Search results

Showing below up to 100 results starting with #1.


View (previous 100) (next 100) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).

No article title matches

Page text matches

  1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
    11: | [[Alaska]]
    12: | [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]]
    111: | [[Nebraska]]
    112: | [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]
    161: | [[1895]] — [[1904]]
  2. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]]
    138: ...harted several [[constellations]] in the southern skies, explored coast of [[Western Australia]]
    190: *[[Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld]], (1832-1901), [[arctic]] [[explorer]]
    219: *[[Nicholas Michailovitch Prjevalsky]], (1839-1888), Russian explorer in central and ...
    252: *[[Henry Morton Stanley]], (1841-1904), successfully searched for [[David Livingstone|L...
  3. History of China (45919 bytes)
    38: ...uced into the English language from Persian or Sanskrit origins for "Chinese People" which ultimately ...
    86: ...ourney to escort you to the Capital. So, I will ask you to go by yourselves to the Capital without an...
    96: ...ed with colorful silk, prompting the diplomat to ask, "How is it that your majesty have clothing for t...
    116: ... du VIII<sup>e</sup> si&egrave;cle." ''BEFEO'' 4 (1904), pp. 131-413.
    160: ...is appointment in [[1403]] to lead a sea-faring task force was a triumph of the commercial lobbies tha...
  4. Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
    10: ...other socialist figures such as [[Anatoli Lunacharsky]] and [[Leo Jogiches]]. She studied [[philosophy...
    14: ...hes]] and [[Julian Marchlewski]] (alias Julius Karski), she founded the newspaper ''[[Sprawa Robotnicz...
    19: ... This did not take place, but at least [[Karl Kautsky]]'s party leadership kept Marxism on the program...
    21: ...p refused, and in [[1910]] she split off from Kautsky.
    23: Between [[1904]] and [[1906]] her work was interrupted by three ...
  5. Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
    31: ..., France awarded her the [[Legion of Honor]] in [[1904]].
  6. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
    15: ...[Charles 'Buddy' Rogers|Charles 'Buddy' Rogers]] (1904-1999), a fresh-faced actor known as "America's Bo...
  7. Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
    25: ...ved in a manuscript at Longleat. This was edited (1904) for the Roxburghe Club by W.G.F. Warner as ''The...
  8. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    10: ...Ilovaisky (daughter of the historian Dmitri Ilovaisky). Her only full sister, Anastasia, was born in 1...
    12: ...e of affairs was allowed to continue until June [[1904]] when Marina was despatched to school in [[Lausa...
    32: ...poet [[Anna Teskova]], and the critics [[D. S. Mirsky]] and [[Aleksandr Bakhrakh]].
    34: ... taken part in the assassination of [[Trotsky|Trotsky's]] son in 1936).
    50: ...recognition is sustained by the poet [[Joseph Brodsky]], pre-eminent among Tsvetaeva's champions. Tsve...
  9. Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
    7: ...ll-known [[editor]] and [[literary critic]]) in [[1904]], she and her sister, [[Vanessa Bell|Vanessa]], ...
  10. Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
    6: ...stions, and each sibling taught her complementary skills. When Clara started school at age 4, she she ...
    35: ...79. She resigned from the American Red Cross in [[1904]] at the age of 83 and spent her remaining years ...
    41: ...ct was founding the National First Aid Society in 1904.
  11. Painting (4567 bytes)
    97: *[[Salvador Dal흝, ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
  12. Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
    1: ...a very rare [[woodwind]] instrument invented in [[1904]] by the firm of Wilhelm Heckel GmbH in [[Wiesbad...
  13. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    357: ...esident in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1904|1904 election]]
  14. Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
    34: ...r his single-minded concentration upon whatever task faced him. He was elected sheriff of [[Erie Count...
    67: ... other Democrat elected between 1860 and 1932. In 1904, some conservative pro-business Democrats talked ...
  15. Alexandria (28378 bytes)
    1: ...second largest city, and the capital of the [[Al Iskandariyah]] governate. It is located at {{coor dm...
    19: ...an, but lacking chalk or other means, resorted to sketching it out with grain. Alexander's seers, and ...
    77: ...since then. As the British consular report for [[1904]] says, "Building &hellip; for residential and ot...
    108: ...at Caesareum, by which stood the two great [[obelisk]]s, each later known as "[[Cleopatra's Needle]],"...
  16. Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
    39: ...8]], two other French researchers, [[Maria Sklodowska-Curie|Marie]] and [[Pierre Curie]], discovered t...
    57: ...ultant, and when Rutherford lectured at Yale in [[1904]], Boltwood was inspired to describe the relation...
