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- George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
19: ...lomacy)|ambassador]] to the [[United Nations]] ([[1971]]–[[1973]]), [[Republican National Committe...
22: ...was a partner in the prominent investment banking firm [[Brown Brothers Harriman]]. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: '''King Arthur''' is an important figure in the [[mythology]] of [[Great Britain]], wh...
7: ...nthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not ...
9: ...e reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
11: ...to [[Leir of Britain | King Lear]]) or a possibly fictive person like [[Beowulf (character)|Beowulf]].
19: Arthur first appears in [[Welsh literature]]. In a survivin... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated perman...
5: ...wever, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decade...
9: ...[[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas b...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Native America...
27: ...[[1474]], Columbus joined a ship of the [[Spinola Financiers]], who were Genoese patrons of his father... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
8: *[[Alvar Aalto|Aalto, Alvar]], (1898-1976), Finnish architect
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary...
13: ...d of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and his first wife, [[Catherine of Aragon]]. A [[stillbirth|...
15: ... the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ..., the Princess Mary was instead contracted to her first cousin, the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V...
21: ...beth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was not permitted to see her mother Ca... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...y, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Mary I of England]] ("B...
14: ...t, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionable. Females and female...
33: ...Duke of Somerset]] by Edward VI) arrived in the [[Firth of Forth]] hoping to capture [[Edinburgh]] and...
37: ...sailed back to France from Dumbarton carrying the five-year-old Queen of Scots on board.
40: ...was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at the age of five, to be brought up for the next ten years at the... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...Bhutto''' (born [[June 21]], [[1953]]) became the first woman to lead a [[Muslim]] country in modern t...
6: ...temporarily left Radcliffe for New York City in [[1971]], when [[India]] sent troops into [[East Pakista...
8: During her time at Oxford, she was the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Un...
13: ...ber 2]], becoming the youngest (35 years old) and first woman to head the government of a Muslim-major...
15: ... PPP coalition, thus returning Bhutto back into office till [[1996]] when once again her government wa... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
22: ! colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid" | First Term
24: ! Took Office:
27: ! Left Office:
38: ! Took Office:
41: ! Left Office: - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...] (born [[1970]]) and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She adopted Indian [[citizenship]] in [[1983]...
11: ... as leader and, subsequently, Prime Minister. She finally entered politics just before the [[1998]] Lo...
15: ...hi to reverse her decision. Gandhi instead took office as the chairperson of the newly formed [[Nation... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...r and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
5: [[Image:Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Presid...
7: ...r of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
18: ...74]]. She joined the Social Democratic Party in [[1971]]. - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
6: ...[[European Commission]] ([[Brussels]], Belgium, [[1971]]-[[1983]]), she participated in numerous peace a... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ... her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She is the first (and to date only) female [[Prime Minister of ...
20: ...d to join Kibbutz Merhavia and was turned down at first, but eventually accepted into the community. ...
30: ...nsjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued Israel's first passport and sent to the United States to rais...
32: ...eir handing certificates to the [[USSR|Soviet]] officials.]]
34: When she returned, she was assigned to be the first ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]]. She served... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
9: |style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Term of Office'''
27: ...ill Clinton]] on [[February 11]], [[1993]] and confirmed on [[March 11]].
34: ...ars later. Despite her Harvard degree, she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a...
36: ... in [[1976]] to become a partner in a private law firm.
38: ...torney in November [[1978]] and was returned to office by the voters four more times. She helped refor... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
9: When she returned to the U.S., she was unable to find a job as a journalist because editors wanted ma...
14: In [[1971]] Steinem founded the [[National Women's Politica...
21: Gloria is regarded as a 'mother' figure to many young women who recognize the role sh...
25: ... [[Irina Dunn]]: "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
4: ...gs and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been associa...
6: ...nes to produce an echo effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of ...
8: ... her tale of a future [[dystopia]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made ...
14: She was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was pro...
