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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...ate !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
57: ...[[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
124: | [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]
215: * http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap01.htm - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
72: *[[Philip Abelson|Abelson, Philip Hauge]] (1913-2004)
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ictoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
9: ...absburgs]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[...
11: ... avoid their [[creditor]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various ...
13: ...se to her aunt, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (n饠[[Princess Augusta of Cambridge]]). May...
17: ...een Victoria]]'s fondness of May, as well as her strong character and sense of duty. Albert Victor was... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...d as a child at the [[Anglo-Irish]] family's ancestral home, Lissadell House in [[County Sligo]]. Con...
8: ...]] (ICA), and, though a member of the landed [[gentry]], she devoted herself to the cause of [[sociali...
10: ...z was elected for the constituency of Dublin St Patrick's as one of 73 [[Sinn F驮]] [[Member of Parli...
12: ...[[Third Ministry of the Irish Republic|Third Ministry]] of the Dᩬ. Holding cabinet rank from April ...
14: ...Eamon de Valera]] and others in opposition to the Treaty. She fought actively for the [[republican]] ... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...entatives]] in [[1996]] from Michigan's Eighth District and served two terms. She did not seek reelect...
7: ...[[U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging]]. She introduced the [[Medical Equity and Drug Savings Act]]...
9: ...mendment to the United States Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were selected by the state legis... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
6: ... fifth child of the [[Jew]]ish wood trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maide...
8: ...rties, and started off by organising a [[general strike]]. As a result, four of its leaders were put t...
14: ...stria]], and [[Russia]]. She maintained that the struggle should be against [[capitalism]] itself, and...
21: ...ection. Luxemburg wanted to organise a [[general strike]] to rouse the workers into solidarity and pre...
27: ...sm and [[Economics]] at the SPD party training centre in Berlin. One of her students was the later lea... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
5: ...olitical Union]] (WSPU) swelled following their [[trial]]. Emmeline began to take more [[militant]] ac...
7: ...he [[University of Manchester]]. Between 1912 and 1913 she lived in [[Paris, France]] to escape imprison... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...uley''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [[American Civil Rights Mo...
4: ...ther; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
8: ...class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and ...
10: ...ericans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle.
14: ...65]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...d in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
9: ...d film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four yea...
13: ... Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with another woman led to a divorc...
15: ...Ronald. Fairbanks, however, was the love of the actress's life. Before he died, he sent Pickford a mes...
22: * [[1913]]: Appears (with [[Lillian Gish]]) in Belasco's B... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...meist poetry|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ...concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to p...
10: ...ughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...l changes in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German lang...
14: ...ing Album'', was self-published in [[1910]]. It attracted the attention of the poet and critic [[Maxim... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: ...wn act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theatre and by [[1920]] she had gained a reputation in t...
7: ...inest musicians around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]], [[Char...
9: ...son]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a string section--a musical environment that is radical...
13: ...nued until her death in a [[road accident]] while travelling from a concert in Memphis to Clarksdale, ...
17: ...h, [[John P. Hammond|John Hammond]] stirred up controversy by suggesting, in a ''[[Down Beat]]'' artic... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...s a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs. As a [[tee...
13: ...sembarked in [[Hong Kong]], however, they both contracted [[malaria]]. Robert Semple died of the disea...
15: ...n|Rolf Potter Kennedy McPherson]], born March 23, 1913.
19: ... what she described as a near-death experience in 1913, she embarked upon a preaching career in [[Canada...
25: ... her on her religious travels, he soon became frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed for... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: [[Image:matahari.jpg|frame|Mata Hari, [[striptease|exotic dancer]] and convicted [[espionage|...
3: ...etha Geertruida Zelle''' (spelled '''Margarete Gertrude Zelle''' in English), a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] ...
7: ...e Germans to be broken by the French. Mata Hari's trial occured at a time when the war was not going w...
9: ... they managed to shoot her accurately if that was true. Another rumor claims she blew a [[kiss]] to he...
11: ...oaded properly. The tale is highly unlikely to be true, as it bears a suspicious resemblance to [[Pucc... - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
2: ... [[feminist]] and fundraiser, all as part of the struggle for liberation from [[slavery]] and [[racism...
5: ...seer hurled a two-pound weight in her direction, striking her in the head. As a result of the blow, sh...
9: ...never captured. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the free states, during the...
15: ...outhbound train, successfully gambling that the retreat into enemy territory would never be anticipate...
17: ...ould be shot dead to prevent the dissenter from betraying the group. - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
1: [[Image:Vivlei.jpg|thumb|Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)]]
3: ...t in [[Roehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[Maureen O'Sullivan]]. She then went on...
7: ...xhausting "talent search" in which many popular actresses were considered for the role opposite [[Clar...
9: ...ir. At the time, both were married (Olivier to actress [[Jill Esmond]] who was pregnant when the affa...
11: ...yal the previous year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''. - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
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7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Iridaceae]]}} - Rose (15436 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
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7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rosales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Rosaceae]]}} - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ia|Gov.]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], born in [[Austria]]; [[Florida]] [[United States Senate|Sen.]] [[...
21: ... the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s have fulfilled this duty in emergenci...
23: ...ugural address which sets the tone for his administration.
25: ...es)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. ...
29: ...e chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is traditionally ended with, "So help me God," although... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...ates of America]] under [[Woodrow Wilson]] from [[1913]] to [[1921]].
