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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugue...
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
24: ... in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
27: ... [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visit home, spent a year in Khios. It ...
31: ...on. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors.
33: ...] to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the P...
39: ...ing posts and later colonies along the coast of [[Africa]]. Columbus had another idea. By the [[1480s]...
43: ... landmass (for Europeans of the time, Eurasia and Africa) occupied 180 degrees of the terrestrial sphe... - Steel (28384 bytes)
34: ...e]] with an iron blade and gold-decorated bronze haft were both found in the excavation of [[Ugarit]] ...
36: ...ts, bronze remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]].
60: ...ach batch. These larger furnaces required more draft than could be provided by human power, and forgi...
66: ...aster, and [[Peter Baude]], a [[France|French]] craftsman in [[Henry VIII]]'s employ, cast the Weald's...
68: ... ore contained some calcareous material, and soon after, Dutch ironmasters introduced the use of limes... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
25: * [[1942]] - World War II: [[Second Battle of El Alamein]]...
38: * [[1995]] - After attending a peace rally in [[Tel Aviv]]'s King...
110: [[af:4 November]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
15: ...ank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
27: *[[Gary Ackerman|Ackerman, Gary Leonard]] (born 1942) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: ...gard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
66: ...muel Adams (naval officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: ...mother and her governess, during her early years. After she became three years old however, she was sc...
20: ...hat Albert's and now her own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha a...
37: ...e, the King of Hanover. These conspiracy theories afflicted the country with a wave of patriotism and ...
43: ...ord's acquittal in 1840. On [[3 July]], just days after Francis' sentence was commuted, another boy, [...
46: ...Victoria was the [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs|Foreign Secretary]], [[Henry John Temple, 3r... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...0px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] M...
31: ...<td>[[20 December]] [[1902]] <td> [[25 August]] [[1942]]<td> married [[Princess Marina of Greece and Den...
38: After her marriage, Princess May was now styled Her ...
40: ...attached to her children. The royal nanny looking after Princes Edward and Albert was found to be abus...
51: ...n Queen Victoria's exclusion of Edward from state affairs. However, the Prince of Wales was not of the... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
5: ...ed as a [[nurse]] and worked for ten years in the affluent New York suburb of [[White Plains]]. In [[1...
13: ...as its president of until its dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was le...
15: ...ew'' and ''The Birth Control News''. From 1939 to 1942, she was an honorary delegate of the Birth Contro...
17: ...ilable [[birth control pill]]. She toured Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish...
19: ...n [[Tucson, Arizona]] at age 87 only a few months after the landmark [[Griswold v. Connecticut]] decis... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: '''Isabel Allende Llona''' (born [[August 2]], [[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been ...
12: Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1974 fo...
18: ...lived since then in [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]. In [[2003]] she obtained [[United States|U....
27: *''Afrodite'' (1997) - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...or her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Africa]]''.
7: ...nya where they operated a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, th...
20: * ''[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA...
21: * ''Winter's Tales'' (1942)
30: * ''Letters from Africa, 1914-1931'' (posthumous 1981, USA) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...[[1891]]–[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[African-American]] [[folkloristics|folklorist]] and ...
33: *''[[Dust Tracks on a Road]]'' ([[1942]])
44: *[[African-American literature]] - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
19: ...ls). There is a story told that she named herself after the [[Remington Rand]] [[typewriter]], but rec...
24: ...r of films, ''Noi vivi'' and ''Addio, Kira'' in [[1942]] by Scalara Films, [[Rome]], despite resistance ...
33: ...n [[World War II]] under the best possible light. After the HUAC hearings, when Ayn Rand was asked abo...
39: ...the fact that both were married at the time. This affair was cleared with their spouses but led to the...
43: ..., including dishonesty, but did not mention their affair or her role in the schism. The two never reco... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
3: ...r, and started a flying school there. During and after her college education, she worked in various j...
5: ...r [[Gwinn Air Car Company]], testing various aircraft modifications including the new [[tricycle landi...
7: ... the [[Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]] in [[1942]] with her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] ...
11: ... [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16 military aircraft, including the [[Douglas C-47]] and the [[A-36]]...
13: ...erans. They were recognized in [[1977]], shortly after her death. She was inducted into the [[Michig... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
13: ...ith the surge of Feminist criticism in the 1970s. After a few more ideologically based altercations, i...
53: *''The Death of the Moth and Other Essays'' ([[1942]])
62: * [http://acad.depauw.edu/%7Eafernald/passing_glances.html Passing Glances. A li... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
6: ...of education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lu...
8: ... companion, Floyd Odlum, whom she married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy...
12: ...liary. Following America's entry into the War, in 1942 she was made director of women's flight training ...
14: ...r, she pursued flying the new [[jet engine]] aircraft going on to set numerous records. She still hold...
18: ...e first woman to land and take off from an [[aircraft carrier]]. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... (born [[March 25]], [[1942]]) is an [[iconic]] [[African-American]] [[gospel music|gospel]], [[soul m...
6: ...the age 14. She signed with [[Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John H...
8: ...lly famous artist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself ...
12: ...edding]] single which became her signature song. After the R&B category was added to the [[Grammy Awa...
18: ...usly and she gave no interviews for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit.
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