39: ...Power Politics (collection)|Power Politics]]'' ([[1971]]) - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...e was 2 months old. In [[1944]] she published her first novel ''Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem'' (Close to ...
7: ... Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
22: *Felicidade Clandestina (1971) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...nd ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''. Her philosophy and her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of [...
13: ...s a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
19: ...irst name is said to have come from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name...
22: ...[[naturalized citizen]] of the United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her scr...
24: ...an]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These films were re-edited into a new version which was ap... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.
6: ... education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucr...
8: ... married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recognized the valu...
10: ...ts to men only. Cochran pressed the issue until officials relented and allowed her and fellow aviatrix...
12: ... British Air Transport Auxiliary, recruiting qualified women pilots in the United States and taking th... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...he [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming langua...
3: ...o subjects in [[1930]] and in [[1934]] became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her d...
5: ...Aiken]] on the [[Mark I Calculator]]. She was the first person to write a program for it. At the end ...
7: ... The compiler was known as the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were rele...
9: ... language [[COBOL]] and its compiler. COBOL was defined by the [[CODASYL]] committee which extended he... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
5: ...he baton of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many...
9: From October [[1971]] to March [[1972]], Callas gave a series of mast...
13: ...artbroken ("First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis," she once said), Cal...
15: ...ate [[2004]], opera and film director [[Franco Zeffirelli]] made a bizarre claim that Callas may have ...
16: ...w.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/zeffirelli.%20.callas%20was%20murdered.] - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 194...
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June...
8: ... band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
18: ...[Pete Kelly's Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]...
24: Ella Fitzgerald is referred to on the 1980' s hit "Ella ,... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...gan]]. On [[January 3]], [[1987]] she became the first woman to be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll ...
6: ...roit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed with [[C...
10: ... [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''Live at Fillmore West'''' and ''''Amazing Grace'''' were two...
16: ... working with artists of the stature of Curtis Mayfield, popularity and critical success waned during ...
26: ==Vocal Profile== - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...;на''', [[Tatar language|Tatar]] '''Sofia ijğ䴠qızı Ğ?dullina''') (bo...
5: ...by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down he...
11: In 2000 Sofia Gubaidulina, along with [[Tan Dun]], [[Osvaldo G...
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971) - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
5: ... [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson ... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ... bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
14: ...career and featured her biggest hit single, the definitive cover version of [[Kris Kristofferson]]'s "...
20: ...ia]], and her ashes were scattered into the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The album ''Pearl'', released six weeks...
24: ...sh; her rasping, [[overtone]]-rich sound was significantly divergent from the soft folk and jazz-influ...
26: ... grow after his death, Janis did not enjoy a significant revival of public interest until the late [[1... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
7: ...sented a commercial breakthrough, containing her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Ch...
9: ...y songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, both in terms of ...
11: ...roach was continued on ''[[Blue (album)|Blue]]'' (1971), widely considered the best of this period. Exp...
13: ...ecade producing largely jazz inflected music. The first such album, ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'...
17: ... died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band featuring Pastorius,... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]],...
9: ...lbanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emig...
13: ... Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious ...
17: ...was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the ...
24: With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
1: ...hild.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
6: ...mbing of [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) after being turne...
8: ...n in [[Washington, D.C.]], where she was mostly a file clerk but helped in the development of a [[shar...
10: ... Department]] assigned Mr. Child as an exhibits officer with the [[United States Information Agency | ...
14: ...[[oyster]]s, [[sole (fish) | sole]] meuni貥, and fine wine as a culinary revelation. She described th... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
5: ...y]]'' from ([[1976 in television|1976]]-[[1983 in film|1983]]).
7: ...s married to actor and director [[Rob Reiner]] ([[1971]]-[[1979]]).
9: She has directed several successful feature [[film|motion pictures]] since the mid-[[1980s]], incl...