7: ...as [[Governor]] of [[Indiana]] from [[1909]] to [[1913]]. He was a popular speaker and active in local ...
13: ...e opportunity to show that he had no intention of trusting Marshall with delicate business. Since tha...
15: ...iberating, ultimately decided that it would demonstrate party unity if he kept Marshall on; thus in 19...
17: ...travelling in [[Europe]] to sign the [[Versailles treaty]] and push his [[League of Nations]] idea. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: ...he [[Confederate States of America]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their...
48: ...akness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would only emerge with the [[New Deal]...
50: ...though is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power.
53: ...site the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon...
59: ...Sangamon in the hopes of attracting [[steamboat]] traffic to the river, which would allow sparsely pop... - Brunei (7197 bytes)
1: ... simply '''Brunei''', is a [[petroleum]]-rich country located on the [[island]] of [[Borneo]], in [[so...
17: ..."center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): Always in service with God's guidance'...
28: ...y area|Ranked 163rd]] <br /> 5,765 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> 8.6%
33: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 162nd]]
49: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' - Flag of Arkansas (1800 bytes)
3: ...rate States of America]]. The flag seems to bear striking resemblance to the [[Confederate Flag]].
5: ...ag was adopted by the legislature on February 26, 1913. In 1923, the legislature added a fourth star, r... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
4: ...f horizontal red, blue and white stripes. On the stripes is a sheaf of [[wheat]], a cob of [[maize|cor...
6: The current flag was adopted on [[July 24]], [[1913]]. Regiments from Delaware during the [[American... - Flag of Missouri (513 bytes)
3: ...join the union. The current flag was adopted in [[1913]]. - Flag of Utah (450 bytes)
3: ...light blue. The current [[flag]] was adopted in [[1913]].
5: The motto "industry" represents progress, as does the emblem of the ... - Flag of Wisconsin (377 bytes)
3: ...lue background. The current flag was adopted in [[1913]], and the name - Football (soccer) (22343 bytes)
3: ...Image:football_iu_1996.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The striker (wearing red shirt) has run past the defender...
11: ...ople regularly play football in more than 200 countries in every part of the world. Its simple rules a...
19: ...ng a pass or through tackling the opponent who controls the ball.
28: ... in depth discussion of the history of games ancestral to association football and the parallel develo...
30: ...les resembling the modern game were produced at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] in 1848, at a meeting a... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
4: ...es]]'' as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of nearly all the ballpark...
7: ...ove the saloon they owned and operated on Camden Street. Kate would walk to her father's home each tim...
9: ... no avail. He was finally sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a school run by Catholic brot...
10: ...l.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in ba...
14: ...k him to spring training in [[Florida]], where a strong performance with bat and ball saw him make the... - California (63989 bytes)
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
45: ...waisgate?WAISdocID=06487414661+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
55: Fish = [[Golden Trout]]; marine - [[Garibaldi (fish)|Garibaldi]] |
60: Tree = [[Sequoia|California Redwood]] |
76: MusicalInstrument = none | - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
36: ...gland and one of the wealthiest states in the country. Connecticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirte...
43: ...ird for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of the state's name is "Con...
56: ...rners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the coastal highways fro...
65: ...sidents go for years or even decades without ever traveling to other regions of the state, considering...
77: ===Transportation=== - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
11: ...mmad]], (born 1953), world champion boxer, boxing trainer
25: *[[Paul Quantrill|Quantrill, Paul]]
26: *[[William Quantrill|Quantrill, William]], [[United States]] [[United States ...
38: ...h, Harry]], (1858-1913), socialist politician and trade unionist
46: ...e Questel|Questal, Mae]], (1908-1998), American actress - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut
74: *[[Philip Yeo|Yeo, Philip]], industrial and systems engineer - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...g consequences; emergence of unprecedented [[industrial]] [[economic boom|boom]] and accelerated [[con...
3: ...st]] stance. In [[Canada]], an important economic transformation accelerated as [[Great Britain]] was ...
5: ...al]] growth were yet unknown. Technologies like [[train]]s, [[automobile|car]]s and [[mass communicati...
8: ...coming the richest region on the earth, with industry aligned to mass production, and a society with a...
13: These soldiers formed a tremendous market force. As they were still very yo... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...ns, histories, or [[etymology|etymologies]], illustrations, usage guidance, and examples in sentences....
5: ...mponents, number of [[stroke (Chinese character)|strokes]], overall shape, or pronunciation of each ch...
14: ...ge using a non-[[Roman alphabet|Roman]] script, entry words in the non-English language may either be ...
17: ...ionary]]) or even a specific sub-field such as contract law (a [[sub-field dictionary]]). Specialized ...
20: ...h information about [[stroke (Chinese character)|stroke]] count and order, readings (pronunciations), ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]])
70: *[[Jean-Michel Atlan]] ([[1913]]-[[1960]]
100: *[[Hans von Bartels]] ([[1856]]-[[1913]])
153: *[[Wilhelm Bissen]] ([[1836]]-[[1913]]) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ...n the [[12th century]] the conquering [[Moors]] introduced papermaking to [[Spain]] and the technology...
12: ...ainted full-scale cartoons as precursors for tapestry designs.
23: ...'watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent watercolor or [[gouache]] (an opaque for...
