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- 17:39, 18 April 2021 diff hist +148,670 N Civilisation/Words Created page with "Abasia – inability to walk Abaya – loose robe covering most of the body, worn in Saudi Arabia Ablutophobia – fear of washing Absolution – remission of sins Accolad..." Tag: Visual edit
- 17:32, 18 April 2021 diff hist +55,036 N Civilisation/USA Politics Created page with "George Washington was voted commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in 1775 Richard Henry Lee was a statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Contine..." Tag: Visual edit
- 17:32, 18 April 2021 diff hist +48,114 N Civilisation/Law and Order Created page with "Chronological The '''Bow Street Runners''' have been called London's first professional constables. They were founded in 1749 by the novelist and magistrate Henry Fielding an..." Tag: Visual edit
- 17:31, 18 April 2021 diff hist +19,838 N Civilisation/Nobel Prizes Created page with "The Nobel Prizes are prizes awarded annually to people (and, in the case of the Peace Prize, to organizations) who have completed outstanding research, invented ground-breakin..." Tag: Visual edit
- 17:30, 18 April 2021 diff hist +61,519 N Civilisation/Transport Created page with "Air ''Flyer I'' flew on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Piloted by Orville Wright. Wilbur had made the first attempt Louis Bleriot’s 1909 cross-channel fli..." Tag: Visual edit
- 17:29, 18 April 2021 diff hist +14,704 N Civilisation/Psychology Created page with "Psychologists '''Alfred Adler''' (1870 – 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor and psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology. He wrote a book defining his..." Tag: Visual edit
- 17:29, 18 April 2021 diff hist +104,685 N Civilisation/Language Created page with "A '''language isolate''', in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or ‘genetic’) relationship with other living languages; that is,..." Tag: Visual edit
- 17:17, 18 April 2021 diff hist +26,474 N Civilisation/Space Exploration Created page with "Project Mercury The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked by NASA in 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1 –..." Tag: Visual edit
- 17:16, 18 April 2021 diff hist +38,333 N Civilisation/Technology Created page with "Computing The Colossus machines were electronic computing devices used by British codebreakers to read encrypted German messages during World War II. These were the world's f..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:59, 18 April 2021 diff hist +17,789 N Civilisation/Flags Created page with "Terminology Canton – any quarter of a flag, but commonly means the upper hoist (left) quarter Charge – a figure or symbol appearing in the field of a flag Field – the..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:59, 18 April 2021 diff hist +19,431 N Civilisation/Explorers Created page with "'''Erik the Red''' (950 – c. 1003) founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland. Father of Leif Ericson '''Leif Ericson''' (c. 970 – c. 1020) was a Norse explorer who..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:58, 18 April 2021 diff hist +14,205 N Civilisation/Education Created page with "University of Oxford '''University College''' is the oldest Oxford college, and was founded in 1249 '''Balliol College''' was founded in 1263 '''Queen's College''' was foun..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:57, 18 April 2021 diff hist +62,998 N Civilisation/Business Created page with "Business Terms Abenomics – the name given to a suite of measures introduced by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe after his 2012 re-election. His aim was to revive the slug..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:57, 18 April 2021 diff hist +90,268 N Civilisation/United Kingdom Politics Created page with "'''Robert Walpole''' was Whig Prime Minster from 1721 to 1742. Earl of Orford. South Sea bubble. Walpole was nicknamed ‘cock robin’. Country seat was Houghton Hall in Norf..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:56, 18 April 2021 diff hist +131,258 N Civilisation/British Isles Geography Created page with "England '''Bedfordshire''' Cardington is best known in connection with the Cardington airship works founded by Short Brothers during World War I, which later became an RAF b..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:53, 18 April 2021 diff hist +165,520 N Civilisation/Biographies Created page with "'''Harold Abrahams''' (1899 – 1978) was a British track and field athlete of Jewish origin. His father Isaac had emigrated to England from Russian Poland. He was Olympic cha..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:53, 18 April 2021 diff hist +40,038 N Civilisation/Architecture Created page with "Architectural orders – Doric, Ionic, Corinthian (all Greek), Tuscan and Composite (added by the Romans) '''Doric''' architecture – oldest and simplest '''Ionic''' archit..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:52, 18 April 2021 diff hist +19,133 N Civilisation/Acronyms Created page with "A&P – Advertising and Promotion A&R – Artists and Repertoire AAIB – Air Accidents Investigation Branch ABI – Association of British Insurers ABS – Anti-lock brak..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:51, 18 April 2021 diff hist +62,452 N Civilisation/20th Century History Created page with "'''1901''' Marconi transmitted a message from Poldhu in Cornwall to Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland '''1902''' The Order of Merit was founded by Edward VII to rewa..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:47, 18 April 2021 diff hist +118,464 N Art and Culture/World War II Created page with "'''GENERAL''' '''PRE-WAR''' Germany Hindenburg (Independent) defeated Hitler in 1932 elections. Hitler was named chancellor in 1933. Reichstag fire was an arson attack on..." Tag: Visual edit