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  1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    2: ...den Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
    23: ... [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had been evacuated...
    29: ...h Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast to the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwe...
    60: ... be her home. She also spends time at [[Balmoral Castle]] in [[Scotland]] and at [[Sandringham House]] ...
    64: ...literacy, Queen Elizabeth has witnessed over the past 50 years a gradual transformation of the British ...
  2. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    7: ...was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of...
    9: ...y College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
    16: ...r as he married his succession of wives. Henry's last wife [[Catherine Parr]] helped reconcile the King...
    27: ...en wished to put a member of the popular Tudor dynasty to death. Mary attempted to remove Elizabeth fro...
    33: ...Catholic rites. Elizabeth I's coronation was the last one during which the Latin service was used; futu...
  3. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    7: ...f India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than...
    9: ...l change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successo...
    41: ... from [[Slough railway station]] (near [[Windsor Castle]]) to Bishop's Bridge, near [[Paddington]] (in ...
    55: ...arty, described this decision as having proved disastrous to the monarchy and British rule in Ireland.
    57: Victoria paid her last visit to Ireland in [[1900]], when she came to ap...
  4. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    44: ...ally filmed them. These tapes have not been broadcast in the United Kingdom.
    60: ...[[Landmines Bill 1998]] to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], pai...
    80: ...pital room where Diana's body lay and paid their last respects. After their visits, the Anglican [[Arch...
    85: ...e legal [[speed limit]] of 50 km/h (30 mph), and faster than was prudent for the Alma underpass. In [[1...
    115: ...live broadcast, and the script was revised by [[Alastair Campbell]] to be more "human".
  5. Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
    41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
    45: ...e to remain in government, and if not, would at least be a strong [[parliamentary opposition|opposition...
    51: ...nservatives from winning seats under the [[first past the post electoral system]].
    59: ...n of a musical, ''Noah's Ark'' in Los Angeles. In 2002, she lectured at the [[Kennedy School of Governme...
  6. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    33: ...e was forced to resign in [[1990]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and campaigning. ...
    36: ...ntham, England|Grantham]] in [[Lincolnshire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]]...
    43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
    59: ...ttila the Hen", and "The Grocer's Daughter". The last nickname was due to her father's profession, but ...
    68: ...rthern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The future of the constitutional affairs ...
  7. Asia (16910 bytes)
    4: '''Asia''' is the central and eastern part of the [[continent]] of [[Eurasia]], defi...
    12: ..."to set". From a Middle Eastern perspective, the east (Asia) is the land of the rising sun where the we...
    29: *[[East Asia]]
    30: *[[Southeast Asia]]
    47: ===East Asia===
  8. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    1: ...ve-sixths of the island of [[Ireland]], off the coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost s...
    30: population_census_year = 2002 |
    67: ...ed by 1915, not the four years it did ultimately last.) For the prior reasons Redmond and his Irish [[N...
    69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
    85: ... peace settlement for Northern Ireland, the [[Belfast Agreement]], was approved in [[1998]] in referend...
  9. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    51: ...h Asia]] that overlaps onto the Greater [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]]. The country borders [[Ind...
    62: ... and propered greatly under Menander's rule. The last Greek king to rule independently was probably [[S...
    72: ...h Asia. The shrinking Mughal Empire fell prey to East India Company's conspiracies and the eventual col...
    74: ...Independence was organized under the rule of the last Mughal Emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]], the Britis...
    79: ...the Muslim majority part of [[Bengal]]) became [[East Pakistan]]. The [[Partition of India]] was so mis...
  10. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    3: ...] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[al...
    8: ...t his family's ancestral seat of [[Knudstrup]] [[Castle]], [[Denmark]] to [[Otte Brahe]] and [[Beate Bi...
    10: ...2 his uncle was given the command of Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a La...
    12: ...ssed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. He purcha...
    14: ...ust as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed i...
  11. Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
    5: ..., with each [[U.S. state|state]] entitled to at least one seat. In the Senate, on the other hand, each ...
    13: ...tion that did not give them an equal vote in at least one house of Congress. Because terms are stagger...