29: Traditionally, watercolor paint is applied with brus...
31: ...allow for lighter areas within the painting. This transparency provides watercolor its characteristics... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - World War I (62979 bytes)
6: ...]. It also greatly increased the use of mass industrialization as the basis for a new form of warfare ...
8: ...o cited German diplomatic ineptitude as well as a tremendous tide of nationalism that swept the Europe...
10: ...le because of tight defences. This was especially true of the [[Western Front (WWI)|Western Front]]. O...
16: ... this assassination has been linked as the direct trigger for World War I, the war's real origins lie ...
19: ...way. Frantic diplomatic efforts to mediate the Austrian-Serbian quarrel simply became irrelevant, as t... - Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) (8003 bytes)
14: *[[1901]] - [[Hay-Pauncefote Treaty]]
15: *[[1902]] - [[Drago Doctrine]]
18: ...903]] - ''[[The Great Train Robbery (movie)|Great Train Robbery]]'' movie opens
23: *[[1903]] - [[Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty]]
24: *[[1903]] - [[Hay-Herran Treaty]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ment of much of the native population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn...
4: ==Reconstruction==
5: ...ticle: [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]]''
7: ...m Lincoln]] had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, but the immense human cost of the war and ...
9: ... government to effectively reunite the country contributed to the government's failure for many decade... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ...uista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins.
19: ...879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Sydney Cricket ...
20: ...ites his oil holdings into the [[Standard Oil]] [[trust]].
22: *[[1893]] - Introduction by [[Webb C. Ball]] of the General Railr... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...le [[building]], usually higher than 150 [[metre]]s (500 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]). Mo...
7: ...tall buildings, some of which are well over 300 metres (987 ft) tall. The other development essential ...
9: ...e was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Anothe...
15: ...on of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as determining the "world's tallest..." d...
17: == 50 Tallest Skyscrapers by Structural/Architectural Height == - Adam's apple (940 bytes)
5: ...prominent than desired, sometimes remedied by a [[trachea shave]], a type of [[plastic surgery]] to re...
7: The etymology of the term is unclear: Webster's 1913 dictionary states that the term "... is so called... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...dent of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the A...
10: ...ife and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of Lords as po...
12: The structure of Congress was one of the most divisive is...
14: ...Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate...
16: ... legislatures; they achieved their objective in [[1913]] with the ratification of the [[Seventeenth Amen... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: [[Image:Wave.jpg|thumb|250px|The tsunami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]...
4: ...very long [[wavelength]] (often hundreds of kilometres long), which is why they generally pass unnotic...
10: ...ch is too small to create a tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of gener...
14: ...s sediment and rocks slide downslope and are redistributed across the sea floor. Similarly, a violent ...
18: ...er, as energy from falling debris or expansion is transferred to the water into which the debris falls... - National League (4871 bytes)
7: ...n divided into three divisions (East, West and Central), with the addition of a [[wild card|Wild Card]...
9: ...ican League. Often characterized as being a more "traditional" or "pure" league, the National League n...
19: *[[Washington Nationals]] (Montreal Expos through 2004)
21: ===Central Division===
23: The NL Central Division is the only division in either league ... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Series has been an annual event ...
4: ==Introduction==
7: ...layers' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the World Series winner, the World Serie...
11: ...earcher [[Doug Pappas]] refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World'...
13: ... International Baseball Federation ([[IBAF]]) has tried to lobby MLB into suspending play during the S... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
2: ...]] team based in [[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
5: ...experienced players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this tim...
6: ...ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
20: ... side of the city. The [[Great Chicago Fire]] destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and other posse...
22: ...ulbert]], was leading the formation of a new and stronger organization, the [[National League]]. - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
3: ...sed in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[American League]].
22: Walsh, [[Doc White]] and [[Nick Altrock]] paced the White Sox to their [[1906 in sport...
25: ... players vanished mysteriously and none were ever tried. [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis|Judge Landis]], Com...
30: ...es through scrappy play rather than consistently strong hitting or pitching. While they had a great r...
35: ...he White Sox of the [[1990s]] adopted classic pinstriped uniforms and the occasional use of black jers... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
5: ...h century)|American Association]] in [[1884]] and transferred to the National League in [[1890]].
7: ...14]] through [[1931]]) and the ''[[Trolley dodger|Trolley Dodgers]]'' -- originally a pejorative term ...
8: ...Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Dodgers/dodgers.html Part of the wall...
10: ...:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a red streaming baseball
16: :'''Manager''': [[Jim Tracy]] - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
12: ... (15): [[1902]], [[1905]], [[1910]], [[1911]], [[1913]], [[1914]], [[1929]], [[1930]], [[1931]], [[1972...
13: ...] championships won''' (9): [[1910]], [[1911]], [[1913]], [[1929]], [[1930]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974...
18: ...Sox]], [[Cleveland Indians|Cleveland Blues]], [[Detroit Tigers]], [[Baltimore Orioles|Milwaukee Brewer...
20: ...rceable in the state of Pennsylvania. Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland Broncos (now the [[Cleveland...
22: ...), winning the [[World Series]] in 1910, 1911 and 1913. They won over 100 games in 1911 and 1912, and 9... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ...enience of the solver, although in many widely distributed American crosswords such as the ''[[New Yor...
8: ...ain]] and [[Australia]], have a [[lattice]]-like structure, with a higher percentage of black squares,...
