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04-19

19 April is die 109de dag van die jaar in die Gregoriaanse kalender (110de in skrikkeljare). Daar volg nog 256 dae.

Gebeure

- 1539 - Die Verdrag van Frankfurt onderteken
- 1587 - Heer Francis Drake sink die Spaanse vloot in Cadiz Hawe
- 1770 - Kaptein James Cook sien die eerste keer Australië
- 1775 - Amerikaanse Rewolusionêre Oorlog: Die Slag van Lexington en Concord - Britse Generaal Thomas Gage probeer om die wapens van Amerikaanse koloniste' te konfiskeer. Die Britte word teruggedryf na Boston, Massachusetts. Die Amerikaanse Rewolusionêre Oorlog (American Revolutionary War) begin.
- 1839 - Die Verdrag van Londen vestig België as 'n koninkryk.
- 1904 - Groot dele van Toronto, Ontario, Kanada word deur 'n brand verwoes.
- 1909 - Jeanne d'Arc word tot 'n heilige verklaar.
- 1919 - Leslie Irvin van die Verenigde State maak die eerste suksesvolle valskermsprong en vrye val
- 1927 - Mae West word veroordeel tot 10 dae gevangenisstraf vir haar rol in die vertoning Sex
- 1933 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt kondig aan dat die VSA wegbeweeg van die goudstandaard.
- 1934 - Shirley Temple se eerste rol in Stand Up and Cheer
- 1938 - RCA-NBC begin gereelde televisie-uitsendings
- 1943 - Tweede Wêreldoorlog: Duitse troepe gaan die Warsaw ghetto binne om die oorblywende Jode op te ruim, wat die Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begin.
- 1951 - Generaal Douglas MacArthur tree uit die militêre diens.
- 1956 - Aktrise Grace Kelly trou met Rainier III van Monaco
- 1961 - Die Bay of Pigs inval in Kuba endig in 'n mislukking.
- 1964 - Die Ford Mustang word aan die algemene publiek vertoon.
- 1971 - Sierra Leone word 'n republiek.
- 1971 - Viëtnamoorlog: Vietnam Veterane teen die Oorlog begin 'n vyf-dag demonstrasie in Washington, DC
- 1971 - Charles Manson is tot lewenslange tronkstraf veroordeel vir die Sharon Tate moorde.
- 1987 - The Simpsons se eerste vertoning op televisie, op die Tracey Ullman Show, in die kort episode genaamd "Good Night"
- 1993 - Die 50-dae beleg van die Branch Davidian kompleks buite Waco, Texas eindig met die dood van 81 mense in 'n brand.
- 1995 - 'n Bom in die Alfred P. Murrah federale gebou in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma veroorsaak die dood van 168 mense.
- 1999 - Die Duitse Parlement keer terug na Berlyn.
- 2000 - 'n Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 val naby Davao lughawe en 131 mense sterf.

Geboortes

- 1320 - Koning Pieter I van Portugal (d. 1367)
- 1883 - Richard von Mises, wiskundige (d. 1953)
- 1892 - Germaine Tailleferre, komponis (d. 1983)
- 1897 - Constance Talmadge, aktrise (d. 1973)
- 1900 - Richard Hughes, skrywer (d. 1976)
- 1903 - Eliot Ness (d. 1957)
- 1912 - Glenn Seaborg (d. 1999)
- 1927 - Erma Bombeck, humoris (d. 1996)
- 1928 - Alexis Korner, rockmusikant (d. 1984)
- 1930 - Dick Sargent, akteur (d. 1994)
- 1933 - Jayne Mansfield, aktrise (d. 1967)
- 1933 - Dickie Bird, krieket skeidsregter
- 1935 - Dudley Moore, akteur, musikant, komediant, komponis (d. 2002)
- 1944 - Bernie Worrell, musikant (oorspronklik by P Funk)
- 1946 - Tim Curry, akteur
- 1949 - Paloma Picasso, skilder
- 1952 - Alexis Arguello, bokser
- 1962 - Al Unser Jr., motorrenjaer
- 1968 - Ashley Judd, aktrise
- 1979 - Kate Hudson, aktrise
- 1981 - Hayden Christensen, akteur

Sterftes

- 1054 - Pous Leo IX
- 1390 - Koning Robert II van Skotland
- 1632 - Sigismund, koning van Swede en die Pools-Litause Gemeenskap (b. 1561)
- 1689 - Koning Christina van Swede
- 1824 - Lord Byron, outeur, digter
- 1881 - Benjamin Disraeli, voormalige Eerste Minister van die Verenigde Koninkryk
- 1882 - Charles Darwin, bioloog, outeur
- 1906 - Pierre Curie
- 1919 - Emiliano Zapata, rewolusionêr.
- 1930 - Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Kanadese senator, sterf op 102 jaar.
- 1958 - Robert Bentley, humoris, akteur
- 1967 - Konrad Adenauer, voormalige Bundeskanzler van Wes-Duitsland
- 1971 - Earl Thomson, Kanadese atleet
- 1974 - Ayub Khan, voormalige President van Pakistan
- 1975 - Percy L. Julian, chemikus (b. 1899)
- 1980 - Alfred Hitchcock, regisseur
- 1987 - Maxwell Taylor, generaal
- 1989 - Daphne du Maurier, outeur
- 1992 - Frankie Howerd, komediant, akteur
- 1993 - David Koresh, kult leier
- 1998 - Octavio Paz, skrywer, diplomaat
- 2002 - Layne Staley, musikant ("Alice in Chains")