    59: Late in 1904, Rutherford took the first step toward radioactiv...
  17. Antarctica (14761 bytes)
    71: * [[Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station]] ({{coor dm|62|10|S|05...
    81: * [[Novolazarevskaya Station]], [[Dronning Maud Land]] ({{coor dms|...
    82: ...dm|60|44|S|44|44|W|}}) [[Orcadas Islands]] (since 1904)({{flag|Argentina}})
    106: ... check the year here http://www.nacos.com/komatsu/skwork.htm -->
  18. Samoa (9435 bytes)
    57: ... became territories of the [[United States]] in [[1904]] and today are known as [[American Samoa]]. The ...
  19. Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
    61: ...t also British diplomat [[Roger Casement]], whose 1904 report on the Congo condemned the practice. [[Jos...
    72: ... fight against a seccessionist province, Lumumba asked the USSR for aid, which he received and utilise...
  20. Flag of Maryland (3908 bytes)
    3: ...]. It was officially adopted by [[Maryland]] in [[1904]].
    13: ...(Chapter 48, Acts of 1904, effective [[March 9]], 1904). In [[1945]], the legislature made a gold cros...
  21. Football (soccer) (22343 bytes)
    34: ...ional football body, was formed in [[Paris]] in [[1904]] and declared that they would adhere to the rule...
    173: ... (soccer) tactics and skills|Football tactics and skills]]
  22. Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
    9: ...ung George was known for mischievous behavior. He skipped school, ran the streets, and committed petty...
    18: Though Ruth was a skillful pitcher, the Red Sox's starting rotation wa...
    23: ...importantly, however, Ruth began to show his true skill as a hitter, compiling a .325 batting average ...
    37: ... serious pennant chase for the first time since [[1904]] (a year famous for [[Jack Chesbro]]'s wild pitc...
    111: ...sipelas]], a streptococcal [[infection]] of the [[skin]]. The bacterial infection had been left untre...
  23. Alaska (24727 bytes)
    2: Name = Alaska |
    3: Fullname = State of Alaska |
    4: Flag = Alaska state flag.png |
    5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Alaska]] |
    6: Seal = Alaskastateseal.jpg |
  24. Oregon (26551 bytes)
    11: Governor = [[Ted Kulongoski]] |
    65: ...tain]]. The petition referred to ''Ouragon'' and asked for money to finance an expedition in search of...
    103: ...ion]] to select party candidates was adopted in [[1904]], and in [[1908]] the [[Oregon Constitution]] wa...
    221: *[[Portland Trail Blazers]] of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
  25. New Jersey (35646 bytes)
    147: ...as born in [[Red Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank]] in [[1904]]. In the 1960s, he colaborated on several albums...
    343: *[[New Jersey Nets]], [[National Basketball Association]]
  26. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    114: * [[Musket]] in [[History of Europe|Europe]]
    300: * [[1882]]: [[Electric fan]]: [[Schuyler Skatts Wheeler]]
    363: * [[1904]]: [[Thermionic valve]]: [[John Ambrose Fleming]]
    364: * [[1904]]: Separable Attachment [[Plug]]: [[Harvey Hubbel...
    413: * [[1922]]: [[Water skiing]]: [[Ralph Samuelson]]
  27. Alcamenes (1026 bytes)
    5: ...aeus" of Alcamenes (''Athenische Mittheilungen'', 1904, p. 180). As, however, the deity is represented ...
  28. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
    35: *[[Ivan Aivazovsky]] ([[1817]]-[[1900]])
    40: *[[Pierre Alechinsky]] ([[1927]]-)
    75: *[[Ivan Ayvazovsky|Hovhannes Ayvazovski]] ([[1817]]-[[1900]])
    112: *[[Juan Bautista Garcia]] ([[1904]]-[[1974]])
  29. Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
    34: ... the Fog (Le Parlement, Effet de Brouillard)'' ([[1904]]), sold for over [[United States dollar|US$]]20 ...
  30. Castle (27805 bytes)
    61: ...of the assailants was largely due to the wise and skilful employment of mines. An angle of the noble k...
    90: ... the castle. Castle building was a very common task as boundaries were pushed and territory conquered...
    99: ...Castles of England"; (''Eng. Hist. Review'', xix. 1904), and her papers in ''Scot. Soc. Ant. Proc.'' xxx...
  31. Aviation history (39698 bytes)
    15: ...namic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design w...
    17: ...ome some one might know how better to utilize our sketch and cause some addition to be made so as to a...
    75: ...d numerous additional public flights (over 80) in 1904 and [[1905]] from Huffman Prairie in [[Dayton, Oh...