10: ...the grid should have 180-degree rotational [[symmetry]], so that its pattern appears the same if the p...
12: ...' crosswords have simple designs and are not symmetric.
14: ...f. In both cases, no two puzzles are alike in construction, and the intent of the puzzle authors is to... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
41: ...st, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
48: ...st, winner of the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...was raised by his mother, [[Henrietta Grace]], a strong woman determined her children would succeed, o...
7: ...e also played the piano and violin, was an ambidextrous artist of some talent, and enjoyed acting. Hol...
13: ...rred to the British secret service. He frequently travelled disguised as a butterfly collector, incorp...
15: ...uits. Using this and other methods he was able to train them to think independently, to use their init...
17: ...g (non-existent) barbed wire while moving between trenches. - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...ates and the rest of the world, but also had such tremendous influence over modern culture that many s...
8: ...This led to his being hired by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] company to service t...
12: ... formed the [[Detroit Automobile Company]]. The Detroit Automobile Company went bankrupt soon afterwar...
15: ...ocomotive of the day, took the car around the country and thereby made the Ford brand known throughout...
18: ...rgrounds in [[1911]] with driver Frank Kulick. In 1913, Ford attempted to enter a reworked Model T in th... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ... pyramid]], published in [[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]...
2: ...[[health]] and [[disease]]. Absence of adequate nutrients may cause disease or death.
4: ...al health and death from [[starvation]] or [[malnutrition]], there is an array of disease states that ...
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific ...
8: ...uitously occur in the form of [[salts]] and [[electrolytes]]. All of these chemical compounds and elem... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[July 14]], [[1913]]
18: ...ss in 1948 from [[Michigan's 5th congressional district]].
20: ...Vietnam]]; Ford did not intervene, but did help extract friends of the U.S. At home, the economy suffe...
22: After experiencing health troubles and being admitted to the hospital four tim...
27: ...s they signed a petition to enforce the [[1939 Neutrality Act]]. This petition was circulated nationa... - John F. Kennedy (36524 bytes)
27: ...rced to leave during [[Christmas]] break after contracting [[jaundice]].
28: ...Kennedy was erroneously prescribed steroids to control his [[colitis]], which only heightened his medi...
33: ...rned the rank of [[lieutenant]], commanding a [[patrol torpedo boat]] or ''PT boat''.
35: ...JFKPT109.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jack on his navy patrol boat, [[PT 109]].]]
36: ... was thrown across the deck, injuring his already troubled back. Still, Kennedy somehow towed a wounde... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[January 9]], [[1913]]
19: '''Richard Milhous Nixon''' ([[January 9]], [[1913]] – [[April 22]], [[1994]]) was the thirty-...
22: ... in [[Yorba Linda, California]] on [[January 9]], 1913, to Francis Nixon and Hannah Milhous. He was rai...
24: ... "Quaker saint." Nixon's early life was marked by tragedy in the deaths of two of his brothers, one fr...
34: ...the same..." Although Nixon's allegations were untrue, they succeeded and Voorhis was booed by the cr... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
16: ...N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...cted President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. Born to wealth...
26: ...way. The Roosevelt family (see [[Roosevelt family tree]]) had lived in New York more than 200 years: [...
30: ...ly. Franklin was her only child, and she was an extremely possessive mother. Since James was a rather ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
6: place_of_birth = [[Braunau am Inn]], [[Austria-Hungary]] |
20: ...ndication that Alois Hitler treated his son more strictly than was usual for that time and place.
22: ...fter visiting a priest responsible for birth registries and declaring that Georg was his father (Alois...
24: ...ponent of a [[racism|racist]] ideology. Opponents tried to prove that Hitler, the leader of the [[anti...
31: ...nherited some money from an aunt. He worked as a struggling painter in Vienna, copying scenes from pos... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
13: ...n of 1897-99 led by [[Adrien de Gerlache]]. He contributed greatly to saving the lives of the crew whe...
19: ...f two New York-based clubs: the Arctic Club (1894-1913) and The Explorers Club (1904-present). In 1907-1...
24: ...readings, his route-map's accuracy, even his camp trash — though samples of all such evidences are f...
29: ...they traveled north, eventually crossing [[Nares Strait]] to Annoatok on the Greenland side in the spr...
31: ...orth Pole". For example, the route the two Inuit traced on a map goes right over both the Pole of Col... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
10: ...[1673]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [...
15: ... the [[United States]] granting exclusive [[trade|trading]] rights.
16: ...]] - [[Einar Dessau]] uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[h...
17: *[[1913]] - [[George I of Greece]] is [[assassin]]ated.
21: *[[1925]] - The [[Tri-State Tornado]] hits the Midwestern states of [[... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
10: ...ttle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
15: ...20]] - The [[United States Senate]] rejects the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (first ti...
20: ...nd communications facilities in [[Germany]] be destroyed.
26: ...irl from Ipanema]]'', sung by [[Astrud Gilberto|Astrud]] and [[Jo㯠Gilberto]].
27: ... [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] sign a friendship [[treaty]]. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...eat Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
14: ... of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
15: ...ce]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[electric chair]].
17: *[[1913]] – [[Sung Chiao-jen]], a founder of the Ch...
21: ...]] – [[Dachau]], the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
6: *[[1788]] - A [[fire]] destroys 856 buildings in [[New Orleans]] and leaves mo...
