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13: ...dash; [[March 3]], [[1865]];<br>[[December 4]], [[1865]] – [[March 3]], [[1869]]}} - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
7: ...nty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
3: | image name=chester a arthur illustration.3.jpg
18: ... the United States|Vice President]] in the administration of [[James Garfield]]. Garfield was shot by...
20: ...rthur pronounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on the ''second'' syllable -- "Al-AN."
27: ...o his eligibility for American public office. The truth, however, was simply that Arthur was born near...
29: ...or blacks who objected to the segregation of city transportation. He also took an active part in the ... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
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4: ...age:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
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7: 24th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td> - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...fty [[U.S. state|states]] located primarily in central [[North America]]. The United States has land b...
4: {{Infobox Country |
9: ...>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
52: ...ence|Declaration of Independence]]. However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed...
58: ...ion|Constitution]] in [[1789]], forming a more centralized [[federalism|federal]] government. Prior to... - Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
16: | ''[[Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem]]''
28: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 51st]]<br/> 488,100 [[squa...
31: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 113th]]<br/> 4,603,2...
42: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
48: ...oviet Socialist Republic]]'' is a country in [[Central Asia]]. It has borders with [[Afghanistan]], [[... - Paraguay (10959 bytes)
1: ...Asuncibut in Spanish refers to the entire country.
26: ...by area|Ranked 58th]] <br> 406,750 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 2.3%
29: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 100th]]<br> 6,191,368<br>...
46: |'''[[List of country calling codes|Calling code]]'''
52: ...ed in [[1537]]. The city eventually became the centre of a [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Span... - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
38: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 190th]]<br/> [[1 E7 m²...
41: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 193rd]]<br/> 11,468 ...
44: | Tuvaluan [[Australian dollar|dollar]]
49: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
55: ...acific Ocean]] midway between [[Hawaii]] and [[Australia]]. Its name means "Eight Standing Together" i... - Flag of Michigan (1261 bytes)
10: ...y" on the other side. The second flag, adopted in 1865, displayed the state coat of arms on one side and... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
11: ...phinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]], and a few hundred metres further southwest is the [[Pyramid of Menkaure]...
13: == Construction ==
15: ...a and the current "rough hewn" appearance of the structure is due to the removal of the polished white...
17: ...st-West directions. These alignments are based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyr...
22: ...ltan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortresses in nearby Cairo. - Alabama (10792 bytes)
30: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 |
50: |'''[[List of U.S. state trees|State tree]]'''||[[Longleaf Pine]]
59: ... and the Mississippi Territory, there was much controversy as to whether or not Alabama was included. ...
61: ... the war a provisional government was set up in [[1865]] and Alabama was readmitted to the Union in June...
71: ...le more than 1800 [[foot (unit)|feet]] or 550 [[metre|meters]] near the [[State of Georgia|Georgia]] s... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
42: Originally inhabited by a number of native tribes, including the [[Cherokee]], North Carolina w...
44: ...April [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to v...
46: ...nd commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile (208 km) wooden [[plank]...
48: ...gest Confederate armies near Durham in late April 1865, weeks after Gen. [[Robert E. Lee]]'s surrender a...
50: ...e, especially with the creation of the [[Research Triangle Park]] between [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Ra... - 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=== - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: ...opeans first settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," pre...
44: ...y between Delaware and Maryland is known as the [[Transpeninsular Line]]. Several towns on the borders...
48: ...d is the oldest such cultural festival in the country.
50: ...ar, however, Delaware voted on [[February 18]], [[1865]] to reject the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the Uni...
67: ... the [[Delmarva Peninsula]], a geographical unit stretching far down the Mid-Atlantic coast. - Florida (24937 bytes)
25: ...ing time|-4]]<br/>[[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] (weste...
43: ...], [[1861]]. After the fall of the Confederacy in 1865, Florida was readmitted into the Union on [[June ...
49: ...residential election in Florida in [[2000]] was extremely close. As such, and because of its high pop...
