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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II...
20: *[[Amir Ageeb|Ageeb, Amir]], (1969-1999), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of ...
21: *[[David Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defen...
28: *[[David Hayes Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior [[United States Senate|United St...
33: ...ed up having three debates, during which the candidates harshly attacked each other. Senn attacked Rea...
37: [[Social security]], [[prescription drugs]], [[dams]], and [[campaign finance reform]] were among t...
41: ... of 2.5 million ballots cast, or about .08%. A mandatory recount increased her lead to 2,229 votes, or...
43: Republicans criticized Libertarian candidate [[Jeff Jared]] for acting as a spoiler. They sa... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
15: |'''Date of Birth:'''
27: ...''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]...
31: ...e labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated by the global...
33: ...[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...ptember 22]], [[1880]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], ...
5: ...tant]] action for the suffragette cause after her daughter's arrest and was herself imprisoned on many...
7: ...d of [[World War I]], she ran as a Coalition candidate for Parliament in the Smethwick riding but was ...
9: She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1936. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: :''For the Chilean politician and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allen...
4: ... one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated i...
8: ...he returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there she met her first husband,...
10: ...russels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende ...
14: ...spaper ''El Nacional'' and as a teacher in a secondary school. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...''. Blixen wrote works both in [[Danish language|Danish]] and in [[English language|English]]. She i...
5: ... [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
9: ... to publish several other works simultaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stor...
15: * ''The Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
16: * ''The Ploughman'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...nklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[cryst...
5: ...ioner (effectively governor) for the [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. Her aunt Helen was married to N...
12: ...nforming Wilkins of that fact. Wilkins was on holiday when Franklin arrived, and so he returned to fin...
15: ...and Franklin illuminating their X-ray diffraction data published in the same issue of ''Nature'' suppo...
18: ...ell have been deliberately exacerbated by John Randall. Watson has stated that Franklin should have di... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: '''Maria Callas''' ([[December 2]], [[1923]] –[[September 16]], [[1977]]) was a [[Greece|Gree...
5: ...ian debut at the [[Verona Arena]] in ''[[La Gioconda]]'' under the baton of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Togeth...
7: ...ain on her voice started to become apparent; by [[1958]] it reached a point where she was no longer suit...
15: ...t Callas' wishes in founding the Maria Callas Foundation, which provides international scholarships fo... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June 15]], [[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jaz...
14: ...ther with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
44: *1958 ''[[Ella and Billie at Newport]]''
45: *1958 ''[[Ella Swings Lightly]]''
46: *1958 ''[[Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook]]'' - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: '''Mahalia Jackson''' ([[October 29]], [[1911]]–[[January 13]], [[1972]]) was an [[African Amer...
5: ...rded with [[Percy Faith]], and performed at the [[1958]] [[Newport Jazz Festival]] and the inauguration ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ...co, Texas|Telico]] (just south of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]). He was the fifth of seven children in a p...
19: ...ring the evening of [[January 5]] [[1930]] in the Dallas neighborhood of [[Oak Cliff, Texas|Oak Cliff]...
27: ...the [[Kaufman, Texas]] jail, Bonnie returned to [[Dallas]] in June of 1932, and was soon back on the r...
31: ...e and two associates happened to be drinking at a dance in Oklahoma (illegal under [[prohibition]]). W...
45: ...e}} Clyde was a machine behind the wheel, driving dangerous roads and searching for places where they ... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...emocrat from Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[...
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice amo...
24: ...-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And behavior that was e...
61: *[[A Royal Scandal]] (1945)
64: *[[Die! Die! My Darling!]] (1965) - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: '''Ingrid Bergman''' ([[August 29]], [[1915]] – [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Awar...
3: ... a dozen films in Sweden, Bergman was signed by [[David O. Selznick]] to star in the remake of [[Inter...
7: ...rgman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation." One of Rossellini's and Bergman's children...
9: ...6 movie)|Anastasia]]'', Bergman made her post-scandal return to Hollywood and won Best Actress for a s...
13: She died of [[cancer]] on her birthday in [[1982]] in [[London]], [[England]]. She was ... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
1: ...ge:AmazinGrace.jpg|thumb|300px|Grace Kelly (1929–1982).]]
3: ...ce Patricia Kelly''' ([[November 12]], [[1929]] – [[September 14]], [[1982]]), later known as ''...
5: ...r father was a self-made millionaire and a gold-medal-winning [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing...
13: ...a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Louis Jourdan.]]
17: ... II of Monaco]] also legitimized his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louvet, who would become Rainier'... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...ughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicolone a...
17: ...ard Burton]] and [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[A Special Day]]'' with Mastroianni.
19: ...ly on [[tax evasion]] charges, a fact that didn't damage her career or popularity.
51: *''[[Milano Miliardaria]]'' (1951)
60: *''[[Girls Marked Danger]]'' (1953) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States...
6: ... her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Giff...
8: ...r cruelly, corrected her. After Marilyn's death, Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously consider...
10: ...t never hugged or kissed her, or even smiled. One day, Gladys announced that she had bought a house fo...
12: ...herty, who would become her first husband. The Goddard family was moving to the [[East Coast of the Un... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...[[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Left of her is silver medallist [[Maureen Gardner]], while 3rd place finishe...
3: ...ete]]. She is most famous for winning four gold medals at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]. ...
15: ...e 4 נ100 m [[relay]], both held on the same day. In the high jump, she took sixth place (shared ...
17: ...d]]s), and she also won her first international medals. At the European Championships in [[Vienna]], s...
23: ...ally thought women should not compete in sports – not an unusual opinion at the time. However, h... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
1: '''Dawn Fraser''' (born [[September 4]] [[1937]]) is an...
2: ...ames|Olympic]] and eight [[Commonwealth Games]] medals. In [[October]] [[1962]] she became the first ...
11: ... metres [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] - gold medal
12: **400 metres freestyle - silver medal
13: ...00 metres freestyle [[relay race|relay]] - gold medal - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: Born in [[Oslo]], Henie took the gold medal in the [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928]], [[1932 Win...
6: ...n, and her first [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal the following year. She also won six consecutive...
8: ...e in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance [[choreographer|choreography]]. She was also ...
10: ...dition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became on...
12: Henie was married three times, with [[Dan Topping]], [[Winthrop Gardner]], and finally the...
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