emissio... - Titanium (20884 bytes)
95: ...}]]</td><td>[[1 E9 s|63 y]] </td><td>[[electron capture|ε]]</td><td>0.268</td><td><sup>44</sup...
109: ...ndard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font></th>
129: ...aboratory equipment]], [[wedding band]]s, and [[laptop computer]]s is becoming more common.
147: ...|1950]]-[[1960s|1960]]s the [[Soviet Union]] attempted to corner the world titanium market as a tactic...
168: ...[refractive index|index of refraction]] and an [[optical dispersion]] higher than [[diamond]]. [[Star ... - U.S. Electoral College (46986 bytes)
25: ...iation with a Presidential candidate. With the adoption of the Twenty-third Amendment to the United St...
29: ...es gains all of the state's electors. The two exceptions allot the electors to areas within the state....
31: ... specifically for voting for that candidate), except as a form of protest vote. Individuals choosing t...
34: ...cholars continue to debate the reasons for the adoption of the Electoral College. Some believe it was ...
37: ...difficulties in mass communication, and were attempting to devise a system that would function well wi... - Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
12: ...id, "Henry Aaron led the league in everything except hotel accommodations".
19: ... 20 years) before suffering a broken ankle on [[September 5]].
23: ... home run off of the Reds' [[Don Gross]]. On [[September 23]], [[1957 in sports|1957]], Aaron had wha...
30: [[July 3]], [[1960 in sports|1960]] saw Aaron hit his 200th home run off of the [[S...
34: On [[September 20]], [[1965]], Aaron hit the last home run ... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
8: ...Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, second movement (excerpt)
9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|...
49: ...h his foot. Professional players may also use exceptionally large or small chain drums for special low...
77: ... has blurred: German and European players have adopted the North American layout and vice versa.
88: ...itle = "Jupiter" from ''The Planets'' suite (excerpt) - Snow Leopard (2608 bytes)
2: ...htmatter snowleopard.jpg|200px|Snow Leopard]] | caption = }}
22: ...a very high price in the fur market. During the [[1960]]s total population went down to 1000 animals, bu...
24: Snow Leopards are successfully bred in captivity. - Chinchilla (7913 bytes)
2: ...Taxobox image | image = [[Image:Daisy1d.jpg]] | caption = }}
20: ...udied by linguists due to its aural range of perception. It is considered the closest to that of a hum...
24: ...gray, while other colors have been developed in captivity. For example, white, mosaic (white with gray...
29: ... in countries with a climate that they are not adapted to.
33: Chinchillas should be kept in a large cage, about 24" x 24" x 18" per animal... - Australian Terrier (3970 bytes)
47: ...neaten the dog for the [[dog show|showring]]. Acceptable colours are shades of blue or grey with tan ...
59: ...us was granted in the UK in 1933 and in the US in 1960. - Brooks Robinson (1427 bytes)
5: ...ed for the All-Star team in 15 consecutive years (1960-74). He also played in four [[World Series]]. In ... - Billy Martin (4203 bytes)
10: On [[August 4]], [[1960]], Martin, then playing for the [[Cincinnati Reds... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
21: ...ent is constitutionally prevented from voting except in the case of ties. In practice, the Vice Presi...
35: The tumultuous affair led to the adoption of [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Co...
48: ...ned by every President since. Still, Roosevelt kept his last Vice President [[Harry S. Truman]] uninf...
61: ...; the other 4 ([[U.S. presidential election, 1960|1960]], [[U.S. presidential election, 1968|1968]], [[U...
135: ...ter Alan Arthur]] || [[March 4]], [[1881]] || [[September 19]], [[1881]]<sup>4</sup> || [[United State... - Major League Baseball (14783 bytes)
11: ...erally runs from early April through the end of September. Players and teams prepare for the season i...
17: ...tion established in [[1961]]. From [[1898]] to [[1960]], a 154-game schedule was played. Games are pla...
35: ...for steroid users. The new policy, which was accepted by Major League Baseball players and owners, wa...
45: ...alties are much harsher, however they must be accepted by MLB players and owners before any changes ca...
127: ...l records for these particular leagues were not kept in a consistent manner. - 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&#...