51: In Miami, the liberal Democrats vie for control with wealthy [[Cuba|Cuban]] conservative Republ...
66: ...of the panhandle, by Alabama. It is near the countries of the [[Caribbean]], particularly the [[Baham... - Idaho (13962 bytes)
42: ...med [[Colorado]] because of it. Eventually the controversy was forgotten, and modern-day Idaho was giv...
48: ...on Territory]], fur trading and missionary work attracting the first settlers to the region. While tho...
50: ...covery of gold in Idaho and the completion of the transcontinental railway in [[1869]] brought many ne...
52: ...r of [[silver]] and [[lead]]. Today, Idaho's industrial economy is growing, as plants are built to pro...
54: ... Nations]]. These groups are most heavily concentrated in the northern part of the state, particular... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 |
38: ...state is named for the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] people.
46: ...7 different tribes. Today, only the [[Mesquaki]] tribe is left in Iowa and live in [[Tama County, Iow...
49: ...oss Iowa brough major economic changes as well as travel opportunities.
55: *Although Iowa's primary industry is agriculture, it also produces [[refrigerator]... - Utah (29154 bytes)
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48: ... Fish = [[Trout|Bonneville Cutthroat Trout]] |
55: Tree = [[Spruce|Blue Spruce]] |
63: Motto = ''Industry'' | - Texas (39610 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]]<br />[...
44: * [[state tree]] — the [[pecan]]
52: ...th an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]], Texas forms the second-largest...
57: Texas lies in the south-central part of the United States of America. Depending...
70: ...a]] Tribes of Texas, the [[Kickapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
11: ... = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
25: ... [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] <small>(central and western)</small> |
39: ...ican]] village named "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European ...
43: The modern spelling, ''Tennessee'', is attributed to [[James Glen]], the Governor of [[South ...
48: ...t of [[Arkansas]]. This came to be known as the [[Trail of Tears]], as an estimated 4,000 Cherokees di... - 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: Y (12717 bytes)
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall o...
64: *[[Trisha Yearwood|Yearwood, Trisha]] (born 1964), musician
66: *[[William Butler Yeats|Yeats, William Butler]] (1865-1939), Irish poet, dramatist, senator
68: ...egorov, Boris Borisovich]] (1937-1994), Russian astronaut
70: ...sei Yeliseyev|Yeliseyev, Aleksei]] (born 1934), astronaut - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
24: ...and Caribbean colonies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when i...
26: ...eas trade ties. Thus, in retaliation against U.S. trade practices, Britain imposed a loose blockade of...
28: ...[[Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson]] suspended all U.S. trade with foreign nations in 1807, hoping to get th...
32: ...he peace treaty) on many fronts. Crucially, the [[Treaty of Ghent]] which officially ended the war saw...
34: ...ral government forcibly deported the Southeastern tribes to less fertile territories to the west. The... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...scientific method]]. The '''history of science''' traces these [[phenomenon|phenomena]] and their pre-...
6: ...which differs from the search for [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that...
11: ..." scientific knowledge. Since the 1960s, a common trend in the study of the sociology and history of s...
13: A major subject of concern and controversy in the [[philosophy of science]] has been t...
15: ...nce." Often, but not always, a conflict over the "truth" of science has split along the lines of those... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
162: *[[David G. Blythe]] ([[1815]]-[[1865]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
189: *[[Olga Boznanska]] ([[1865]]-[[1940]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]]) - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ... major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
7: ...e magnate lived across the street at his winter retreat (The Mangoes). They were friends until Edison ...
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan...
18: ...m. Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock ticker.
20: Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote recorder, on [[October 28]], [[1868]]. - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
21: ** [[History of the United States (1865-1918)]]
37: ...t.com/image/category/us-history-pictures-and-illustrations.htm Historical Pictures of the United State...
