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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
6: She is the daughter of General [[Aung San]], who negotiated Bur...
12: Heavily influenced by [[Mohandas Gandhi]]'s philosophy of nonviolence, Aung San S...
18: ...t each other." Aung San Suu Kyi proclaimed "a new dawn for the country." However on [[May 30]], [[200...
21: ... embassies, in recognition of Suu Kyi's 60th birthday, which took place on June 19, 2005. The protests... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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31: | [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
51: ...1;धी)''' ([[November 19]], [[1917]] – [[October 31]], [[1984]]) was [[Prime Minister...
67: ...should be viewed through the [[Cold War]] prism – Pakistan being a close South Asian ally of the... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
11: ... her husband's [[assassination]] on [[May 21]], [[1991]], there were calls for her to enter politics by ...
15: ... became Prime Minister. However, on [[May 18]], a day before her scheduled inauguration, unleashing a ...
17: ...In addition, she has also edited 'Freedom’s Daughter' and 'Two Alone, Two Together' (two volumes... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
7: ... [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
8: ...rime Minister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
10: ...of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[1990]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
15: |'''Date of Birth'''
29: ... a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
34: ...s a high-school guidance counsellor, and was an ordained minister who preached on weekends; Rice's mot...
35: ...[http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutmusic/madabout_transcript090701.html]
41: ...://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Rice began classes with the goa... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...e Jane Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
11: ... Daschle]], who lost a re-election bid in [[South Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elect... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
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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. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
18: In [[1991]] when ''Ms.'' magazine revived, she became its c...
23: ...—on [[September 3]], [[2000]] she married [[David Bale]], father of actor [[Christian Bale]]. Ho...
31: * ''Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions'' (1983) - 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. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...o has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian fiction]], a...
6: ...endolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
10: ...'', championed by former [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and...
14: She was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was promoted to Companion in 1981. - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
5: ... [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
15: ...r Advancing Technology in Developing Countries at Dartmouth College. The Institute was established as ...
19: ...rner Trumpet Award (1993); and Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth (1993); Kilby Science Award (1993); Induct... - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
9: ...idium]] of the Supreme Soviet, from [[1969]] to [[1991]] she was in the [[Central Committee of the CPSU|...
11: ...layev]] (1929–2004) and gave birth to their daughter Elena in [[1964]], who is now a doctor. The... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
9: ...]] and its compiler. COBOL was defined by the [[CODASYL]] committee which extended her FLOW-MATIC lang...
14: ...n over in the 1980s by the National Bureau of Standards, now [[NIST]].
18: ...oodwill ambassador, lecturing widely on the early days of computers, her career, and on efforts that c...
25: ...sociation of Information Technology Professionals|Data Processing Management Association]].
26: * [[1971]] — The annual "Grace Murray Hopper Award for Outs... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
6: ...Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In the early [[1960s...
10: ...p Ten hits in the late 1960s and early [[1970s]], dabbling in [[gospel music]], [[blues music]], [[pop...
16: ...ost-Atlantic material as far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties.
18: ...erviews for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit.
55: *[[1970]] ''[[Spirit in the Dark]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
32: ... for cello and organ (1979), for bayan and cello (1991)
45: ...;тка)'' for six percussionists (1991)
46: ...ello, orchestra, male choir, and a woman speaker (1991) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ... Initially working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk mu...
5: A painter who had also dabbled in [[piano]], [[guitar]] and [[ukulele]] sin...
11: ...n]]). It remains her best selling single to this day.
13: ...|Warrior Drums]] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell ...
15: ...had given its predecessor. ''Don Juan's Reckless Daughter'' (1977) was a further move away from pop t... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ...(born [[June 1]], [[1974]]) is a successful [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [...
10: ... 1]], [[1974]], in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette....
12: ... gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be famous, just like you."''
36: ...is" to avoid possible confusion with fellow [[Canada|Canadian]] singer [[Alannah Myles]]. The album we...
38: ...ed to move Morissette away from her debut album's dance-pop sound. However, ''Now Is The Time'' sold l... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
9: ...other musicians to form what they called "The Tuesday Night Music Club." They would get together and i...
11: ...entually creating her debut album, called ''[[Tuesday Night Music Club]]''. The album featured many of...
13: ...ed "A Change Would Do You Good", "Home" and "Everyday is a Winding Road".
17: ...[[soundtrack]] of the [[Adam Sandler]] film ''Big Daddy''. This song won the 1999 Grammy for Best Fema...
29: ... Nature's Son" (''[[I Am Sam]]'' Soundtrack), "Ci Darem la Mano Don Giovanni" (''[[Pavarotti & Friends...
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