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List of U.S. county secession proposals This is a list of county secession proposals in the United States; that is, proposed new counties to be formed from existing counties within a given state. For counties which want to secede from their current state and join or create another, see List of U.
List of U.S. national parks Areas in the United States are preserved by a variety of federal departments and are titled with a large area of different designations. Many of the most spectacular and significant landscapes are designated National Parks; some of the wildest are designated wilderness areas.
List of U.S. National Forests This is a list of all the National Forests in the United States. If looking at national forests on a map, be aware that, in general, those west of the Great Plains show the true extent of their area, while those east of the Great Plains generally only show purchase districts, within which usually only a minority of the land has been made national forest.
List of U.S. presidential faux-pas, gaffes, and unfortunate incidents The following is a list of faux pas (a violation of accepted, although unwritten, social rules), gaffes (unintentional things said or done that proved embarrassing or humiliating, in one case fatal and in another case potentially so) and unfortunate incidents (those things that were not gaffes or faux pas yet were nonetheless considered to be regrettable or embarrassing to the party or parties involved) involving U.S.
List of U.S. state legislatures All United States states are required to possess a legislative branch. The exact names, dates, term limits (if any), term lengths, electoral districts, and other details are left up to the discretion of the individual states.
List of U.S. state minimum wages This is a list of the minimum wages (per hour) in each state of the USA and the District of Columbia for jobs covered by federal minimum wage laws. Other jobs, often ones which earn tips or in small companies, are often subject to lower minimums.
List of U.S. states by population This is a list of United States of America states by population (including non-state territories) as of 2006, according to the 2005 Census estimates taken by the United States Census Bureau. The total population of the United States was 281,421,906 at the 2000 Census, and is estimated to be 301,013,612 in January 2007.
List of U.S. states' Poets laureate Many US states have posts occupied by prominent poets and entitled Poet Laureate of .... The responsibilities are typically similar to those of the Poet Laureate and the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
List of UCI Professional Continental and Continental Teams Listed below are the UCI Professional Continental and Continental Teams that compete in road bicycle racing events of the UCI Continental Circuits organised by the International Cycling Union (UCI). The UCI Continental Circuits are divided in 5 continental zones, America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
List of Ukrainians This is a partial list of famous or notable people of who are ethnically Ukrainian, speak/write in the Ukrainian language, were important to the development of Ukraine culturally or politically, or who were born on today's Ukrainian territory. In the interest of fairness and accuracy, a minority of persons of mixed or foreign heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
List of Ulster Unionist Party MPs This is a list of Ulster Unionist Party MPs. It includes all Members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing the Ulster Unionist Party or its forerunner, the Irish Unionist Party, since 1918.
List of Uniform Acts (United States) In the United States, a Uniform Act is an act proposed by the Uniform Law Commissioners, more formally known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL), a body of lawyers and other professionals who work towards the standardization of laws across the various U.S.
List of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists A number of noted people have considered themselves Unitarians, Universalists, and following the merger of these denominations in the US and Canada in 1961, Unitarian Universalists. Additionally, there are persons who, because of their writings or reputation, are considered to have held Unitarian or Universalist beliefs.
List of United Arab Emirati ODI cricketers This is a list of United Arab Emirates One-day International cricketers. A One-day International, or an ODI, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
List of United Farmers/Labour MLAs in the Ontario legislature The United Farmers of Ontario entered politics by contesting a 1918 by-election which was one by UFO candidate Beniah Bowman. The next year, in the 1919 provincial election in Ontario they achieved a major political upset by winning enough seats to form a government in alliance with Labour MLAs in the Ontario legislature (also listed).
List of United Kingdom by-elections This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom since 1979, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, yellow for a Liberal, SDP or Liberal Democrat gain, orange for a SNP gain, green for a Plaid Cymru gain and grey for any other gain.
List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900 - 1918) This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1900 and 1918, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, yellow for a Liberal gain and grey for any other gain.
List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918 - 1931) This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1918 and 1931, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, yellow for a Liberal gain, orange for a SNP gain and grey for any other gain.
List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931 - 1950) This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1931 and 1950, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, yellow for a Liberal gain, orange for a SNP gain and grey for any other gain.