38: ...e/category/american-revolutions-pictures-and-illustrations.htm Pictures of the American Revolution]
40: ...rt.com/image/category/civil-war-pictures-and-illustrations.htm Civil War Images]
41: ...image/category/colonial-america-pictures-and-illustrations.htm Pictures of Colonial America] - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
10: |Date||[[1861]]–[[1865]]
12: ...n the southern United States; also in eastern, central and southwestern regions
26: ''[[1864]]–[[1865]]. 36 stars, after the admission of [[Nevada]].''...
32: ''Briefly from March [[1865]]''
39: !colspan="2" |Strength - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ... in April 1947 during a debate on the [[Truman Doctrine]].
9: ...[[SALT I]], [[SALT II]], [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]]). U.S.-Soviet relations would deteriorate o...
12: ...tes and the Soviet Union a major arena was the [[strategy of technology]] (see also [[deterrence theor...
14: ...lated [[West Berlin]] (the portion of the city controlled by [[West Germany]] and the Allies) from [[E...
17: ...tionary advances were made in the field of [[rocketry]], which led to the [[space race]]. (Most or al... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...ul protest, the right to a fair investigation and trial if suspected of a crime, and more generally-ba...
4: ...Convention on Human Rights]] (with forty-five countries as signatories), which encompass both human ri...
10: ...s, and ownership of property was an aspect of ''patria potestas'', i.e. only the father of the family ...
14: ...t effect in [[sovereign]] states depending on the treaties signed by each state and the nature of thei...
19: * Hohfeld proposed a structured system of interrelated concepts - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
6: ====1860–1865====
32: *[[1865]] - [[Abraham Lincoln]] [[assassin]]ated
33: *[[1865]] - [[Andrew Johnson]] becomes President
34: *[[1865]] - [[United States Civil War]] ends
35: *[[1865]] - [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States C... - 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... - April (9790 bytes)
5: ...f [[Aries]] and ends in the sign of [[Taurus]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constel...
7: ... hearts of men", or from the [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] name ''Apru'' for [[Aphrodite]].
13: ==April in poetry==
51: :Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
53: ==The Tragic Month of April== - Dodo (9332 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 = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}} - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: [[Image:Morse_sam.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http:...
2: ...ge. Originally created for [[Samuel Morse]]'s electric [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] in the mid-1830s, it w...
4: ...al (e.g. a flashing light). Because Morse code is transmitted using just two states — on and off —...
7: # intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes withi...
17: ..., and when the current was removed the receiver retracted the armature, so that portion of the tape wa... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p... - 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: ...to a period of irrelevance that stood in sharp contrast with the pre-Civil War era. Very few senators ... - 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... - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
2: '''George Washington Carver''' (c. [[1864]]-[[1865|5]] - [[January 5]], [[1943]]) was an [[African-A...
5: ...filly. This episode caused a bout of [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|respiratory disease]] tha...
9: ... now on, his name was "George Carver". They then struck a deal: He would be paid money for cooking for...
11: ..., Iowa. He excelled in art and music, but art instructor Etta Budd, whose father was head of the Iowa...
13: ...ent rank, of the campus military regiment. His poetry was published in the student newspaper and two o... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
8: ===Structure===
10: ...h|Wesleyans]], as well as breakaway sects of mainstream denominations such as the [[Free Methodist]]s ...
23: ...In this case, the authorities went to the regular train station in an attempt to intercept the runaway...
33: ... was an Africanized reference to an [[asterism (astronomy)|asterism]] within the constellation [[Ursa ...
44: ...where the Appalachians become too rugged for foot travel. At the center of the funnel is [[Frederick C... - List of extinct animals (3267 bytes)
24: ===[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], incomplete list===
33: * [[Cape Lion]] (1865)
54: * [[Extinct Australian animals]]
68: ...Hawaiian honeycreeper|Kona Grosbeak]], ''Psittirostra kona''
71: ...ycreeper|Greater Amakihi]], ''Viridonia sagittirostris'' - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: ...e capital of the region of Tuscany and briefly ([[1865]]-[[1871]]) the capital of the kingdom of Italy. ...
3: A centre of medieval [[Europe]]an trade and finance, the city is sometimes considered ...
