1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1934 - Events. January 1 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison. January 1 - Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring." January 7 - First Flash Gordon comic strip is published. January 10 - Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe January 24 - Einstein visits White House January 26 - The Apollo The ...

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The theory arose in the late 1860s during the westward expansion of white settlement west of the Missouri River and across the 100th meridian west, the traditional boundary line between the humid and semi-arid portions of central North America. Specifically, In the early part of the decade, white settlement had spread into central and western Nebraska along the Platte River. Emigrants on the Oregon Trail began reporting that the land in western Nebraska, previously known for its yellowed dry vegetation during the summer, had seemingly become ...

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1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1933 - Events. January 3 - Japanese troops occupy Shanghai January 5 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. January 15 - Political violence has caused almost 100 deaths in Spain January 17 - US Congress votes favorable for Philippines independence, against the view of president Hoover January 30 - Edouard Daladier forms a government i ...

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The American Bison is a relative newcomer to North America, having originated in Eurasia. About 10,000 years ago it replaced the Long-horned Bison (Bison priscus) which was much larger in size. It is thought that the Long Horned Bison may have gone extinct due to a changing ecosystem and hunting pressure following the development of the Clovis point and related technology, and improved hunting skills. During this same period, other megafauna vanished, to be replaced to some degree by immigrant Eurasian animals that were better adapted ...

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Historic drawing Bison call audio B. b. athabasacae B. b. bison The American Bison (Bison bison), commonly but mistakenly called the Buffalo, is a bovine mammal that is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America. The bison inhabited Great Plains of the United States and Canada in massive herds, ranging from the Great Slave Lake in Canada's far north to Mexico in the south, and from eastern Oregon almost to the Atlantic Ocean. Its two subspecies are the Plains ...

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American folk music, also known as Americana, is a broad category of music including country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Tejano and Cajun and Native American music. The music is considered "American" because it is either native to the United States or here varied enough from its origins that it struck musicologists as something distinctly new; it is considered "roots music" because it served as the basis of music later developed in the United St ...

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Location within the state of Texas Amarillo is the county seat of Potter CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Texas within the West Texas region. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 173,627 (though a July 1, 2004 estimate placed the city's population at 180,791). The Amarillo metropolitan area, however, ha ...

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April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). There are 261 days remaining. April 14 - Events. 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum. Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is killed. AD 69 - Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne. 1028 - Henry III, son of Conra ...

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1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1935 - Events. 1935 - January. January 1 - Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 - Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppose the other's colonial claims. January 8 - Elvis Presley is born in Tupelo, ...

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Air pollution is a broad term applied to all physical (particulate matter), chemical, and biological agents that modify the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Some definitions also consider physical perturbations such as noise pollution, heat, radiation or light pollution as air pollution.[citation needed] Definitions commonly include the term harmful as a requisite ...

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Air pollution - Asbestos
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The Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO) is an ongoing series of long-duration changes in the sea surface temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean, with cool and warm phases that may last for 15-40 years at a time and a difference of about 1°F between extremes. These changes are natural and have been occurring for at least the last 1,000 years. Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation - Climate impacts worldwide. The AMO has affected air temperatures and rainfall over much of the Northern Hemisphere, in partic ...

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Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967), known as Woody Guthrie was a American folk musician noted for his many protest songs and left-wing political views. He is best known for "This Land is Your Land." Woody Guthrie - Life and career. Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, on July 14, 1912. His parents named him after Woodrow Wilson, who was in the same year elected president in the 1912 election. At age 19, he left home for Texas, where he met and married his first wife, Mar ...

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Columbus is the capital of the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the 2000 census, Columbus has a population of 711,470 residents, making it the largest city in Ohio and the 15th largest in the United States. The greater Columbus metropolitan area has a population of 1,612,694, ranking it third in Ohio (behind Cleveland and Cincinnati) and 31st in the United States. With regard to the Combined Statistical Area (which includes Chillicothe and Marion), Columbus ranks 24th in t ...

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Carnivàle is an American dramatic television series produced by HBO. Created by Daniel Knauf, it stars Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown. The shown ran from 2003-2005. The series is a period drama set in the United States during the Great Depression. It has an overarching story about the battle between good and evil as well as the struggle between free will and destiny. Carnivàle - Overview. At the beginning of the first episode, the carnival's manager (a dwarf named Samson) says: "Be ...

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The name Conservative Party of Canada has been used twice in Canadian history. For the current party founded 2003, please see the article Conservative Party of Canada. The Conservative Party has been gone under a variety of names over the years. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name. As a result of World War I and the Conscription Crisis of 1917, the party joined with pro-conscription Liberals to become t ...

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The Buffalo Commons is a conceptual proposal to restore large parts of the drier portion of the Great Plains to native prairie grazed by buffalo. The proposal originated with Drs. Frank and Deborah Popper, who argued in a 1987 essay that the current use of the drier parts of the plains is not sustainable. Most seriously debated in the 1990s, the idea has been hugely unpopular in the affected states, and ...

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Tom Joad is paroled from prison after serving time for manslaughter, and returns to find his parents' farm deserted. Finding his family nearby, he discovers that they are planning to leave for California. Like other Oklahoma farmers, they have seen their crops ruined by the Dust Bowl. Eastern banks and corporate farmers are repossessing the land, and the Joads have little choice but to look for work in the orchards and fields out west. They are joined by a former preac ...

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Hurricane Katrina - Preparations and expectations before landfall. Main article: Hurricane preparedness for New Orleans Many living in the area felt that south Florida had minimal advance warning when Katrina strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane in one day, and struck southern Florida later that same day, on August 25. Even so, NHC forecasts showed Katrina strengthening into a hurricane well in advance of landfall, and hurricane watches and warnings were ind ...

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There are multiple competing interpretations about what caused the Great Depression. The debate is important because the public and policy makers ever since 1929 have demanded that such a disaster never again happen, so it is imperative to explain why. Economists have not agreed on what caused the depression or what prolonged it. The political interpretations especially important in the USA are as follows: Many economists at the time argued that the sharp decline in international trade helped to cause the depression. Th ...

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There are multiple competing interpretations about what caused the Great Depression. The debate is important because the public and policy makers ever since 1929 have demanded that such a disaster never again happen, so it is imperative to explain why. Economists have not agreed on what caused the depression or what prolonged it. The political interpretations especially important in the USA are as follows: Roosevelt and most of the New Dealers primarily blamed the excesses of big business for causing an unstable bubble- ...

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A Natural phenomenon can easily cause a natural disaster. Appearing to arise without direct human involvement, natural disasters are sometimes called an act of God. A natural disaster may become more severe because of human actions prior, during or after the disaster itself. A specific disaster may spawn different types of events and may reduce the survivability of the initial event. A classic example, is an earthquake that collapses homes, trapping people and breaking gas mains that then ignite, and burn people alive while trapped under deb ...

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