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Name |
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Issues/Designs |
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Rudi Voller |
— |
— |
d - Rudi Voller 1992, etc (2) |
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Vostok 1 |
— |
— |
- ... d (2) - Vostok 1 2018, Vostok 1 & Yuri Gagarin 1974 syns. First Human Spaceflight, man in space, 1st man in space, manned space flight, 1st manned space flight around world, 1st manned space flight, 1st space flight, Vostok I, World's First Manned Space Flight |
| |
Vostok 6 |
— |
— |
d - Vostok 6 & Valentina Tereshkova 1974 |
| |
Vought F4U Corsair |
— |
— |
d - Vought F4U Corsair (1995) 1995 syns. Chance Vought Corsair, Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair, Chance Vought F4U-1A Corsair, Chance Vought F4U-5 Corsair, Corsair, Corsair Fighter, F4U Corsair, Vaught F-40 Corsair, Vought F4U-1D Corsair |
| |
Johannes van der Waals |
— |
— |
d - Johannes ..der Waals 1995 |
| |
Jan-Ove Waldner |
— |
— |
d - Jan-Ove Waldner 2014 |
| |
Otto Wallach |
— |
— |
d - Otto Wallach 1995 |
| |
walrus |
— |
— |
syns. Odobenus rosmarus |
| |
Stella Walsh |
— |
— |
d - Stella Walsh 1996 |
| |
Walt Disney Company founding |
1923 |
— |
- 95th Anniversary of ... |
| |
Ernest Walton |
— |
— |
d - Ernest Walton 1995 |
| |
James Watt |
1736 |
1819 |
birth death d - James Watt 2000 |
| |
Andrew Lloyd Webber birth |
1948 |
— |
- 70th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
| |
wedge-tailed shearwater |
— |
— |
syns. Puffinus pacificus |
| |
Weimaraner |
— |
— |
d - Weimaraner 2019, etc (2) |
| |
Franz Werfel |
1890 |
1945 |
birth death d - Franz Werfel & Statue of Liberty 1986 |
| |
West German Pavilion |
— |
— |
d - West German Pavilion 1970 |
| |
West Indian manatee |
— |
— |
syns. Caribbean manatee, Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus |
| |
western capercaillie |
— |
— |
syns. capercaillie, Tetrao urogallos, Tetrao urogallus, tiur |
| |
Western Gorilla |
— |
— |
syns. Gorilla gorilla |
| |
western honey bee |
— |
— |
syns. Apis mellifera, Apis mellifica |
| |
western hoolock gibbon |
— |
— |
syns. Hoolock hoolock |
| |
western marsh harrier |
— |
— |
syns. Circus aeroginosus, Circus aeruginosus |
| |
western yellow wagtail |
— |
— |
syns. Motacilla flava |
| |
whale shark |
— |
— |
syns. butanding, pofwe, Rhincodon typus, Rhinocodon typus, tiburón ballena |
| |
whimbrel |
— |
— |
syns. Numenius phaeopus |
| |
white tern |
— |
— |
d - white tern Gygis alba 1990, etc (2) syns. Gygis alba |
| |
Ed White |
— |
1967 |
Edward death syns. Ed White (astronaut), White, Edward White, Edward H. White |
| |
Patrick White |
— |
— |
d - Patrick White 1995 |
| |
White-bellied Storm-Petrel |
— |
— |
d - White-bel..rm-Petrel 2002 |
| |
white-breasted waterhen |
— |
— |
syns. Amaurornis phoenicurus, White-breasted Water-Hen |
| |
white-collared king fisher |
— |
— |
d - white-col..ng fisher 2000 |
| |
white-faced storm petrel |
— |
— |
syns. Pelagodroma marina |
| |
white-faced whistling duck |
— |
— |
syns. Dendrocygna viduata, white-faced tree duck, white-faced tree-duck, White-faced Whistling-Duck |
| |
white-fronted bee-eater |
— |
— |
syns. Melittophagus bullockoides, Merops bullockoides |
| |
White-spotted Grouper |
— |
— |
d - White-spo..d Grouper 2007 |
| |
white-spotted puffer |
— |
— |
syns. Arothron hispidus |
| |
white-tailed eagle |
— |
— |
syns. Haliaeetus albicilla, Haliaetus albicilla, vultur codalb |
| |
white-tailed tropicbird |
— |
— |
d (2) - white-tai..ropicbird (2002) 2002, white-tai..ropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1980, etc (2) syns. Phaethon lepturus, Phaeton flavirostris, Phaeton lepturus, White-tailed Tropic Bird, Yellow-billed tropic bird, yellow-billed tropicbird |
| |
white-throated bee-eater |
— |
— |
syns. Merops albicollis |
| |
white-throated kingfisher |
— |
— |
syns. Halcyon smyrnensis |
| |
white-winged tern |
— |
— |
syns. Chlidonias leucopterus |
| |
whitetail dascyllus |
— |
— |
syns. Dascyllus aruanus, humbug fish |
| |
WHO building |
— |
— |
d - WHO building 1968, etc (4) |
| |
whooper swan |
— |
— |
syns. Cygnus cygnus |
