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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
81: ...1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings added)
109: | [[1896]] — [[1902]], [[1909]] — [[1912]] (wings added)
205: ...]], [[1915]] — [[1917]] (House & senate chambers) - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[le...
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7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwe...
9: ...nd|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...om of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]]. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1964]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
4: ...ctress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastemaker and the o...
6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where i...
8: ... take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chose...
10: ... as his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, w... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
6: ...ist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
8: ...ed herself to the cause of [[socialism]]. As a member of the ICA she took part in the [[1916]] [[Easte...
10: ...blin St Patrick's as one of 73 [[Sinn F驮]] [[Member of Parliament#United Kingdom|MP]]s. This made he...
12: ...lding cabinet rank from April to August 1919, she became the first Irish female [[Cabinet Minister]]. ... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...rg eText 13715.png|thumbnail|right|250px|'''Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophi...
2: ...nnie Besant''' ([[October 1]], [[1847]] - [[September 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theo...
4: ... Besant]], and she had to leave both her children behind. She fought for the causes she thought were r...
7: Soon after becoming a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] she went to [[In...
9: ...to the fold through the agency of Besant, who had been elected president of the Theosophical Society i... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...biography]], [[Living my Life]], and other works, before taking part in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in [...
6: ...ai Chernyshevsky|Chernyshevsky]]'s ''[[What Is To Be Done]],'' which sowed the seeds for her anarchist...
9: ...dman to the anarchist movement, and at twenty she became a [[revolution]]ary. Following the uproar ove...
10: ...rkman.jpe|thumb|240px|right|Goldman and Alexander Berkman]]
13: ...] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him) was... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...sh]] and in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of ...
5: ... at [[Copenhagen]], [[Paris]], and [[Rome]]. She began publishing fiction in various Danish periodica...
9: She returned to Denmark and began writing in earnest, publishing ''Seven Gothic ...
17: * ''The de Cats Family'' (1909, published in ''[[Tilskueren]]'') - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...a's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Holly...
5: .... She subsequently played in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...so in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage na...
9: ...he sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films f...
11: ...on-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ... [[1900]] in [[Ivanovo]], [[Russia]] - died [[October 19]], [[1999]] in [[Paris, France]], was a lawye...
4: ...is]]. She studied law, history, and sociology and became a lawyer. She was also equally interested in ...
6: She became, with [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], [[Michel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]],... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
12: ... she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
13: ... in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a ...
15: .... She owned early works of [[Pablo Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri M...
21: Ernest Hemingway describes how Alice was Gertrude's 'wife' in that Stein ra...
23: ... of speech she was Victorian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: '''Suzanne Valadon''' ([[September 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) wa...
4: ...ughter of an unmarried laundress, Suzanne Valadon became a circus acrobat at the age of 15 until a fal...
8: ... The most recognizable painting of Valadon would be Renoir's ''Dance at Bougival'' from [[1883]], the...
12: ... of a close friend and as [[Maurice Utrillo]], he became one of Montmartre's well known artists.
14: ...composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best known for her candid female nudes. - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
1: [[image:Ruth0003.JPG|frame|Ruth Benedict]]
3: ...t''' (n饠Fulton) ([[June 6]], [[1887]] - [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]...
5: ...]. She attended [[Vassar College]], graduating in 1909.
9: Benedict wrote poetry under the name "Anne Singleton...
11: ...) expresses [[cultural relativism]] in describing behaviors said to appear in every human society. (He... - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: Dr. '''Virginia Apgar''' ([[June 7]], [[1909]] - [[August 7]], [[1974]]) specialised in [[anes... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
4: ...ing [[typhoid]] patients at a copper mine in [[Bisbee, Arizona]] until accepting an appointment as th...
6: ...e contributions to her profession resulted in her being named president of the American Nurses Associa...
12: ...l with a display of personal items including a number of her awards and medals. In [[1990]], the Natio... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ...g the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
5: ...sometimes referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the for...
9: ...ss throughout her short adult life, she longed to be near her mother, [[Emma Parker]]. Her husband soo...
11: ...ow's equal in crime, Bonnie's role in the many robberies, murders, and auto thefts of the Barrow gang ...
15: ...t a rate far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|Image of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des...
2: ...ics]] since the early [[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Repu...
7: ...[[Meuse River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted...
10: ...d [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]] are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical pan...
12: ...under siege by the English since the previous October. - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...as well as many other developed religious systems besides that of [[Christianity]]. Relics are an imp...
7: ... land in the spring of the year. And as a man was being buried, lo, a marauding band was seen and the ...
9: ... the early centuries of the church; many of these became especially popular during the Middle Ages. T...
11: ...elic whose authenticity is questionable. The [[abbey]] church of [[Coulombs]] in [[France]], among se...
15: ... The quality of sacredness and the mystic potency belong to spirits, in varying degrees to the faithfu... - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ... party missed the pole by up to 30 km. Due to his being black and his status as Peary's employee, he n... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...erson on Earth, and is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], ...
12: ...s adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
14: ...move or amend this requirement, but none have yet been successful.
16: ...on]]. Incumbent President [[George W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current t...
19: ...ent, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
5: ...ege]]. He was admitted to the bar in [[1875]] and began his career as a lawyer in [[Columbia City, Ind...
7: He served as [[Governor]] of [[Indiana]] from [[1909]] to [[1913]]. He was a popular speaker and acti...
11: ...urned down the nomination, assuming the job would be boring.
13: ...t (who serves as President of the Senate) as a go-between with the Senate; Wilson took advantage of th...
15: ...me the first President and Vice President team to be re-elected since [[James Monroe|Monroe]] and [[Da...
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