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- Ellicot to assist in surveying the District of Columbia. ... ===Participation in Surveying of the District of Columbia=== ...14 KB (2,221 words) - 09:16, 27 September 2023
- Galena is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide. It is one of the ... Galena deposits often contain significant amounts (up to one percent ...5 KB (708 words) - 03:50, 18 April 2024
- abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and the passage of ... the slave auctions in the District of Columbia, and enacting a harsh ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- the Oregon question) arose as a result of competing British and American ... with Russia and Spain. By Article III of the Anglo-American Convention ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- The Minaret of Jam is located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province ... , had been built entirely of baked-bricks. Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 18:44, 9 November 2022
- He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first Superintendent ... ideas to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and local landholders ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 20:42, 13 May 2023
- Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. "D.C." is an abbreviation for the District of Columbia, the federal ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
- Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, the westernmost ... added to its reputation as the "City of Gardens." ...26 KB (3,658 words) - 20:09, 3 May 2023
- | District of Columbia || align="right" | 4 ... | District of Columbia || align="right" | 4 ...16 KB (2,208 words) - 00:36, 29 November 2023
- trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery ... *Abolish the slave trade in the District of Columbia. Each measure ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia by President John ... of justice of the peace in the District of Columbia. Justices of the peace ...23 KB (3,669 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- society, abuse is possible when the motives of those involved in the political ... saloon in the West Bottoms neighborhood of Kansas City. Here, his older ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 22:46, 30 April 2023
- At the end of 1971, forty-five states and the District of Columbia ... from 44 states and the District of Columbia, was named the Streamlined ...25 KB (4,002 words) - 01:49, 23 December 2022
- United States, 86 miles (138 km) west of the state capitol of Columbia ... and is called the Birthplace and Deathbed of the Confederacy, because it ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- The Snake River is the largest tributary of the Columbia River in ... and its tributaries, mainly for purposes of providing irrigation water ...26 KB (3,775 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... Part of a submerged mountain chain, the archipelago has more than ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Confederate States, border states, District of Columbia, and Indian Territory ... The bureau was put into effect to protect the best interests of former ...13 KB (1,911 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- He thus sought to establish the school of journalism at Columbia University ... His father was a wealthy grain merchant of Magyar-Jewish descent and his ...20 KB (2,955 words) - 07:39, 27 February 2023
- the three electors allocated to the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C. ... three electors itself. Even if the District of Columbia were a state, its ...55 KB (8,357 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- ) are a Christian group of Russian origin. The Doukhobors were one of the sects—later defined as a religious ...38 KB (5,415 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural ... college of art and design in the District of Columbia. The school is a private ...7 KB (1,002 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 ... of segregation in the District of Columbia, (not a state and ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- Hall because of her race. The District of Columbia, then under the control ... the high school auditorium in the District of Columbia. ...14 KB (2,054 words) - 23:31, 1 September 2023
- गाँधीनगर) - the capital of the state of Gujarat in western ... with the peaceful and spiritual teachings of Gandhi. Planned by Indian architects ...12 KB (1,834 words) - 04:23, 18 April 2024
- naturalistic, and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings ... Wang Chong deplored the degeneration of Confucianism and Daoism into ...10 KB (1,654 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- June 6, 1891), was the first Prime Minister of Canada. He was one of the architects ... Helen Shaw, in 1811. After the failure of his father's business ...20 KB (2,893 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region ... The taming of the river for human use, and the industrial waste that ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- the United States as well as in the District of Columbia. There are also DAR ... at an all white high school. The District of Columbia public school board ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 22:25, 25 January 2024
- justice is usually assigned to the District of Columbia Circuit, the Federal ... States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (2006–2018);White ...40 KB (6,036 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- Cinco de Mayo in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May" ... Mayo has become associated with celebration of Mexican-American culture. ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate ... many practical applications and for works of art. In particular, it is used ...8 KB (1,054 words) - 21:52, 28 July 2023
- rural areas in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the ... all 50 states of the U.S. and the District of Columbia. While Head Start ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 15:08, 25 January 2023