Vakansies, vierings en waarnemingsdae

- Patriots' Day (Massachusetts)
- Verklaring van Onafhanklikheidsdag (Venezuela)
- Republiekdag (Sierra Leone)
- Sleutelblomdag (Engeland) Dae in die Geskiedenis Kategorie:Datum ja:4月19日 ko:4월 19일 simple:April 19 th:19 เมษายน

Gregoriaanse kalender

Die Gregoriaanse kalender is tans dwarsdeur die westerse wêreld in gebruik, en is 'n wysiging van die Juliaanse kalender. Dit is eerste voorgestel deur die Napolese dokter Aloysius Lilius, en is uitgevaardig deur die vernoemde Pous Gregorius XIII op 24 Februarie 1582 (hierdie dokument is gedateer 1581 aangesien die kalenderjaar in daardie tyd in Maart begin het). Die Gregoriaanse kalender was ontwerp omdat die gemiddelde jaar in die Juliaanse kalender effe té lank was, wat veroorsaak het dat die dag-en-nag-eweninge geleidelik vroeër in die kalenderjaar verskuif het.

Akkuraatheid

Die Gregoriaanse kalender verbeter die Juliaanse benadering deur 3 Juliaanse skrikkeldae elke 400 jaar oor te slaan, wat 'n gemiddelde jaar met 365.2425 sonnedae gee. Dit sal 'n fout lewer van 1 dag elke 3000 jaar, wat 'n aansienlike verbetering op die Juliaanse fout van 1 dag elke 138 jaar is. Oor hierdie lang tydskale is dit ook te verwagte dat wisselings in die Aarde se wentelbaan en onvoorspelbare rotasie dit onwaarskynlik maak dat enige langtermyn akkuraatheid deur 'n skrikkeldag-reël ingewin sou word.

Numeriese feite

Die gemiddelde jaar is 365.2425 dae = 52.1775 weke 8,765.82 uur = 525,949.2 minute = 31,556,952 sekondes. 'n Gewone jaar is 365 dae = 8,760 uur = 525,600 minute = 31,536,000 sekondes. 'n Skrikkeljaar is 366 dae = 8,784 uur = 527,040 minute = 31,622,400 sekondes. Party jare mag ook 'n skrikkelsekonde bevat. Die 400-jaar siklus van die Gregoriaanse kalender het 146,097 dae en dus presies 20,871 weke. So byvoorbeeld was die dae van die week in 1603 presies dieselfde as in 2003. Dit veroorsaak ook meer maande om op 'n Sondag te begin (en dus 'n Vrydag die dertiende te hê) as enige ander dag van die week. 688 uit elke 4,800 maande (of 172 uit 1,200) begin op 'n Sondag, terwyl net 684 uit elke 4,800 maande (171 uit 1,200) begin op een van 'n Saterdag of Maandag, die mins-algemene gevalle. 'n Kleiner siklus is 28 jaar (1,461 weke), indien geen oorgeslane skrikkeljare daarin bevat is nie. Dae van die week in jare mag ook herhaal ná 6, 11, 12, 28 of 40 jaar. Intervalle van 6 en 11 is slegs moontlik met gewone jare, terwyl intervalle van 28 en 40 slegs moontlik is met skrikkeljare. 'n Interval van 12 jaar kan gebeur met beide tipes, maar slegs indien daar 'n oorgeslane skrikkeljaar tussen-in is. Die Doomsday algoritme is 'n metode waarmee jy kan bepaal watter van die 14 kalendervariasies gebruik behoort te word in enige gegewe jaar ná die Gregoriaanse reformasie. Dit is gebasseer op die laaste dag in Februarie, ook bekend as die Doomsday.

Sien ook

- Skrikkeljaar

Eksterne skakels

- [http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud/cal_art.htm Die Juliaanse en Gregoriaanse kalenders]
- [http://www.tondering.dk/claus/calendar.html Algemene vrae oor kalenders]
- [http://www.norbyhus.dk/calendar.html The Perpetual Calendar] Hierdie gee die datums waarop baie lande oorgeskakel het na die Gregoriaanse kalender. als:Gregorianischer Kalender ja:グレゴリオ暦 ko:그레고리력 ms:Kalendar Gregory simple:Gregorian calendar th:ปฏิทินเกรกอเรียน

1539

Gebeure

- Edik van Villers-Cotterêts in Frankryk: Die Noord-Franse taal word die enigste ampstaal

Geboortes

Sterftes

- ---- Dae | Eeue | Geskiedenis

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1587

Gebeure

Geboortes

Sterftes

- ---- Dae | Eeue | Geskiedenis

1587

Kategorie:16de eeu ko:1587년

Spanje

Die Koninkryk van Spanje is 'n land aan die suidweste van Europa. Dit deel die Iberiese skiereiland met Portugal en Gibraltar.. category:Spanje category:Europa fiu-vro:Hispaania ja:スペイン ko:에스파냐 ms:Sepanyol simple:Spain th:ประเทศสเปน zh-min-nan:Se-pan-gâ

1770

Gebeure

Geboortes

- George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Filosofie

Sterftes

- Georg Dionysius Ehret - Duitse Botaniese kunstenaar ---- Dae | Eeue | Geskiedenis

1770

Kategorie:18de eeu ko:1770년

Australië

Australië is die sesde-grootste land in die wreld (geografies), en die enigste een wat 'n hele kontinent beslaan, asook die grootste in die Australasië-streek. Australië sluit die eiland van Tasmanië in, wat 'n Australiese Staat is. Sy buurstate sluit in Nieu-Seeland na die suidooste, en Indonesië, Papoea Nieu Guinea en Oos-Timor na die noorde. Die Engelse woord "Australia" word deur inwoners as @"streIlI@ of @"streIj@ (SAMPA), of əˈstɹeɪlɪə of əˈstɹeɪjə (IFA). Die land is formeel bekend as die Australiese Gemenebes. IFA