    88: ...et (30 m) in length. In comparison, by the end of 1904, the Wright brothers had sustained flights up to ...
    113: ...s across the country and showing off their flying skills, as well as taking paying passengers for ride...
  32. Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
    37: ...sson]], ''The [[Christmas Eve]]'', watercolor, ([[1904]]-[[1905]]).]]
    39: ...ive and non-objective. ([[Wassily Kandinsky|Kandinsky]] produced the first non-objective abstract pain...
  33. Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
    26: *[[1904]] - [[Roosevelt Corollary]] to [[Monroe Doctrine]...
    27: *[[1904]] - [[Panama Canal]] Zone acquired
  34. History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
    30: ...d Cloud]] and [[Crazy Horse]], the [[Sioux]] were skilled at high-speed mounted warfare. The Siousx we...
    53: ...petty artisan and craftsman gave way to well-paid skilled workers and engineers as the nation deepened...
    84: ...and reform organizations met in [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], determined at last to make their mark on a U....
    90: ...gold," [[William Jennings Bryan]], the young Nebraskan champion of silver, won the Democrats' presiden...
    97: [[Image:Train_and_troops.png|right|270px|thumb|Sketch of U.S. troops breaking up the 1894 [[Pullman...
  35. January 1 (18244 bytes)
    25: ...s made by [[Daniel Freeman]] for a farm in [[Nebraska]].
    60: ...ew logo: an abstract ''N'', similar to the [[Nebraska]] Educational Television Network logo.
    94: **The [[Treaty on Open Skies|Open Skies]] mutual [[surveillance]] treaty, initially si...
    120: *[[1892]] - [[Artur Rodzinski]], Croatian conductor (d. [[1958]])
    124: *[[1904]] - [[Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry]], [[Pakistan]]i polit...
  36. January 2 (10888 bytes)
    65: *[[1877]] - [[Slava Raskaj]], Croatian painter (d.[[1906]])
    68: *[[1904]] - [[Sally Rand]], American fan dancer (d. [[197...
    105: *[[1904]] - [[James Longstreet]], [[Confederate States of...
    109: *[[1939]] - [[Roman Dmowski]], Polish politician (b. [[1864]])
    110: *[[1963]] - [[Dick Powell]], American actor (b. [[1904]])
  37. Lightning (33113 bytes)
    16: ...ion. Experiments involving lightning are always risky to extremes, and frequently fatal. The most well...
    65: ...ecause it lights up the cloud and the surrounding sky with an apparent ''sheet'' of light. One special...
    89: ...rote in ''Electrical World and Engineer, March 5, 1904'', "I have succeeded in determining the mode of t...
    146: ...gh, much of the current will ''flash'' around the skin or clothing to the ground, resulting in a surpr...
    195: ... should be considered if there is a significant risk of first aiders becoming victims to a subsequent ...
  38. Pope Zosimus (7180 bytes)
    10: ..., before which both these writings were read. The skilfully chosen expressions of Pelagius concealed t...
    19: ...rnack ''Sitzungsberichte der Berliner Akademie'', 1904, 1050
  39. National League (4871 bytes)
    3: ...ld Series]]. (The Series was not played in either 1904 or 1994.)
    66: ...Association]] - the surviving major league of [[basketball]] in the United States and Canada.
  40. World Series (40101 bytes)
    1: ...an annual event since 1903, with the exception of 1904 and 1994. The New York Yankees have the most Worl...
    79: === The boycott of 1904 ===
    81: ...d the money would be split. During the winter of 1904/05, however, Brush proposed what came to be known...
    87: == List of World Series after 1904 ==
    184: ... a World Series, hit by the Pirates' [[Bill Mazeroski]].
  41. Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
    6: :''Formerly known as:'' Sioux City Cornhuskers, 1894. St. Paul, 1895-1899. "White Sox" is s...
    7: ...skey Park, was opened in 1991; the original [[Comiskey Park]] was in use from 1910 to 1990.)
    17: ...minor league called the Western League. The Cornhuskers won the league pennant in [[1894 in sports|189...
    30: ...der [[Ron Kittle]], designated hitter [[Greg Luzinski]], and pitchers [[LaMarr Hoyt]] (who won the Cy ...
    32: ...ote) of public funding for a new stadium. New Comiskey Park, now known as U.S. Cellular Field, opened ...
  42. Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
    53: ...er less than two full years of ownership, Finley asked the A.L. owners for permission to move the Athl...
    66: ...ckson reported in his autobiography that when he asked for a raise following the 1972 season, Finley t...
