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  1. 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...
  2. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
    63: *[[Roy Acuff|Acuff, Roy]], (1903-1992), musician
  3. 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: ...ips]] (born [[1948]]); married ([[12 December]] [[1992]]) [[Timothy Laurence|Commander Timothy Laurence]...
  4. Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
    8: .../limbaugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical found that he had an "inope...
    12: After several years in [[music radio]], Limbaugh too...
    16: ... show host at KFBK in [[Sacramento, California]]. After achieving some local success, he moved to [[Ne...
    18: ...mwave|AM]] [[broadcasting]] to a news-talk format after an audience decline in the [[1970s]]. The prog...
    22: ...adcaster, comedian, and political satirist. In [[1992]], President [[George H. W. Bush]] made an appear...
  5. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    15: ...a, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there were even calls for her to be...
    22: ...ter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" in the Earl a...
    34: ...the most senior royal woman in the United Kingdom after the Queen and the Queen Mother.
    38: ...uicide]] attempts. In one [[interview]], released after her death, she claimed that, while pregnant wi...
    40: ...ructor, [[James Hewitt]]. (Theoretically, such an affair constituted [[high treason]] by both parties....
  6. Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
    5: ...5]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs 1974-79, and became Norway's first female Pr...
    7: ...dtland Commission]] provided the momentum for the 1992 [[Earth Summit]] / [[UNCED]], that was headed by ...
    9: ...he [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
    20: ...nisters|Prime Minister of Norway]] | years=1981 | after=[[K岥 Willoch]]}}
    21: ...me Minister of Norway]] | years=1986–1989 | after=[[Jan P. Syse]]}}
  7. Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
    7: ...city councilman, state legislator, and Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her m...
    9: ...Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After earning her degree, she moved to [[Seattle, Wa...
    15: ... the [[Clipper Chip]], she voted in support of [[NAFTA]], and she supported President Clinton's 1993 b...
    19: After her defeat, Cantwell vowed to leave politics. ...
    31: ...imes the campaign was notable for its pettiness. After a Cantwell campaign worker deep-linked to a hu...
  8. Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
    2: ...[November 29]], [[1947]] – [[October 1]], [[1992]]), German peace activist and [[German Green Part...
    12: In [[1992]], she was shot dead in [[Bonn, Germany|Bonn]] wh...
    26: ...sunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawaii, 1992, ISBN 188030905X)
    30: ...ft.org.au/back/1992/77/77p8.htm Petra Kelly, 1947-1992]
  9. Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
    22: ...defeated Alexander in the Democratic primary of [[1992]] and took his seat in the House. Lincoln won ree...
    36: ...lincoln2008.com/ Lincoln 2008] - a campaign to "draft" Blanche Lincoln to run for President in 2008
  10. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    23: ...eth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] after a career as a judge in the Colonial Service; w...
    33: **Chairman of its Social Affairs Sub-Committee (1977-87)
    34: **Chairman of its Legal Affairs Committee (1987-89)
    43: ...John Rogers (Irish lawyer)|John Rogers]]. Shortly afterwards, Robinson resigned from the party in prot...
    45: ... realise that the programme was aimed at ''her''. After some consideration, she agreed to become the f...
  11. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    5: ...Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that drafted and approved the [[UN Universal Declaration of...
    13: ...of the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President...
    15: ...ecome the Mrs. Roosevelt?s column ''[[My Day]]''. After a few years away from Washington Hickok return...
    22: ... for their racism), she was the connection to the African-American population and helped Mr. Roosevelt...
    31: ==Life After the White House==
  12. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    33: ...ly due to inadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created '''Baroness Thatcher'''; since ...
    36: ...s not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
    41: ...ervative candidate but fought in the [[safe seat|safe]] Labour seat of [[Dartford (UK Parliament const...
    43: Thatcher had begun to look for a safe Conservative seat, and was narrowly rejected as ...
    45: ...moved to the Shadow [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] Team after [[1966]].
  13. Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
    9: ...journalist because editors wanted male reporters. After two years she landed a job as an assistant edi...
    12: After a series of celebrity interviews, Steinem was ...
    33: * ''Revolution from Within'' (1992)
  14. Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
    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....
    20: ...oma in the hospital (she died of [[porphyria]] in 1992). In addition to ''The House of Spirits'' and ''P...
    27: *''Afrodite'' (1997)
  15. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    2: '''Toni Morrison''' is an [[African-American]] [[author]], born '''Chloe Anthony...
    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.
    20: *''[[Jazz (novel)|Jazz]]'' (1992)
    39: *[[African-American literature]]
  16. Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
    1: ... [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into s...
    5: ...d in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance...
    7: ...icer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her me...
    11: ...illed the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell ...
    13: ...mmunication system to improve health care in West Africa; and The Earth We Share, (TM) an internationa...
  17. Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
    1: ...r''' ([[December 9]], [[1906]] - [[January 1]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the fi...
    16: After Rep. [[Philip Crane]] saw her on a March [[198...
    18: ...n]], a position she retained until her death in [[1992]]. Her primary activity in this capacity was as ...
    42: *Betts, Mitch (''Computerworld'' 26: 14, 1992)
    43: * Bromberg, Howard (''IEEE Software'' 9: 1-3-104, 1992)
  18. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    50: *''Stufen'' for orchestra (1992)
    51: ...'Tartarische Tanz'' for bayan and two contrabass (1992)
  19. Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
    21: ...rissette became a recurring cast member, but left after one season.
    32: ...nia|Los Angeles]] to appear on the show, but lost after one round.
    38: In [[1992]], Morissette was nominated for three [[Juno Awar...
    50: ...artment. On the way home from the supermarket one afternoon, she was robbed at gunpoint. A man rummage...
    104: ...for the lyrics, however, which asked the listener after every verse, "Isn't it ironic?", even though t...
  20. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    4: ...University of Arkansas]]. His daughter showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing ...
    10: ...Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song became a smash country hit for whic...
    27: *''Sweet Old World'' - 1992

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