Internasionale ranglyste

- Human Development Index - derde plek
- Reporters Without Borders - 41ste plek
- [http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html BBP per capita] - 14e plek
- [http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/indicators/ESI/rank.html Environmental Sustainability Index 2002] - 16e uit alle lande

Eksterne skakels

- [http://www.australia.gov.au/ Australian Government Information and Services]
- [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Oceania/Australia/ Open Directory Project: Australia]
- [http://www.virtualaustralia.com/australia/photos/ Australian Photos]
- [http://www.australia.com Australian Tourist Commission]
- [http://www.ausmag.net Backpacking in Australia] Insider information about backpacking in Australia
- [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html CIA - The World Factbook — Australia] - CIA's Factbook on Australia
- [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/emigrants/ emigration from Britain to Australia] Interactive real story of Nineteenth century
- [http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/gallery/lcatntoc.htm#Australi Gallery of Australia Photographs] Attractions primarily in Queensland and the Northern Territory
- [http://www.csu.edu.au/australia Guide to Australia] Provides essential information about Australia
- [http://www.travelconsumer.com/countries/australia.htm Travel guide to Australia]
- [http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/00-dict-biogIndex.html Dictionary of Australian Biography, 1949 edition] zh-min-nan:Ò-tāi-lī-a ko:오스트레일리아 ms:Australia ja:オーストラリア simple:Australia th:ประเทศออสเตรเลีย

Groot-Brittanje

Groot-Brittanje (baie keer verkort na slegs Brittanje) is 'n eiland aan die weskus van Europa. Dit is die hoofgebied van die Verenigde Koninkryk. Groot-Brittanje word ook gebruik as 'n politieke term wat die kombinasie van Engeland, Skotland en Wallis beskryf, die drie nasies wat saam die hele eiland beslaan, alhoewel elkeen addisionele kleiner eilande insluit. Die term Brittanje word soms gebruik wanneer Groot-Brittanje bedoel word, en beide word gebruik om na die Verenigde Koninkryk te verwys, wat ook Noord-Ierland insluit. Groot-Brittanje word mees algemeen gebruik as 'n verkorting vir die ellelange "Verenigde Koninkryk van Groot-Brittanje en Noord-Ierland". Alhoewel dit onakkuraat is, word dié afkorting gereeld deur amptelike liggame as sinoniem vir die VK in sommige kontekste gebruik. (Daar word byvoorbeeld na die VK-span wat in die Olimpiese Spele deelneem verwys as 'Team GB', en die VK gebruik die Internasionale lisensieplaatkode 'GB'). Hierdie word verder onder Brittanje bespreek.

Gebiede geassosieer met Groot-Brittanje

- Die Koninkryk van Engeland
- Die Koninkryk van Skotland
- Die Prinsipaliteit van Wallis

Gebiede elders in die eilandreeks waarvan Brittanje deel is

- Ierland
- Republiek van Ierland
- Noord-Ierland
- Eiland Man
- Kanaaleilande

Eksterne skakels

- [http://www.know-britain.com/general/great_britain.html Know Britain] – een verduideliking van die terme "Groot-Brittanje", "Verenigde Koninkryk", ens.
- [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/freegb/index.htm#maps Administratiewe kaart van Groot-Brittanje] Category:Britse Eilande Category:Verenigde Koninkryk Category:Eilande in die Britse Eilande ja:グレートブリテン島 simple:Great Britain

Verenigde State

Die Verenigde State van Amerika (V.S.A.), ook genoem die Verenigde State (V.S.), Amerika ¹, is 'n federale republiek in Noord Amerika en die Stille Oseaan (die eilande van Hawaii, en die Aleutians). Dit strek vanaf die Atlantiese kus in die ooste tot die Stille Oseaan in die Weste. Dit deel landsgrense met Kanada in die noorde and Meksiko in die suide, en deel 'n marinegrens met Rusland in die weste en besit 'n aantal distrikte en gebiede rondom die wêreld, insluitende Puerto Rico, Midway Eiland, en Guam. Die land het vyftig state, wat 'n vlak van autonomiteit het. 'n Amerikaanse burger word gewoonlik 'n Amerikaner genoem.¹.

Verenigde State van Amerika
United States of America

1	1
(V.S. Vlag)	(V.S. Groot Seel)

Nasionale leuse: (1776 - ): E Pluribus Unum
(Latyn: "Out of many, one")
(1956 - ): In God We Trust

beeld:US_highlighted_map2.jpg

Amptelike tale

Geen op federale vlak, sekere state spesifiseer wel
Engels de facto
Spaans grotendeels gepraat in sommige areas

Hoofstede

Washington, DC

President

George W. Bush

Oppervlakte
- Totaal
- % water

3ste
9 629 091 km²
2,198%

Bevolkingstal
- Totaal (2000)
- Bevolkingsdigtheid

3ste
290 342 554
31/km²

Onafhanklikheid
-Verklaar¹

Verklaar deur die VK:
4 Julie 1776

Geldeenheid

VS dollar ($)

