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101Oakland Firestorm of 1991 — Infrared aerial photograph of the firestorm. The Highway 13/24 intersection is at center. The Oakland Firestorm of 1991 was a large urban fire that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and southeastern Berkeley on Sunday… …
102Proclamation of the Irish Republic — The Proclamation of the Republic, also known as the 1916 Proclamation or Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916. In it the… …
103Midway Games — For the games seen at fairs and carnivals, see Midway (fair). Midway Games, Inc. Type As of 2011, Midway is a corporation existing under Delaware law subject to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation plan. Industry …
104Matchlock — Early German musket with serpentine lock The matchlock was the first mechanism, or lock invented to facilitate the firing of a hand held firearm. This design removed the need to lower by hand a lit match into the weapon s flash pan and made it… …
105Earl De La Warr — (pronounced De La Warr ) [1] is a title created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1761. In the United States, Thomas West, 3rd (or 12th) baron is often named in history books simply as Lord Delaware. He served as governor of the Jamestown Colony …
106Phelps and Gorham Purchase — The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the purchase in 1788 of the pre emptive right to some 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km²) of land in western New York State for $1,000,000 (roughly equivalent to $20,000,000,000 in 2005). This was all land in western… …
107Canada – United States border — The Canada – United States border is the international border between Canada and the United States. Officially known as the International Boundary, it is the longest common border in the world, and is unmilitarized. The terrestrial boundary… …
108Sodium vapor lamp — A sodium vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp which uses sodium in an excited state to produce light. There are two varieties of such lamps: low pressure and high pressure . Low pressure sodium Low pressure sodium (LPS) lamps, also known as sodium… …
109New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy — The New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy is a debate in the politics of New Zealand. It concerns the ownership of the country s foreshore and seabed, with many Māori groups claiming that Māori have a rightful claim to title. These claims… …
110Ålesund Fire — The Ålesund Fire happened in the Norwegian city of Ålesund on 23 January 1904. It destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era.The fireThe fire started around 2 AM at Aspøya , in… …
