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- Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...ı Ğ?dullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of dee...
11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
49: *''Lauda'' for alto, tenor, baritone, narrator, mixed choi...
52: *''Dancer on a Tightrope (Der Seilt䮺er)'' for violin ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...s referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the formation of ...
15: ...co, Texas|Telico]] (just south of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]). He was the fifth of seven children in a p...
19: ...ring the evening of [[January 5]] [[1930]] in the Dallas neighborhood of [[Oak Cliff, Texas|Oak Cliff]...
27: ...the [[Kaufman, Texas]] jail, Bonnie returned to [[Dallas]] in June of 1932, and was soon back on the r...
31: ...e and two associates happened to be drinking at a dance in Oklahoma (illegal under [[prohibition]]). W... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
7: ...nal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elo...
13: ...ust 19, 1910. Aimee recovered and gave birth to a daughter, Roberta Star Semple, on September 17, afte...
19: ...13, she embarked upon a preaching career in [[Canada]] and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left home an...
23: ...she had started her own newspaper, named ''The Bridal Call'', for which she wrote many of the articles...
29: ...time, women in the [[pulpit]] ministry were rare—those who wore makeup and jewelry in the pulpit... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...r Teresa of Calcutta''' ([[August 27]] [[1910]] – [[September 5]] [[1997]]) was an international...
11: ...r of the youth group in her local parish called Sodality. At 18, the [[Vatican]] granted Teresa permis...
13: ... [[Darjeeling]] in India as a novice sister. In [[1931]], she made her first vows there, choosing the na...
19: ==Foundation of the Missionaries of Charity==
24: ... Soon after she opened another hospice, Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart), a home for [[leprosy|lepers]] call... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: ...matahari.jpg|frame|Mata Hari, [[striptease|exotic dancer]] and convicted [[espionage|spy]], made her n...
3: ...''' in English), a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[exotic dancer]] who was accused, convicted and executed as ...
5: ...r stage name Mata Hari means "sun" or "eye of the day" in [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Indonesian la...
15: The [[1931]] film of her final days, "Mata Hari", starred [[Greta Garbo]] in the le... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ... in [[Nazi]]-occupied France. She left her three daughters in the care of her husband. - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...ks are [[documentary film|documentary]] [[propaganda film]]s for the German [[Nazi Party]]. Shut out o...
5: ...nce]]r; in a [[2002]] interview she recalled that dancing was what made her truly happy. After injurin...
7: ...ased in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now available on [[DVD]]....
13: ...ically naﶥ and ignorant about their atrocities—a position which many of her critics dismiss as...
17: ...6]]. She survived a [[helicopter]] crash in the Sudan in [[2000]]. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...emocrat from Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[...
12: She returned to US in 1931 to be [[Paramount Picture]]'s "next [[Marlene Die...
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice amo...
24: ...-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And behavior that was e...
52: *[[Tarnished Lady]] (1931) - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: '''Greta Garbo''' ([[September 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish...
25: ...ick]] wanted her cast as the dying heiress in ''[[Dark Victory]]'' in [[1935 in film|1935]], but she i...
33: ...ting Garbo in a romantic comedy that featured her dancing, but this film was a critical and box-office...
35: ...ht appear as the Duchess de Guermantes in a film adaptation of "[[Remembrance of Things Past]]," but t...
69: * [[The Single Standard]] (1929) - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...ca]]'' in [[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not uncontroversial, with some claiming t...
7: ...es may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differences.
31: ...ar to fill fourteen centuries, and the other candidates are few:
36: ... extending to the early 17th century, are the raw data on which are built the theoretical studies of h...
40: ...ts for a means of creating a more accurate [[calendar]] for its activities. For almost two millennia,... - North America (12844 bytes)
6: ...et's remain careful --> considered to include Canada and the United States, but not Mexico or any of t...
7: ...th America is only a subcontinent composed by Canada, United States and Mexico.
14: ...plain along the Atlantic seaboard, and the [[Florida]] peninsula. Mexico, with its long [[plateau|pla...
16: ...containing smaller ranges and low-lying deserts – in between. The highest peak is [[Denali]] in...
18: Since [[1931]], [[Rugby, North Dakota]], has officially been recognized as being at... - Australia (39438 bytes)
25: population_density_rank = —|
27: ...|Constitution Act]]<br>- [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]]<br>- [[Australia Act]]|
28: ...]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1901]]<br>[[11 December]] [[1931]]<br>[[3 March]] [[1986]]|
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34: utc_offset_DST=+8–+11| - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...us that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have argu...
3: ... e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the norther...
8: ...stitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ... [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|J... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
8: ::[[Liao Dynasty]], as a secondary capital: called Yanjing (燕京 Y...
22: ...et up by the [[Japan|Japanese]] in Manchuria from 1931 to 1945: called Xingjing or Tsinking (新...
28: * [[Datong]] was the capital during [[Northern Wei Dynas...
61: ...i Dynasty]] since [[493]], moved its capital from Datong. - Spain (36498 bytes)
39: established_dates = [[1492]] |
58: ...-Celtic people in Iberia surviving to the present day as a separate [[ethnic group]]. The most importa...
62: ...olony was [[Carthago Nova]] (Latin name of modern day [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]).
77: By [[1512]], most of the kingdoms of present-day Spain were politically unified, although not as ...
85: ... the French Bourbons (see [[House of Bourbon]]) — that a centralized Spanish state was establish... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
4: ...ed Διοσπολις ''Diospolis'', "City of Zeus" ([[Z...
27: ...1. ''Dictionnaire des noms g鯧raphiques contenus dans les textes hi鲯glyphiques''. Vol. 3 of 7 vols....
29: *Polz, Daniel C. 2001. “Thebes.” In ''The Oxfor...
31: ... Noel Freedman. Vol. 6 of 6 vols. New York: Doubleday. 442–443. - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...of the Western Roman Empire]]), however the exact date is still disputed among various historians. In ...
19: *[[History of ancient Israel and Judah]]
21: *[[Kingdom of Judah]]
33: ...t versions of the same event. If I have duplicate data this does not make an event true. One of the gr...
35: ... texts. The novice has yet to learn this. (Becker 1931, Loftus 1996, Thomas & Wick 1993, MacMullen 1990,... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...eorge Herman Ruth''', ([[February 6]], [[1895]] – [[August 16]], [[1948]]), better known as '''B...
6: ==Early days==
12: ...sition because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe started m...
14: ...s club, and took him to spring training in [[Florida]], where a strong performance with bat and ball s...
15: ...ue Orioles, and the competition hit Orioles' attendance significantly. To make ends meet, Dunn was ob... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
16: LandArea = 150,132 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 2]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
50: ... the Spanish moving north from their base in Florida. In [[1724]], it was first suggested that what wa...
52: ...n as [[Georgia Day]], which is not a [[public holiday]], but is mainly observed in [[school]]s and by ... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
16: LandArea = 144,701 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 28|Dec 28]], [[1846]] |
25: ...Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 |
46: ...een home to approximately 17 different tribes. Today, only the [[Mesquaki]] tribe is left in Iowa and...
50: ...ted in a few shots finding Iowa soil; a raid into Davis and Van Buren counties by Confederate guerrill...
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