Tydsone

UTC -5 tot UTC -11

Volkslied

The Star-Spangled Banner

Internet TLD

.us, .um, .edu, .gov, .mil

Telefoonkode

Ekonomie

Hoofartikel: Ekonomie van die Verenigde State Die ekonomie van die Verenigde State is gebaseer op die Kapitalistiese model en word gekenmerk deur 'n konstante groei, lae werksloosheid en inflasie, 'n groot begrotings tekort en vinnige vooruitgang in tegnologie. Sy ekonomie word beskou as die belangrikste in die wereld. Verskeie ander lande het hulle geld eenhede gekoppel aan die dollar, of gebruik dit selfs as 'n geldeenheid. Die V.S. effekte beurs word beskou as 'n aanduiding van die wereld ekonomie. Die land het ryk minerale hulpbronne, met heelwat goud, olie, steenkool en uraan. In landbou is die V.S.A. een van die vernaamste verskaffers van mielies, koring, suiker en tabak. Die V.S.A. industrië vervaardig motorkarre, vliegtuie en elektronika. Die grootste sektor is diens industrië, en omtrent 'n driekwart van die V.S. inwonders werk in hierdie sektor. Die grootste handelsvennoot van die Verenigde State is sy noordelike buurstaat Kanada. Ander belangrike handelsvennote is Meksiko, die Europese Unie en ander industriële lande in Asië, soos Japan, Indië, Suid-Korea en Sjina.

Geografie

Hoofartikel: Geografie van die Verenigde State Met die wêreld se derde grootste nasie (totale area), het die Verenigde State 'n baie wiselende landskap: gematigde woudland op die ooskus, mangrovewoude in Florida, die Great Plains in die middel van die land, die Mississippi-Missouri rivierstelsel, die Rocky Mountains wes van die vlaktes, woestyne en gematigde kus areas wes van die Rocky Mountains en reenwoude in die noord-weste. Die vulkaniese eilande van Hawaii en die pool-gebiede van Alaska maak die geografiese diversiteit net nog groter.

Vakansiedae

Notas

# Die gebruik van die woord 'Amerika' om te verwys na die VSA en 'amerikaner' om te verwys na 'n VSA-burger word deur baie mense in die res van die amerikas gesien as onakkuraat en beledegend, maar is algemeen en word elders aanvaar. category:Verenigde State ja:アメリカ合衆国 ko:미국 ms:Amerika Syarikat nb:Amerikas forente stater simple:United States th:สหรัฐอเมริกา zh-min-nan:Bí-kok

1839

Gebeure

Geboortes

Sterftes

Geologie

- William Smith ---- Dae | Eeue | Geskiedenis

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België

België (Nederlands: België, Frans: Belgique, Duits: Belgien) is 'n land in Wes-Europa, begrens deur Nederland, Duitsland, Luxemburg, Frankryk, en die Noordsee. België lê op 'n kulturele kruispad tussen die Germaanse Europa (met Nederlands sprekende mense in die noorde, die Vlaminge) en die Romaanse Europa (met Frans sprekende mense in die suide).

Geskiedenis

Hoofartikel: Geskiedenis van België

Politiek

Hoofartikel: Politiek van België

Geografie

Hoofartikel: Geografie van België

Ekonomie

Hoofartikel: Ekonomie van België

Demografie

Hoofartikel: Demografie van België

Kultuur

Hoofartikel: Kultuur van België

Sien ook

Category:België Category:Lande in Europa als:Belgien fiu-vro:Belgiä ja:ベルギー ko:벨기에 ms:Belgium simple:Belgium th:ประเทศเบลเยียม zh-min-nan:Belgien

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto is die hoofstad van die provinsie Ontario, Oos-Kanada en die grootste stad van Kanada. Die stad is die sentrum van 'n metropolitaanse gebied met meer as 4,7 miljoen inwoners aan die suidwestelike oewer van die Ontariomeer, wat oor 'n afstand van sowat 100 kilometer van Hamilton, Ontario in die weste tot by Oshawa in die ooste strek. Toronto beskik oor 'n belangrike hawe (vir onder meer die uitvoer van graan) aan die Lake Ontario, en dit is die finansiële, handel- en nywerheidsentrum van die Engelstalige Kanada met belangrike universiteite. Toronto beskik oor Kanada se hoogste wolkekrabbers - die simbole van sy dinamiese ekonomiese groei. Die CN-toring (553,5 meter) is een van die hoogste geboue wêreldwyd - 'n platvorm van glas dien op 'n hoogte van sowat 350 meter as 'n uitsigpunt. Die stad is met sy sowat veertig skouburge die derde belangrikste Engelstalige teaterstad ter wêreld. Daar is talle parke in die stadsgebied met sy 2 482 000 inwoners (2001). Soos Montréal is dit een van die veiligste metropole van die wêreld. Montréal Montréal Montréal

Besienswaardighede

- Die BCE Place is 'n futuristiese tonnel van glas en beton wat met 'n lengte van 130 meter die Canada Trust-wolkekrabber met die Bay-Wellington-gebou verbind.
- Die vier Toronto-eilande in die Ontariomeer is een van die gewildste plekke vir 'n uitstappie.
- Die posmodernistiese Nathan Phillips Square is die hart van Toronto se sentrale besigheidsdistrik. Aan die oostelike kant lê die Ou Raadsaal (Old City Hall), wat tussen 1889 en 1889 in die neoromantiese styl opgerig is. Die Nuwe Raadsaal (New City Hall) met sy twee halfronde geboue lê aan die noordwestelike kant.
- Yonge Street is sedert die laat 18de eeu die hoofstraat van die stad - en met 'n totale lengte van 1 896 kilometer strek dit van die Ontariomeer se oewer tot by die grens van die provinsie. Hier in die sentrale besigheidsdistrik vind 'n mens talle boetieke en winkels.
- Die Toronto Eaton Centre is 'n winkelsentrum wat oor vier verdiepings strek en een miljoen mense kan akkommodeer. Die sentrum is vernoem na die Ierse immigrant Timothy Eaton wat hier in 1869 'n kruidenierswinkel geopen het. Die sentrum spog met meer dan 300 winkels en beslaan drie straatblokke (220 Yonge Street, Unit 110).
- Die CN-toring beskik oor uitkykplekke (die sky pod is 447 meter bo-oor die grond) en 'n roterende restourant (omtrent 350 meter hoog) met die laer uitkykplekke indoor en outdoor deck. Die SkyDome Stadium benede die toring is een van die modernste ter wêreld. Die koepeldak bestaan uit vier komponente en kan binne twintig minute geopen of gesluit word. Die stadion bied sitplekke vir sowat 51 000 toeskouers tydens 'n baseball-spel of 67 000 sitplekke vir konsertgangers. Die hotel digby die stadion bied kamers wat met 'n uitsig oor die speelveld spog.
- Rondom die ou St. Lawrence-markgebou vind tydens die naweek Toronto se groot vlooimark plaas.
- Toronto se Entertainment District met die John-straat as sy besige sentrum lok met sy bars en klubs.
- Die Underground City is 'n toevlugsoord in die winter, met kantore, hotelle en winkels. Die afdelingswinkel First Canadian Shopping Centre is een van die indrukwekkendste instellings van die ondergrondse stad.