- States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1982 ... United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, August 17 ...35 KB (4,931 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the wife of President of the United States ... roadside areas. She was also an advocate of the Head Start program. ...20 KB (3,091 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- City. Dewey later was elected the Governor of New York and was the unsuccessful ... Dewey, a leader of the liberal faction of the Republican party, fought ...21 KB (3,285 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia ... A 2006 study found that Vancouver had the third highest quality of ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- site in Pakistan containing the ruins of the Gandhāran city of Takshashila ... centre of learning from the sixth century B.C.E."History of Education ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- Canadian Rockies, the park is 80 miles west of Calgary in the province of ... As Banff is one of the world's most visited national parks, the ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- Yukon, also known as the "Yukon Territory," is one of Canada ... Disputed evidence of the oldest remains of human inhabitation in North ...24 KB (3,529 words) - 21:38, 4 June 2023
- " or other variations on the theme of "Ethical." Ethical ... Ethical Culture Society initiated a number of projects to improve the lives ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- |popplace=Canada (British Columbia), United States (Alaska) ... and Prince Rupert, on the north coast of British Columbia and the southernmost ...27 KB (4,093 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- political leader who was the chief architect of the Constitution of India. spent his life fighting against the system of Hindu untouchability and the ...34 KB (5,057 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- state, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of the city of Seattle. In Pierce ... in the lower 48 states at 35 square miles of snow and glaciers. It also ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located ... destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American ... have a long history and that not all of that history is lost, as many ...18 KB (2,854 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- Founding Father and the third president of the United States. area of the National Mall in the District of Columbia, forming a line with ...9 KB (1,344 words) - 04:39, 31 July 2022
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance ... Wouk was born in the Bronx, the second of three children born to Esther ...38 KB (5,130 words) - 23:59, 27 November 2023
- have been rediscovered by a number of literary, feminist, and post ... Tekahionwake Johnson on the encouragement of Sir William Johnson, superintendent ...17 KB (2,573 words) - 01:37, 23 November 2022
- |popplace=Canada (British Columbia), United States (Alaska) ... The Haida are an indigenous people of the west coast of North America ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- Pennsylvania State House for then Province of Pennsylvania. In 1775, it became ... Act of 1790, which established the District of Columbia as the new federal ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
- in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania ... Maryland, Delaware, and in the District of Columbia. The historic routes ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... which followed, aristocrats constructed many of the famous private gardens ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- in 1940, and was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1941. ... The FBI had been called in by the District of Columbia police because the ...34 KB (5,368 words) - 10:34, 11 May 2023
- the United States, and has become a symbol of the death penalty there. Although ... Case were put to death in the District of Columbia jail electric chair. ...11 KB (1,758 words) - 02:55, 29 December 2021
- Crowd (1950) is considered a landmark study of American character. The analysis ... The character of society, like that of an individual, naturally goes ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 08:08, 28 January 2024
- Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia ... Pamuk is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, ...30 KB (4,557 words) - 10:43, 11 March 2023
- with President Washington. The District of Columbia commissioners were ... of slavery. A diary kept by the District of Columbia building commissioner ...21 KB (3,325 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- church until 2010, in which Moon and a group of former executives purchased ... is distributed throughout the District of Columbia and sections of Maryland ...31 KB (4,327 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government or of an occupying ... arrested for civil disobedience on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United ...28 KB (4,286 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- New Guinea, located just 100 miles north of Australia, is the world ... the strongest candidate for highest point of the Australia/Oceania continent. ...29 KB (4,293 words) - 09:18, 11 March 2023
- to maintaining an online library and archive of Web and multimedia resources ... historians, and scholars. It is a member of the American Library Association ...28 KB (4,060 words) - 10:40, 6 March 2024
- who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate ... (but not slavery itself) in the District of Columbia. This compromise delayed ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- A high school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly ... In addition to completing this level of academic studies, high schools ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of ... Virtually every state, the District of Columbia, and all United States ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- His work evidences an impressive combination of art and science. The artwork ... His love for art and his appreciation of the aesthetic aspects of all ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 10:58, 9 May 2023
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... plant that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- The Defenestrations of Prague refers to either of two incidents with ... 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" is more commonly ...17 KB (2,723 words) - 09:09, 28 January 2024