17: ...erienced subsequent periods of [[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], duri...
19: ... of whom was [[Dante Alighieri]]. This factional strife was later recorded by the White Guelph [[Dino ...
21: ...n strong gold currency, the [[guilder|florin]] (introduced in [[1252]]), the eclipse of her formerly p... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
87: *[[François-Joseph Duret]] (1804 - 1865)
190: *[[Pietro Masni]] - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
19: ...opulation_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) |
39: ...ar system]], the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] and the [[Transamerica Pyramid]].
42: ...ived, they found the area inhabited by the Yelamu tribe, belonging to a linguistic grouping later call...
48: ...food to the site. The first of many environmental transformations was the city's reliance on filled ma...
51: ...pulation are still present today, notably [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] clothing, [[Ghirardelli Chocolate Com... - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[November 2]], [[1865]]
18: '''Warren Gamaliel Harding''' ([[November 2]], [[1865]]–[[August 2]], [[1923]]) was an [[Politics...
20: ... social policy. Plagued by scandals in his administration—despite being personally honest—...
23: ...tion was completed at [[Muskingum College|Ohio Central College]] (later [[Muskingum College]]) in [[Ib...
25: ...'s political stance was at odds with those who controlled most of Marion's local politics. When Hardin... - USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
39: ...mage from cannon fire. ''Monitor'''s hull was constructed at the Continental Iron Works in the [[Green...
41: ...ing it the first [[semi-submersible]] ship. In contrast, ''Virginia'' was a conventional wooden vessel...
43: ...''. ''Virginia'' had failed in her mission to destroy the U.S. fleet and raise the [[blockade]], whil...
51: ...], the design was offered to [[Sweden]], and in [[1865]] the first Swedish monitor was being built at [[...
53: The last U.S. Navy monitor-class warship was struck from the Navy List in [[1937]]. - African American (19830 bytes)
6: ... recent African immigrants, who usually adopt country-of-origin identifiers. However, the term properl...
10: ...ercent, followed closely by [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]], with 83 percent.
15: ... lead to the [[American Civil War]] ([[1861]] - [[1865]]).
17: ...previously had been denied. However, when [[Reconstruction]] ended in [[1877]], southern, white landow...
19: ...lite in the [[Northern United States]], led to a strengthening movement to fight violence and discrimi... - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (8624 bytes)
2: ...vember 8]], [[1895]], produced and detected [[electromagnetic radiation]] in a [[wavelength]] range to...
6: ...Martinus Herman van Doorn]]. He later attended [[Utrecht Technical School]], from which he was expelle...
8: ... attended the [[Utrecht University|University of Utrecht]]. He then began to attend the [[ETH Zurich|P...
12: ...rsity in New York City and had actually purchased transatlantic tickets, the outbreak of World War I c...
16: ...otect the aluminium from damage by the strong electrostatic field that is necessary to produce the cat... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
6: ...le of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] as an [[infantry]] officer. His older brothers also served. Durin...
10: ...[[Washington, Mississippi]] in [[1818]], and to [[Transylvania University]] at [[Lexington, Kentucky]]...
12: ...mill]] in the [[Yellow River]] in [[1831]], he contracted [[pneumonia]], causing him to return to Fort...
14: ...id that the chief liked Davis because of the kind treatment he had shown. Another of Davis's duties d...
16: ... made a regimental [[adjutant]]. [[1834]] saw his transfer to Fort Gibson. On [[June 17]] [[1835]], Je... - James Longstreet (9732 bytes)
2: ...James_Longstreet.jpg|200px|thumb|right|James Longstreet]]
4: ...t of his former enemies, as a diplomat and administrator.
8: ...[[Edgefield County, South Carolina | Edgefield District]], [[South Carolina]], but grew up in [[August...
12: ...rginia]]. During the [[Seven Days Battles]], Longstreet had operational command of nearly half the Lee...