    113: *[[Stan Coveleski]]
    300: *'''Pitching Strikeouts''': 349 [[Rube Waddell]] (1904)
  43. St. Valentine's Day (9989 bytes)
    12: ...gh the streets of Rome holding pieces of the goat skin above their heads, touching anyone they met. Yo...
    42: ...r [[1847]] by [[Esther A. Howland]] ([[1828]] - [[1904]]) of [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. Her father op...
  44. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    31: *[[Maria Sklodowska-Curie|Maria Sk&#322;odowska-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiati...
    82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
    174: *[[Wendell Meredith Stanley]], (1904-1971), [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], [[1946]].
  45. Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
    35: ...rst son, [[Hans Albert Einstein]], was born. In [[1904]], Einstein's position at the Swiss Patent Office...
    57: ...rk on relative motion", and this has led some to ask whether Mileva played a part in its development. ...
    99: Initially, scientists were skeptical because the theory was derived by mathemat...
    118: ... Bose]] describing light as a gas of photons and asking for Einstein's assistance in publication. Ein...
    179: ...fer, claiming that he lacked the necessary people skills.
  46. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    24: *[[Frédéric Bartholdi]] (1834 - 1904)
    108: *[[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska]] (1891 - 1915)
    262: *[[Oskar Schlemmer]] (1888 - 1943)
    270: *[[John Skeaping]] (1901 - 1980)
    309: *[[Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski]] (1950 - )
  47. Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
    11: ...pair of [[pliers]], and considerable strength and skill are required to operate the car. As many earl...
    33: ...the merger of the cable car interests of the POMA ski lift company and the Otis elevator company. In ...
    88: * [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
    91: * [[Portland, Oregon]] ([[1890]]&ndash;[[1904]])
  48. Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
    34: ...shion and graduated with an AB (arts degree) in [[1904]] without much serious study. While he was at Har...
    70: ...rden of unemployment relief. Roosevelt therefore asked the state legislature for $20 million in relief...
    100: ...onded with an aggressive program of stimulation, asking Congress for $5 billion for relief and public ...
    134: ...tween two fronts, and only third turning to the task of defeating Japan.
    162: ... Germany increased after [[1937]], Roosevelt was asked by American Jewish organizations and Congressme...
  49. Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
    25: ...itor from [[1900]]-[[1902]], clerk of courts in [[1904]], representatives [[1907]]-[[1908]]. In 1905, Co...
    125: * [[Harlan Fiske Stone]] - 1925
  50. Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
    23: ...skingum College|Ohio Central College]] (later [[Muskingum College]]) in [[Iberia, Ohio|Iberia]].
    45: ...dlocked. Before receiving the nomination, he was asked whether there were any embarrassing episodes in...
    126: ... end of [[July]], while traveling south from [[Alaska]], he developed what was thought to be a severe ...
    141: ...rles Forbes, Director of the [[Veterans Bureau]], skimmed profits, earned fat kickbacks, and ran alcoh...
    169: ...L. Gordon]]|after=[[Francis W. Treadway]]|years=[[1904]] &ndash; [[1906]]}}
  51. Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
    19: ...y 1903, the Wright Brothers were perhaps the most skilled glider pilots in the world.
    29: ...n Prairie]], near Dayton, and continued work in [[1904]], building the ''Flyer II'' and using a catapult...
    31: In 1904 and 1905, the Wright Brothers conducted over 105 ...
    33: ...ely known outside of Ohio, and was often met with skepticism. The [[Paris, France|Paris]] edition of t...
    43: ...Moorehouse-Marten's Department store in Columbus asked if the Wright Brother's could carry a shipment ...
  52. Alberto Santos-Dumont (14938 bytes)
    11: ...g came to him while contemplating the magnificent skies of [[Brazil]] in the long, sunny afternoons at...
    25: ...y to be the most famous person in the world. In [[1904]], he went to the [[United States]] and was invit...
    44: ...Soviet Union|USSR]] [[Aleksandr Fyodorovich Mozhaiski]] is sometimes credited as a "Father of Aviation...
    58: ... the disclosure of key design features in their [[1904]] European patent filings certainly helped many a...
    68: ...time his performance during flight. Alberto then asked Cartier to come up with an alternative that wou...
  53. James Longstreet (9732 bytes)
    4: ...([[January 8]], [[1821]] &ndash; [[January 2]], [[1904]]) was one of the foremost [[general]]s of the [[...
    30: ...1864 spring campaign, where Lee sorely missed his skill in handling the army. He rejoined Lee from [[O...
    34: ...an Empire]], and later on, he served from 1897 to 1904, under Presidents [[William McKinley]] and [[Theo...
