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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
3: ...o-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema beach]]
5: [[Image:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of ...
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... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic ...
30: ... ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, trave...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] explorer
34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]] - 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... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...r the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [...
3: ... the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...erde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first to reach the A...
7: ... [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the B...
9: ...[[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato... - 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... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
13: === Abba - Abbe ===
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
16: ...ge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
23: *[[Ernst Abbe|Abbe, Ernst]], (1840-1905), physicist
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = common raccoon}}
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
16: ...n, and black fur. On rare occasions, raccoons may be albino. The characteristic eye colorings make the...
18: ...at"; the German word is ''Waschb䲧', or "washing bear"). It is not certain that the act of washing is...
20: ...limates, raccoons may become dormant but do not hibernate. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
62: *[[Milivi Adams|Adams, Milivi]], (1997-2002), young cancer patient
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
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... - 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 I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</s...
7: ...', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudo...
9: ...d [[Humphrey Gilbert|Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive r...
11: ... Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thir...
13: ...er of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...han that of any other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of the [[United Kingdom of G...
9: ...onarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Cob...
12: ...er of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] an...
14: ... her governess, during her early years. After she became three years old however, she was schooled in ...
16: ...rovision for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligible to govern the realm as would an adult.... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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]].
28: ...ady Fermoy, was a longtime friend of [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] . [[Charles, Prince of Wales...
30: ...d, could not have been previously married, should be, preferably, a virgin, and Protestant. Diana ful... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...e of a [[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']...
5: ...of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events, Queen Mary's va...
9: ...he Empire of [[Austria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsbu...
11: ...nited Kingdom]], Princess May was only a minor member of the [[British Royal Family]]. Her father, the...
13: ...d were given use of [[White Lodge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was... - 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 ... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: [[Image:bbhutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was ...
3: ...icated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...as a kind of assistant to him. This seems to have been a formative experience for her, in that watchin...
8: ... of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
11: ...cution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been allowed in 1984, to go back to the [[United Kin... - 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... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
26: |Mt Albert, Owairaka
40: |[[27 November]] [[1999]]<br> to the present
43: ...d as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] since December [[1999]].
45: ...h [[Jim Anderton]]'s Progressive Coalition Party (2002, with parliamentary supply and confidence from [[...
49: .... During her first term (1981-1984) she was a member of the Statutes Revision Committee. In her seco... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
30: ...Wood, Reno's mother, raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News....
32: ..., New York]], where she majored in [[chemistry]], became president of the [[Women's Self Government As...
34: ...ee, she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
36: ...left the state's attorney's office in [[1976]] to become a partner in a private law firm.
38: ...s elected to the Office of State Attorney in November [[1978]] and was returned to office by the voter...
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