53: ...tinian]] [[terrorists]]. A failed liberation attempt led to the deaths of all of the abducted athletes...
60: ...draw the complete track and field team. The USOC opted for the former.
67: ...he Melbourne Games were boycotted by Cambodia, Egypt, Iraq and the Lebanon, because of the [[Suez Cris... - White House (15373 bytes)
30: ...w Year's Day and on the Fourth of July. Those receptions ended in the early 1930s.
34: ...ational Historic Landmark]] on [[December 19]], [[1960]].
81: ...tself). When asked whether the show accurately captured the working environment, some former White Ho... - Tecumseh's curse (3257 bytes)
4: ... in a year divisible by 20 between [[1840]] and [[1960]] died in office:
12: *'''[[1960]]''' - [[John F. Kennedy]], assassinated in [[196...
18: ==The exception==
19: ...as Reagan did not die from the assassination attempt, the 'curse made him suffer', while others point ... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
15: ...acific basin is relatively uniform, with a mean depth of about 4270 m (14,000 ft). The major irregular...
57: ...ese nations have achieved full independence since 1960. The [[Northern Mariana Islands]] are self-govern...
59: ...mineral wealth is hampered by the ocean's great depths. In shallow waters off the coasts of Australia ...
71: * Soule, Gardner, The Greatest Depths (1970) - Spiro Agnew (8986 bytes)
24: | [[September 17]], [[1996]]
42: ...stopoulos''' ([[November 9]], [[1918]] – [[September 17]], [[1996]]) in [[Towson, Maryland]], was...
57: ...am]] to the Baltimore County Board of Appeals. In 1960, He made his first elective run for office as a c...
73: ...use of the [[25th amendment]], as the vacancy prompted the appointment and confirmation of [[Gerald R....
77: Agnew died suddenly on [[September 17]], [[1996]] at Atlantic General Hospital,... - Walter Mondale (8624 bytes)
43: ...n of Gov. [[Orville Freeman]], who in return in [[1960]] appointed Mondale the state's attorney general....
45: ...s role in the [[Apollo 1]] investigation. He attempted to show that [[NASA]] was dangerous and a waste...
54: When he made his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention, Mondale ...
71: * [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000851 Congressional biogra... - Jane Goodall (4250 bytes)
10: ...nown as Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve) in July, 1960. - Culture of Russia (14552 bytes)
14: ...beginning as early as 1850 and its end as late as 1960. The term covers many separate, but inextricably ...
22: ...didn't begin to influence Russia until the [[Assumption Cathedral]]s, which was completed by the Bolog...
25: *[[Cathedral of the Assumption, Smolensk]]
58: ...et domination, music was highly scrutinized and kept within certain boundaries of content and innovati...
74: ...om, but little else; the dolls have no hands (except those that are painted). The artistry is in the p... - Earthworms (15728 bytes)
27: ...emerge as small, but fully formed earthworms, except for lacking the sexual structures, which develop ...
59: ... New York College of Forestry has stated that in optimum conditions the worm population may even reach...
79: ... and nutrient requirements, but also creates the optimum conditions of heat (cooler in summer and warm...
81: ... has spread extensively since its introduction in 1960 through contaminated soil and plant pots. Any sig... - Fire Bellied Toads (4319 bytes)
2: ...ina_orientalis.jpg|250px|Bombina orientalis]] | caption = Oriental Fire-bellied toad (''Bombina orient...
29: *''[[Bombina fortinuptialis]]'' Tian & Wu, 1978 : Guangxi Fire-bellied T...
32: ...'[[Bombina microdeladigitoria]]'' Liu, Hu & Yang, 1960 : Hubei Fire-bellied Toad, Small-webbed Bell Toad...
44: ...yant and long lived [[Amphibia|amphibians]]. In captivity they can live to be 12 years, and there are ... - Marine Life (10377 bytes)
6: ...ension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the abyssal trenches, sometimes 10,000 meter...
8: ... about 71% of the Earth's surface, due to their depth they encompass about 300 times the habitable vol...