  54. Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
    19: ...e Arctic Club (1894-1913) and The Explorers Club (1904-present). In 1907-1908 Cook served as the second ...
    24: ... has ever been found: his photos' vistas, his two sketch maps' markers and peak-numberings for points ...
    31: ...ake them to civilization. For details, see Osczevski (2003) "Frederick Cook and the Forgotten Pole".
    47: ...y's account has encountered renewed criticism and skepticism (Rawlins, 1973; Berton, 2001; Henderson, ...
  55. Henry Morton Stanley (3669 bytes)
    1: ...''' ([[January 29]],[[1841]] &ndash; [[May 10]],[[1904]]) was a [[19th-century]], [[Wales|Welsh]]-born, ...
    7: ...g to Stanley's no doubt romanticised account, he asked [[James Gordon Bennett, Jr.]], the paper's owne...
    15: ...] to [[1900]]. He died in London on [[May 10]], [[1904]]. His grave, in the graveyard of St. Michael's C...
  56. March 18 (10594 bytes)
    32: ...]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his spacecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person t...
    37: *[[1980]] - On [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] in [[Russia]] 50 persons were killed...
    54: *[[1844]] - [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], Russian composer (d. [[1908]])
    64: *[[1904]] - [[Srecko Kosovel|Sre&#269;ko Kosovel]], Slove...
    93: *[[1964]] - [[Bonnie Blair]], American speed skater
  57. March 19 (9902 bytes)
    35: ...ce lorry]] and a [[bus]] crash head-on in [[Ĥnekoski]], [[Finland]]. 24 people are killed and 13 inj...
    58: *[[1904]] - [[John Sirica]], American judge (d. [[1992]])
    109: *[[1997]] - [[Willem de Kooning]], artist (b. [[1904]])
  58. March 20 (10075 bytes)
    16: *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Aleister Crowley]] invokes [[Horus]] ...
    18: ..., Connecticut]], the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
    60: *[[1904]] - [[B. F. Skinner]], behavioral psychologist (d. [[1990]])
    83: *[[1945]] - [[Pat Riley]], American basketball player and coach
    121: *[[2005]] - [[Armand Lohikoski]], Finnish director, (b. [[1912]])
  59. March 21 (10586 bytes)
    15: * [[1935]] - [[Shah]] [[Reza Pahlavi]] formally asked the international community to call [[Persian E...
    25: *[[1970]] - [[Vinko Bogataj]] crashes during a ski-jumping championship in [[Germany]]; his image b...
    42: *[[1839]] - [[Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky]], [[Russia]]n [[composer]], (d. [[1881]])
    50: *[[1904]] - [[Forrest Mars Sr.]], American candymaker (d....
  60. March 23 (10340 bytes)
    55: *[[1904]] - [[Joan Crawford]], American actress (d. [[197...
    76: *[[1955]] - [[Moses Malone]], American basketball player
    85: *[[1973]] - [[Jason Kidd]], [[basketball]] player
    103: *[[1964]] - [[Peter Lorre]], actor, (b. [[1904]])
  61. Dover, Delaware (4514 bytes)
    5: ...ollege]]. The former Dover Opera House, built in 1904, was recently renovated and converted to the Schw...
  62. Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
    20: ...Image:Midtodt2.jpg|thumb|200px|Downtown Atlanta [[skyline]]]]
    21: ...e:Buckhead2.jpg|thumb|200px|The Expanding Atlanta Skyline]]
    139: ...States International Exposition of [[1895]]. In [[1904]], the city council purchased the land for $99,00...
    197: ...s]] [[basketball]] team has been the [[National Basketball Association]] franchise of Atlanta since [[...
  63. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    81: *[[Bhaskara]] (India, [[1114]] - [[1185]])
    135: *[[Henri Cartan]] (France, [[1904]] - )
    180: *[[Haskell Curry]] (USA, [[1900]] - [[1982]])
    213: *[[Nathan Divinsky]]
    314: *[[Philip Hall]] (England, [[1904]] - [[1982]])
  64. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]])
    54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] &ndash; [[1916...
    69: *[[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] ([[Russia]], [[1883]] &ndash; [[1953]])
    79: *[[Alfred Bohrmann]] ([[Germany]], [[1904]] &ndash; [[2000]])
    223: ...rge Gamow]] ([[Russia]], [[United States|USA]], [[1904]] &ndash; [[1968]])
  65. Amusement park (17293 bytes)
    16: ... (opened in [[1903]]), and Dreamland (opened in [[1904]]). However, the [[Great Depression]] of the [[19...