11: ...] - Journalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] began his trek to find the missionary and explorer [[David Liv...
14: ...he [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] flight.
17: ...]] - [[World War II]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops liberate [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]]
19: ...e on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180 - March 22 (9294 bytes)
6: ... [[Pilgrims]] of [[Plymouth Colony]] sign a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
18: ...]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]].
25: ..." releasing his first album featuring electric instruments, [[Bringing It All Back Home]].
30: ...gins two days of testimony at North's Iran-Contra trial in Washington.
31: ...featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ [[Million instructions per second|MIPS]], and a 64 bit data path.... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: ...[capital]], largest [[City|city]] and largest [[metropolitan area]] in the state of [[Arizona]], [[Uni...
6: * the 14th largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a populat...
8: * the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. (2000 census)
11: ...ounty]] and the principal city of the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]].
32: metro pop = 3,251,876 | - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
14: |population=(city) 416,474<br />(metropolis) 4,247,981
22: ... totaled 4,708,297, making it the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the [[United States]]. Atlanta is...
24: ...h century]] as a railroad hub. It was largely destroyed by Union forces during the [[American Civil W...
31: ...ry. After these tribes were deported along the [[Trail of Tears]] to [[Oklahoma]] by the Federal gove...
33: ...ge of Terminus grew up in expectation of railroad traffic. Besides Decatur, several other suburbs of ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
25: *[[George Alcock]] ([[Britain]], [[1913]] – [[2000]])
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - List of male tennis players (14849 bytes)
8: ...1]]-) - ([[:Category:Australian tennis players|Australia]])
12: *[[Mal Anderson]] ([[1935]]-) (Australia)
13: *[[Vijay Amritraj]] ([[1953]]-) - ([[:Category:Indian tennis play...
35: *[[John Bromwich]] ([[1918]]-[[1999]]) - (Australia)
36: *[[Jean Borotra]] ([[1898]]-[[1994]]) - (France) - one of the "F... - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
13: headquarters = 310 First Street SE<br> [[Washington, D.C.]]<br> 20003|
28: * Strengthening Our Communities
31: ... and [[Paul Koering]]. However, during the administration of President Bush, there has been an increas...
33: ...=November&Date=7]. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Republican Party in Midwes...
38: ...er than state-level is arranged by legislative districts). It is the counterpart of the [[Democratic ... - The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
3: ...ncis Scott Key reaching out towards the flag in [[1913]].]]
6: ...g the [[War of 1812]]. It became popular as a [[patriotic song]] after it was put to the tune of the E...
9: ...raising Beanes and other Americans for their kind treatment.
11: ...ttle. This flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, is today on display in the [[National Museum...
17: On [[September 20]], both the ''Baltimore Patriot'' and ''The American'' printed the song, with ... - Tower of Babel (13111 bytes)
5: ...iejowski Tower of Babel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Construction of the Tower of Babel in the [[Maciejowski ...
8: ...this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. G...
21: == Extra-Biblical accounts ==
23: ...lace of the kings, surrounded by a wall of great strength and size: in the other was the sacred precin...
33: Interestingly, a large construction project in the ancient world might have use... - Corinthian order (9508 bytes)
4: ...Order, illustrated in [[Claude Perrault]]'s ''[[Vitruvius]]'', 1684]]
6: ...is, 1684 (''illustration, left''). Perrault demonstrates in his engraving how the proportions of the c...
8: ...rinthianCapitalDrawing.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Greco-Bactrian]] Corinthian capital, found at [[Ai-Khanoum]],...
9: ...apital has no neck beneath it, just a ring-like astragal molding or a banding that forms the base of t...
17: ...ost Office, New York ([[McKim, Mead, and White]], 1913)]] - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
3: ...mpound]]. [[20-Mule Teams]] were famously used to transport this ore out of the Valley, helping to mak...
9: ...shearing action is additional extension in the central part of Death Valley which causes a slight wide...
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13: <tr><td align="center" colspan=2> - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ... for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into either [[gold]] or...
2: ...d as the precursor of the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation of the [[scientific met...
4: ...[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
8: ...he Egyptians, which treat of the ''khēmia'' [transmutation] of gold and silver". The Arabic there...
11: ...ying instead on [[rule of thumb|rules of thumb]], traditions, basic observations, and mysticism to fil... - Cherokee (38956 bytes)
15: |rels=Christianity(Southern Baptist),Traditional Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya
17: |related=[[Tuscarora (tribe)|Tuscarora]]
22: ...of the tribes referred to as the [[Five Civilized Tribes]].
25: ...of Cherokee Indians]]). State-recognized Cherokee tribes have headquarters in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|G...
27: ...Oklahoma and these either belong to the Keetoowah tradition or the Four Mothers Society. - Time (15299 bytes)
3: ...le discussion, it is difficult to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition of the nature of tim...
5: ... technologists, and was a prime motivation in [[astronomy]]. Time is also a matter of significant soc...
21: One view is that time is part of the fundamental structure of the universe, a [[dimension]] in which [...
23: ...g view is that time is part of a fundamental [[abstract]] conceptual framework (together with [[space]...
25: ...eat time and space as independent dimensions, but treats both as features of [[spacetime]] – a c... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...e [[Low Countries]], and parts of northern and central [[Italy]]. But its sovereign was usually the Ge...
10: ...[[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Ger...
