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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...ered by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[Belize]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is t...
33: population_census_year = 2000 |
43: ...[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[1810]]<br>[[September 27]], [[1821]] |
64: ...mory of [[Aztlan], the starting point of their tribes wanderings, never thought of themselves as anyth...
66: ...heir defeat of the Mexica in [[1521]], marked the beginning of the 300 year-long colonial period of Me... - 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... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...inese civilization. Politically, China alternated between periods of political union and disunion, and...
7: ...late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, wher...
14: ...pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...found on pottery and shells, have been alleged to be ancestors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but s...
22: ...bone writings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of th... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...evada, it is generally acknowledged that Frémont became the first European American to view [[Lake Ta...
9: ...mont's removal from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a differen...
15: ...tion]] '''Frém.''' is applied to plants he described.
18: ...artographic Crime''. New York : [[Random House]], 2000. (ISBN 0375501517, ISBN 0767908260)
21: ...lifornia|United States Senators from California]]|before=''(none)''|after=[[John B. Weller]]|years=185... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ... and at times a [[Qadi]] or judge. However, he is best known as an extensive '''traveller''' or [[expl...
4: His name may alternatively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or ''...
6: ...ventures. The title of this intial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate t...
11: ...r the length and breadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries).
13: ... city he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...g steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and [[tensile strength|stronger]] tha...
5: ...ion is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (poun...
8: ...results in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
10: ...left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel production.]]
11: ...[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[le...
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
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]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...ntries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in see...
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
47: ...rom the latest International Comparison Programme benchmark estimates.
53: ... later a [[United Nations]] Trust Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World W...
58: ...etween Buyoya's government and the largest Hutu rebel group, CNDD-FDD. Later that year, FRODEBU leader... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...ugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical found that he had an "inoperable ...
16: ...ation, WABC) in the late [[1980s]] and eventually became syndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a co...
18: ... in the United States. The show is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limbaugh;...
22: Rush Limbaugh became as much a political symbol as he was a broadc...
24: ...P]] hecklers and had to clear the studio audience before continuing. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: [[Image:elizabeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petro...
3: ..., she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow Germans in the government a...
5: ==Life before becoming Empress==
7: ... not married at that time, her illegitimacy would be used by political opponents to challenge her righ...
9: ...ears she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity. - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
35: ...'Madeleine Korbel Albright''' ''n饧' '''Marie Korbel''' (born [[May 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Cz...
37: ...e U.S. government ([[Condoleezza Rice]] has since become the second female Secretary of State).
42: ...ty Council, as well as a [[White House]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign policy le...
53: ...oming Secretary of State, Albright served as a member of President Clinton's Cabinet.
59: ...th of many [[Serbs]] in the former [[Yugoslavia]] because of her role in the [[Kosovo War|Kosovo]] and... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ... married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and K...
14: ... Peace Prize in the following one. She used the Nobel Peace Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money to ...
16: ...t her family in the [[United Kingdom]], she would be denied re-entry. When her husband Michael Aris, a...
18: ...on in Yang? After a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
2: |+ <font size="+1">'''The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell'''</font>
4: ...ef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:Kim_Campbell.jpg]]
10: | [[June 25]] - [[November 4]], [[1993]]
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...e Minister of Canada]] from [[June 25]] to [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elec... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ... from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat...
9: ...Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a s...
13: In [[1986]], Cantwell became the youngest woman ever elected to the Washin...
15: In [[1992]], she became the first Democrat elected to the United Stat...
19: ... in 1995. (Cantwell is an avid Mariners fan.) She became a multimillionaire as the company grew. - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: .... She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
7: ...and's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[19...
10: ...rliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
14: *Minister of Foreign Affairs [[1995]]–[[2000]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
27: '''Condoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United States Se...
29: In [[November 2004]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as...
31: ...rican (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
37: ... determination against adversity, and the need to be "twice as good" as non-minorities [http://www.rac... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: ...aria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator.
5: ...am is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
7: She is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget]], the ...
9: ... to have served as a Michigan state legislator to be popularly elected to the [[United States Senate|U... - 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... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
6: In the early [[1950s]], Parks became active in the [[American Civil Rights Movemen...
8: ...to make extra seats for whites. Rosa was tired of being treated as a second-class citizen and stood fi...
10: ...King]]) gathered to discuss the proper actions to be taken after Mrs. Parks arrest. What ensued next w...
14: Afterwards, Parks became an icon of the civil rights movement. She mov...
19: Standard accounts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]] in [[1955]] refer to her simply as a "tir... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
8: ...hip winner. She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Steve...
9: ...o freelanced for other magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the ...
12: ...ed to a position in a New York magazine. She also became politically active in the feminist movement. ...
14: ...s sold in [[1987]]. Although ''Ms.'' has had a number of different owners since Steinem and the other ...
18: In [[1991]] when ''Ms.'' magazine revived, she became its consulting editor. In [[1993]] she was in...
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