    51: * [[Cedar Point]], [[Sandusky, Ohio]]
    102: Fairground games include tests of skill for which prizes (fluffy toys, goldfish, sweet...
  66. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    168: *[[Oskar Becker]]
    170: *[[Vissarion Belinsky]], (1811-1848){{fn|R}}
    192: *[[Roy Bhaskar]], (born 1944)
    212: *[[Jozef Maria Bochenski]], (1902-1995)
    298: *[[Georges Canguilhem]], (1904-1995){{fn|C}}
  67. History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
    351: *[[1904-1905 Welsh Revival]]
  68. July 24 (8660 bytes)
    73: *[[1963]] - [[Karl Malone]], basketball player
    77: *[[1969]] - [[Rick Fox]], Basketball Player
    87: ...], [[Poland|Polish]] novelist and dramatist (b. [[1904]])
  69. Geyser (14881 bytes)
    67: ...he [[Waimangu Geyser]] which existed from 1900 to 1904 was the largest geyser ever known. It ceased to e...
  70. List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
    9: *[[Wilmer Allison, Jr.]] ([[1904]]-[[1977]]) (United States)
    36: ...[1898]]-[[1994]]) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
    38: ...[1895]]-[[1978]]) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
    58: ...[1901]]-[[1987]]) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
    95: *[["Four Musketeers"]] - four French players of the 1920s and 1...
  71. Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
    126: | [[U.S. presidential election, 1904|1904]] || Won || [[Charles W. Fairbanks|Charles Warren...
    231: * [[George Frisbie Hoar]] ([[1826]] - [[1904]]), [[Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]]
    279: [[da:Republikanske parti (USA)]]
    288: [[no:Det republikanske parti]]
    289: [[pl:Partia Republika&#324;ska (USA)]]
  72. Phasmatodea (2538 bytes)
    19: **Family ''Heteropterygidae'' Rehn, 1904
  73. Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
    14: ...Dulwich College]] from [[1887]] to [[1890]]. In [[1904]] he married Emily Dorman.
    26: ... poor success with dogs during Scott's 1901&ndash;1904 expedition, Shackleton used Manchurian ponies for...
    30: ...hood|knighted]]. For three years he was able to bask in the glory of being "the man who reached furthe...
  74. Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
    23: ...th, surrounded by pillars and perhaps open to the sky; there is no central court, and other apartments...
    65: From anthropological data based on skull shapes, a people, similar to the Mediterranean...
    67: ..., and from ceramic forms we may infer also a high skill in [[metallurgy]].
    103: ... to rot in separate cysts a while. Afterwards the skeletons would be collected and the cysts re-used. ...
    114: ... [[Petsofa]] near Palaikastro by J. L. Myres in [[1904]]) are represented on [[intaglio]]s and [[fresco]...
  75. Robert Goddard (scientist) (7533 bytes)
    52: *[[Konstantin Tsiolkovsky]]
    58: ...ation, "On Taking Things for Granted", [[June]] [[1904]])
    60: ...urposive." (Written later, in an autobiographical sketch)
  76. Nikola Tesla (29894 bytes)
    51: ...thodox Church|Orthodox Metropolitanate]] of [[Sremski Karlovci|Karlovci]]. His mother was [[Duka Mandi...
    65: ...merely to the ozone generated in contact with the skin. [[Nitrous acid]] may also be responsible, but...
    73: ...a conical [[Tesla coil]] and investigated the ''[[skin effect]]'' in conductors, designed tuned circui...
    98: ...Wardenclyffe "Tesla's million-dollar folly." In [[1904]], the US Patent Office reversed its decision and...
  77. Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
    31: ...lway]] in [[Russia]]. Construction completed in [[1904]]. [[Webb C. Ball]] establishes first Railway Wat...
  78. Humpback Whale (17123 bytes)
    15: ...mial_name = Megaptera novaeangliae| author = Borowski | date = [[1781]]}}
    45: ...ly nothing more serious than some scarring of the skin. However, it is likely that young calves are so...
    75: ...pled with the opening-up of the Antarctic seas in 1904, led to a sharp decline in whale numbers amongst ...
    88: ...coast off [[Washington]], [[Vancouver]], and [[Alaska]], the [[Bay of Biscay]] to the west of France, ...
    90: ...l. For this reason, whale-watching operators are asked to follow a code of conduct to avoid stressing ...
  79. Boxing (29727 bytes)
    37: ...xing first appeared at the [[Olympic Games]] in [[1904]] and, apart from the Games of [[1912]], has alwa...
    41: ...d in the Olympic Games as a demonstration bout in 1904. For most of the 20th century, however, it was ba...