14: ...et affectionately as his ''Old War Horse''. (Longstreet's friends generally called him ''Pete''.) His ... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: '''Dr. Frederick Albert Cook''' ([[June 10]], [[1865]] – [[August 5]] [[1940]]) was an [[United ...
13: ...n of 1897-99 led by [[Adrien de Gerlache]]. He contributed greatly to saving the lives of the crew whe...
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... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...erence of British and French-Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the ar...
7: ...hought that when they got to that part of the country, she could take them to her native home.
10: ...e wintering at the fort, the men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting el...
16: ...s from the East would have stormed the Indian Country much too soon, and there would have been total c...
24: *Opened American fur trade in the West - March 18 (10594 bytes)
10: ...[1673]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [...
13: *[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: The Congress of 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...
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 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 - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
18: ...font size="-1">''City [[motto]]: <i>Sic Itur Ad Astra</i> ("Such is the way to the Stars")''</font>
23: ...ttom:3px solid gray;" |<br />162.0 [[square kilometre|km² ]] (62.5 mi²)<br />6.4 km² (2...
38: ...urg]] region and is a portion of the Richmond [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]] (MSA).
44: ... a natural barrier, it prevented river boats from traveling any further inland.
48: ...istrict #1" during the [[Reconstruction]] period (1865-1870). - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
5: nickname = "City of Trees" |
12: area = 165.7 [[square kilometre|km²]] (64.0 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
17: metro pop = 332,000 |
26: ...a County]], and the primary city of the [[Boise metropolitan area]]. Boise's elevation is 2,842 feet.
34: ...or the [[Boise River]]. The name was apparently a translation of an earlier English name for it, the W... - Topeka, Kansas (10234 bytes)
18: metro pop = |
20: time zone = Central|
33: ...as River]] at what is now Topeka. During the 40s, travelers could reliably find a way across the river...
35: ...was supplemented by trade on a new military road stretching from Fort Leavenworth through "Topeka" to ...
37: ... donated a tract of land to the state for the construction of a state capitol. - Helena, Montana (6927 bytes)
21: metro pop = 40,000|
29: ...e original creek through the historic downtown district.
33: ...rregular variety of shapes and sizes. Many major streets deadend abruptly.
35: ...re [[1868]]. Much of the placer is now under the streets and buildings of Helena (but even as late as ...
37: ...Tower Hill]" overlooking the historic downtown district. This fire tower replaced a series of observat... - 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:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - 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}} - United States House of Representatives (41197 bytes)
4: ...owever, some powers (such as the power to approve treaties) are granted only to the Senate and are den...
9: ...d delegates. The issue of how Congress was to be structured was one of the most divisive during the Co...
11: ...[American Civil War|Civil War]] ([[1861]]–[[1865]]), which began soon after several southern state...
13: ... with the Union's victory in the Civil War. Reconstruction ended in about [[1877]]; the ensuing era, k...
15: ...overn and the other party watch." The leadership structure of the House also developed during approxim... - 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 ... - Jury (14851 bytes)
3: ... to set a [[penalty]] or [[judgment]] in a [[jury trial]] of a [[court of law]].
6: ...ted at random from the adult population of the district served by the [[court]] concerned. A person wh...
8: ...n case a new juror is needed part way through the trial.
10: ...ude jurors who might be perceived as less than neutral or more partial to hear one side or the other.
12: ... in others it may be discussed but only after the trial has ended. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...alta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... [[John the Baptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It w...
9: ... [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided int...
15: ...] surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the...
19: ... the survivors were allowed to leave Rhodes and retreated to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In exchange, t... - 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. - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
66: ...g: 0 5px; background: #ECECEC;" |[[Monroe-Pinkney Treaty]]
84: ...d the [[Jay Treaty]] with Great Britain and the [[Treaty of Greenville]] with the American Indians, an...
86: ...f the two nations negotiated the [[Monroe-Pinkney Treaty]], but it was not ratified in the United Stat...
88: ...ed into the Royal Navy. The American public was outraged by the incident, and many called for war in o...