List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950 - 1979) This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, yellow for a Liberal gain, orange for a SNP gain, green for a Plaid Cymru gain and grey for any other gain.
List of United Kingdom censuses The census in the United Kingdom is decennial, that is, held every 10 years, though there is provision in the 1920 Census Act for it to be held every five years. There are actually three censuses in the United Kingdom - in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, though they are often coordinated.
List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which occurred in the United Kingdom or involved UK citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life exceeded 40.
List of United Kingdom locations: Bo-Brd This is part of List of United Kingdom locations: a gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's local authority and geographical coordinates in both degrees and the British national grid reference system.
List of United Kingdom locations: Bre-Brt This is part of List of United Kingdom locations: a gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's local authority and geographical coordinates in both degrees and the British national grid reference system.
List of United Kingdom locations: Bru-Bz This is part of List of United Kingdom locations: a gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's local authority and geographical coordinates in both degrees and the British national grid reference system.
List of United Kingdom MPs Following is a (currently incomplete) list of past and present Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom in alphabetical order. Note that on the dissolution of parliament for a General Election that all MPs lose that title until such point as they win it back in the election (or lose).
List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament, as at the 2005 general election. Each constituency is represented by a single Member of Parliament (MP).
List of United Nations peacekeeping missions This is a list of UN peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation. Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace.
List of United States Air Force squadrons This is a list of United States Air Force aircraft squadrons. It covers both the independent United States Air Force (USAF) and its period as a branch of the US Army culminating as the Army Air Forces up to 1947.
List of United States Army aircraft battalions This is a list of United States Army aircraft battalions. The aviation battalions in the US Army are generally attached to divisions, corps and armies and mostly consist of helicopters, both attack and reconnaissance.
List of United States cities by population The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes a variety of designations, including city, town, village, and borough.
List of United States congressional districts by area This is a complete list of congressional districts by area for current representation in the United States House of Representatives. The quantity and boundaries of districts are determined after each census, although in some cases states have changed the boundaries more than once per census.
List of United States Coast Guard cutters The List of United States Coast Guard cutters is a listing of all cutters to have been commissioned by the United States Coast Guard during the history of that service. It is sorted by length down to 65', the minimum length of a USCG cutter.
List of United States Commuter Rail systems by ridership The following is a list of all commuter rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday passenger trips and come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports StatisticsAPTA Ridership Reports Statistics: http://www.
List of United States four-star officers There are currently 41 active duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 13 in the Army, 10 in the Navy, 12 in the Air Force, 4 in the Marine Corps, 1 in the Coast Guard, and 1 in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
List of United States Light Rail systems by ridership The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips, unless otherwise noted, and come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports StatisticsAPTA Ridership Reports Statistics: http://www.
List of United States magazines with online archives This is a list of magazines in the USA that have online archives. This is not to be confused with webzines which do not print a hardcopy edition and instead provide it online only, typically via the World Wide Web.
List of United States metropolitan areas There are two "official" definitions of metropolitan area used today in the United States, metropolitan statistical areas, and combined statistical areas, the former restrictive, the latter more extensive. The following is a list (by population) of all metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau.
List of United States military history events From 1776 to 2004, there have been hundreds of instances of the deployment of United States military forces abroad and domestically. The list through 1975 is based on United States Congress House Committee on International Relations.
List of United States military leaders by rank This is a list of the highest-ranking general and flag officers (generals and admirals) who have served in the armed forces of the United States. Only those holding a rank equivalent to the modern rank of five stars or more, or four stars at a time when such rank was extraordinary, are listed.
List of United States Marine Corps MOS The Marine Corps's Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of categorizing career fields. The standard structure of an MOS identifier is a 4-digit number, with the first two being the category, and the second two being the career within prestated category.
List of United States Marine Corps wing support groups This is a list of the four wing support groups in the United States Marine Corps. They provide the Marine air wings with organic and deployable combat support and combat service support which is centralized for economy of personnel and equipment.
List of United States Navy cruisers This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser". Since the nomenclature predates the hull numbering system, and there were several confusing renumberings and renamings, there are multiple entries referring to the same physical ship.
List of United States Navy LSMs There were 558 Landing Ship, Medium type amphibious assault ships made for the United States Navy between 1944 and 1945. The majority of these were regular transports however there were several dozen that were converted during construction for specialized roles.
