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  1. Burundi (13403 bytes)
    1: ...it enjoys access to the Tanzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its...
    18: leader_names = [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] |
    37: established_events =  - Date |
    38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1...
    53: ...he Belgian [[League of Nations]] mandate of [[Ruanda-Urundi]] in [[1923]], later a [[United Nations]] ...
  2. Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
    2: ... of 2005]], Rush Limbaugh is the most listened-to radio talk show host in the United States, and has an a...
    6: ... in Southeastern [[Missouri]], had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
    8: ...ll]] knee from [[high school]]" [Colford, pp 14 &ndash; 20].
    10: ... went on to [[Pittsburgh]], as a [[Top 40]] music radio [[disc jockey]] on station [[KQV]], using the nam...
    12: ...rs in [[music radio]], Limbaugh took a break from radio and accepted a position as director of promotions...
  3. 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...
  4. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    3: ...|1990 presidential election]] becoming, as a candidate of the [[Irish Labour Party|Labour Party]], the...
    17: <tr><td>'''Other candidates:'''</td><td>[[Fianna Fᩬ]]: Brian Lenihan, TD...
    23: ...]], [[County Mayo]] in [[1944]], Robinson was the daughter of two medical doctors. The Hiberno-Norman ...
    31: ...ich she was first elected, as an independent candidate, in 1969. From this body she campaigned on a wi...
    32: *Joint Committee on EC Secondary Legislation (1973- 89)
  5. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    3: ...a Eleanor Roosevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] &ndash; [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United State...
    9: ...oman, in an autocratic house. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]...
    11: ...szen van Rosenvelt]] who emigrated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s....
    13: ...es, Eleanor found herself at odds with his eldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] who was enra...
    15: ...ntually become the Mrs. Roosevelt?s column ''[[My Day]]''. After a few years away from Washington Hick...
  6. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    7: &ndash; [[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.
  7. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
    1: '''Madalyn Murray O<nowiki>'</nowiki>Hair''' ([[April 13]...
    4: ...heless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree ...
    7: ...[[Life magazine|''Life'' magazine]] referred to Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
    9: Following the Supreme Court decision Madalyn founded [[American Atheists]], "a nationwide m...
    11: ...[[born again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church in [[Dallas, Texas]].
  8. 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.
  9. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    4: ... a slave who found freedom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
    21: *''[[Playing in the Dark]]'' (1993)
    43: ...orrison/ 1987 audio interview by Don Swaim of CBS Radio, 31 min. 02 sec., RealAudio]
  10. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
    3: '''Mary Pickford''' ([[April 8]], [[1892]] &ndash; [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion pict...
    5: ...odramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
    7: ...was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the st...
    15: ...p in front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funer...
    18: ... and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day
  11. Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
    8: ... later joined her sister Muriel in [[Toronto, Canada]] where she worked as a nurse's aide in a militar...
    14: ...onor]] from the French Government, and the Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from Pres...
    18: ...p him establish his own navigation school in Florida.
    20: ...op (aviation)|ground-looped]] the plane. Severely damaged, the aircraft had to be shipped to [[Califor...
    24: ...ntroversial), the final approach to Howland using radio navigation was never accomplished, although vocal...
  12. Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
    1: '''Mahalia Jackson''' ([[October 29]], [[1911]]&ndash;[[January 13]], [[1972]]) was an [[African Amer...
    3: ...ingles in the history of [[Norway]]. She began a radio series on [[CBS]], and signed to [[Columbia Recor...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
    2: ...], [[Illinois]] and raised in [[New Jersey]], the daughter of an [[Atheism|atheist]] father and a devo...
    6: ...rsey, with the flipside a version of the rock standard with the addition of a spoken piece about fugit...
    8: ..., punk's popularity grew and the second album ''[[Radio Ethiopia]]'' reflected this with a rawer sound, a...
    10: ...5 feet into a concrete orchestra pit and severely damaging a number of neck vertebrae. The injury requ...
    12: ..." &ndash; co-written with [[Bruce Springsteen]] &ndash; which rose to #13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]...
  16. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    1: ...nda Williams-Sweet Old World.jpg|frame|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old Wo...
    2: '''Lucinda Williams''' (born [[January 26]], [[1953]]) is an...
    4: ... settling at the [[University of Arkansas]]. His daughter showed an affinity for music at an early ag...
    8: ...the Locks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among mus...
    10: ...lerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song became a smash ...
  17. Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
    9: ...other musicians to form what they called "The Tuesday Night Music Club." They would get together and i...
    11: ...ite, "All I Wanna Do", became an unexpected smash radio hit. The singles "Run, Baby, Run" and "Strong Eno...
    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...
    25: ...med by [[Cat Stevens]]), which became her biggest radio hit since her first, "All I Wanna Do".
  18. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    3: ...s probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her s...
    10: ...nd her difficulty with playing from sheet music &ndash; with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later of [[the Cul...
    13: ...se]], [[Will MacGregor]], [[Carlo Nuccio]], and [[Dan Nebenzal]], the record ended up full of raw, emo...
    33: ...rgirl Hotel'', but like that album featured overt dance music influences and a relatively subdued pian...
    41: ...ith a country and western feel and became another radio staple.
  19. Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
    7: ...nal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elo...
    13: ...ust 19, 1910. Aimee recovered and gave birth to a daughter, Roberta Star Semple, on September 17, afte...
    19: ...13, she embarked upon a preaching career in [[Canada]] and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left home an...
    23: ...she had started her own newspaper, named ''The Bridal Call'', for which she wrote many of the articles...
    29: ...time, women in the [[pulpit]] ministry were rare&mdash;those who wore makeup and jewelry in the pulpit...
  20. Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
    5: ...utive]] (SOE). She began resistance work with SOE radio operator [[Brian Stonehouse]] until his arrest ne...
    11: ...humously, Britain awarded her the "[[King's Commendation for Brave Conduct]]." In France, posthumous h...

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