90: ...)]] established embargoes that made international trade precarious. From 1807 to 1812, about 900 Ameri... - 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.
22: :[[1865]] [[Gregor Mendel]]'s paper, ''Experiments on Pla... - 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... - Yorkshire Terrier (5765 bytes)
16: !Country of origin
30: |[[Australian National Kennel Council|ANKC]]: || Group 1 (...
48: ...t, fine, and high-maintenance, and must either be trimmed short or washed and brushed frequently.
51: ...ill often attack much larger dogs despite their extreme size disadvantage.
55: ... yapping and playfulness), but they can easily be trained to perform simple tasks. - 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... - Slavery (26455 bytes)
1: '''Slavery''' is a condition of control over a person against their will, enforced by [...
4: ...ion, and who will be returned if they escape. Control may be accomplished through official or tacit a...
6: In the strictest sense of the word, "slaves" are people who ...
14: Slavery is in all countries today considered [[illegal]], a [[criminal act...
18: ...re usually paid on a regular basis, are rarely contracted based on a debt, and are rarely sold into th... - Baseball (36464 bytes)
5: ...], [[South Korea]], [[Taiwan]] and some other countries/areas, it is one of the most popular sports by...
8: ===General structure===
10: ...d form the start of the foul lines, which extend straight, and form the boundary in the outfield as we...
12: ...h each team gets one turn to [[#Batting|bat]] and try to score ''[[run (baseball)|runs]]'' while the o...
15: ...in one of the [[batter's box|batter's boxes]] and tries to hit the ball with a bat. The catcher's job ... - Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
3: ...erg]], travelled through several of the mining districts in north Germany, and for four years, 1792&nd...
9: ...d sciences, but that reason has to make clear the truths given by authority and revelation. But in his...
11: ...ecessarily produced by God. Only in nature is the trinity of persons attained. These processes, it mus...
13: ...s of [[sin]], which has corrupted both and has destroyed their natural harmony.
15: ...will know nothing, and from the [[Protestant]] doctrine, which is the very radicalism of reason. - Tecumseh's curse (3257 bytes)
1: ...d evidence, and no clear source for the stories attributing the coincidence to an Indian curse.
7: ...am Lincoln]], [[assassination|assassinated]] in [[1865]]
19: ...', while others point out that if Reagan had been treated with the medicine available in William Henry...
21: ...cently have called for [[prayer]] to avert [[catastrophe]] from Presidents Reagan and [[George W. Bush... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...is observations of [[biology]] led him to study [[transmutation of species]] and develop his theory of...
19: ...' Charles saw [[John James Audubon]] give a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop up bird...
24: ...or the (competitive) collecting of beetles. Fox introduced him for advice on this to the [[John Steven...
27: ...rse, then that summer worked with him at mapping strata in [[Wales]].
29: ...to pay for his son's expedition which eventually stretched to five years. - Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
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4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" co...
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> - Rutherford B. Hayes (9651 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" co...
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>19th President</td></tr>
6: ...3]], [[1877]] – [[March 4]], [[1881]]</td></tr>
7: ...''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Ulysses S. Grant]]</td></tr> - James A. Garfield (15070 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...llustration.3.jpg|James A. Garfield]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>20th President</td></tr>
6: ... 4]], [[1881]] - [[September 19]], [[1881]]</td></tr>
7: ...ollowed:'''</td><td>[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]</td></tr> - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
3: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
6: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" co...
7: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>23rd President</td></tr>
8: ...March 4]], [[1889]] - [[March 3]], [[1893]]</td></tr>
9: ...receded by:'''</td><td>[[Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr> - William McKinley (11746 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" co...
5: ...Image:mckinley.jpg|250px|William McKinley]]</td></tr>
6: <tr><td>'''Order'''</td><td>25th President</td></tr>
7: ... 4]], [[1897]] - [[September 14]], [[1901]]</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)
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.]]
37: Taft fought for prosecution of trusts, further strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission, esta...
