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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]]
49: | [[1960]] — [[1969]] - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...aulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - 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
18: *[[Roy Chapman Andrews]], (1884-1960), US explorer
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - 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 - 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... - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
10: | date of birth=[[September 30]], [[1960]]
18: ...nche Lambert Lincoln''' (born [[September 30]], [[1960]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat...
22: ...lection, 1998|1998]] ran for the US Senate seat vacated by [[Dale Bumpers]].
24: ...; Senate Social Security Task Force; Rural Health Caucus; Senate New Democrat Coalition. - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
24: |'''[[Political party|Political Party]]'''
30: ...od, Reno's mother, raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News. J...
32: ...New York]], where she majored in [[chemistry]], became president of the [[Women's Self Government Asso...
34: ..., she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
38: ...d State [[Attorney General]] for Dade County (now called Miami-Dade County). She was elected to the Of... - 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... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...[[atheist]], founder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]...
4: ...Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obta...
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ... Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
9: ...the Supreme Court decision Madalyn founded [[American Atheists]], "a nationwide movement which defends... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ...5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
7: ...ork full-time with the [[Women's Social and Political Union]] with her sister [[Christabel Pankhurst|C...
9: ...''[[Women's Dreadnought]]'', which subsequently became the ''[[Workers Dreadnought]]''.
17: ...ew Times and Ethiopia News]]'' in [[1936]], and became a supporter of [[Haile Selassie]]. She raised f...
19: ... died in 1960, and was buried in front of Trinity Cathedral in [[Addis Ababa]]. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...er account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Africa]]''.
5: ...Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ...ron Bror von Blixen-Finecke]], and the couple relocated to Kenya where they operated a [[coffee]] plan...
17: * ''The de Cats Family'' (1909, published in ''[[Tilskueren]]''...
20: * ''[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA) - 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. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
5: ... and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ...cab顬 a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties
35: *Cartas perto do Cora磯 (2001) (letters exchanged wi... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
2: '''Toni Morrison''' is an [[African-American]] [[author]], born '''Chloe Anthony Wofford''', ...
4: In [[1965]] she became a senior editor for [[Random House]] in New Yor...
6: ...nclude Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
8: ... Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American woman to receive this prize.
12: She called [[Bill Clinton]] "the first Black president",... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...sh [[scientist]], born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in [[Cairo]].
5: ...0s]], which enabled it to be manufactured synthetically; and also those of [[cholesterol]], [[lactoglo...
7: ...ppointed to the [[Order of Merit]], filling the vacancy left by [[Winston Churchill]].
11: ...1981. ''Structural Studies on Molecules of Biological Interest: A Volume in Honour of Professor Doroth... - 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'... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...]], [[R&B]], and [[soul music|soul]] singer and occasional [[songwriter]] with a distinctive voice. Jo...
4: ...ed from Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in [[1960]] and went to college at the [[University of Texa...
6: ...was a heavy [[alcoholism|drinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Co...
8: ... to San Francisco in [[1966]], where her bluesy vocal style saw her join [[Big Brother and The Holding...
10: ...mance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of the late Sixties. - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...me one of the best and most popular stars in American history.
4: ...andparents. In [[1925]], after a romance with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ...ce. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ...en", sharing the "royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ntion. However, Arnaz's philandering and drinking caused problems right from the start. When he was dr...
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