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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...io de Janeiro (state)|state]] and a city in southeastern [[Brazil]]. The city is famous for the hotel-l...
15: ...as commonly called S㯠Sebasti㯠- or even St. Sebastian - instead of the currently popular, second hal...
17: ...ards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
25: ...esident [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with a promise to b...
40: ...lamengo]] which composes Rio's famous [[beach]] coastline. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ion. Successive [[Dynasties in Chinese history|dynasties]] developed systems of bureaucratic control, w...
14: ...sties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三É...
16: === Xia Dynasty ===
18: ...match the Shang [[oracle bones]] or the [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings...
20: === Shang Dynasty === - November 4 (10686 bytes)
30: ...ng [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Clark Gable]] -- the last film for both.
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953]])
56: *[[1916]] - [[Walter Cronkite]], news broadcaster
68: *[[1955]] - [[Matti Vanhanen]], prime minister of Finland
87: *[[1955]] - [[Cy Young]], baseball player - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
46: ...vangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...ohn Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
72: ...ams|Adams, Walter Sydney]], (1876-1956), American astronomer
79: *[[James Adamson|Adamson, James]], (1946-), astronaut
93: *[[Adelard of Bath]], 12th century scholastic philosopher - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
23: ... [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had been evacuated...
29: ...h Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast to the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwe...
42: ...thy Laurence|Commander Timothy Laurence]] (born [[1955]])
60: ... be her home. She also spends time at [[Balmoral Castle]] in [[Scotland]] and at [[Sandringham House]] ...
64: ...literacy, Queen Elizabeth has witnessed over the past 50 years a gradual transformation of the British ... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of...
9: ...y College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
16: ...r as he married his succession of wives. Henry's last wife [[Catherine Parr]] helped reconcile the King...
27: ...en wished to put a member of the popular Tudor dynasty to death. Mary attempted to remove Elizabeth fro...
33: ...Catholic rites. Elizabeth I's coronation was the last one during which the Latin service was used; futu... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
40: ...an Institute at [[Columbia University]], and her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's Depar...
47: ... developments and trends in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
51: ...ign policy, and [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]]an politics, and was responsible for d... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
7: ...Christabel]] and her mother Emmeline. But in contrast to them she retained her interest in the labour m...
9: ... promotion of arson attacks. Sylvia set up the [[East London Federation of Suffragettes]] (ELFS), which...
11: ...e CP(BSTI) was opposed to parliamentarism in contrast to the views of the newly founded [[Communist Par...
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 ...
19: ...unts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]] in [[1955]] refer to her simply as a "tired seamstress." Pa...
43: ==Lawsuit against OutKast==
45: ...' lawyers to proceed with her lawsuit against OutKast. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...of Arts]] degree from [[Cornell University]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the ... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...Amadeus Mozart]]. The family moved to Europe in [[1955]], and Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
12: Leaving the [[Decca Records|Decca]] label in [[1955]], the jazz record company [[Verve Records|Verve]...
22: ... Hills, California]], after having made some sad last [[Television|TV]] appearances. She is interred in...
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
125: * [[Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year]] from [[Havard]] ([[1... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...atholic]] [[saint]] with a [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] of [[July 22]]. Her name probably means "Ma...
6: ...irst witness to the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene hastened to tell Peter and another -- unknown -- apost...
8: This is the last entry in the canonical New Testament regarding Ma...
28: ...t at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
31: ...he woman who was a sinner", or that she was [[unchaste]], was developed by the [[Church fathers|Patrist... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
17: ...h a stock company in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] who cast her in several small roles, including in a produc...
21: Later, Hepburn was cast in a speaking part in the Broadway play [[Art and...
26: ...g her screen test, RKO agreed to her demands and cast her, launching her film career aside legendary ac...
37: [[Image:Hepburnphiladelphiastory.jpg|right|thumb|Hepburn and James Stewart in '...
58: ...nd Hughes were engaged to be married, but at the last minute Hepburn called off their engagement. - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
11: In [[1955 in film|1955]], she was awarded the [[Academy Award for Best A...
15: ...l comedy ''[[High Society]]'' ([[1956]]) was her last film, as her [[marriage]] to [[Rainier III, Princ...
43: *''[[To Catch a Thief]]'' (1955) - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
7: ...ming began. [[Paulette Goddard]] was close to be cast as [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s Southern belle.
35: *''[[The Deep Blue Sea]]'' ([[1955]]) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
1: ...phiaLoren55.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Sophia Loren''' in 1955.]]
9: ...upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
15: ...hen she received $1 million to join the all-star cast of ''[[The Fall of the Roman Empire (movie)|The F...
17: ...nd [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[A Special Day]]'' with Mastroianni.
29: * Often appeared in film with [[Marcello Mastroianni]] - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
4: ...ry, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the least.
12: ...g to the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] and felt marriage would be the best solution fo...
27: ...ced to the top of the box office in the Summer of 1955, and with other Fox starlets [[Jayne Mansfield]] ...
31: ...en stalwart [[Clark Gable]] but it was to be the last film either actor would make. Gable died of a hea...
40: ...ipped it proved no man could be a success in two pastimes. - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
7: ... [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader of the Dutch femal...
11: ...s in the Netherlands at that time (such as [[Rie Mastenbroek]]), and she would have a better chance to ...
31: ...ally in the big cities. Naturally, sport was the last thing on people's minds, and the Blankers family,...
39: ...easily for the semi-finals, in which she set the fastest time. The final ([[2 August]]) was held on a m...
45: ...t, and arrived just in time for the race. As the last runner, she took over the baton in third place, s... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
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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