39: ...outraged liberal opinion; his opposition to the entry of the state of Arizona into the Union because o... - John C. Breckinridge (5870 bytes)
4: ...rinceton University]]), and then studied law at [[Transylvania University]] in Lexington. He was admit...
10: In early 1865, Breckinridge was made [[Secretary of War]] in th...
12: ...chives, both government and military, were not destroyed but rather captured intact by the Union force...
14: ...[[William T. Sherman]]. Breckinridge continued to try to persuade Davis that further resistance would ...
16: ...he become active in politics again, he spoke out strongly against the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. He became vice... - Hannibal Hamlin (5219 bytes)
1: ...ibal Hamlin.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Photographic portrait of Hannibal Hamlin]]
4: ...County, Maine|Oxford County]]. He attended the district schools and Hebron Academy there, and later ma...
36: ...ears=[[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[March 3]], [[1865]]}} - Adlai E. Stevenson (3193 bytes)
8: ...ois Wesleyan University]] at Bloomington and [[Centre College]], [[Danville, Kentucky]]. Stevenson was...
12: ...ket in [[1864]]. He was district attorney from [[1865]] to [[1868]]. He was elected as a Democrat to th... - Charles G. Dawes (3139 bytes)
3: '''Charles Gates Dawes''' ([[August 27]], [[1865]] – [[April 23]], [[1951]]) was the 30th [[V...
5: ...f the Currency, [[United States Department of the Treasury]] [[1898]]-[[1901]]. He was an unsuccessfu...
11: ...airman of the board of the City National Bank and Trust Co., [[Chicago, Illinois]], from 1932 until hi... - Culture of Jersey (13844 bytes)
1: ...ral influences, to which have been added cultural trends from immigrant communities such as the [[Brit...
4: ...sh and [[J�rriais]]. The monstrous black dog is traditionally said to haunt [[Bouley Bay]].]]
19: The literary tradition in Jersey is traced back to [[Wace]], the [[12th-century]] Jersey...
21: [[William Prynne]] wrote poetry while imprisoned in Jersey, but little indigenou...
23: ...sh throughout the [[19th century]], in which [[poetry]], most usually topical and satirical, flourishe... - Dodos (9122 bytes)
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8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}} - 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...
15: *'''[[American Civil War]]''' (1861–1865)
53: *[[Operation Infinite Reach]] (strikes on [[Sudan]] and [[Afghanistan]], 1998)
126: ==Ethnic cleansing and control==
129: **[[Trail of Tears]] (1838–1839) - Seadragon (2092 bytes)
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7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Gasterosteiformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Syngnathidae]]}} - Painting of the United States (3965 bytes)
3: ... the westward expansion of settlement brought the transcendent beauty of frontier landscapes to painte...
7: ...arriving from [[Europe]]—the cubists and abstract painters promoted by the photographer [[Alfred...
10: ...tual arrangements of space and color and to demonstrate the effects of the physical action of painting...
12: ...ulture—Coca-Cola bottles, soup cans, comic strips.
14: ...has been a mocking playfulness, a sense that a central purpose of a new work is to join the ongoing de... - 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 ... - Anchisaurus (5714 bytes)
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7: {{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = [[Dinosaur|Dinosauria]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Saurischia]]}} - Stone Age (17593 bytes)
6: ...e humanity had not yet started [[writing]] -- the traditional start of [[history]] (i.e., [[recorded h...
8: ...hic]] periods, by John Lubbock in his now classic 1865 book ''Pre-historic Times''. These three periods ...
11: ... [[hominid]] tool-making in [[Africa]]. Most [[australopithecine]]s probably did not use stone tools (...
26: ...rectus]]'', appeared. ''H. erectus'' learnt to control fire and created more complex chopper tools, as...
29: [[Image:Neanderthaler.JPG|100px|left|thumb|Reconstruction of a Neanderthal man]] - 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]]
131: | April 15, 1865
135: | April 15, 1865 - September 23 (7397 bytes)
11: ...merica]]n soldiers exposing [[Benedict Arnold]]'s treason
15: ...onomer [[John Couch Adams]]; verified by German astronomer [[Johann Gottfried Galle]]
20: *[[1922]] - [[Gdynia]] Seaport Construction Act passed by the [[Poland|Polish]] parlia...