Kuns en kultuur

- Die Roy Thomson Hall is die belangrikste konsertgebou in Toronto en een van die stad se bakens in die binnestad. Danksy die hipermoderne argitektoniese ontwerp lyk dit soos 'n ronde ruimtevaartuig.
- The World's Biggest Bookstore oos van die Eaton Centre is die grootste boekhandel ter wêreld - sowat 150 000 titels kan hier gekoop word.

Musea

- Die Royal Ontario Museum dek 'n verskeidenheid onderwerpe van kuns tot wetenskap (100 Queen's Park Crescent). category:Ontario category:Kanada ja:トロント ko:토론토 simple:Toronto, Ontario zh-min-nan:Toronto

Kanada

Kanada, histories die dominium Kanada, is die mees noordelike land in Noord-Amerika asook die wêreld, met 'n oppervlakte van 9 984 670 km² en 32 000 000 inwoners (2005). Dit is 'n gedesentraliseerde federasie van 10 provinsies en 3 gebiede, en word as 'n konstitusionele monargie regeer ná dit saamgebind in 1867 is deur 'n wet van Konfederasie. Kanada se hoofstad is Ottawa, setel van die nasie se parlement, asook die tuiste van die Goewerneur-Generaal en Eerste Minister. Weens die feit dat dit voorheen 'n Franse en toe Britse kolonie was, is Kanada lid van La Francophonie en die Statebond van Nasies. Engels en Frans is die amptelike tale (sien hoofartikels Kanadese Engels en Kanadese Frans). Kanada is 'n moderne en tegnologies-gevorderde land, en is grootliks self-ondersteunend as gevolg van groot reserwes fossielbrandstowwe, kernkrag- en hidro-elektriese kragopwekking. Die ekonomie is tradisioneel afhanklik van 'n groot oorvloed natuurlike hulpbronne. Alhoewel die huidige Kanadese ekonomie wyd uiteenlopend geword het, bly die benutting van natuurlike hulpbronne 'n belangrike dryfkrag van baie plaaslike ekonomieë. Kanada was vierde geplaas in die 2004 UN Human Development Index, ná Noorweë, Swede en Australië. Van voor die Konfederasie af het Kanada onder die beginsels van "vrede, orde en goeie regering" opgetree — sien [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/federal/pogg.htm].

Provinsies en Gebiede

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nouveau-Brunswick, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan en Yukon Territory

Politiek

Yukon Territory Kanada is 'n konstitusionele monargie. Die koningin of koning van die Verenigde Koninkryk fungeer ook as die koningin of koning van Kanada en is volgens die grondwet die staatshoof. Die daaglikse pligte van die destydse Koningin Elizabeth II word deur die goewerneur-generaal waargeneem, wat gewoonlik 'n afgetrede Kanadese politikus of ander bekende persoon is. Die goewerneur-generaal word na beraadslaging met die Eerste Minister van Kanada formeel deur die koningin benoem. Sy of hy bly onpartydig ten opsigte van die binnelandse beleid en tree veral tydens nasionale plegtighede as 'n simboliese figuur op.

Burgerregte

Na Spanje, Nederland en België is Kanada in Julie 2005 die vierde land ter wêreld wat gay en lesbiese pare volle burgerregte toestaan, insluitende die reg om te trou en kinders aan te neem. Die sogenaamde Wetsontwerp C-38 van die liberale Kanadese regering word in die Senaat van Kanada met 47 Ja- teen 21 Nee-stemme goedgekeur.

Klimaat

Polêre lug bestem die weer in die grootste deel van die oostelike provinsies, die winters is lank en koud. Met uitsondering van die oostelike kusstreke daal die temperatuur vier of vyf maande lank benede die vriespunt, met uiterstes van -50°C (-58° F). Swaar sneeuval kom gereëld regdeur die winter voor. Die lente begin skielik in April of Mei wanneer vogtige lugmassas vanaf die suide noordwaarts trek, die grond ontdooi vinnig en temperature styg duidelik. Die gemiddeldes vir Julie is 10° tot 15°C (50° tot 60°F) in die noorde en 15° tot 20°C (59°F tot 68°F) in die suide. Die weer bly lekker warm tot Oktober. Die weskus van die Kanada en die Rotsgebergte staan onder die invloed van warm, vogtige lugstrominge, wat tot verhoogde reënval in die kusgebiede en reën- en sneeuval in die berggebiede lei. Die temperature is gematig en daal gewoonlik ook in Januarie nie benede die vriespunt nie, terwyl die somers warm en vogtig is. Die gemiddelde temperature lê tussen 10° en 20°C. Die gebiede oos van die Rotsgebergte word deur droë polêre lug oorheers. Die winters hier is lank en koud, en temperature daal gereeld benede die vriespunt. Die vors hou drie tot vyf maande in die suidelike en ses tot elf maande in die noordelike gebiede aan. Die somers word deur droë en warm weerstoestande gekenmerk. Die gemiddelde temperatuur styg orals tot sowat 15°C.