- Lusaka is the capital and largest city of Zambia, as well as its chief ... The four main highways of Zambia; the Great North Road to Tanzania ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- One of the first American writers to use the stream of consciousness ... *District of Columbia (1952). Three-volume set includes ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital of numerous dynasties and governments ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses ... Kansas City was founded in 1838 as the "Town of Kansas" ...47 KB (6,950 words) - 08:27, 28 February 2023
- Savings Bank; as marshal of the District of Columbia; as minister-resident ... appointed Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. His wife, Anna Murray ...23 KB (3,597 words) - 10:27, 11 April 2024
- Adelard of Bath (Latin: Adelardus Bathensis) (1116? - 1142?) was a ... Adelard was a pioneer of the scientific renaissance of the twelfth ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 05:50, 15 June 2023
- statesman, writer, lawyer, and soldier. One of the United States' most ... later be called Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), and both the funding ...32 KB (4,920 words) - 14:22, 18 July 2023
- the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where she ... Second Circuit, and another for the District of Columbia Circuit. Ginsburg ...79 KB (11,056 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- | State Party = [[Image:Flag of Iran.svg|22px]] Iran | Type ... #039;) was an ancient ceremonial capital of the second Iranian dynasty ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 17:58, 26 March 2023
- for the representation of the District of Columbia or of territories ... passage of bills. Presently, the District of Columbia and the five inhabited ...85 KB (12,273 words) - 00:47, 30 December 2023
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation ... the fur trade, and in the latter half of the twentieth century its bitumen ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- both recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy and criticism ... Sherman's attack on civilian infrastructure and displacement ...29 KB (4,410 words) - 20:33, 13 May 2023
- agrees to become pregnant for the purpose of gestating and giving birth ... handful banning it completely. The District of Columbia and eleven states ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 13:57, 28 April 2023
- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall was Chief Justice ... played a significant role in the development of the American legal system. ...23 KB (3,437 words) - 06:32, 3 August 2022
- 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849), was the wife of President James Madison, who ... Dolley felt right at home in the District of Columbia society. Before ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- not in the geographic center of the District of Columbia, the Capitol is the ... and were completed under the supervision of Edward Clark. ...23 KB (3,473 words) - 01:21, 3 May 2023
- and Sri Lanka. A sari is a very long strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from ... long decorative borders running the length of the sari, and a one- to three ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 03:28, 23 December 2022
- States, Doolittle was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership ... After the war he was active in the reorganization of the American ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... demographic, economic, and political makeup of the nation, with a mixture ...37 KB (5,435 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- to 1874. Elected offices included membership of the New York State Senate and ... Scott Key and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, whom Sickles had ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The paper ... its newsprint readership is in the District of Columbia, as well as in the ...14 KB (2,023 words) - 17:49, 30 April 2023
- regions (tundra and northern forests) of Eurasia (Scandinavia to Siberia ... There are several recognized subspecies of caribou. Caribou offer innumerable ...20 KB (2,969 words) - 19:16, 26 November 2023
- American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall ... States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, well-known ...24 KB (3,985 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831 ... 31 Nobel Prize winners; 9 National Medal of Science recipients; 12 Pulitzer ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, and its ... center. It plays host to a year round slate of world-class festivals, earning ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- Japan into the catastrophic Pacific theater of World War II. Unfortunately ... Some Japanese historians, using the diaries and testimony of military ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- and professor, best known for his works of historical fiction. He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction, and a stage ...37 KB (4,830 words) - 17:29, 12 February 2024
- . Historically, alimony arose as a result of the indissoluble nature of ... in all 50 U.S. states, and the District of Columbia. No-fault divorce ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 00:40, 9 January 2023
- Archives refer to a collection of records, and also refers to the ... NARA archives exist not only in the District of Columbia, but regionally as well. ...30 KB (4,298 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- the economic and social contributions of workers. It was first nationally ... Day. Today, all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territories ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 05:32, 4 March 2023
- according to an established standard of evaluation. There is a range ... established only within certain frameworks of thought and value perspectives ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- Grants presidential electors to the District of Columbia. ... *The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment was proposed by ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- St. Louis County in the United States state of Missouri. It is located at ... French explorers arrived in 1673 and found a major center of the Mississippian ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- Old Kinderhook, was the eighth president of the United States. He was a ... Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia without the consent ...22 KB (3,321 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and, along its ... The area inspired the Hudson River School of painting, a sort of early ...23 KB (3,395 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history ... Although women have always made up at least half of the world's ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- landscape shaped by the dissolution of a soluble layer or layers of ... and where the first scientific research of a karst topography was made ...14 KB (1,944 words) - 20:16, 28 February 2023
- leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia ... segregation in the United States. He was one of the "Big Six" leaders ...59 KB (8,105 words) - 02:31, 9 February 2023
- eighteenth century, from the pleasure houses of Japan where courtesans would ... are no distinct singular or plural variants of the term. The word consists ...30 KB (4,689 words) - 06:34, 18 April 2024
- largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located ... south of the Canada – United States border in King County, of which ...49 KB (7,077 words) - 02:45, 21 April 2023
- to all slaves in the Confederate States of America. It was not a law passed ... their slaves. All slaves in the District of Columbia were freed in this ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 17:52, 13 February 2024
- eras. Ruskin is also known for his advocacy of "Christian socialism. ... Ruskin was born in London, and raised in south London, the son of ...29 KB (4,524 words) - 07:44, 3 August 2022
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located on ... refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. Its ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...64 KB (9,145 words) - 15:14, 27 April 2023
- design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally ... has been adopted by 46 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- designated as the Manhattan Engineering District (MED), Manhattan Project ... Germany might be developing nuclear weapons of its own. Born out of a small ...52 KB (8,009 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- 31, 1948) was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, serving ... Gore subsequently became chairman of the Emmy Award-winning American ...32 KB (4,643 words) - 04:21, 17 June 2023
- city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States ... It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay just north of the ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ... , and his majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller (holding ...85 KB (12,298 words) - 05:39, 11 August 2023
- during the American Civil War on the grounds of the antebellum plantation of ... . Veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early ... (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), and "Turn ...58 KB (8,480 words) - 21:18, 8 August 2023
- park with the exception that the President of the United States can quickly ... #039; Home National Monument--District of Columbia (managed by the non ...19 KB (2,589 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2022
- 1919) was an American pioneer in the areas of feminism, abolitionism, prohibition ... the Judiciary Committee of the District of Columbia House of Delegates ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 16:01, 7 November 2022
- The Klamath are a Native American tribe of the Plateau culture area ... With the loss of their resources and federal support services, as ...18 KB (2,702 words) - 23:18, 3 March 2023
- Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when ... His later work has shown steadfast devotion to many traditions of ...41 KB (6,363 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- The Wilmot Proviso was introduced on August 8, 1846, in the House ... a bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Throughout 1849 in ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- and Kashmir from Pakistan with the intention of fomenting an insurgency among ... the first since the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. Its success, as envisaged ...17 KB (2,428 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... There were also regional and district diets. The League aimed to protect ...33 KB (4,840 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- enacted in the Southern and border states of the United States after 1876 ... intermarriage a felony in the District of Columbia. His new Postmaster ...24 KB (3,703 words) - 12:44, 1 August 2022
- Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It is the ... eighteenth century Boston was the location of several major events surrounding ...40 KB (5,847 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- (the energy that determines the temperature of matter) generated and stored ... In terms of alternative energy, geothermal energy is the energy that ...43 KB (6,456 words) - 20:26, 13 December 2023
- or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest ... Auckland has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world ...35 KB (5,077 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- or institution; sometimes used as a loan of money. The term derives from ... by an elected governing body. The principles of the charter's function ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- a student leader. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature ... He is recognized as the leading architect of Burmese independence, and the ...17 KB (2,666 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- and libertarian attitude. He was an exemplar of the communitarian, drug-positive ... his family in 1919 from the Galicia region of northwest Spain to San Francisco; ...37 KB (5,901 words) - 08:01, 3 April 2024
- who served as the second Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 ... become the heir apparent for the leadership of the Democratic People's ...64 KB (9,034 words) - 23:07, 3 March 2023
- by West Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia (across the Potomac ... ceded territory to form the new District of Columbia, but in an Act of ...41 KB (5,879 words) - 20:35, 3 May 2023
