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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Yellow_feverYellow fever - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · Yellow fever is caused by Yellow fever virus (YFV), an enveloped RNA virus 40–50 nm in width, the type species and namesake of the family Flaviviridae. It was the first illness shown to be transmissible by filtered human serum and transmitted by mosquitoes, by American doctor Walter Reed around 1900.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AbolitionismAbolitionism - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · Religion. Opposition and resistance. Related. v. t. e. Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MinnesotaMinnesota - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · Minnesota ( / ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having more than 14,000 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten ...

    • 86,935.83 sq mi (225,163 km²)
    • 4 Democrats, 4 Republicans (list)
  4. 23 hours ago · Traversed by. Interstate 10. The Coachella Valley ( / koʊˈtʃɛlə, koʊ.ə -/ koh-CHEL-ə, koh-ə-) [1] is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County. The valley has been referred to as Greater Palm Springs and occasionally the Palm Springs Area [2] due to the historic prominence of the city of Palm ...

    • 15 miles (24 km)
    • Spanish: Valle de Coachella
  5. 23 hours ago · The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) ( reporting mark WPY) is a Canadian and U.S. Class III 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. An isolated system, it has no direct connection to any other railroad. Equipment, freight and passengers are ferried by ship through ...

    • 107 miles (172 km) (Skagway to Whitehorse); 67.5 miles (108.6 km) (Skagway to Carcross)
    • WP&YR, WPY
    • August 1, 1900
    • 3 ft (914 mm)
  6. 23 hours ago · Jim Hunt (born 1937), Governor of North Carolina for a record four terms; opposed Jesse Helms in 1984 Senate race ( Wilson) J–Z. Lawrence Joel. Dolley Madison. James K. Polk. Hiram Rhodes Revels. Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th President of the United States, 1829–1837 ( Waxhaw) (It should be noted his birth records are unclear and he may ...

  7. 23 hours ago · 901. FIPS code. 47-48000 [6] Website. City of Memphis. Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County, in the southwesternmost part of the state, and is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, [7] Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee after ...

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