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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
3: ...o-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema beach]]
7: ...]. The city is famous for the hotel-lined tourist beaches [[Copacabana]] and [[Ipanema]], for the gian...
9: ...nd-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a...
15: ... and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neig...
17: ...city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban mo... - 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]]. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ... (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Ca...
7: ..., [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[Ne...
14: ...|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age thr...
15: ...ther was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George ...
17: ...British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edward VIII o... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] |
11: ...Mountbatten-Windsor]], n饠Spencer) ([[1 July]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[w...
15: ...after her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her det...
22: ... the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" in the Earl and Cou...
24: ..., excelled in [[sports]] and reportedly longed to be a [[ballerina]]. - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ... [[1677]], Sarah married John Churchill, later to be created [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough...
4: ...Abigail Hill (later Mrs Masham), the relationship between the queen and her old friend deteriorated gr...
6: ...cipated the life of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] (1961-1997), Sarah sought to marry off her granddaughte...
8: ...ss of the Robes]] | before=— | after=[[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|The Duchess of Som... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ... only former American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] wh...
10: ...[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight years old, Golda o...
12: ...t Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later become her husband.
14: ... at the urging of her father when she was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors f...
16: ...15]]. She married Morris Myerson in [[1917]] and began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]]... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...sevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] ...
9: ...rother in giving Eleanor's hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, o...
11: ...n the 1640s. His grandsons, Johannes and Jacobus, began the [[Oyster Bay]] and [[Hyde Park, New York|H...
13: ...band, but that Franklin, and now Eleanor, were members of the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as ...
15: ...ckok suggested the idea for what would eventually become the Mrs. Roosevelt?s column ''[[My Day]]''. A... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
16: |[[13 October]] [[1925]]
27: ...on Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), a...
29: ...eral election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[2...
33: ...cher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of th... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...''Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood''' (born [[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[novelist]], [[poetry|poet...
4: ...her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the...
10: ...me Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', champ...
12: ... She has said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
22: :''[[Life Before Man]]'' ([[1979]]) - 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 ...
25: ...dows on the Grass'' (1960 in England and Denmark, 1961 in USA) - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...e Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
5: She died of cancer in [[1977]] just one day before her 57th birthday and she was buried in at th...
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
32: *A Bela e a Fera (1979)
33: *A Descoberta do Mundo (1984) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist p...
11: ...al of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
19: ...ion from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typ...
22: ...e two were married in [[1929]]. In [[1931]], Rand became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the United State...
24: ...nce from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These films were re-edited into ... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ... many [[glider]] aerobatic and endurance records, being the first woman to fly the Alps in a glider, a...
6: ...lew the Fa 61 every night inside the arena of the Berlin Motor Show.
8: ...utting [[barrage balloon]] cables. Eventually she became [[Adolf Hitler]]'s favourite pilot. Reitsch ...
10: ...ugh a number of V-1s were so equipped as ''Reichenberg''s, they were never used in combat. (See [[Selb...
12: ...r parents, but he would not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fire. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
10: ...ng (genre)|swing]] singer, she also encompassed [[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova...
12: ...with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[Johnny...
16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings ...
20: She married twice. In 1941 she married Benny Kornegay, but the marriage was later annulled....
22: ...leg]]s in [[1993]], and in [[1996]] she died in [[Beverly Hills, California]], after having made some ... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ..., The state of [[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Gr...
6: ...e 14. She signed with [[Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond...
8: ...rned the nickname ''"The Queen of Soul"'', having become an internationally famous artist and a symbol...
10: ...in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''...
12: ...unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added t... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: '''Ulrike Meinhof''' ([[October 7]], [[1934]], [[Oldenburg]] - [[May 9]], [[1976...
5: ...nd had twin girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[September 21]], [[1962]].
7: ...American military bases. The group was quickly dubbed "The Baader-Meinhof Gang" by the German press. M...
9: ...rnmental inquiry panel. Many people, including members of the [[Red Army Faction]] have always held th... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...] and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theo...
8: ...f his death, or that she could have witnessed it. Beyond the accounts given in the Gospels and a few o...
13: ...(Luke 2:1) required that they should proceed to [[Bethlehem]] (Micah 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about ...
15: ...o was called Jesus ([[Matthew 1:21|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. ...
25: ...en of Heaven''; other Catholic names for Mary can be found in the [[Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary]... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
3: ...ar II]], she made the decision to fight evil and began to hide refugees from the [[Gestapo]] and even...
5: ... Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the war ended.
7: ...me in [[Brignais]] (Lyon) was inaugurated on December 2, 1979. In 1997, she was posthumously awarded t... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...elevision programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' ...
6: ...ned down by the [[United States Navy | Navy]] for being too tall.
10: ...ashington, D.C., where she was married on [[September 1]], [[1946]] to Mr. Child, a man of sophisticat...
14: ... [[Simone Beck]] who, with her friend [[Louisette Bertholle]], had written a French cookbook for Ameri...
16: In 1951, they began teaching cooking to American women in the Chil... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...w York|Syracuse]], [[New York]]. In [[1928]], she became a [[naturalized citizen]]. By [[1935]] she wa...
10: During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Deren became heavily involved in [[Haiti|Haitian]] [[Vodou...
12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. ...
21: ...in Choreography for Camera'' (1945) with [[Talley Beatty]]
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