Volkslied en koninklike lied

Kanada se volkslied is "O Canada". Alhoewel dit die eerste keer op 24 Junie 1880 opgevoer was by 'n Saint Jean-Baptistedag-onthaal in Québec (stad), het dit nie Kanada se amptelike volkslied geword tot 1 Julie 1980 nie. Oor die voorafgaande 70 jaar het "O Canada", "God Save the Queen" en "The Maple Leaf Forever" saamgeding as nie-amptelike volksliede, maar teen die 1960s het "O Canada" as die voorkeurkeuse uitgestaan. Toe dit die amptelike volkslied gemaak is, was meeste Kanadese verbaas dat dit nog nie reeds sulke status geniet het nie. "God Save the Queen" is nou Kanada se koninklike lied. Dit word amptelik gespeel in die teenwoordigheid van die Koningin of ander lede van die koninklike familie. Die eerste ses mate is ook gebruik as deel van die Onder-Koninklike Saluut, wat in die teenwoordigheid van die Goewerneur-Generaal gespeel word. Uit tradisie word "God Save the Queen" gesing aan die einde van uiters formele staatsaangeleenthede (byvoorbeeld 'n staatsbegrafnis of Remembrance Day-diens). Dit word ook gespeel (maar nie gesing nie) by baie militêre aangeleenthede, en sommige Universiteite sluit hulle konvokasies daarmee af. Tot die 1980s was dit ook algemeen vir laerskole in baie streke om hulle byeenkomste af te sluit met "God Save the Queen", maar dit is nie meer die geval nie. Soos met Brittanje verander die lied na "God Save the King" wanneer toestande op die troon dit noodsaak.

Internasionale ranglyste

- UN Human Development Index - 4e plek in 2004 (was eerste deur die meeste van die 1990s)
- Reporters Without Borders - 18e plek in 2004
- [http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html BBP per capita] - 11e plek

Verwysings

- Baie van hierdie materiaal is afkomstig vanuit die CIA World Factbook 2000 en die 2003 Verenigde State Staatsdepartement se webwerf.

Eksterne skakels

- [http://canada.gc.ca/ Government of Canada]
- [http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-928/canada.htm Teaching about Canada]
- [http://warmuseum.ca/cwm/cwme.asp Canadian Military History]
- [http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/ McCord Museum of Canadian History] category:Kanada als:Kanada ja:カナダ ko:캐나다 ms:Kanada simple:Canada th:ประเทศแคนาดา zh-min-nan:Canada

1919

Gebeure

- Stigting van die Bauhaus in Weimar (Duitsland)

Geboortes

Sterftes

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Verenigde State

Verenigde State van Amerika
United States of America

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(V.S. Vlag)	(V.S. Groot Seel)

Nasionale leuse: (1776 - ): E Pluribus Unum
(Latyn: "Out of many, one")
(1956 - ): In God We Trust

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Amptelike tale

Geen op federale vlak, sekere state spesifiseer wel
Engels de facto
Spaans grotendeels gepraat in sommige areas

Hoofstede

Washington, DC

President

George W. Bush

Oppervlakte
- Totaal
- % water

3ste
9 629 091 km²
2,198%

Bevolkingstal
- Totaal (2000)
- Bevolkingsdigtheid

3ste
290 342 554
31/km²

Onafhanklikheid
-Verklaar¹

Verklaar deur die VK:
4 Julie 1776

Geldeenheid

VS dollar ($)

Tydsone

UTC -5 tot UTC -11

Volkslied

The Star-Spangled Banner

Internet TLD

.us, .um, .edu, .gov, .mil

Telefoonkode

Ekonomie

Geografie

Vakansiedae

Notas

Valskerm

'n Valskerm word gebruik om die val van 'n voorwerp of ligaam te rem. Die engelse woord vir 'n valskerm parachute is afgelei uit die Franse woorde para, wat beteken beskerm of behoed, en chute, wat val beteken. Dus beteken die woord valskerm dus om te beskerm teen 'n val. Valskerms was eers van sy vervaardig, maar deesdae word valskerms van geweefde nylon materiaal gemaak.

1927

Geburee

Geboortes

Sterftes

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1933

Gebeure

- 19 April Franklin Delano Roosevelt kondig aan dat die VSA weg beweeg van die goudstandaard.
- 23 April Die Gestapo word in Duitsland gevorm.

Geboortes

- Edward De Bono

Sterftes

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1933

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October 1999

1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations.

Events

- Kosovo War
- Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in actual events and in media over-reporting.
- The human population of the world surpassed six billion. The United Nations Population Fund designated October 12 as the approximate date for this event.