15: ...e Rhine. Roman forts were built at [[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to sec...
17: ... the emergence of a number of large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons,...
19: ...heir own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to t... - Christmas tree (16574 bytes)
1: ...:Christmas_tree.jpg|right|350px|thumb|A Christmas tree in a German home]]
2: ...ree''' is normally an [[evergreen]] [[conifer]] [[tree]] that is brought in the house or used in the o...
5: ...concentrate more on the miraculous "flowering" of trees at Christmastime. A branch of flowering [[Glas...
9: ... the cone-shaped evergreen trees because of their triangular appearance.
11: ...rs. In [[France]], the first Christmas tree was introduced in [[1840]] by the duchess of Orleans. - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
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44: | [[Electron configuration]]
47: | [[electron|e<sup>-</sup>]] 's per [[energy level]]
53: | [[Crystal structure]] - Genetics (12654 bytes)
3: ...it is represented in the [[DNA sequence|chemical structure]] of particular [[DNA]] [[molecule]]s.
6: ... is often used to mean a [[gene]] contains the instructions on how to build a particular [[protein]], ...
7: ..., depending on how its [[transcription (genetics)|transcription]] is regulated.
12: ...more complex forms of inheritance have been demonstrated.
26: :[[1913]] [[Alfred Sturtevant]] makes the first genetic m... - Golden Retriever (8646 bytes)
4: !Golden Retriever
12: !Country of origin
24: |[[Australian National Kennel Council|ANKC]]: || Group 3 (...
38: ...], [http://www.ukcdogs.com/breeds/gundogs/goldenretriever.std.shtml UKC]
40: ...] of [[dog]]. It was developed as a [[retriever|retrieving dog]] to use while hunting wild [[fowl]]. T... - Atomic number (2054 bytes)
1: ...f [[neutral|neutral charge]], the number of [[electrons]] typically equals the atomic number.
2: ...[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
5: ...hemistry, it was noticeable that placing them in strict order of [[atomic weight|atomic mass]] resulte...
7: ...n that the atomic number corresponds to the [[electric charge]] of the nucleus — in other words ...
9: ...) which is the number of protons and [[neutron|neutrons]] in the nucleus of an atom. The mass number o... - Electron (10516 bytes)
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5: ...|280px|<small>The first few [[hydrogen atom]] electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-cod...
20: |''Electron''
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41: |[[Elementary charge|Electric Charge]]: - History of the periodic table (7005 bytes)
5: ...[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
8: ...ent. Brand was a bankrupt German merchant who was trying to discover the [[Philosopher's Stone]] &mdas...
12: ==Law of triads==
13: ...se three elements into a group, which he called a triad.
15: ...made of triads of elements. He inferred that in a triad of elements, the middle element had the atomic... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of rail transport history'''.
4: *[[1761]] First [[iron]] [[rail tracks|rails]] laid at [[Bath, England]].
8: ...d's first Steam [[locomotive]] built by [[Richard Trevithick]].
10: *[[1814]] [[George Stephenson]] constructs his first [[locomotive]], ''[[Blucher]]''.
12: ...d of 47 km/h (29 mph) at the [[Rainhill Trials]] held near [[Liverpool]]. - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
18: ...l enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take t...
21: ...o cast a vote in the event of a tie. There is a strong convention within the [[United States Senate|U...
44: ... notion was still very much alive when [[Harry S. Truman]] became the Vice President for [[Franklin D....
46: ...t "the precedent might prove injurious to the country." Vice President Charles Curtis was also preclu...
48: ...d on some national security issues. As a result, Truman was unaware of the top-secret [[Manhattan Pro... - Ellen Louise Wilson (3272 bytes)
1: ...], was [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1913]] until her death.
5: ... splendid laughing eyes!" Despite their instant attraction they did not marry until [[1885]], because ...
9: ... a skylight installed at the [[White House]] in [[1913]], and found time for painting despite the weddin...
10: The Wilsons had preferred to begin the administration without an inaugural ball, and the First Lad...
12: ...good care of my husband." Struggling grimly to control his grief, Wilson took her to Rome for burial a... - Babe Adams (10141 bytes)
3: ...ern Association]], but late in 1918 he found his stride again and rejoined the Pirates, where he staye...
5: Adams was known as an excellent control pitcher. On July 17, [[1914 in sports|1914]], h...
18: 1913 Pirates 31 21 10 .677 43 37 24 0 ...
41: 1913 Pirates 8 7.77 9.17 4.13 1.40 2.94 ...
78: STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 10TH 1.68; - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
10: ...mage:Palestra at Olympia.jpg|thumb|right|Athletes trained in this Olympia facility in its heyday.]]
13: ...53;ρία (ekecheiria)'' or [[Olympic Truce]]. The first recorded celebration of the Games...
29: ...tee]] (IOC) was established, with the Greek [[Demetrius Vikelas]] as its first president.
36: ...Olympic Games. Either way, the 1906 Games again attracted a broad international field of participants ...
40: ...grew to more than 10,500 competitors from 200 countries at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olym... - American Bison (6740 bytes)
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9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Bovidae]]}} - Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
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6: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>28th President</td></tr>
7: ...4]], [[1913]] – [[March 3]], [[1921]]</td></tr>
8: ...ecessor:'''</td><td>[[William Howard Taft]]</td></tr> - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
25: ...8 [[East 20th Street, New York City|28 East 20th Street]] in the modern-day [[Gramercy]] section of [[...