    15: ... [[direct election|directly elected]] by [[first past the post]] to serve two-year terms from [[Congres...
    17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
    26: ...s of the general Congress are now regularly broadcast on [[C-SPAN]], as are newsworthy meetings of [[Co...
  12. Formula One (29650 bytes)
    16: ...st of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
    18: ...ut due to rising costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early [[1980s]].
    41: ...third in [[1997]], which is due to expire on the last day of [[2007]].
    45: ...d [[Arrows]] during the [[2002 Formula One season|2002 season]].
    51: ...re F1 season, but after poor viewing figures in [[2002]] the program was discontinued.
  13. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    37: The city was devastated by the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]], but...
    42: ...an word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[Point Sur]] and the [[San Franci...
    58: ... significantly outstripped the development of infrastructure, including [[sanitation]], a serious chole...
    64: ...ay saved thousands. With the centennial of the disaster approaching, a city supervisor sponsored a reso...
    85: ...gay people moved to San Francisco's [[The Castro|Castro district]], which previous to their arrival, ha...
  14. Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
    31: ..., his mother Klara died a painful death from [[breast cancer]]. He gave his share of the orphans' benef...
    33: ...mmunity, including many [[Orthodox Jews]] from [[Eastern Europe]]. He was influenced by the [[pseudosci...
    45: ... his only education and suggests he did have at least some understanding of the military.
    73: ...ticularly hostile. The [[1930]] election was a disaster for [[Heinrich Br?]'s centre-right government, ...
    75: ... death, which is generally viewed as an event of lasting turmoil for Hitler.
  15. Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
    1: ... Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] during the [[2002 Winter Olympic Games]]. It is Salt Lake City's t...
    6: ...d a strong tourism industry and was host to the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].
    15: ... away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upon arrival their religious prophet [[Brigham Y...
    26: ...b|right|200px|Salt Lake City skyline during the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]]]
    31: ...sporting events. Both have had a significant and lasting impact.
  16. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ... a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. With an area...
    13: The vast lands of Russia were home to disunited tribes who...
    15: The Varangian dynasty lasted several centuries, during which they affiliated...
    17: ...fered from internal disputes and was overrun by eastern invaders, the [[Golden Horde]] of the pagan Mo...
    21: Like in the Balkans and Asia Minor long-lasting nomadic rule retarded the country's economic a...
  17. Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
    1: ...' is a mostly [[arid]] [[National Park]] located east of the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] mount...
    5: ...rred until a [[subduction zone]] formed off the coast. This uplifted the region out of the sea and crea...
    9: ...ley]]—both of which were formed within the last few million years and both bounded by north-south...
    18: <td>South East [[California]], [[United States]]</td></tr>
    28: <td>897,928 (2002)</td></tr>
  18. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    12: ...theology|theologian]] and an [[Augustinian]] [[monasticism|monk]] whose teachings inspired the [[Protes...
    19: ...Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], a...
    21: ...t received a Bachelor's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's...
    23: ..., Luther left his law school and entered the [[monastery]] there.
    26: ...God escaped him. He devoted himself to [[fasting|fasts]], [[flagellation]]s, long hours in [[prayer]] a...
  19. Global warming (53726 bytes)
    16: ...uded that "most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is [[Attribution of recent climate chang...
    26: ...perature record]] in about [[1860]]; or over the past century; or the most recent 50 years.
    28: ....no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/figspm-1.htm]. Over the past 1-2 thousand years the temperature has been relat...
    32: * Record of past century see: '''[[Instrumental temperature record...
    33: ...ent millenia see: '''[[Temperature record of the past 1000 years]]'''
  20. Chile (39914 bytes)
    1: ...Argentina]] to the east, [[Bolivia]] to the northeast and [[Peru]] to the north.<!--
    29: population_census_year = 2002 |
    48: ...e|Valpara&iacute;so]]<br><sup>2</sup> Includes [[Easter Island]] and [[Isla Sala y G&oacute;mez]]; does...
    61: ...can]]s settled in fertile valleys and along the coast of what is now Chile. The [[Inca]]s briefly exten...
    76: ... instability that lasted until 1932. The longest lasting of the ten governments between those years was...

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