List of United States Navy ratings United States Navy ratings are general occupations that consist of specific skills and abilities. Each rating has its own specialty badge, which is typically worn on the left sleeve of their uniforms by all enlisted personnel in that particular field.
List of United States Navy staff corps In the United States Navy Commissioned officers are either Line officers or Staff Corps officers. Those of the Staff Corps are specialists in career fields which are professions unto themselves, such as physicians, lawyers, civil engineers, etc.
List of United States presidential inaugurations The swearing-in of the President of the United States occurs upon the commencement of a new term of a President of the United States. The United States Constitution mandates that the President make the following oath or affirmation before he or she can "enter on the Execution" of the office of the presidency:
List of United States presidential vetoes The word veto does not appear in the United States Constitution, but Article I requires every bill, order, resolution or other act of legislation by the Congress of the United States to be presented to the President of the United States for his approval.
List of United States presidents by age at ascension to office This is a list of United States presidents' ages at the time they assumed – not were elected to – the Presidency. For Presidents who served two or more consecutive terms, the age at the start of the first term is given.
List of United States Presidential nicknames This article contains lists of nicknames, first, middle and last names of each President of the United States. It is worth noting that most of the nicknames are political; the remainder are initialisms, personal nicknames (Jimmy, Cleve) or personal endearments (Poppy).
List of United States Presidents by currency appearances This is a complete list of Presidents of the United States by currency appearances on official coins and paper money of the United States, Confederate States of America, Philippine Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
List of United States Presidents by time in office This is a list of United States Presidents by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater, with the exception of Grover Cleveland who would receive two days.
List of United States Representatives from Arizona This is a complete list of Members of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona and non-voting Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Arizona Territory. Statehood was granted in 1912.
List of United States Representatives from North Carolina The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from North Carolina.
List of United States Senate election disputes Article One of the United States Constitution gives the Senate the power to “determine the elections, returns, and qualifications” of its own members. As a result, the Senate has been asked to review the election of one of its members many times.
List of United States Senators from Virginia Virginia ratified the Constitution on June 25 1788. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861, due to its secession from the Union, but Senators representing its western counties continued to sit until March 1863.
List of United States Supreme Court cases from the Hughes Court through the Burger Court This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the tenures of Chief Justices Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Fiske Stone, Fred Vinson, Earl Warren and Warren Burger (February 24, 1930 through September 26, 1986).
List of United States Supreme Court cases from the Jay Court through the Taft Court This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the tenures of Chief Justices John Jay, John Rutledge, Oliver Ellsworth, John Marshall, Roger Taney, Salmon P. Chase, Morrison Waite, Melville Fuller, Edward Douglass White, and William Howard Taft (October 19, 1789 through February 3, 1930).
List of United States-themed superheroes The following is a list of superheroes with names or overt motifs relating to the United States of America, usually (though not neccessarily) with an overtly patriotic character. Characters are listed alphabetically by publisher.
List of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign people This is an incomplete list of notable people associated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States of America. Bill Gates noted in a February 2004 speech that Microsoft hires more alumni of the university than from any other university in the world Notable people associated with the U of I have founded Oracle Corporation], [[Playboy, Netscape, PayPal, YouTube, AMD, and Siebel Systems.
List of University of Michigan alumni There are more than 425,000 living alumni of the University of Michigan. Famous alumni include the first American to perform a space walk, the "father" of the iPod, the founders of Sun Microsystems and Google, the father of information theory, and the voice of Darth Vader.
List of University of Michigan faculty and staff The University of Michigan has 6,200 faculty members, which include National Academy members, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners. Several past presidents have gone on to become presidents of Ivy League universities.
List of University of Notre Dame alumni This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Notre Dame. The University of Notre Dame is a Roman Catholic institution of higher learning founded in 1842 and located in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States.
List of University of Santo Tomas people This is a list of notable students, professors, alumni and honorary degree recipients of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila. The following Thomasians were distinguished in various fields such as public service, religion, literary arts, commerce, medicine, among others.
List of Unix programs This is a list of Unix programs. Some of these programs are standard utilities that will be found on any Unix or Unix-like operating system; indeed a system without such basic components as ls, sh and ed could scarcely be described as truly Unix-like.