11: ==Filmography==
16: *''[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted) - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...y starred together in a [[British sitcom]], ''[[A Fine Romance]]''. In [[1988]], she was made a [[Orde...
6: ...'[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the aforementioned ''A Fine Romance''.
17: ===Selected Filmography===
30: ...the [[James Bond]] series and has appeared in the films: - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: ...Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1968]]]]
2: ...een known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wif...
5: ...a]] on [[July 19]] [[1966]]. While working on the film ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' with director [[Roman P...
9: ... tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship...
16: * Farrow made her film debut in a [[1947]] short subject with her famo... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...0-year acting career. In [[1999]], the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress...
7: ...sh; she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', which is now...
12: ...ed in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
19: ...ly that she was almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small ...
21: ...s eventually re-hired when the director could not find anyone to replace her. After another summer of... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: She was born '''Sofia Villani Scicolone''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the...
7: ... prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
9: ...ptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]'' and ''[[It's...
11: ... Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
13: ... performance prizes, the distinction of being the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...est known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[1964]]) and ''[[The ...
9: When she lost the starring role in the film of ''My Fair Lady'' to [[Audrey Hepburn]], she ...
11: ...several starring roles in musical and non-musical films - including some directed by her second husban...
13: ...ts sequel, both of which proved to be major box office hits. She has also starred in two made-for-tel...
17: ...how my boobies" in a scene in the film-within-the-film. For this last performance, late night king [[J... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: '''Billie Jean King''' ([[n饝] Moffit) is a professional [[tennis]] player. Born on [[...
5: ...award. She is also credited with being one of the first female athletes to speak out against [[sexual ...
9: ... in New York and Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Moffitt]], was a pitcher for the [[San Francisco Giants... - Furniture (1728 bytes)
42: ...Making of Old Furniture. London: Evans Brothers, 1971. - Egypt (18830 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
67: ...ṣr''', the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and official name for Egypt, is of [[Semitic]] origin, and...
69: ...t of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3200 BC]] by King [...
75: ...ne]] [[1953]] with Gen. [[Mohamed Naguib]] as the first President of the Republic. After Naguib resign...
82: ... the resignation of Dr. [[Atef Ebeid]] from his office. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
12: | '''Term of office:'''
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
42: ...65]]) [[President of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican ...
46: ...f the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congressional attempt t...
53: ...ky. In [[1830]], after economic and land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on governme... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...imah]], [[Sharjah]] and [[Umm al-Quwain]]. Before 1971, they were known as '''the Trucial States''' or '...
23: | '''[[Official language]]'''
42: | [[2 December]], [[1971]]
61: ...eign affairs in nineteenth-century treaties. In [[1971]], six of these states — [[Abu Dhabi]], [[A...
65: ...he Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is hereditary to the Al-Nahya... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
69: ...ameluks]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Turks, and, finally, the British. At the end of [[World War I]],...
75: ...erritory occupied by Israel and believes that its final status should be determined through direct neg...
77: ...nty and security of the Hashemite state, and open fighting erupted in June 1970.
79: ... a decisive victory over the ''fedayeen'' in July 1971, expelling them from the country. - Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
17: | '''[[Official language]]'''
59: ...7. Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. St. Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 198...
61: [[Alexander Hamilton]], the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, was b...
68: ...ountries. Both representatives and senators serve five-year terms. The prime minister and the cabinet ...
81: * [[Saint John Figtree]] - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Vietnam]]. Although it officially remains a [[communist state]], the PRC has ...
15: ...a's unity and [[sovereignty]] was assured for the first time in a century, and there was development o...
17: ...his to natural disasters; still others doubt this figure entirely, or claim that many more people died...
25: ...d [[unemployment]] associated with layoffs at inefficient state-owned enterprises, and has introduced ...
40: ...g social problems and exposing corruption and inefficiency at lower levels of government. The Party ha... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ... official name, avoids choosing one of the four official languages. The abbreviation is similarly used...
13: official_languages = [[German language|German]], [[Fr...
