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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] - 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]]) - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
9: | date of birth=[[12 June ]], [[1924]]
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
19: ...ted Nations]] ([[1971]]–[[1973]]), [[Republican National Committee]] chairman ([[1973]]–[[...
21: == Youth, education == - 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 - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the l...
14: ...[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her gove...
16: ...king was childless, the young Princess Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the...
20: ...ecause like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victor...
25: ...anover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. As the young q... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...ter in the world, as well as the only former American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]]...
10: Her father worked as a carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a groc...
14: ...ather when she was 18. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region...
20: ...Histadrut]], the General Federation of Labor. By 1924, her husband tired of the kibbutz life and they l...
28: ...ed, "After I signed, I cried. When I studied American history as a schoolgirl and I read about those w... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
5: ...nded [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]. She later became president of the National Union of Women's Suff...
7: ... British Empire|Dame of the British Empire]] in [[1924]], and her memory is still preserved in the name ...
9: ...ously came above the [[senior wrangler]] in the [[Cambridge University]] mathematics examinations. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...tember 6]], [[1966]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting ...
5: ...mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] who had 11 children before dying of [[tub...
7: ...ation'', to poor women, Sanger repeatedly risked scandal and imprisonment by acting in defiance of the...
9: ...es Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
13: ...dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 192... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: ... O?Keeffe in Abiquiu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950]]
2: ...[[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist born in [[Sun Prairie, Wisconsin|Su...
4: O'Keeffe is chiefly known for her landscapes and paintings of desert flowers, which are oft...
6: ...hing at [[Columbia College]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].
8: ...eeffe's interpretations of landscapes in the American West. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known...
11: ...made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
14: ...physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
19: ...t recent evidence has proved that this is not the case. [http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagena...
22: ... of the United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her screenplay ''[[Red Pawn]]'... - 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... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...hen in [[Germany]], now part of [[Poland]]) and became one of the few women to receive a [[Nobel Prize...
3: ...berg]], [[Paul Dirac]] and [[Wolfgang Pauli]]. In 1924 she passed the University's arbiter entrance exam...
5: ...jects. In [[1946]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. Here she developed...
7: ...ns and protons like to couple together in what is called spin orbit coupling. This is like the Earth s...
9: ...in another. Then imagine that in each circle, you can fit twice as many dancers by having one pair go ... - 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> - 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: ...ajor role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He als...
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... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...er Olympics]], at the age of eleven. During the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rin...
10: ... [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became one of the wealthiest women in the world in her...
21: *''[[Ali Baba Goes to Town]]'' ([[1937]]) (Cameo)
34: ...s of the [[Order of St. Olav]].'' [[Alex Trebek]] called this a "particularly difficult clue". - 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.
20: ...les championship every year with the exception of 1924. Health problems due to her asthma which had alre...
22: == Failed American debut == - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...b|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6-0]] [[GWR 6800 Class|Grange...
3: ...ly detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
5: ... one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the other.
10: ... maintain one locomotive than many self-propelled cars.
11: ...s away from passengers. This was particularly the case for the '''steam locomotive''', but still has s...
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