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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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8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Iridaceae]]}} - Rose (15436 bytes)
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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...
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