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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's cap...
15: ...Atlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were buil...
17: ...dation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A纣ar). Later, the whole city w...
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25: ...esident [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with a promise to b... - History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...d redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization a...
28: ...ilosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Mohism]] were founded. After further political consolidation, seven promine...
48: *[[Rafe de Crespigny|de Crespigny, Rafe]]. 1977. The Ch’iang Barbarians and the Em...
49: ...licies and Strategies of the Later Han Empire''. Rafe de Crespigny. 1984. Faculty of Asian Studies, Au...
50: ...y history of the Three Kingdoms state of Wu'' by Rafe de Crespigny, in Asian Studies Monographs, New S... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
38: * [[1995]] - After attending a peace rally in [[Tel Aviv]]'s King...
68: *[[1955]] - [[Matti Vanhanen]], prime minister of Finland
87: *[[1955]] - [[Cy Young]], baseball player
110: [[af:4 November]] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ...ngest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
15: ...s wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her two middle names are tho...
29: ...47]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast ...
35: After their wedding Philip and Elizabeth took up res...
42: ...thy Laurence|Commander Timothy Laurence]] (born [[1955]]) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
13: ...ards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ...ragon]], was reinstated in the line of succession after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under t...
18: ...uld become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth became queen in [[1558]].
27: ...of succession, but Parliament would not allow it. After two months in the Tower, Elizabeth was put und...
33: ...n Catholic holder of the office, had died shortly after Mary I. Since the senior bishops declined to p... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
37: ...n [[December 5]], [[1996]] as Secretary of State. After being unanimously confirmed by the [[United St...
40: ...lbright graduated from Kent Denver high school in 1955. Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with h...
42: ... Security Council, as well as a [[White House]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign po...
47: ... [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Eastern Europe]]an Affairs at the [[Center for Strategic and Internatio...
51: ...men's professional opportunities in international affairs. - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
17: ...ia, a Cultural History'' (London: Lalibela House, 1955). Having moved to Addis Ababa in [[1956]], with h... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...ghts Movement]], most famous for her refusal in [[1955]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who wa...
8: On [[December 1]], [[1955]], in Montgomery, Parks refused to obey a public ...
10: ...athered to discuss the proper actions to be taken after Mrs. Parks arrest. What ensued next was the [[...
14: ...etroit in the early [[1960s]] and served on the staff of [[United States House of Representatives|U. S...
19: ...unts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]] in [[1955]] refer to her simply as a "tired seamstress." Pa... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
2: '''Toni Morrison''' is an [[African-American]] [[author]], born '''Chloe Anthony...
4: ...of Arts]] degree from [[Cornell University]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the ...
6: ...tion of literature from small minority subsets ([[African-American Literature]] or [[Hispanic Literatu...
8: ...obel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American woman to receive this prize.
39: *[[African-American literature]] - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...Amadeus Mozart]]. The family moved to Europe in [[1955]], and Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed ...
12: Leaving the [[Decca Records|Decca]] label in [[1955]], the jazz record company [[Verve Records|Verve]...
22: ...1996]] she died in [[Beverly Hills, California]], after having made some sad last [[Television|TV]] ap...
28: ...n releasing albums on the [[Decca Records]] label after years of releasing singles.
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]'' - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
43: ...ority. The Peter authority figure is consistently affirmed in writings that also promote hierarchical,...
65: ...ill practicing [[Jew]]s. It was really not until after the Roman destruction of the [[Second Temple]]...
72: ... sole supporter and father-figure to his siblings after [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]] died. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...children, at their parents' encouragement, were unafraid of expressing their frank views on various to...
10: ...ma -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
12: ...main lifelong friends. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star.
21: ...e director could not find anyone to replace her. After another summer of stock companies, in [[1932]]...
26: ... was earning between $80 — $100 per week). After seeing her screen test, RKO agreed to her dema... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
11: ...While it was being filmed, she engaged in a brief affair with co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept ...
43: *''[[To Catch a Thief]]'' (1955) - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
7: ...znick]] had secrectly selected Leigh for the role after seeing her in the [[MGM]] film ''[[A Yank at O...
9: ...actress [[Jill Esmond]] who was pregnant when the affair began).
35: *''[[The Deep Blue Sea]]'' ([[1955]]) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
1: ...phiaLoren55.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Sophia Loren''' in 1955.]]
9: ...a Scicolone changed her name to Sophia Loren and, after more early film roles that emphasized her volu...
17: After becoming a mother of two sons her career slowe...
67: *''[[Africa Under the Seas]]'' (1953)
74: *''[[Scandal in Sorrento]]'' (1955) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
8: ...parents until Ida, rather cruelly, corrected her. After Marilyn's death, Ida claimed that she and Wayn...
10: ...hat she had bought a house for them. A few months after moving in, she suffered a breakdown. Marilyn r...
12: ... Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guardian. After Grace married in [[1935]], Norma Jeane was sen...
16: ... her fortune and to this very day - over 40 years after her mysterious death - she still generates hug...
18: ...was here that her name was changed. She was named after an actress called Marilyn Miller and Monroe wa... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
7: ...ational Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
23: ...ver, his attitude towards female athletes changed after he fell in love with Koen, who was fifteen yea...
25: ... other plans, and she resumed training only weeks after her son's birth.
35: ...ad not stopped her from resuming training shortly afterwards. The Championships were a slight disappoi...
37: ...Olympics|first post-war Olympics]] in [[London]]. After her experience in Oslo, she decided not to tak... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ...man to swim the 100 metres in less than a minute. After she retired it was eight years before her reco...
4: In [[1965]] Fraser retired from swimming, after the Australian Swimming Union placed her under...
33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
38: **4 x 110 yards medley relay: 1955, 1964
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