46: ...lects this state, listing the eight "Old Cantons" first, with the city states preceding the founding c...
48: ...lity acquired during the earlier wars, suffered a first setback in [[1515]] with the Swiss defeat in t...
63: ...n invasion was never initiated. Modern historical findings, such as the research done by the [[Bergier... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
17: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Bengali language|Bangla]]
34: | from [[Pakistan]]<br>[[March 26]] [[1971]]
36: ...ladesh)|Victory Day]]'''<br>|| [[December 16]], [[1971]]
51: | '''[[National Fish]]''' || [[Hilsa]]
71: ... both sides of Pakistan. The tensions peaked in [[1971]], following an open, non-democratic denial by Pa... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
37: | <br>[[September 3]], [[1971]]
57: ... became an independent state on [[September 3]] [[1971]]. Unlike most neighbouring emirates, Qatar decli...
59: ...n peninsula and camped on the coasts within small fishing and pearling villages. The clans battled ea...
61: ...ense of political self although it did not gain official standing as a British [[protectorate]] until ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...m, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
10: official_languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[E...
16: largest_city = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial capital]]) |
74: ...llowed to return to India and died in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also inv...
83: ...[[East Pakistan]] and the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], resulting in the secession of [[East Pakistan]... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
3: ...f Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Rep...
21: | '''[[Official language]]s''' || [[Persian language|Persian]...
64: ...ellors, who served occasionally as regents, identified with the epithet Mohammadzay.
72: ...4]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul area. Backed by Pakistan and h...
92: ...the [[North Zone of Afghanistan]] and appointed officials to it, defying interim president [[Hamid Kar... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[English language|English]] |
57: ...nown to have lived in the area since at least the first millennium BC.
61: ...er territories and chiefdoms were integrated, the final protectorate called Uganda took shape in 1914.
63: ...ter-coups which would last until the mid-1980s. [[1971]] saw [[Idi Amin]] take power, ruling the country...
72: ...andan army. The remaining members are elected for five-year terms during general elections. - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...e country's post-independence name was changed in 1971, from Congo-[[Kinshasa]] (after its capital, to d...
16: official_languages = [[French language|French]] ...
50: ...¹ Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest Internation...
61: ...and 1908, between 5 and 15 (the commonly accepted figure is ~10) million Congolese were killed by the ...
65: ===The First Republic (1960–1965)=== - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
24: | '''[[Official language]]'''
80: ...st, thus ending the [[Sultanate of Malacca]]. The first ever Malacca sultan was Parameswara. However, ...
82: ... administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London.
84: ...avoured the merchants of the Straits Settlements. Finally, the [[Pangkor Treaty of 1874]] paved the wa...
86: ... jungle territory of [[Sarawak]] was the personal fiefdom of the Brooke family. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
15: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Q...
67: ... its seacoast, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]] fields, together with the port of [[Antofagasta]], t...
69: ...]] [[Capitalism|capitalist]] policies through the first third of the century.
76: ...ncy, but [[human rights]] violations and eventual fiscal crises undercut his support. He was forced to...
79: ...orious for human rights abuses, [[narcotics]] trafficking, and economic mismanagement. Later convicted... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
10: ...h]] (official), [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (official), others |
49: ...id]] remains and stone implements have been identified in Malawi dating back more than 1 million years...
51: ... the area in the [[16th century]], the first significant Western contact was the arrival of [[David Li...
53: ...became increasingly vocal and politically active--first through associations, and after [[1944]], thro...
59: ...ecame a [[one-party state]] with Dr. Banda as its first President. - Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
3: ...ignifying peace. A white star appears next to the figure's head, signifying the state's history as one...
5: ... made official in [[1908]], but had been used unofficially since the [[American Revolution]]. This fla...
7: ... make it the same on both sides. Additionally in 1971, the [[naval ensign]], which had consisted of a g... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
42: ...], both ending in failure. [[Virginia Dare]], the first English child to be born stateside, was born i...