27: ...er]] school on [[16th Street, New York City|16th Street]], for a short period of time, in spite of his...
29: ... result Roosevelt started [[boxing]] lessons. Two trips abroad also had a great effect on this part of...
31: ...Please do not change this to "Teddie" or "Teddy". TR's childhood nickname was "Teedie", with two e's--...
34: ...sickly to attend school and thus was taught by a string of tutors. The first was Annie Bulloch, his m... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1913]]
18: ...tates]], serving a single term from [[1909]] to [[1913]]. A [[United States Republican Party|Republican]...
20: ...sidency prosecuted the [[Trust-busting|trusts]], strengthened the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]], ...
27: ...rican War]] and the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898 Treaty of Paris]]. From [[1901]] to [[1903]], Taft s...
33: ...e:Taft.png|left|frame|Official [[White House]] portrait of Taft.]] - Charles Curtis (4708 bytes)
3: ...st person with acknowledged non-[[European]] ancestry to reach either of the two highest offices in th...
5: ...ng March 4 of that year and ending [[March 3]], [[1913]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-desig...
13: ...w, the tribe of his mother, as a legal entity and transferred 160 acres (0.6 km²) to the fed...
17: ...section+article+articleid-554.html All American Patriots] - Alben W. Barkley (3817 bytes)
4: ...llege]], [[Clinton, Kentucky]], in [[1897]]. He matriculated to Emory College, [[Oxford, Georgia]] (no...
6: ...ited States Congress|Congresses]] ([[March 4]], [[1913]] - [[March 4]], [[1927]]) He did not seek renom...
8: ...n the Democratic ticket with President [[Harry S. Truman]] in [[1948]], and was inaugurated [[January ...
13: ...esidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Harry S. Truman]]|after=[[John Sparkman]]|years=[[U.S. presid...
14: ...resident of the United States]]|before=[[Harry S. Truman]]|after=[[Richard Nixon]]|years=[[January 20]... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...e [[Low Countries]], and parts of northern and central [[Italy]]. But its sovereign was usually the Ge...
10: ...[[Germanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Ger...
15: ...e Rhine. Roman forts were built at [[Cologne]], [[Trier]], [[Koblenz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to sec...
17: ... the emergence of a number of large West Germanic tribes - Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Bajuwari, Saxons,...
19: ...heir own ancestral land. The mingling of Germanic traditions and the Christian religion gave rise to t... - History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars (9742 bytes)
12: ...otection for Pius IX and on September 20, Italian troops breached Rome's walls at Porta Pia and entere...
18: ... the kings usually abstained from abusing their extremely large powers (for example, senators were not...
24: ...an offensive in autumn [[1918]], the exhausted Austria surrendered to the allies on [[November 4]] 191...
28: ...ctions of the government. After several years of struggle, in October [[1922]] the fascists attempted ...
34: As [[Germany]] annexed [[Austria]] and moved against [[Czechoslovakia]], Italy s... - List of U.S. states by elevation (16995 bytes)
8: All units shown below are in [[metre|meter]]s.
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458: | South Dakota ||2207 m ||294 m||670 m||1913 m
627: | South Dakota ||2207 m ||294 m||670 m||1913 m
709: | South Dakota ||2207 m ||294 m||670 m||1913 m - Brydes Whales (4400 bytes)
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8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}} - Geese and Ducks (6827 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Anseriformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Anatidae]]}} - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...incomplete, in-development) list are somewhat arbitrary: Not all of these events were military, some w...
20: *[[Philippine-American War]] (1899–1913)
53: *[[Operation Infinite Reach]] (strikes on [[Sudan]] and [[Afghanistan]], 1998)
126: ==Ethnic cleansing and control==
129: **[[Trail of Tears]] (1838–1839) - History of psychology (8127 bytes)
5: ...nd other superstition, it also evidences ''a long tradition of empirical practice and observation.''
11: ...of brain function, as part of his 1672 anatomical treatise "De Anima Brutorum" ("Two Discourses on the...
20: ...y]]. While Freud's work remains scientifically controversial - with many modern-day psychologists and ...
22: ...ctive experimental branch of natural science", "introspection forms no essential part of its methods.....
26: ...ing, as people could produce sentences unique in structure and meaning that couldn't possibly be gener... - Economic history of the United States (14450 bytes)
4: === Wilson Administration ===
5: ...ablishing the [[Federal Reserve]] as the first central bank of the United States since 1836. While Wil...
8: ...the Treasury was the third-richest man in the country and would not be the least bit impacted by any e...
11: ...ion by [[World War I]] veterans for an earlier distribution of veteran benefits ("bonuses").
13: ...[[Dwight Eisenhower]] called the "[[military-industrial complex]]" continues to this day. - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
12: headquarters = 310 First Street SE<br> [[Washington, D.C.]]<br> 20003|
27: * Strengthening Our Communities
30: ... and [[Paul Koering]]. However, during the administration of President Bush, there has been an increas...
32: ...=November&Date=7]. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Republican Party in Midwes...
37: ...er than state-level is arranged by legislative districts). It is the counterpart of the [[Democratic ... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
16: ...N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...cted President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. Born to wealth...
26: ...way. The Roosevelt family (see [[Roosevelt family tree]]) had lived in New York more than 200 years: [...