- African American music is an umbrella term given to a range of music ... America as they have developed independent of African traditions from which ...16 KB (2,453 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- oldest military unit native to the District of Columbia.[http://www12.georgetown ... frequency to the University of the District of Columbia because of WGTB's ...40 KB (5,605 words) - 08:22, 23 January 2023
- |free = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools ... *Howard University District of Columbia Small Business Development ...28 KB (3,869 words) - 19:30, 7 February 2024
- was a major figure in the development of bebop, or modern jazz. ... U.S. cities in 31 states and the District of Columbia, headlined three television ...17 KB (2,671 words) - 09:19, 15 January 2023
- 16, 1885) was a Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and ... Canadian government, the Red River Rebellion of 1869–1870 and the North-West ...46 KB (7,007 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He had his first number-one popular song with "Because of You ...61 KB (9,033 words) - 20:13, 12 September 2023
- The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Roman ... and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ...33 KB (5,125 words) - 23:21, 3 March 2023
- 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving ... Humphrey did win the South Dakota and District of Columbia primaries ...32 KB (4,916 words) - 21:09, 7 February 2024
- Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 ... be reissued when it was clear that Louis VII of France would be taking part ...44 KB (6,838 words) - 00:35, 6 March 2024
- quot;The naughty children"; German Caricature of 1849.]] has been largely rejected in favor of other disciplinary methods ...28 KB (4,287 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals and other geological ... Yet, these problems persist in regions of the world where regulations ...18 KB (2,752 words) - 18:50, 9 November 2022
- Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the largest ... Located at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families ... While Hindi is the official language of the central government in ...30 KB (4,092 words) - 06:53, 4 March 2023
- geologic, and cultural highland region of the central United States. ... River valley and the Ouachitas, both south of the Boston Mountains, are usually ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 15:41, 30 April 2023
- a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of southern, central and northern ... The clan that ruled from Elichpur had been a feudatory of the Badami ...53 KB (7,699 words) - 00:10, 14 November 2023
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- American aviatrix, considered to be one of the most gifted race pilots ... Flying Cross and the French Legion of Honor, and she still holds ...19 KB (3,058 words) - 08:12, 18 March 2024
- The State of Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United ... Wyoming is the least populous of any state (or the District of Columbia ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- Review in 1955, hosted 1429 episodes of the television show Firing ... Buckley was the spiritual "godfather" of the modern American ...39 KB (5,642 words) - 12:09, 8 May 2023
- Maryland is a state located on the East Coast of the United States ... though it became a part of the District of Columbia when it was created ...45 KB (6,596 words) - 08:44, 10 March 2023
- office executive for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ... As coach of the Celtics from 1950 to 1966, Auerbach won nine NBA titles ...21 KB (3,308 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- republic of 50 states and the District of Columbia. Each of the 50 states ... and possessions, notably the District of Columbia, which is the nation ...83 KB (12,275 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. She ... children of the inner city of the district of Columbia to summer camp, providing ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 17:10, 5 October 2022
- served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. She ... when she was eleven years old. A member of the Democratic Party, she worked ...48 KB (6,706 words) - 04:54, 5 November 2022
- Macbeth is among the best known of William Shakespeare's plays ... is often seen as an archetypal tale of the dangers of the lust for ...40 KB (6,125 words) - 04:47, 5 November 2022
- date back about 2500 years with the arrival of Judaism, ... followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the ... As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit ...35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
- Genpei gassen, 1180–1185) was a series of conflicts between the Taira ... as Gempei) comes from alternate readings of the kanji for 'Minamoto ...23 KB (3,568 words) - 19:36, 23 October 2022
- The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of ... and Washington) and the District of Columbia do not use grand jury ...32 KB (5,141 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- |name = Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- | order=27th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1909 ... | date of birth=September 15, 1857 | place of birth=Cincinnati, Ohio ...32 KB (4,775 words) - 11:00, 9 May 2023
- The State of Idaho is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the ... and Clark Expedition in 1805. It was part of the disputed Oregon Country ...41 KB (5,855 words) - 15:35, 12 February 2024
- and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues ... Fans of the Grateful Dead were known as "Deadheads" and ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 17:52, 20 January 2023
- U.S., that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. Berkshire ... to individuals in 49 states and the District of Columbia. The subsidiaries ...33 KB (4,479 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international ... may be best known for the Wobbly Shop model of workplace democracy, in which ...43 KB (6,639 words) - 20:09, 4 March 2024
- The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California ... The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. Outside of California ...61 KB (8,925 words) - 18:25, 25 November 2023
- Grace, Princess of Monaco, née Grace Patricia Kelly, (November 12 ... Olympic sculler at a time that the sport of rowing was at its zenith. He ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 12:14, 24 January 2023
- leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 ... raise a similar protest when the District of Columbia school board, under ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:11, 13 February 2024
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... territory in 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959 ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Command module pilot Michael ... visiting 49 state capitals, the District of Columbia, and Anchorage, Alaska ...97 KB (14,466 words) - 15:45, 11 August 2023
- In geology and environmental science, erosion is the displacement ... rock into soil. Thus a certain degree of erosion is healthy for the ...24 KB (3,723 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- in the seventeenth century. After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty in 1368, the ... The Kalmyks are the only inhabitants of Europe whose national religion ...59 KB (8,959 words) - 02:32, 5 October 2022
- Lobbying is the practice of trying to persuade legislators or officials ... the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which said: ...27 KB (3,879 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- reputation in 1949, as a member of the U.S. team that won the ... American Youth Center (LAYC),in the District of Columbia began to offer tennis ...25 KB (3,993 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. Russia suffered from a number of chronic economic and social problems ...46 KB (6,600 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
- device for transporting people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move ... with Trav-O-Lator®, a registered trademark of United Technologies), or moveator ...37 KB (6,013 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located ... (one each for the 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories ...54 KB (8,496 words) - 11:03, 7 March 2023
- leader, and the most prominent member of the Constitutional Democratic ... Pavel was born in Moscow in the upper-class family of Nikolai Pavlovich ...37 KB (5,152 words) - 21:52, 28 November 2022
- Education City, Qatar. Cornell is a member of the Ivy League, and prides ... areas useful to society. Situated in an area of farming, conservation, and ...42 KB (5,828 words) - 03:33, 8 January 2024
- licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing ... stock market, which, due to the ensuing rise of the stock price, has made four ...49 KB (6,708 words) - 10:40, 10 March 2023
- Polish statesman, Field Marshal, first Chief of State (1918–1922) and dictator ... Jerzy Jan Lerski. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966–1945. (Greenwood ...61 KB (8,767 words) - 07:42, 27 February 2023
- |name = University of Bridgeport |image = [[File:University of Bridgeport Cortright Hall.jpg|250px]] ...30 KB (4,093 words) - 17:06, 15 September 2023
- 29, 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-twentieth century New York ... region's development. During the height of his powers, New York City participated ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- a database that contains descriptive records of books, periodical articles ... 793 stores in 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. ...27 KB (3,849 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- The Kronstadt rebellion was an unsuccessful uprising of Soviet sailors ... The rebellion took place in the first weeks of March, 1921 in Kronstadt ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- Viking peoples and revered as the "God of Thunder." Historical evidence ... Thor was the focus of numerous Norse folk tales and he was seen to ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States Army Air Forces ... in the records given the confusion of the times, the many victims ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- | order=28th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1913 ... | date of birth=December 28, 1856 | place of birth=Staunton, Virginia ...37 KB (5,512 words) - 23:30, 17 May 2023
- Tribal Areas and Balochistan provinces of western Pakistan. Their Pashto ... Their unified modern past began with the rise of the Durrani Empire ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- ) was a parliament of the French Revolution, following the two-year ... The Convention came about in the wake of the King's Flight to ...73 KB (10,932 words) - 21:23, 26 December 2022
- (1948), outraged conservative critics as one of the first major American novels ... used his sarcastic wit and excellent command of the English language to state ...42 KB (5,899 words) - 11:57, 24 January 2023
- |name = University of Pennsylvania |image = [[Image:Collegegreen ... The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private, ...31 KB (4,374 words) - 13:08, 3 May 2023
- August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 ... Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- The dynasty originated in the fertile valley of the Kaveri River. Karikala ... The Cholas reached the height of their power during the tenth, eleventh ...44 KB (6,505 words) - 17:15, 10 December 2023
- New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions ... British annexation in 1664. About one third of all of the battles of the Revolutionary ...44 KB (6,512 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- This article is about the nation of Georgia. For the U.S. state, see ... officially from 1990 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a country to the ...46 KB (6,605 words) - 20:12, 4 September 2023
- This bacterium, transmitted through the bite of a flea, has caused the death ... The epidemiological use of the term "plague" is currently ...29 KB (4,475 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- A lake (from the Latin word lacus) is an inland body of water, not ... There is, however, a lack of consensus on definitions used to distinguish ...31 KB (4,835 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- ]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... also important to the economy, with millions of visitors a year to Glacier ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving ... After Kennedy's leadership as commander of the USS PT-109 during ...53 KB (7,912 words) - 19:39, 1 May 2023