44: ...s later. In April [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental C...
46: On [[November 21]], [[1789]], North Carolina ratified the Constitution to become the twelfth state in...
48: ...obert E. Lee]]'s surrender at Appomattox, but the final surrender in North Carolina came at [[Waynesvi... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
36: ... the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mid-Atlantic]]. Its official name is the '''Commonwealth of Virginia'''; i...
40: ...n]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylor]] died while in office.)
46: ...n [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on [[May 23]], [[1609]].
48: ...lish Civil War]]. [[Patrick Henry]] served as the first Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and a... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
12: OfficialLang = None |
58: Popular but "unofficial" regional designations include [[Green Countr...
113: ... century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area.
117: === Five Civilized Tribes ===
122: The "[[Five Civilized Tribes]]" were not the only ones forc... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] and [[Span...
38: ...|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Sp...
46:
50: ... Spain]] to his remote colony. O was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]...
62: ...ssouri]], for Santa Fe early in [[1822]] with the first party of traders. Wagon caravans thereafter ma... - Country (4192 bytes)
3: ...rnational standards in terms of the creation of official [[national symbols]] such as [[flag]]s, and p...
16: ...others. The largest was [[Pakistan]] from 1947 to 1971 when the nation consisted of two parts, [[West Pa... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: *[[Moammar Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
10: ... of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]] of [[Fiji]] (2000-present)
55: ...|Quidde, Ludwig]], (1858-1941), historian and pacifist
64: *[[Richard Quine|Quine, Richard]], film director
75: *[[Selena Quintanilla|Quintanilla, Selena]], (1971-1995), murdered tejano singer - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
33: ...h | Yarborough, Ralph]], U.S. Senator ([[1957]]-[[1971]]) and [[Texas]] politician
44: ..., Andrea Pia]], former mother and murderer of her five children
73: ...ser|Yenser, Stephen]], Whitman winner–''The Fire In All Things''
86: ...achun]], ([[1315]] - [[1360]]),[[Yuan Dynasty]] officer
89: *[[Zhang Yimou|Yimou, Zhang]], (born [[1950]]), film director - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
18: ...atured in bestselling [[book]]s and blockbuster [[film]]s like ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', and new discover...
20: ... proved tremendously useful in [[scientific classification|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still kn...
24: ===Definition===
29: ...opoda|theropod]] dinosaurs. Using the cladistic definition (all descendants of a single common ancesto...
32: Modern [[bird]]s are classified by most palaeontologists as belonging to the su... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...1E&db_key=AST&high=41e14f475d05983 scientific paper] to use the word in its title was publishe...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mino...
8: ...assify asteroids is in terms of size. A working definition is that asteroids are larger than 50 m in d...
10: ...y objects that include asteroids. The term '''artificial asteroid''' is sometimes used to designate ma... - Holiday (7753 bytes)
3: ...an also be a special day on which school and/or offices are closed such as Labor Day.
17: ...lihood of consecutive holidays by moving holidays fixed on certain day to a relative position in a mon...
19: ...s to certain [[Monday]]s in [[1968]] (effective [[1971]]). Several states had passed similar laws earlie...
29: ...31 October]]-[[1 November]], Celtic [[New Year]], first day of [[winter]]
32: ...] (Celtic): [[1 February]]-[[2 February]], Celtic first day of [[spring]] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...pects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between ...
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...hter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions ...
11: ...ace. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ... animal in orbit on [[November 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vos... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
412: *[[Stanislaw Fijalkowski]] ([[1922]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
80: *[[Philo Farnsworth]], (1906-1971) — [[vacuum tube]] [[television]] display
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding - India (27950 bytes)
3: ...g the past two decades the country has grown significantly, in its economic and military roles, region...
5: ... over how representative it is as a national signifier.
11: ...earliest known traces of human life in India. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 yea...