List of Upper Canada College alumni The following is a list of prominent Upper Canada College alumni; many notable Canadian men are graduates of the school. UCC's alumni are usually known simply as "Old Boys" (as is common with most all-male private schools).
List of Urdu prose dastans This is a list of dāstāns and qissas (prose fiction) written in Urdu during the 18th and 19th centuries. The skeleton of the list is a reproduction of the list provided by Gyan Chand Jain in his study entitled Urdū kī nasrī dāstānen.
List of US Cabinet Secretaries who have held multiple cabinet positions Unlike in many European, parliamentary cabinets, in the United States Cabinet it is generally less common for a cabinet secretary to hold multiple cabinet-level positions over the years. This is a list of the exceptions:
List of USAF Air Refueling Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command The United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command began to be assigned air refuelling wings soon after it was activated in the 1950s. Initially equipped with the KC-97L, they began to be reequipped with the KC-135 in 1957.
List of Utricularia species The genus Utricularia contains the 214 species of bladderworts, belonging to the Bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It is the largest genus of carnivorous plants and has a natural distribution worldwide other than Antarctica and the oceanic islands.
List of variant names of the Ohio River This is a list of historical names for the Ohio River, or portions thereof, as compiled by the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey. The Board on Geographic Names settled on "Ohio River" as the river's official name in 1931.
List of variant names of the Potomac River The following have been listed as variant names of the Potomac River throughout its history by the Geographic Names Information System. The Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Potomac as its spelling in 1931.
List of vegetable oils The list of vegetable oils includes all vegetable oils that are extracted from plants by placing the relevant part of the plant under pressure, to squeeze the oil out. Although few plants are entirely without oil, the oil from a small set of major oil crops This publication is available via email subscription.
List of vegetables This is a list of vegetables in the culinary sense, which means it includes some botanical fruits like pumpkins and doesn't include herbs, spices, cereals and most culinary fruits and culinary nuts. Some culinary vegetables (seaweeds like nori) are not even members of the plant kingdom.
List of victims of Nazism/Sort This is a list dump of names appearing in List of victims of Nazism that need to be sorted. This is also a place to put entries that you feel should be removed and red links that are unlikely to have articles.
List of video game mascots A video game mascot is usually a specific video game character that is a trademark of a video game company brand and is actively used to promote the company or its products, a symbol of the company, as a "face" or representative in promotional materials. Usually, mascots are from platform games, but there are many exceptions.
List of video game musicians The following is a list of computer and video game musicians, those who have worked in the video game industry to produce video game soundtracks or otherwise contribute musically. A broader list of major figures in the video game industry is also available.
List of video game trilogies Like films, video games are sometimes made into trilogies. They were produced on various video game consoles, such as the Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Gear, SNES, Game Boy, PlayStation and PlayStation 2 for example.
List of violent spectator incidents in sports This list of violent spectator incidents in sports includes events in which a spectator at a sporting event was engaged in a violent confrontation with an athlete, coach or game official, either through the spectator's intrusion upon the field of play, or as a result of such an event participant entering the spectator seating area. Incidents of object or snow throwing are included when it results in injuries to a match participant or causes significant delays or cancellation of the match.
List of viperine species and subspecies This is a list of all species and subspecies of the subfamily Viperinae, otherwise referred to as the true vipers, the pitless vipers or the Old World vipers. It follows the taxonomy promulgated by McDiarmid et al.
List of virgin births Deganawidah: "According to the legend, Dekanahwideh was born among the Huron Indians …. His virgin mother had been informed in a dream by a messenger from the Creator that she was to bear a son destined to plant the Tree of Peace at Onondaga.
List of volcanoes in Canada Western Canada is commonly thought to occupy a gap in the Pacific Ring of Fire, although that is not actually true, British Columbia and the Yukon Territory is home of more than 100 separate volcanic centers that have been active during the Quaternary, such as shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes, maars, cinder cones and calderas. Mount Edziza is a large shield volcano that has had repeated eruptions for about 7-10 million years, and has made the well preserved cinder cone, Eve Cone.
