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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
4: *[[Viktor G. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor G.]], (1922-1994), Russian editor
6: ...Uthman ibn Affan|Affan, Uthman ibn]], (died 656), caliph
16: .... mid-1st century BCE), legatus of Pompey, republican consul - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...ormality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend t...
9: ...er daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]].
11: ...]]4000 plus ?4000 from her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt...
13: ...f Mecklenburg-Strelitz (n饠[[Princess Augusta of Cambridge]]). May wrote to her aunt every week witho...
17: ... whose father, HRH The [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edwar... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...ambridge]]) she met [[Rajiv Gandhi]], who later became [[Prime Minister of India]]. They were [[marria...
11: ...sassination]] on [[May 21]], [[1991]], there were calls for her to enter politics by members of the Co...
13: ...d in the [[2004]] election launched an aggressive campaign to unseat the ruling [[National Democratic ...
15: ...[National Advisory Council]] with the status of a Cabinet Minister.
17: ...[[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] from [[1922]] to [[1964]]). - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...se, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...n]] in [[1903]], where she became involved in radical politics through the [[suffragette]] movement an...
8: ...o the cause of [[socialism]]. As a member of the ICA she took part in the [[1916]] [[Easter Rising]] a...
10: ...s assembled in Dublin as the [[First Dᩬ|first incarnation]] of [[Dᩬ ɩreann]], a new Irish Parliam...
12: ...Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Irish Minister for Community, Rura... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
1: ...zabethCadyStanton.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot.]]
2: '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''' ([[November 12]], [[1815]] – [...
4: ...so proposed a resolution, that was voted upon and carried, demanding voting rights for women.
6: ...thology reached six volumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in...
8: ...thCadyStanton-Veeder.LOC.jpg|left|thumb|Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her later years.]] - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...oet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and litera...
7: ...1897 followed by two years at [[Johns Hopkins Medical School]].
9: ...eft|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
12: ...he lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: ...She owned early works of [[Pablo Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Mat... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ... 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaking new ground for...
4: ==Flying career==
6: ... Amelia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for hi...
8: ...as a weekend hobbyist. She was even featured in local newspapers while she taught English.
10: ...e in New York and a reception held by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] at the [[White House]]. From then ... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
8: ... fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristo...
10: ...Quarrels between the children were frequent and occasionally violent. There was considerable tension b...
12: ...Tsvetaeva's mother contracted [[tuberculosis]]. Because it was believed that a change in climate could...
14: ...g Man'. Voloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor.
16: ...ribed in the essay 'A Captive Spirit.' She also became enamoured of the work of [[Aleksandr Blok]] and... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member ...
7: ...apitulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's work can be understood as consistently in dialogue with B...
9: ...ists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
11: ...ream-of-consciousness]], the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives of characters, and ...
13: ...central strength: Woolf is arguably the major lyrical novelist in the English language. Her novels are... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
1: ...pril 30]], [[1926]]) was the first [[African American]] woman to become an [[airplane]] pilot. She wa...
6: ...h women were better than African-American women because French women were pilots already.
8: ...auty to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
10: ...not gain admission to American flight schools because she was black and a woman. Coleman was the on...
12: ..., she was admired by both blacks and whites. In [[1922]], she participated at her first air show, in [[L... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
7: ...rminal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to ...
9: ...the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local clergy, etc.
13: ...hortly thereafter, the two embarked on an evangelical tour, first to [[Europe]] and then to [[China]],...
19: ...n 1913, she embarked upon a preaching career in [[Canada]] and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left hom...
21: ...r">[[Image:GospelCar.jpeg]]<small><br>The "Gospel Car", 1918</small></div> - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...il 29]], [[1917]], '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] the...
4: ...35]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...f the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopt...
8: ...ernationale]] for 16mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
10: During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Deren became heavily involved in [[Haiti|Haitian]] [[Vodoun|... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
1: ...ulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
8: ...wn as a hard-partying girl-about-town. She also became known for her wit, although as screenwriter [[A...
10: ...y affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West...
12: ... that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
14: ..."first choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]]. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
8: ...ich was seen by comedy director Eric Petscher. He cast her in a small part for the movie ''Peter The T...
10: ...d her in [[film|cinema]] [[acting]] technique and cast her in a major role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[...
12: ... given a contract as well. But their relationship came to an end as her fame grew. He was fired by MGM...
21: ... fare as well after the advent of sound and his [[career]] faltered.
23: ...he movie poster. She was next part of an all star cast in ''[[Grand Hotel (film)|Grand Hotel]]'' ([[19... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ...nuary 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
4: ...rth Carolina|Grabtown]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tob...
6: ...bullfighter [[Luis Miguel Dominguin]] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor ...
8: ... nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
12: ...and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]... - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...,[[1922]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] [[actor|actress]] and [[singer]].
5: ... serve as an inauspicious beginning to a dazzling career.
7: ...gest stars in show business. Russell's appearance caused such a stir that she stayed on with Pastor an...
9: ... only was her [[voice]] celebrated but her beauty caused quite a stir among the men and the women of t...
11: ...|opera companies]] including the company of the [[Casino Theater]] in New York and the company of [[We... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...frail and sickly, Charles Lenglen, the owner of a carriage company, decided that it would be good for ...
10: ...nal tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hold.
16: ...hock at the boldness of the French woman who also casually sipped [[brandy]] between sets.
22: == Failed American debut ==
28: ...d that she was afflicted with whooping cough, she cancelled her exhibition match. Unaccustomed to such...
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