13: ...do-Scythian]] and [[Indo-Parthian]] kingdoms, and finally the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd centur...
20: ...Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[Hindu]] god, in the ''Na... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
10: ...ull; Capitulation of South Vietnam<br>• Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
25: |'''[[KIA]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' Official Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded...
33: ...d in [[1975]] with a communist victory and the unification of the country under a government dominated...
37: ...e. The latter report was later proven to be falsified, although that would not be clear for a while. ...
39: ...articipation by the [[South Korea]]n military was financed by the [[United States]], but [[Australia]]... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
4: ...European Convention on Human Rights]] (with forty-five countries as signatories), which encompass both...
17: ...the legal concepts are improperly understood. The first question, therefore, is to understand what the...
34: ...anism]]. Nozick argued that no state is ever justified in offering anything more than the most minimal...
38: ...ion principle" requires that any violation of the first two principles be repaired by returning holdin...
40: ...ndence and freedom to take any action for the benefit of one's self. This is an important [[teleology|... - Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
5: ...e United States Constitution|26th Amendment]] ratified
9: *[[1973]] - [[Skylab]], [[United States|USA]]'s first [[space station]] launched
29: ...ited States]] loses the [[America's Cup]] for the first time in 142 years, ending the longest winning ...
39: ...Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery]]'' launched as first post-''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
11: ...ed a little girl picking petals from a daisy in a field, counting the petals, which then segues into a...
13: ... Johnson's loss of most Deep Southern states signified an ominous electoral trends for Democrats, who ...
20: ...al parties. In addition, the [[Medicaid]] program finances medical care for low-income families. Durin...
29: In [[1956]] elections that may have reunified the country were cancelled because leaders in t...
33: At first the U.S. public largely supported the war but ... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
12: * [[1873]] - [[First Battle of the Stronghold]] in the [[United Sta...
15: ... takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
19: ...| character]] created by [[Elzie Crisler Segar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]].
23: ... [[1946]] - The [[UN Security Council]] holds its first session. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...uary 1 was to be either [[New Year's Day]] or the first day of its numbered year. Although England beg...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], pr...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered b...
22: ...ein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...ius became [[Pope]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the...
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Syd...
21: *[[1890]] - [[Alice Sanger]] becomes the first female staffer for the [[White House]].
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in ...
37: *[[1949]] - [[Luis MuMar�] became the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Ri... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...g frequent occurrence of earthquakes is used to define) the boundaries of the [[tectonic plates]] into...
5: ...iquefaction|liquefaction]], [[landslide]]), and [[fire]] or a release of [[hazardous material]]s. In a...
11: ...power of an earthquake is distributed over a significant area, but in the case of large earthquakes, i...
15: ...multaneously. They arrive in the following order: first the body waves [[P-wave]]s (primary or pressur...
20: ...agnitude scale]]) are mutually consistent to a sufficient extent that the term "Richter scale" is rout... - Ontario Universities' Application Centre (850 bytes)
1: ...Universities' Council on Admissions]], as the benefits of central application processing were recogniz... - Pressure (9004 bytes)
1: ... making any lasting impression; however, the same finger pushing a [[thumbtack]] can easily damage the...
23: ...n shrink the size of our "container" down to an infinitely small point, and the pressure has a single ...
41: ...p>). This special name for the unit was added in 1971; before that, pressures in SI were expressed in u...
51: ...on the density of water, a measured rather than defined quantity.
53: ...equal to typical air pressures at sea level and defined to be - Presidents' Day (4386 bytes)
3: ...nally established to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States, this day has e...
7: ...ially observed solely to commemorate the nation's first president. Over time, its scope broadened to e...
15: ...d dedication of those who have held the highest office in the land. It offers an opportunity to reflec...
17: Beyond honoring the prominent figures like Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Preside...
21: ...Day is commemorated in various ways. Government offices, schools, and many businesses often close to o... - Memorial Day (4407 bytes)
2: ... [[military]] service for their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the [[...