    58: ...e N.S.C. Rules that the sport emerged into one of skill rather than one of endurance. The [[British Bo...
    87: ...s the boxer has to move his or her head, the more skillful he or she is considered at this technique.
  80. Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
    21: ... of the participants would use oils to keep their skin smooth, as well as provide an appealing luster ...
    36: ...ad international field of participants &mdash; in 1904, 80% had been American &mdash; and great public i...
    50: ...II]] the games of [[1940]] and [[1944]] were also skipped.
    73: ... and 14 of its Eastern Bloc partners countered by skipping the [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olym...
    140: ...ramme at all Winter Olympics. In addition, figure skating and ice hockey have also been contested as p...
  81. James A. Garfield (15070 bytes)
    35: ...Gen. [[Don Carlos Buell]] assigned Garfield the task of driving Confederate forces out of eastern Kent...
    115: ...aphy from John T. Brown's ''Churches of Christ'' (1904)]
  82. Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
    20: Roosevelt's energy, skill and sheer joy in the Presidency were remarkabl...
    61: ... [http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/sotu1.html], asking Congress to curb the power of [[trust]]s "with...
    65: ...ame the toast of Washington, D.C.. When friends asked if he could rein in his only daughter, Roosevel...
    67: In [[1904]] Roosevelt ran for President in his own right, a...
    80: ...ecessors combined. As one story has it, he once asked his advisers, "Is there any law which prohibits...
  83. William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
    25: ...t [[Yale University]], where he was a member of [[Skull and Bones]], the [[secret society]] co-founded...
    126: ...r MacArthur]]|after=[[Luke E. Wright]]|years=1901-1904}}
    127: ...[[Elihu Root]]|after=[[Luke Edward Wright]]|years=1904 &ndash; 1908}}
  84. Charles W. Fairbanks (2978 bytes)
    5: ... elected Vice President of the United States in [[1904]] on the Republican ticket with [[Theodore Roosev...
    9: The city of [[Fairbanks, Alaska]] is named after him.
    12: * [[U.S. presidential election, 1904]]
    16: ...rman]] | years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1904|1904]] (won)}}
  85. Minke Whales (6495 bytes)
    2: ... surfacing]] | caption = A surfacing Minke Whale, Skjᬦandi, Iceland}}
    36: ...6,568 Minke Whales were caught by whalers between 1904 and 2000. Around 100,000 of these were killed in ...
  86. List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
    136: *[[Whiskey Rebellion]] (1794)
    169: *[[Alaska Boundary Dispute]] (1907, U.S.-Canada)
    186: *[[Black Patch Tobacco Wars]] (1904-1914?)
  87. Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
    42: ... century BCE, excavated by Ronald de Mecquenem in 1904.]]
  88. Painting of the United States (3965 bytes)
    10: ...k]] ([[1912]]-[[1956]]), [[Willem de Kooning]] ([[1904]]-[[1997]]), and [[Mark Rothko]] ([[1903]]-[[1970...
  89. United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
    125: | [[U.S. presidential election, 1904|1904]] || Won || [[Charles W. Fairbanks|Charles Warren...
    230: * [[George Frisbie Hoar]] ([[1826]] - [[1904]]), [[Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]]
  90. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
    34: ...shion and graduated with an AB (arts degree) in [[1904]] without much serious study. While he was at Har...
    70: ...rden of unemployment relief. Roosevelt therefore asked the state legislature for $20 million in relief...
    100: ...onded with an aggressive program of stimulation, asking Congress for $5 billion for relief and public ...
    134: ...tween two fronts, and only third turning to the task of defeating Japan.
    162: ... Germany increased after [[1937]], Roosevelt was asked by American Jewish organizations and Congressme...
  91. Holocaust (53541 bytes)
    24: In [[1904]], [[Alfred Ploetz]] founded the [[German Eugenic...
    40: ... [[Belarus]], they used mental patients from [[Minsk]] [[asylum]]s as guinea pigs. Initially, they tri...
    137: ...scarpathian Ukraine]] in 1941 to [[Kamianets-Podilskyi]] in the German-occupied [[Ukraine]], where the...
    148: ...&#261;zek Organizacji Wojskowych]], ZOW). ZOW's tasks were to improve inmates' morale, provide them ne...
    171: ...ber of prisoners were kept alive to work at the task of disposing of the bodies of people murdered in ...
  92. Geothermal power (4808 bytes)
    10: ...first produced at [[Larderello]], [[Italy]], in [[1904]]. Since then, the use of geothermal energy for e...
  93. Rosalynn Carter (3139 bytes)
    5: ...children of Frances Allethea "Allie" Murray Smith 1904-1997 and Edgar Smith 1896-1940.