- Albigensians, or Catharism) were followers of a controversial religious sect ... as good). They also embraced the doctrine of reincarnation, which went against ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 00:09, 1 December 2023
- invented herself and eventually became one of the entertainment icons of ... on December 27, 1901, in Schöneberg, a district of Berlin, Germany. ...31 KB (4,546 words) - 16:02, 6 November 2022
- The Russian Revolution of 1905 began as a wave of mass political and ... By the end of 1905, the revolution resulted in a number of reforms ...57 KB (8,235 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- valorem tax that an owner pays on the value of the property being taxed. There ... and assessment, with various methods of assessing property value in ...37 KB (5,745 words) - 00:22, 2 December 2022
- the United Kingdom as well as other areas of Europe and North America, and ... *Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia ...32 KB (4,445 words) - 04:37, 31 December 2022
- Glenn was one of the Mercury Seven military test pilots selected in ... The fireboat John H. Glenn Jr., operated by the District of Columbia ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- 275px|An African-American man drinks out of the "colored only" ... at the Federal level in the District of Columbia. ==Racism in the twenty ...36 KB (5,283 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県, Okinawa-ken;Okinawan: Uchinā) is one ... The three tribal federations of the Ryukyu Islands were united in ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- – April 12, 1945) was the 32nd president of the United States, the longest ... A child of economic and social privilege, he overcame a crippling ...67 KB (10,424 words) - 05:13, 9 April 2024
- Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations ... War in 1866. It was founded by veterans of the Confederate Army, with ...52 KB (7,797 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- in most cases, a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being. recognize each other through a process of landmarks and regularity. There ...59 KB (8,933 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- and William Leonard Langer, The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval ... policy that has rewarded veterans of the Bush War with farms previously ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- 14, 1836) was the third Vice-President of the United States (1801–1805 ... As a legislator, Burr was a formative member of the Democratic-Republican ...38 KB (5,858 words) - 07:13, 13 June 2023
- ) was established immediately following the abdication of Nicholas ... For most of the life of the Provisional Government, the status of ...44 KB (5,965 words) - 22:22, 29 May 2022
- Industrialization in the Soviet Union occurred as a process of accelerated ... The official task of industrialization was the transformation of the ...62 KB (8,764 words) - 22:12, 30 March 2023
- 14, 1799) was the commander in chief of the Continental Army in the ... was soon named "Washington, District of Columbia." ...58 KB (9,004 words) - 11:02, 13 December 2023
- Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players ... above; the team with more points at the end of the game wins. The ball can ...42 KB (6,657 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- 2.5 million acres (10,000 km²) in the state of Wyoming. Originally a part ... property, lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Wind ...41 KB (6,175 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech ... Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981 ... Carter with only six states and the District of Columbia in the Electoral College ...56 KB (8,252 words) - 21:54, 3 January 2024
- right|250px| A child learning the countries of Asia by experience rather than ... quot;learning by doing") is the process of actively engaging students ...47 KB (6,690 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo village of Ogidi in south ... When the region of Biafra broke away from Nigeria in 1967, Achebe ...79 KB (12,034 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ... made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين ... is about four times the size of the District of Columbia in the United States ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- ) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations ... go on to devote the most productive years of his life to opposing Macedon ...80 KB (11,861 words) - 09:32, 28 January 2024
- The lion (Panthera leo) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family ... mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia from ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
- The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- Not to be confused with the People's Republic of China For the civilization of China and its history see China ...97 KB (13,790 words) - 00:28, 4 January 2024
- again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military ... or La Era de Trujillo), was one of the longest for a non-royal leader ...66 KB (9,421 words) - 19:56, 29 April 2024
- and Hawaii, as well as the District of Columbia, offered domestic ... by law in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, all territories except ...91 KB (13,332 words) - 16:14, 25 January 2023
- Since the creation of the separate states of India and Pakistan in ... Pakistan had been carved from out of India as a homeland for the ...51 KB (7,827 words) - 00:17, 28 July 2023
- Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ... impressionism. Japanese aesthetic principles of simplicity and understatement ...78 KB (11,609 words) - 09:53, 1 April 2024
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- as Buddhists. Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs, and spiritual ... Most Buddhist traditions share the goal of overcoming dukkha (suffering ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- (The Long Day Wanes), on the dying days of Britain's empire in the ... He wrote critical studies of Joyce, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Lawrence ...51 KB (7,981 words) - 05:23, 31 July 2023
- Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern ... Kingdom" loosely describes a number of various dynastic polities, ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