January

- January 1 - Euro currency introduced.
- January 1 - An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Year celebrations in Kangiqsualujjuaq in far northern Quebec, killing nine.
- January 2 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern USA, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487 mm) at Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C), and 68 deaths are reported.
- January 4 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque killing 16 people and injuring 25.
- January 12 - The remains of Christina Marie Williams were found three miles (5 km) from her home on the old Fort Ord military base.
- January 20 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafes.
- January 21 - War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4.3 t) of cocaine aboard. The ship was headed for Houston, Texas.
- January 25 - A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000

February

- February 4 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
- February 5 - Mike Tyson is sentenced to a year's imprisonment, fined $5,000, and ordered to serve 2 years probation and perform 200 hours of community service for the August 31, 1998 assault on two people after a car accident.
- February 7 - King of Jordan, Hussein of Jordan, dies from cancer. His son Abdullah II then inherits the throne, and becomes King of Jordan.
- February 10 - Avalanches in the French Alps near Geneva kill at least ten.
- February 11 - Pluto, a planet with an irregular orbit, changes from the eighth to ninth planet furthest from the Sun. It had been the eighth furthest since 1979, and will become again in 2231.
- February 12 - President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial
- February 12 - John Myatt and John Drewe are sentenced for art forgery for one and six years, respectively.
- February 16 - In Uzbekistan a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
- February 16 - Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrested one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
- February 16 - In Jasper, Texas, testimony begins in the trial of John William King who is accused of dragging African American James Byrd Jr. to death in an apparent hate crime. King was later convicted and sentenced to the death penalty.
- February 22 - Moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr is assassinated.
- February 23 - Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
- February 23 - White supremacist John William King is found guilty of kidnapping and killing African American James Byrd Jr by dragging him behind a truck for two miles (3 km).
- February 23 - An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31.
- February 24 - LaGrand Case: The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery that led to a death. Karl's brother Walter is executed a week later, in spite of Germany's legal action in the International Court of Justice to attempt to save him.
- February 27 - While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes.
- February 27 - Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.

March

- March 1 - One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, destroys the Angolan Embassy.
- March 1 - Rwandan Hutu rebels kill and hack to pieces eight foreign tourists at the Buhoma homestead, Uganda
- March 1 - The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force.
- March 3 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones begin their attempt to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping. Their journey ended in success on March 21.
- March 4 - Monica Lewinsky's book detailing her affair with Bill Clinton goes on sale in the United States
- March 4 - In a military court, Captain Richard Ashby of the United States Marines is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.
- March 12 - Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic join NATO.
- March 15 - The European Commission under the presidency of Jacques Santer resigns over allegations of corruption.
- March 17 - The [http://www.roth-401k-forum.com/ Roth 401k] is introduced by Sen Roth Jr., William V.
- March 20 - Serbs launch an offensive in Bosnia
- March 21 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
- March 22 - US pro-euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian goes on trial for murder in Pontiac, Michigan. He is later convicted of second-degree murder
- March 23 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña
- March 24 - NATO launches air strikes in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which was refusing to sign a peace treaty. This marks the first time NATO attacked a sovereign country
- March 24 - Fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly 3 years.
- March 26 - The Melissa worm attacks the Internet.
- March 26 - A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man (the incident was videotaped and aired on September 17, 1998 edition of 60 Minutes)
- March 29 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10000 mark at 10006.78.

April

- April 1 - Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, part of the Northwest Territories becomes Canada's third territory.
- April 5 - Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over to Scottish authorities for eventual trial in the Netherlands. The United Nations suspends sanctions against Libya
- April 5 - In Laramie, Wyoming, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the apparent hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard
- April 7 - Kosovo War: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Serbian forces to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving
- April 7 - Bomb explodes in the Valley of the Fallen church in Spain - GRAPO claims responsibility
- April 9 - Ibrahim Baré Maînassara, president of Nigeria, is assassinated
- April 17 - A nail bomb explodes in the middle of a busy market in Brixton, South London
- April 18 - "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky plays his final game in the NHL.
- April 20 - Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold open fire on their teachers and fellow students. The teenagers killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and then killed themselves. See Columbine High School massacre.
- April 25 - End of term for Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman as the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- April 26 - Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj, Sultan of Selangor becomes the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- April 28 - The first comic of Sexy Losers (then called "The Thin H Line") goes online. This webcomic would go on to be one of the most popular webcomics ever made, with a sustained level of unique IP address hits of approximately 1 million a week. It would also popularize the word "fap" as an onomatopoeia for masturbation, a sound effect widely used in anime-themed comics since.
- April 30 - Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.
- April 30 - A third nail bomb (see April 17) explodes in the Admiral Duncan pub in Old Compton Street, Soho, London, killing a pregnant woman and two friends and injuring 70 others, including her husband. This was part of a hate campaign against ethnic minorities and gay people by David Copeland

May

David Copeland
- May 2 - Oliver Reed, British actor famous for starring in The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, and The Assassination Bureau, dies of a heart attack in Malta while filming Gladiator.
- May 2 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas. They were his fourth and fifth victims in his fourth incident.
- May 3 - Photo driver licences and banknotes made out of polymer substrate are introduced to New Zealand.
- May 3 - A F5 tornado slams in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killing 38 people. This was the strongest tornado ever. (See Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak)
- May 3 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time. It closes at 11,014.70.
- May 6 - Elections are held in Scotland and Wales for the new Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales
- May 7 - A jury finds The Jenny Jones Show and Warner Bros liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure after the show purposely deceived Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a secret same-sex crush episode.
- May 7 - Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft mistakenly bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
- May 7 - In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup
- May 8 - Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Military College of South Carolina.
- May 12 - David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament
- May 13 - in Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is elected President of the republic
- May 17 - Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of Israel.
- May 19 - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is released in theaters.
- May 20 - Bluetooth announced.
- May 23 - In Kansas City, Missouri, Owen Hart (Blue Blazer) falls 90 feet (30 m) to his death while being lowered into a World Wrestling Federation ring
- May 26 - Indian Air Force launches attack on intruding Pakistan backed militants in Kashmir sparking the Kargil War.
- May 26 - Manchester United win the UEFA Champions League at the Nou Camp stadium, Barcelona, beating Bayern Munich to lift their third major trophy in their unprecedented Treble, after winning the English Premier League and FA Cup.
- May 26 - Madejczyk Massacre Averted, Bridgman, Michigan school shooting plot
- May 26 - first Welsh Assembly for over 600 years opens in Cardiff
- May 27 - The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo
- May 28 - In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci's newly-restored masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.

