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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...to the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as su...
7: ...es were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
11: [[Archaeological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] ...
14: ...20195;; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...orated. Some archaeologists connect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] provin... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
7: ...tones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Bretons]].
9: ... historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason ...
15: ...[Scots]] king [[Aedan mac Gabran]], who had a son called Artuir and whose life was somewhat similar to... - 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: 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: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
5: *[[Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
9: ...al writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
16: ...[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
19: *[[Danny Ainge|Ainge, Danny]], (born 1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] play... - 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... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...ed and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
4: ...rom the School of International Service at [[American University]] ([[Washington, DC]]), in [[1970]].
6: ...he participated in numerous peace and environment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
10: ...ging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and hu...
14: ...the goal of letting Petra Kelly's ideas and political message live on, the Petra Kelly Foundation [htt... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation tha...
29: ...al election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[20t...
31: ...early 1980s, her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...government. Luxemburg and hundreds of others were captured, tortured, and killed.
6: ... Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
14: ...tion for nations under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
19: ...g insisted that the critical difference between [[capital]] and [[labour (economics)|labour]] could on...
21: ...ks on German [[militarism]] and [[imperialism]] became heftier as she foresaw the approach of war, and... - 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... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...n 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where they...
8: ...ned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there she met her first husband, Miguel ...
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United Nations...
14: ...[Venezuela]]. While there, she worked for the Caracas newspaper ''El Nacional'' and as a teacher in a ...
18: ...Gordon, and has lived since then in [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]. In [[2003]] she obtained [[... - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
5: ...'[[d鰡rtment]]'', where her father's house was located.
7: ... Song]]''. She was also the screenwriter of the [[1959]] French film ''[[Hiroshima mon amour]]'', which ...
9: ...au]]); however, with ''Moderato Cantabile'' she became more experimental, paring down her texts to giv... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
3: ...ce and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
9: ...Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - 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]]'... - 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]]...
12: * ''The Planetarium'', [[1959]] - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...rsue a career as a test pilot. In the 1930s she became fairly famous, setting many [[glider]] aerobati...
6: ...le under direct command of Karl Franke she soon became a major test pilot on the [[Junkers Ju 87]] ''S...
8: ...ting [[barrage balloon]] cables. Eventually she became [[Adolf Hitler]]'s favourite pilot. Reitsch wa...
10: Near the end of the war she became involved in testing the [[V-1 Flying Bomb]], wh...
12: ...h their parents, but he would not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fir... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
10: ...w a [[chain reaction]] leading to an explosion. Because this could be used as weapon, and the knowledg...
12: ... to the USA in 1946 she was treated to total American press celebrity treatment, with the usual press ...
14: Meitner died in [[Cambridge]], [[England]] in [[1968]]. Element 109 is...
17: ...to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von Laue on the Occasion of their 80th Birthday''. New York: Interscie...
19: ...ner: A Life in Physics'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ISBN 0520089065 - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...le role of Donizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
3: ...ersatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical [[opera seria]], such as [[Gaspare Spontini|Spon...
5: ...bel canto operas, contributing greatly to the bel canto revival of the 1950s.
7: ...later [[stereo]] recordings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an increasingly unstable hi...
9: ...iuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ...rald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ..." improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...d several hit songs with them, including "(If You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was...
10: ...uite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...ngers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their shows with the famous Ellington'...
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