6: ...States, while [[Labor Day]] is considered the unofficial end of the season.
11: ... Army of the Republic]], and was observed for the first time on [[May 30]] of the same year. The [[tom...
15: ...fter [[World War II]], and was not declared the official name by Federal law until [[1967]].
17: ...cause it had observed the day each year since its first observance, and because it's likely that the f... - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
4: ... is celebrated on the 2nd Monday in October. The first recorded celebration of Columbus Day in the [[...
6: ...bus Day as a holiday in the United States. Since 1971, the holiday has been commemorated in the U.S. on...
8: ...lways closed on this day, as are [[government]] offices. It is not, however, recognized by most priva...
11: ...stizo]] race, culture, and identity. The day was first celebrated in [[Argentina]] in 1917, [[Venezue...
16: ...enous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]], find the holiday offensive because they object to ho... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
3: ...of dentistry. In most countries, to become a qualified dentist, one needs several years of training in...
13: ...t upon satisfying certain local (U.S. "Board Certified") registry requirements.
15: ... dentists to call themselves specialists in these fields. The specialist titles are registrable title...
17: ...rensic dentist is primarily documentation and verification of identity.
35: ...ists]] who fled the [[American Revolution]]. The first recorded dentist in Canada was a Mr. Hume who ... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
20: ...of which is in the North-East [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. There are two groups in the North [[Atlantic ...
23: ...escribe the genetic distance between a Blue and a Fin as about the same as that between a human and go...
27: ...Whale''') found in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific. Some older authorities also list ''B. m. indica...
29: The specific name ''musculus'' is [[Latin]] and could mean "m...
34: ... than other large whales (such as the [[Fin Whale|Fin]] or [[Sei Whale|Sei]]). This can often be a use... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
3: ...posed of the [[Republic of Ireland]] which covers five sixths of the island (south, east, west and nor...
27: ...he state while the "Republic of Ireland" is its official ''description''.
28: * [[Northern Ireland]] is also referred to unofficially as the 'Six Counties', the 'North of Irelan...
30: ...]] the island had existed for centuries as one unified political entity, most recently as the [[Kingdo...
32: ... organisation, tries to help people on both sides find peace and reconcilliation through community dev... - World Series (40101 bytes)
3: ... won the series four games to none, earning their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the ...
5: ...l All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] is given the home field advantage in the World Series.
7: ...dings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not ...
9: ...to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside [[Ma...
13: ...nificant minority are from [[Puerto Rico]], which fields its own teams in international sports competi... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
5: ... Red Stockings]] of [[1869]]-[[1970]], baseball's first openly professional team. When the N.A. formed...
6: .... Prior to 1912, the Boston team had several unofficial nicknames: "Red Stockings" in the [[1870s]] ...
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Turner Field]], Atlanta (aka "The Ted", after [[Ted Turner]...
20: ... of their last 44 games. Not only did they finish first, but they ended up 10.5 games up on the second...
25: :''First we'll use Spahn'' - Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
12: ..., [[1969 in sports|1969]], 1970, [[1971 in sports|1971]], [[1979 in sports|1979]], 1983
13: :'''Division titles won''' (8): 1969, 1970, 1971, [[1973 in sports|1973]], [[1974 in sports|1974]]...
24: ...y)|American Association]] in 1882. Despite its on-field success, it was one of the four teams contract...
26: ... Park(s)|Oriole Park]] in a disastrous mid-season fire. The huge post-season crowds at their temporary...
32: ...], and [[runs batted in]].) The Orioles won their first ever American League championship in 1966, and... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...late [[1890s]]. ''Orphans'', [[1898]], after the firing of longtime manager [[Cap Anson]]. ''Remnant...
6: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-...
18: ...s, the time was right for the organization of the first professional league, the [[National Associatio...
20: ... of the league during the city's recovery period, finally being revived in [[1874]].