June

- 'solid - the socialist youth is formed in Hannover, Germany
- June 2 - After decades of fighting off outside technological influences like television, the King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's silver jubilee (see Bhutan Broadcasting Service).
- June 5 - The AIS, the armed wing of FIS, agrees in principle to disband in Algeria.
- June 6 - In Brazil, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate
- June 7 - Garfield daily strips in colour.
- June 8 - The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product.
- June 9 - Kosovo War: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
- June 10 - Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- June 12 - Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins - NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFor enter the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Texas Governor George W. Bush announces his intention to seek the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States.
- June 15 - George Morber Senior and Carolyn Frederick are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in Gorham, Illinois. They are his eighth and ninth victims, in his seventh and final incident.
- June 19 - Torino is picked as the host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

July

- July 4 - David Beckham and Victoria Adams are married.
- July 11 - India recaptures Kargil as Pakistan pulls out its troops and militants after international condemnation. India claim victory in the two-month conflict.
- July 16 - Off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. crashes with his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette on board. All three are killed in the crash
- July 20 - Mercury program: Liberty Bell 7 is raised from the Atlantic Ocean.
- July 23 - Mohammed VI becomes King of Morocco.
- July 23 to July 25 - Woodstock 99 festival held in New York.
- July 23 - Hijack of ANA Flight 61 in Tokyo.
- July 25 - Lance Armstrong wins first Tour de France.
- July 27 - 21 die in a canyoning disaster near Interlaken, Switzerland.
- July 31 - Mark O. Barton kills 9 in Atlanta, Georgia
- July 31 - NASA intentionally crashes the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.

August

- August 8 - The first edition of the Callatis Festival, the largest music &culture festival in Romania.
- August 9 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet
- August 10 - Buford O. Furrow, Jr. attempts a mass murder in Los Angeles
- August 10 - Atlantique Incident occurs as an intruding Pakistan navy plane is shot down in India. The incident sparks tensions between the two nations, coming just a month after the end of the Kargil War.
- August 11 - Total eclipse in Europe and Asia
- August 11 - An F-2 tornado rips through downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, killing one person and injuring over 100.
- August 17 - A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Istanbul and northwestern Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000. This earthquake was the first of a long series of unrelated but frequent earthquakes throughout the world during the years 1999 and 2000. Some connected the earthquake to the fact that the Umbra of the solar eclipse of August 11, was right above Istanbul.
- August 19 - In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević

September

- September 7 - Earthquake strikes Athens resulting to more than 100 dead and 672 homes destroyed. It was not clear if it was related to the earlier earthquake of Turkey. That earthquake was the worst in Athens after 20 years. Both disasters were noted for resulting to a mutual assistance and better climate between the two 'rivalling' countries.
- September 8 - first of the series of Russian apartment bombings. The subsequent occurred on September 13, 16, and 22 (failed).
- September 9 - Sega released the Dreamcast worldwide. Breaking video game and other entertainment sales record in its first 24 hours of availability.
- September 21 - Chi-Chi earthquake occurred in central Taiwan, caused about 2,400 people dead.

October

- October - NASA loses one of its Mars probes, the Climate Orbiter
- October 5 - Thirty-one people die in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west of London, England.
- October 12 - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attempts to dismiss Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf and install ISI director Khwaja Ziauddin in his place. Senior Army generals refuse to accept the dismissal. Musharraf, who was out of the country, attempts to return in a commercial airliner. Sharif orders the Karachi airport to not allow the plane to land. The generals lead a coup, ousting Sharif's administration and taking over the airport. The plane lands with only a few minutes of fuel to spare, and Musharraf takes control of the government.
- October 12 - The 6 billionth person in the world, according to the UN is born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- October 13 - The United States Senate rejects ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- October 15 ? National Geographic Society reveals the fossil of Archaeoraptor in a press conference (the fossil is later found to be a forgery)
- October 18 ? Michael Pawluk Michigan attorney sails solo-single-handed over 2,500 nautical miles (4600 km) on a 30 foot (10 m) boat when his wife demands "some space".
- October 25 - Golfer Payne Stewart, 42, dies in an aircraft accident.
- October 27 - Gunmen open fire in the Armenian parliament killing Prime Minister Vazgan Sarkisian, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchian and 6 other members.
- October 27 - The New York Yankees complete a 4 game sweep of the Atlanta Braves to win their second consecutive World Series.
- October 31 - EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board
- October 31 - Roman Catholic Church and Lutheran Church leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.

November

- November 5 - United States v. Microsoft: US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issues a preliminary ruling that the software company Microsoft had "monopoly power" (on April 3, 2000 Jackson found that Microsoft violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act).
- November 6 - Australians vote to keep the British queen as their head of state
- November 18 - In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 28 injured at Texas A&M University when a huge bonfire under construction collapses.
- November 19 - In Istanbul, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ends a two-day summit by calling for a political settlement in Chechnya and adopting a Charter for European Security
- November 20 - The People's Republic of China launches the first Shenzhou spacecraft
- November 26 - Earthquake and Tsunami in Vanuatu
- November 27 - Labour Party elected in New Zealand general election. Helen Clark first Elected Woman Prime Minster in New Zealand History.
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