List of V Bomber dispersal bases In its early years, the British V Bomber force relied on the concept of aircraft dispersal to escape the effects of an enemy attack on their main bases. There were 36 such bases in the late 1950s, reduced to 26 by 1962.
List of Valparaíso metro stations This is the list of the stations in MetroValparaíso in the boroughs or comunas of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué, Villa Alemana and the city of Limache, all part of the city of Valparaíso, capital of region Valparaíso and Chile's third biggest, most populous and important city, except for Limache, a suburban city in region Valparaíso.
List of Vancouver roads The following is a list of major and secondary roads and streets in Vancouver, British Columbia. The city is organised on a modified east-west/north-south grid pattern (with some allowance for natural contours).
List of Västernorrland Governors This is a list of Governors for Västernorrland County of Sweden, from 1658 to present. Västernorrland was created from the briefly existing Härnösand and Hudiksvall Counties in 1654, which in turn had been separated from Norrland County in 1645.
List of VCE providers according to 2006 results This table is based on VCE results as published in the Herald Sun newspaper on December 14, 2006. The data are in alphabetical order, and show the median raw Study Score of students at each school (or equivalent VCE unit provider), and the percentage of students who achieved a study score of above 40.
List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity This is a listing of Australian Football League (formerly known as the VFL) players listed by their families' country of origin (not to be confused with ethnicity). They may or may not have been born in Australia.
List of Vice Presidents of the Philippines This is a complete list of Vice Presidents of the Philippines. The list includes Vice Presidents who were inaugurated by as Vice President of the Philippines following the ratification of a constitution that explicitly declared the existence of the Philippines.
List of Vice-Presidents of Argentina The office of Vice-President of Argentina did not exist until it was created by the 1853 Constitution. Following, a list of the vice-presidents from the first-elected one in 1854 up to this day, including de facto vice-presidents and vacant periods.
List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army This is a list of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army, which existed 1857-1947. Indian and Gurkha soldiers were not eligble for the VC until 1911; they had instead been awarded the Indian Order of Merit.
List of Vieques birds This is a list of birds recorded in the island of Vieques. Vieques is an island municipality of Puerto Rico located off the east coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, south of Culebra island and west of the Virgin Islands.
List of Vietnamese actors This list includes actors and actresses who have performed in a full-length motion picture that was released in the United States. Although it includes some actors that have performed in films produced in Vietnam, it is not a comprehensive list of all Vietnamese actors who haved performed in Vietnamese movies.
List of Virtual Dungeon monsters This is a list of fictional antagonist monster characters featured in the television series VR Troopers, specifically those commanded by the villain character Grimlord, who reside in the Virtual Dungeon. The footage of these characters is taken from the Japanese tokusatsu series Choujinki Metalder and Jikuu Senshi Spielban, two of the three such series that VR Troopers is adapted from.
List of Viscounts in the Peerages of the British Isles This is a list of present Viscounts in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include those still-extant viscountcies which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with more elevated peerages and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
List of war cemeteries and memorials on the Gallipoli Peninsula This is a list of all cemeteries and memorials erected following the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915 during World War I. There is one French cemetery, the remainder are Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries containing the dead of Britain, Australia, New Zealand, India, Newfoundland and others.
List of war crimes This article lists and summarizes War Crimes committed since the Hague Conventions of 1907. In addition, those incidents which have been judged in a court of law to be Crimes Against Peace and Crimes against Humanity that have been committed since these crimes were first defined (in the London Charter, August 8, 1945) are also included.
List of war criminals This is a list of formally charged and not acquitted war criminals as according to the conduct and rules of warfare as defined by the Nuremberg Trials following World War II as well as earlier agreements such as Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907, the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, and the Geneva Conventions of 1929 and 1949.
List of wardens of Halifax County, Nova Scotia The Municipality of the County of Halifax was created in 1879. It operated from 1880-1996 when all municipal units in the county (including the county government) were amalgamated to form the Halifax Regional Municipality.
List of warlords and military cliques in the Warlord Era The Warlord Era is the common term that refers to the time period of China beginning from 1916 to the mid-1930s, when the country was divided by various military cliques. Followed by the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916, and nominally ended in 1928 at the conclusion of the Northern Expedition with the Northeast Flag Replacement, beginning the "Nanjing decade".

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