19: ...inoflagellates, euglenoids, coccolithophorids, cryptomonads, crysomonads, chloromonads, prasinomonads,...
59: ... ''[[Trieste]]'' when it dived to the bottom in [[1960]].
64: Many life forms that live at these depths have the ability to create their own light. - Peregrine Falcons (8580 bytes)
2: ...Peregrine-Falcon.jpg|200px|Peregrine Falcon]] | caption = }}
46: ...in particular [[DDT]], during the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]]. Pesticide build-up interfered with reproducti...
52: ...ne Falcon recovery teams to breed Peregrines in captivity, among other places, at [[Cornell University...
54: ... This procedure is called hacking. To release a captive-bred falcon, the bird was placed in a special ...
58: ...eal nesting ledges for the Peregrine Falcon. Attempts to set up nests for the birds have proved succes... - Snow Leopards (2890 bytes)
2: ...htmatter snowleopard.jpg|200px|Snow Leopard]] | caption = }}
22: ...a very high price in the fur market. During the [[1960]]s total population went down to 1000 animals, bu...
24: Snow Leopards are successfully being bred in captivity. - Vicunas (3821 bytes)
2: ...| image = [[Image:Peruvian vicuna.jpg|150px]] | caption = }}
15: ... [[Inca]], the vicuña was protected by law. In [[1960]] there were only about 6,000 vicuñas in t...
17: ==Description==
26: ...cuña’s thick but soft coat is a special adaptation that traps layers of warm air close to its b... - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
21: ...Nothing movement|American Party]]. Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic ...
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...
65: ...eform]] and a balanced federal budget notable exceptions. The Republican-controlled House of Represen... - Geothermal power (4808 bytes)
10: ...ut 90 miles north of [[San Francisco]] began in [[1960]] which produces 2000 [[MWe]]. Calpine Corporatio... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
7: ...les of the Americas|native villages]] for their captured chiefs became de Soto's hallmark during the [...
12: ...e three groups of mounted soldiers. The Spanish captured Atahualpa, and the next day de Soto was again...
14: ...d and silver objects to ransom him. During this captivity, de Soto became friendly with Atahualpa, tea...
29: ...acts of European origin discovered at the site in 1960's.
38: ...dered Ortiz to be roasted alive. Ortiz survived captivity and torture, and joined, at the first opport... - Mauryan (48769 bytes)
4: ...nd western [[India]] taking advantage of the disruptions of local [[power (international)|powers]] in ...
6: ...ral and southern regions by the emperors Chandragupta and [[Bindusara]], but it excluded a small porti...
10: ...ansion of the sciences and of knowledge. Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of [[Jainism]] increased social...
12: Chandragupta's minister [[Kautilya Chanakya]] wrote the ''[[A...
17: ===Chanakya and Chandragupta Maurya=== - Students for a Democratic Society (3884 bytes)
1: ...es, the organization developed rapidly in the mid-1960's, before dissolving in 1969.
5: ...to, known as the [[Port Huron Statement]], was adopted at the organization's first convention in [[196...
13: SDS formed the core of a movement in the [[1960s]] known collectively as the [[New Left]], or sim...
17: ...uding a circa-[[2003]] organization with a few chapters at colleges in the Midwest and Northeast. - Cyprus (16721 bytes)
34: ...]]<br/>[[16 August]] [[1960]]<br/>[[16 August]] [[1960]] <sup>3</sup> |
59: ...ned independence from the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1960]], with the UK, [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]] retaini...
63: ...sh Cypriots, together with [[Turkey]], do not accept the Republic's rule over the whole island and cal...
86: ...he island was invaded by [[Thothmes III]] of [[Egypt]] about 1500 B.C., and was forced to pay tribute....
88: ...ted the island away from the Persians. Later, Egypt controlled it, then [[Rome]] annexed it in 58-[[5... - Automobile (19750 bytes)
4: ...or the [[driving|driver]] and, almost without exception, one or more passengers.
33: ...anagement]], which entered into wide use in the [[1960s]], when electronic parts became cheap enough to ...
40: ... For example, only those few American cars of the 1960s with front-wheel drive or a rear engine had a fu...
