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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...efered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125px|]]
11: ...align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Costa Rica|Full Size]]) - 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)
6: *[[Frank Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
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
25: *[[Lynn Abbey|Abbey, Lynn]], (born 1948), US author
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
37: ...w Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
5: ...Viktor M. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor M.]], (born 1948), Russian astronaut
6: ...Uthman ibn Affan|Affan, Uthman ibn]], (died 656), caliph
16: .... mid-1st century BCE), legatus of Pompey, republican consul - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...os]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint...
9: ...serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the sec...
19: ===Education===
20: ...was instructed in religion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer i... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
4: ...d:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
30: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
35: ... in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States S...
39: == Academic and public career ==
40: ...t [[Johns Hopkins University]], received a Certificate from the Russian Institute at [[Columbia Univer... - 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: ...s there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen. She a...
26: ==Israel established, 1948== - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
5: ... of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor...
16: ...here I can look at you most of my waking hours! I can't kiss you [in person] so I kiss your picture go...
20: ... perform at [[Constitution Hall]] in Washington because of her skin color. Mrs. Roosevelt arranged fo...
22: ...cism), she was the connection to the African-American population and helped Mr. Roosevelt win a lot of... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...ion (1964 [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]).
5: ...rumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: ... in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill Cohen]]).
11: ...d as yet only) woman chair of the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]]. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...h;[[January 28]], [[1960]]) was an [[African-American]] [[folkloristics|folklorist]] and author. Her ...
7: ...nable for a number of reasons, cultural and political.
9: ...it embraces the dialect and culture of Black America of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy fro...
13: ... however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ...ith Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into obscurity. - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...low lawyer. In [[1932]], she wrote her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applau...
6: She became, with [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], [[Michel Butor]]...
11: * ''Portrait of an Unknown'', [[1948]] - 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... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
6: ...d one of the 25 outstanding businesswomen in America by the Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]]...
8: ...cognized the value of publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics "''Wings''," she flew ...
10: ...Angeles]] to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] race because officials restricted entrants to men only. Coc...
12: ...oined the Air Transport Auxiliary. Following America's entry into the War, in 1942 she was made direct... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...94;кая}}); born [[August 8]], [[1948]], in [[Moscow, Russia]], was a [[Soviet Union|S...
3: ... on [[July 25]], [[1984]], cosmonaut Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a [[Extra-vehicular ... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...ember 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
18: ...ed for American troops and stating the scientific case against racist beliefs. Despite the military c...
20: ...s]] considered quite natural: these included American [[prisoner of war|POW]]s' ''wanting'' their fami...
27: ...eath, and died in New York on [[September 17]], [[1948]]. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...nging in a [[Baptist]] church. She moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] where she sang with [[The Johnson...
3: ...cords]] in [[1954]]. With her mainstream success came an inevitable backlash from gospel purists who ...
5: ...a downturn in her popular success. She ended her career with a concert in [[Germany]] in [[1971]]; wh... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...harity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely repo...
6: ... may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
9: ... Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emigrated from south Kosovar city of ...
11: ...and|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education for girls. After a few months training at the... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...erable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. ...
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [...
7: ...Jeanne d'Arc''' or '''Jehanne Darc''' was born circa [[1412]] in the small village of [[Domr魹-la-Puc...
10: ... are behind her. Oil on canvas in two joined vertical panels. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New Y...
12: ... Archangel]], [[Saint Catherine of Alexandria|St. Catherine]], and [[Saint Margaret the Virgin|St. Mar... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ench cuisine]] and cooking techniques to the American mainstream through her many [[cookbook]]s and te...
6: ...in. Civic-minded, she volunteered with the [[American Red Cross]] and, after the bombing of [[Pearl Ha...
8: ...re husband Paul Cushing Child, a high-ranking OSS cartographer, and later to [[China]], where she rece...
10: ...e him and entertain their large social circle. In 1948, they moved to Paris after the [[United States St...
14: ...s. Child work with them to make it appeal to Americans.
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