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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
28: | [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
53: ...ash; [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction) - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitr...
10: ...[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
12: ...bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]] - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
7: ... for the first time (in [[1893]]). Thereafter she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophi...
9: ...y in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henry Steel Olcott]].
11: ...ed Hindu opinion more than former Theosophical leaders. This was a clear reversal of policy from Blav...
13: Soon after Besant's inheritance of the presidency, in [[1909]], Leadbeater discovered [[Jiddu Kr...
15: ...rti's views into her life, but never really succeeded. The two remained friends, though, until the end... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
1: [[Image:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg|thumb|Margaret Sanger.]]
5: ...ew York|Corning]], [[New York]]. Her mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] who ...
7: ...he dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...first of its kind in the United States. It was raided by the police and Sanger was arrested for violat...
11: ...ulius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as [[menstru... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...larice Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] wr...
3: ...t her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy influence of [[Virginia Woolf]] or [[James...
5: ...s buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ...', where the life of Macab顬 a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fiction...
13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949) - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...ther, n饠Charlotte Hennessy, began taking in boarders, and through one of these lodgers Gladys, aged ...
7: ...tten by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was p...
9: ... film era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retir...
11: ...s driving and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.
13: ...March 28]] the same year. Together they were regarded as "Hollywood Royalty" and were famous for enter... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...m]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve yea...
8: ...War I]]. In 1919 she enrolled as a pre-medical student at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]...
10: ... her life began to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the At...
14: ... of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...[[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electra," financed b... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ... the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her eccentricity and ...
8: ...lay on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...es and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love with his first wife; he would never g...
12: ...hool in [[Lausanne]]. Changes in the Tsvetaev residence led to several changes in school, and during t...
14: ...an Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a Living Man'. Voloshi... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
3: ...cence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholarship to [[Vassar College]]. After her g...
9: ...ore flak from the literary critics for supporting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fa...
13: Her best known poem might be "First Fig" (1920): - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
4: ...eman graduated from eighth grade and briefly attended college at Colored Agricultural and Normal Unive...
8: ...ial backing from Binga, and from the Chicago Defender, who capitalized on her flamboyant personality a...
10: ... had failed many times. Once, she saw a fellow student die during practice. However, she learned quick...
16: ...ether wreck. Her friends and family did not consider the aircraft safe and implored her not to fly it...
18: ...t, she has been honored in several ways since her death: In [[1931]], a group of Black male pilots per... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...apher]] who made important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DN...
8: ...h carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945...
9: ...es Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the...
15: ...t 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so years later'...
18: .... In fact, she had already prepared a draft paper describing the structure as a double helix when Cric... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and [[30s]], and a huge influence on the singe...
5: ... [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theatre and by [[1920]] she had gained a reputation in the South and al...
7: ...Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson]].
9: ...itle song accompanied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a ...
11: ...her old blues groove, but "Take Me For A Buggy Ride" and "Gimme a Pigfoot", are among her most popula... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...[[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[C...
7: ...e River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted [[nob...
11: ...mb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the ...
12: ...lies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...rockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[a...
4: ...842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: ...affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West E...
12: ...Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics ...
16: ...he cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight f... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
1: [[Image:GretaGarbo1920s.jpg|thumb|Garbo in the 1920s]]
3: ...1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]]. - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: [[Image:SuzanneLenglen1920.jpg|thumb|right|Suzanne Lenglen, sometimes labell...
8: ...r further in the sport. His training methods included an exercise where he would lay down a handkerchi...
10: ...nal Clay Court Championships held at [[Sainte-Claude]], turning 15 during the tournament. The outbreak...
14: ...nships were not held again until [[1920 in sports|1920]], but the [[Wimbledon Championships]] were again...
18: At the [[1920 Summer Olympics]] in [[Antwerp]] ([[Belgium]]), L... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...using written language. Artistic painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the ...
8: The oldest known '''paintings''' are at the [[Grotte Chauv...
14: ...ry:Artistic techniques|Painting technique]]s include:
34: ...at the pigment is suspended or embedded in, which determines the general working characteristics of th...
36: Examples include: - Concertina (3686 bytes)
1: ...ight|English concertina made by Wheatstone around 1920]]
10: ...ate nineteenth and early twentieth centuries include C. Jeffries (who built primarily Anglo-style conc...
13: ...te. A scale in most keys alternates between one side and the other. The English concertina is typicall...
16: ...English concertinas have button layouts that provide low notes in the left hand, high notes in the rig...
19: ...[Image:DCP_0022.jpg|thumb|Chemnitzer concertina made by Star Mfg., Cicero, Illinois, USA in 2000]]
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