45: ...tion, even seat belts were considered extra-cost options by many manufacturers. Other countries follow...
61: Attempts at building viable [[battery (electricity)|batte... - 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, ...
30: ... spawned a renaissance of bicycling in the late [[1960s]]. Bicycle sales in the United States boomed, la...
55: ..., a variable gear ratio is needed to maintain an optimum pedaling speed while covering varied terrain.... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
25: * [[March 6]] - In [[Bremen]] an assassin attempts to kill [[Wilhelm II of Germany]].
36: ===July-September===
39: * [[September 2]] - [[Vice President of the United States|...
40: * [[September 5]] - The National Association of Profession...
41: * [[September 6]] - American anarchist [[Leon Czolgosz]] s... - Rice (13724 bytes)
2: ...ields-Indonesia-(Java).jpg|250px|Rice field]] | caption = Rice fields on [[Java (island)|Java]]}}
20: ...http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=41975 ITIS 41975] 2...
27: ...ully controlled to ensure the appropriate water depth. Rice paddies sometimes serve a dual agricultura...
29: ...op elongated stems capable of coping with water depths exceeding 2 meters (6 feet).
69: ''O. sativa'' was adapted to farming in the Middle East and Mediterranean... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
19: ...Katerina soon learned of the relationship and accepted it as inevitable and permanent. After her deat...
23: Stravinsky proved adept at playing the part of "man of the world", acquir...
25: ...sfully writing music for films. Stravinsky had adapted to life in [[France]], but moving to America ag...
27: ...was even setting [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] [[scripture]] in ''Abraham and Isaac''.
29: In 1962 he accepted an invitation to return to Russia for a series ... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
48: ...rought-iron fences, monumental and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its ma...
62: ...nd the [[Yelagin Palace]] (1818–1822), a sumptuous summer [[dacha]] of the imperial family, situ...
70: ...g [[onion dome|onion spires]], this church is exceptional in the city with its onion-shaped tower.
82: ...al|Gothic Revival]] style, those of St John the Baptist (1776–1781) and the Chesmenskaya (1777&n...
96: ...verlooks a [[quay]]side adorned with genuine [[Egypt]]ian [[griffin]]s and [[sphinx]]es. The [[Smolny ... - Oslo (11319 bytes)
41: ...siderable controversy and friction. Numerous attempts at decentralization has not appreciably changed ...
43: ...centre, except where slums were demolished in the 1960's to construct modernist concrete and glass lowri...
48: ...year jubilee was celebrated by a row of tiger sculptures around the City Hall. A harsh picture of the ...
113: ...t city for the [[1952 Winter Olympic Games]]. Except for the [[downhill]] [[ski]]ing at [[Norefjell]],... - Radar (16746 bytes)
15: ...tion. For generally the same reasons objects attempting to avoid detection will angle their surfaces i...
22: ...Brightness can indicate reflectivity as in this [[1960]] weather radar image. The radar's frequency, pol...
53: ...two straight antennas at [[right angle]]s for reception, each on a different display. The maximum retu...
92: ... the world in the 21st century. They have been adopted in the United States by the [[IEEE]], and inter...
118: ...'kurz'', meaning 'short'; limited use due to absorption by [[water vapour]], so K<sub>u</sub> and K<su... - Timeline of aviation (3479 bytes)
15: *'''[[1960s]]:''' [[1960 in aviation|1960]] - [[1961 in aviation|1961]] - [[1962 in aviatio... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
8: ...[1835]] - The Army of the [[Republic of Texas]] captures [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]
25: *[[1960]] - ''[[Coronation Street]]'' first airs on telev... - Walter Baade (2275 bytes)
23: ...r Baade''' ([[March 24]] [[1893]] - [[June 25]] [[1960]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[astronomer]] who em...
30: ...pernova of the year [[1054]], and identified the optical counterparts of various [[radio astronomy|rad... - List of HIV-positive people (8891 bytes)
25: *[[Robbin Crosby]], ([[1960]]-[[2002]]), [[guitarist]] for rock band [[Ratt]]...
95: *[[Gia Marie Carangi|Gia]], ([[1960]]-[[1986]]), [[model]], died of complications res...
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