| |
Oscar Wilde |
— |
1900 |
death d - Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900 2019 |
| |
William Boeing death |
1956 |
— |
- 60th Anniversary of the Death of ... |
| |
Betty Williams |
— |
— |
d - Betty Williams 2001 |
| |
Richard Willstatter |
— |
— |
d - Richard Willstatter 1995 |
| |
Wilson's storm petrel |
— |
— |
syns. Oceanites oceanicus |
| |
Wind surfing |
— |
— |
d - Wind surfing 1985 |
| |
windsurfing |
— |
— |
d - windsurfing 1984 |
| |
Winter Olympics 1972 |
1971 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 1976 |
1976 |
— |
- ... syns. 12th Winter Olympics |
| |
Winter Olympics 1992 |
1992 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 1994 |
1994 |
— |
- ... in 1993 |
| |
Winter Olympics 1998 |
1998 |
— |
- ... in 1997 |
| |
Winter Olympics 2006 |
2006 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 2014 |
2014 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 2018 |
2018 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Wisteria floribunda |
— |
— |
d - Wisteria floribunda 1991 |
| |
Katarina Witt |
— |
— |
d - Katarina Witt 1997 |
| |
Woman in white by Picasso |
— |
— |
d - Woman in ..y Picasso 1996 |
| |
wood sandpiper |
— |
— |
syns. Tringa glareola |
| |
woodland kingfisher |
— |
— |
syns. Halcyon senegalensis |
| |
Tiger Woods |
— |
— |
d - Tiger Woods 2014 |
| |
World AIDS Day |
— |
— |
- ... 1988 syns. World AIDS Awareness Day |
| |
World Champion Title of Muhammad Ali |
1964 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of the ... |
| |
World Columbian Stamp Expo '92 |
1992 |
— |
- ... syns. World Columbian Stamp Expo |
| |
World Communications Year |
— |
— |
- ... syns. WCY, World Communication Year |
| |
World Cup 1970 |
1970 |
— |
- soccer championships 1970 syns. soccer championships 1970, 9th world soccer championships |
| |
World Cup 1974 |
1974 |
— |
- ... syns. soccer championships 1974, World Cup Soccer 1974 |
| |
World Cup 1982 |
1982 |
— |
- ... syns. World Cup Soccer 1982 |
| |
World Cup 1986 |
1986 |
— |
- ... syns. soccer championships 1986, World Cup Soccer 1986 |
| |
World Cup 1990 |
1990 |
— |
- soccer championships 1990 syns. soccer championships 1990, World Cup Soccer 1990 |
| |
World Cup 1994 |
1994 |
— |
(2) - ..., ... b syns. World Cup Soccer 1994 |
| |
World Cup 1998 |
1998 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Cup 2002 |
2002 |
— |
- ... in 2001 syns. Football World Cup 2002, World Cup Soccer 2002, XVIIth World Championships Soccer |
| |
World Customs Organization founding |
1952 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of the ... |
| |
World Disarmament Day |
— |
— |
- ... 1986 |
| |
World Environment Day |
— |
— |
- ... 1988 syns. International Environment Day |
| |
World Eradication of Smallpox |
1978 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Food Conference 1993 |
1993 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Food Day |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Health Day |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Health Organization founding |
1948 |
— |
syns. WHO founding, W.H.O. founding |
| |
World Refugee Year |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Rheumatism Year |
— |
— |
- ... syns. International Rheumatism Year |
| |
World Scout Jamboree 1963 |
1963 |
— |
- ... |
| |
17th World Scout Jamboree |
1991 |
— |
- ... |
| |
18th World Scout Jamboree |
1995 |
— |
- ... |
| |
19th World Scout Jamboree |
1998 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Stamp Expo '89 |
1989 |
— |
- ... syns. World Stamp Expo 89 |
| |
World Tourism Organization founding |
1975 |
— |
- 10th Anniversary of ... syns. World Tourist Organization founding |
| |
Armistice |
1918 |
— |
syns. World War I Armistice, WW1 armistice, end of World War I |
| |
Beginning of World War I |
1914 |
— |
- 105th Anniversary of the ... |
| |
World War II start |
1939 |
— |
syns. Beginning of World War II, start of World War II |
| |
World Wildlife Fund |
1961 |
— |
founding |
| |
wreathed hornbill |
— |
— |
syns. Aceros undulatus, Rhyticeros undulatus |
| |
Wright brothers |
— |
— |
d - Wright brothers Testing glider 1900 1978 |