  94. Physics (25628 bytes)
    112: ...ecquerel]], and further studied by [[Maria Sklodowska-Curie|Marie Curie]], [[Pierre Curie]], and other...
    114: ... current in [[electrical circuit|circuits]]. In [[1904]], he proposed the first model of the [[atom]], k...
  95. September 23 (7397 bytes)
    47: *[[1865]] - Baroness [[Emmuska Orczy]], novelist (d. [[1947]])
    99: *[[1950]] - [[Sam Barry]], basketball player and coach
    100: *[[1973]] - [[Pablo Neruda]], Chilean poet (b. [[1904]])
  96. Bicycle (44267 bytes)
    30: ...nd in the 1990s something of a major fad. These task-specific designs led many American recreational c...
    47: ...his allowed the rider to dismount while wearing a skirt or dress. Although some women's bicycles conti...
    75: ... with parking. Front-mounted wicker or steel ''baskets'' for carrying goods are often used. Rear rac...
    118: ...' auto maker. The [[Morris Motor Company]] and [[Skoda]] also began in the bicycle business, as did [...
    129: ...nt]] police purchased 20 bicycles in 1896, and by 1904 there were 129 police bicycle patrols operating. ...
  97. Croquet (12113 bytes)
    6: ... [[Roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics|event at the 1904 Summer Olympics]] is believed to have been a vari...
    14: ...ain hoops in the same turn. In response, feats of skill such as [[triple peels]] and even [[sextuple p...
    34: ...e game that good strategy will beat pure physical skill more often than not, and this allows players w...
  98. 1901 (12292 bytes)
    3: ...[1899]] [[1900]] - [[1901]] - [[1902]] [[1903]] [[1904]]
    51: ...se of Representatives|House of Representatives]] asking Congress curb the power of [[trust]]s "within...
    52: * [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Maria Sklodowska-Curie|Marie Curie]] receives doctorate. The firs...
    111: ... [[July 17]] - [[Bruno Jasienski|Bruno Jasie&#324;ski]], Polish poet (d. [[1938]])
  99. February 22 (10772 bytes)
    92: * [[1950]] - [[Julius Erving]], [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]r
    123: ...]], actress and sister of Hermione Baddeley (b. [[1904]])
    131: *1987 - [[David Susskind]], American television producer
    144: ...5 - [[Zdzislaw Beksinski|Zdzis&#322;aw Beksi&#324;ski]], Polish artist
  100. Truck (8353 bytes)
    17: ...ould have a carrying capacity 1500 to 2000 kg. In 1904, 700 heavy trucks were built in the United States...

View (previous 100) (next 100) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).



Search in namespaces :

List redirects   Search for
Navigation

  • Art and Cultures
    • Art (https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Art)
    • Architecture (https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Architecture)
    • Cultures (https://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Cultures)
    • Music (https://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Music)
    • Musical Instruments (http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/List_of_musical_instruments)
  • Biographies (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Biographies)
  • Clipart (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Clipart)
  • Geography (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Geography)
    • Countries of the World (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Countries)
    • Maps (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Maps)
    • Flags (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Flags)
    • Continents (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Continents)
  • History (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/History)
    • Ancient Civilizations (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Ancient_Civilizations)
    • Industrial Revolution (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Industrial_Revolution)
    • Middle Ages (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Middle_Ages)
    • Prehistory (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Prehistory)
    • Renaissance (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Renaissance)
    • Timelines (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Timelines)
    • United States (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/United_States)
    • Wars (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Wars)
    • World History (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/History_of_the_world)
  • Human Body (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Human_Body)
  • Mathematics (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Mathematics)
  • Reference (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Reference)
  • Science (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Science)
    • Animals (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Animals)
    • Aviation (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Aviation)
    • Dinosaurs (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Dinosaurs)
    • Earth (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Earth)
    • Inventions (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Inventions)
    • Physical Science (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Physical_Science)
    • Plants (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Plants)
    • Scientists (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Scientists)
  • Social Studies (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Social_Studies)
    • Anthropology (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Anthropology)
    • Economics (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Economics)
    • Government (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Government)
    • Religion (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Religion)
    • Holidays (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Holidays)
  • Space and Astronomy
    • Solar System (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Solar_System)
    • Planets (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Planets)
  • Sports (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Sports)
  • Timelines (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Timelines)
  • Weather (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Weather)
  • US States (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/US_States)

Information

  • Home Page (http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php)
  • Contact Us (http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Contactus)

  • Clip Art (http://classroomclipart.com)
Toolbox
Personal tools