22: ... the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]], and first baseman [[Cap Anson]] of the [[Philadelphia At... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
21: ...original [[Cincinnati Red Stockings]], baseball's first openly all-professional team, was founded in [...
25: ...Seymour]]. Seymour's .377 average in 1905 was the first individual batting crown won by a Red. In [[19...
27: ===From opening of Redland Field to the Great Depression===
29: ...lee|Harry "Slim" Sallee]], a lefthander. The Reds finished ahead of [[John McGraw (baseball)|John McGr...
31: ..., thanks to the [[Great Depression]], and Redland Field was in a state of disrepair. - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
7: ...rooklyn residents, shortened to ''Dodgers'' and officially adopted in 1932. During the Wilbert Robinso...
8: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Ebbets Field]] ([[1913]]-[[1957]]), [[Los Angeles Memorial ...
23: ... history were clouded in uncertainty. After their first year they joined the [[American Association]],...
25: ...d heavily to finance the construction of [[Ebbets Field]], which would become the Dodgers' home in [[1...
27: ...ams of the late [[1920s]] became known as the "Daffiness Boys" for their distracted, error-ridden styl... - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
11: :'''Division titles won''' (13): [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974]], [[1975]], [[1981...
18: ...Shibe had a ?white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the [[white elephant]] as the team m...
20: ...eague, persuading them to ?jump? to the A.L. in defiance of their N.L. contracts. The Athletics as we...
22: ... in 1914. The team was known for its ?$100,000 Infield,? consisting of John "Stuffy" McInnis (1b), [[...
26: ...t place every year after that until 1922, when it finished 7th. - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
6: ...r]] from his previous club in [[1891]], they were first called ''Pirates''. The name stuck. Over the y...
10: :'''Official mascot:''' [[Pirate Parrot]]
12: :'''Division titles won''' (9): [[1970]], [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1974]], [[1975]], [[1979]], [[1990...
13: ...1903]], [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1927]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979]]
14: ...ships won''' (5): [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1960]], [[1971]], [[1979]] - Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
7: ...wn as''': the [[Washington Senators]], [[1961]]-[[1971]]. (Not to be confused with the team that was th...
8: :'''Home ballpark''': [[Ameriquest Field in Arlington]] (known as The Ballpark in Arlin...
22: ...anaged the team from [[1969]] to [[1971 in sports|1971]], and moved with the franchise to Arlington, [[T...
30: ...ll team to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. [[Charley Finley]], the owner of the [[Oakland Athletics|Kansa...
32: ...Stadium]], would eventually serve as the Rangers' first home stadium. - High jump (8613 bytes)
2: ...e '''high jump''' is an [[athletics]]/[[track and field]] event in which competitors must jump over a ...
6: ...as approached on a diagonal, and the jumper threw first the inside leg and then the other over the bar...
38: at:1971 text:[[Ilona_Gusenbauer]]_1,92_m
55: ...her American, M.F. Horine, developed a yet more efficient technique, the ''Western roll''. In this st...
59: ... directed himself over the bar head and shoulders first, sliding over on his back and landing in a fas... - Earth Day (8264 bytes)
4: ... Secretary-General [[U Thant]]<BR>[[March 21]], [[1971]].
10: ...quinox]] (around March 21). On [[February 26]], [[1971]], UN Secretary-General [[U Thant]] signed a proc...
12: ...quinox event. In his statement on [[March 21]], [[1971]], U Thant said: “May there only be peacefu...
21: ...nvironmental agenda. Senator Nelson staffed the office with college students and selected [[Denis Haye...
25: ...ation had a substantial, lasting constituency. In 1971 Senator Gaylord Nelson announced an 'Earth Week' ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
58: *[[Hans Fischer]], German organic chemist, [[1930]] [[Nobel ...
64: *[[Johan Gadolin]], (1760–1852), [[Finns|Finnish]] chemist
92: *[[Paul Karrer]], (1889-1971), 1937 chemistry Nobel laureate.
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