25: *[[1969]] - The [[Chicago 8]] trial opens in [[Chicago]]
47: *[[1865]] - Baroness [[Emmuska Orczy]], novelist (d. [[19... - Neolithic (8186 bytes)
15: ...]. The name was invented by [[John Lubbock]] in [[1865]] as a refinement of the [[three-age system]]. Th...
18: ...and in [[Britain]] it remains unclear what the contribution of domestic plants was in the earliest Neo...
21: ... is characteristic of corporate-level groups (or 'tribal' to use the old-fashioned term), headed by a ...
24: ...Neolithic Revolution]]'', a name coined by the Australian archaeologist [[Vere Gordon Childe]].
27: ... houses]] built from [[wattle and daub]] were constructed. Elaborate tombs for the dead were also buil... - Edwin Abbott Abbott (2724 bytes)
3: ... headmaster of the [[City of London School]] in [[1865]] at the early age of twenty-six. He was [[Hulsea...
5: ...to popularise the notion of multidimensional geometry but the book is also a clever satire on the soci...
7: ...spearian Grammar]]'' ([[1870]]) is a permanent contribution to English [[philology]]. In [[1885]] he p...
9: More weighty contributions are the anonymous theological discussion ... - Gregor Mendel (6112 bytes)
3: ...howed that there was particulate inheritance of [[trait]]s according to his [[Mendelian inheritance|la...
8: ...ily in [[Hyncice|Heinzendorf]], [[Moravia]], [[Austrian Empire]] (now [[Czech Republic]]). During his...
12: ...ants' respective offspring retained the essential traits of the parents, and therefore were not influe...
14: ...atural History Society of Brunn in Bohemia]] in [[1865]]. When Mendel's paper was published in [[1866]] ...
16: ...del died on [[January 6]], 1884 in [[Brno]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (now [[Czech Republic]]), from chroni... - Cellulose acetate (4564 bytes)
1: '''Cellulose acetate''', first prepared in [[1865]], is the acetate [[salt]] of [[cellulose]]. Cel...
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 - 1901 (12292 bytes)
17: ...Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]. [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Mi...
24: ...a]] as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
30: * [[May 9]] - [[Australia]] opens its first [[Australian Parliament|parliament]] in [[Melbourne]].
42: ...officially ends with the signing of the Pecker Control.
49: ...resident [[William McKinley]], is executed by electrocution. - February 22 (10772 bytes)
12:
13: ... Buena Vista]] - 5,000 [[United States|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]].
16: * [[1865]] - [[Tennessee]] adopts a new [[constitution]] t...
20: * [[1915]] - [[Germany]] institutes [[unrestricted submarine warfare]].
21: ...[Emeryville, California]], the first [[dog race]] track to employ an imitation [[rabbit]] opens. - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
3: ...ton, D.C. is part of the [[Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area]], which also includes parts of [[Ma...
5: ...s part of the District. The population of the District of Columbia, as of [[2003]] U.S. Census Bureau...
7: ...e frequent focal point of massive political demonstrations and [[protest]]s, particularly on the [[Nat...
12: |+ style="font-size: larger;"|'''Washington, District of Columbia'''
17: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:District_of_Columbia_flag.png|140px|]] - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
6: The practice generates heated [[controversy]] in many areas of the world.
10: ...enas) but also in southern [[Portugal]], some countries in [[Latin America]] (principally [[Mexico]], ...
12: ...corrida'' itself; the event is dedicated to the patron saint of [[Navarre]], [[Saint Firminus]]. A sim...
17: ...red bull (''[[tauromachy]]'') is the essential central iconic act of [[Mithras]], which was commemorat...
19: ...atador.) Bullfighting spread from Spain to its Central and South American colonies, and also in the [[...
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