30: ...ly. Franklin was her only child, and she was an extremely possessive mother. Since James was a rather ... - Aggiosaurus (271 bytes)
1: ... The type species ''A. nicaensis'' was named in [[1913]] by Ambayrac, who mistakenly classified it as a ... - Alois Senefelder (3440 bytes)
1: ...[[26 February]] [[1834]], [[Munich]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[actor]] and [[playwright]] who invented th...
9: ...standiges Lehrbuch der Steindruckerei'' which was translated in 1819 into French and English. ''A Comp...
13: ...mportant technique in colour printing until the introduction of [[process color]].
15: ...z (Berlin U-Bahn)|Senefelderplatz]] was opened in 1913.
17: ...od of pictorial reproduction in the printing industry. He is buried in the [[Alter Südfriedhof]] in M... - First Lady of the United States (9641 bytes)
3: ...e hostess of the [[White House]]. The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the [[President ...
7: ... a time, given a formal job in the Clinton administration to develop reforms to the health care system...
53: | [[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
196: | March 4, 1913
200: | March 4, 1913 - Cyprus (16721 bytes)
1: ...] in the eastern [[Mediterranean Sea]], 113 kilometres (70 miles) south of [[Turkey]] and around 120 k...
2: {{Infobox Country|
43: ...s also used as the national anthem of Greece. The TRNC uses the Turkish national anthem<br/>
44: ...dent of the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|TRNC]]<br/>
45: ... recognises [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|TRNC]]<br/> - Vincent van Gogh (11980 bytes)
1: ...rtrait.jpg|400px|thumb|Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait]]
4: ...fauvism]] and early [[abstraction (philosophy)|abstraction]] was enormous, and can be seen in many oth...
6: ...[Sotheby's]]; on [[May 15]], [[1990]], his ''[[Portrait of Doctor Gachet]]'' was sold for $82.5 millio...
9: ...s life. His sister described him as serious and introspective.
13: In [[1873]], his firm transferred him to [[London]], then to Paris. He bec... - Fencing (20753 bytes)
7: ...Romans]] had systems of martial arts and military training that included [[swordsmanship]], and fencin...
9: ...eaking point between the classical and the modern traditions of fencing.
13: ...assical fencing]]" tradition, seeking to preserve training with the sword as a means of self-defence a...
15: ...ning was done by fencing masters of the classical tradition. After over one hundred years of practice,...
21: ...ners, because the techniques of foil teach, in abstract form, the fundamentals of fencing. Additional... - Cellulose acetate (4564 bytes)
4: ...nt for the unstable and inflammable [[cellulose nitrate]] film stock that had previously been standard...
10: ...lulosic fibers" have passed their peak as cheap petro-based fibers ([[nylon]] and [[polyester]]) and h...
12: ...cetate filament was spun in the United States and trademarked as ''Celanese''.
20: ... provides comfort and absorbency, but also loses strength when wet
23: * made from a renewable resource: reforested trees. - February 22 (10772 bytes)
12:
13: ... Buena Vista]] - 5,000 [[United States|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]].
20: * [[1915]] - [[Germany]] institutes [[unrestricted submarine warfare]].
21: ...[Emeryville, California]], the first [[dog race]] track to employ an imitation [[rabbit]] opens.
22: ...[[1923]] - The [[United States]] begins the first transcontinental [[air mail]] route. - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ... the genre. Stravinsky also wrote in a broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. ...
3: ...the [[Columbia Symphony Orchestra]] through ''[[Petrushka]]''.]]
5: ...er, which were published as ''Conversations with Stravinsky''.
7: ...[[20th century]] music, both in the [[Western countries|West]] and in his native land. He was named by...
10: ...tion came later. In [[1902]], at the age of 20, Stravinsky became the pupil of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsa... - Pisa (3944 bytes)
6: ... Baptistry and the Camposanto (the monumental cemetry).
8: ...towers in the city, one at the southern end of central ''Via Santa Maria'', the other halfway through ...
12: Construction of a new leaning tower of glass and steel 5...
16: Already existing during [[Etruscan Civilization|Etruscan]] and [[Roman Empire|Roman]] times, Pisa rea...
18: ...ity was a very important commercial center and controlled a significant [[Mediterranean]] fleet. It co... - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (32608 bytes)
3: ... the central city for the [[Delaware Valley]] [[metropolitan area]].
5: ...portance, with [[Benjamin Franklin]] playing an extraordinary role in Philadelphia's rise.
16: mayor = [[John F. Street]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|Dem]]) |
22: metro pop = 5,751,803|
34: ... lots of alleyways and open spaces in hopes of controlling fires and disease (which were then common p... - Timeline of aviation (3479 bytes)
10: ... - [[1912 in aviation|1912]] - [[1913 in aviation|1913]] - [[1914 in aviation|1914]] - [[1915 in aviatio... - Borneo (3249 bytes)
5: ...to the east, and the [[Java Sea]] and [[Karimata Strait]] to the south.
6: ...t of Borneo are the [[Malay Peninsula]] and [[Sumatra]]. To the south is [[Java (island)|Java]]. To ...
10: ==Administration==
14: ...est Kalimantan|West]] and [[Central Kalimantan|Central]] [[Kalimantan]].
22: The whole Borneo was controlled by Brunei Empire during its golden age from ...
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