May 1900
The following events occurred in May 1900: May 1, 1900 (Tuesday) * Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid issued an imperial edict for the construction of the Hejaz railway, to link Damascus to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. * Thousands of Russian workers marched in the streets of Kharkov, the first in what would be a series of large protests in Russia's cities. * Military rule of Puerto Rico by the United States ended. Charles Herbert Allen was sworn in as the American territorial governor, replacing military governor George Whitefield Davis. * An explosion killed 246 coal miners by carbon monoxide poisoning. The blast, at at the Pleasant Valley Coal Company near Scofield, Utah, sent CO into two different shafts. *Born: Ignazio Silone, Italian writer; in Pescina (d. 1978) May 2, 1900 (Wednesday) * The Hepburn Bill for construction of the proposed Nicaragua Canal passed the United States House of Representatives by a vote of 225–35, but would end up stalling in ...
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The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, 006
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when fol ...
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