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- 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... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
4: | order=41st President
7: | preceded=[[Ronald Reagan]]
8: | succeeded=[[Bill Clinton]]
11: | dead=alive - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys wit...
5: ... [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...l><sub>2</sub></small>— [[Pyrite]]. Iron oxide is a soft [[sandstone]]-like material with limite...
11: ...similarly soft and metallic but can dissolve considerably more carbon (as much as 2.04 wt% carbon at 1...
13: ...ry similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires... - 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...bacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-199...
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
52: ... Abdo|Abdo, Hussam]], (born 1989), Palestine suicide bomber - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
27: *[[Gary Ackerman|Ackerman, Gary Leonard]] (born 1942)
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
56: *[[Mercedes de Acosta|Acosta, Mercedes de]] (1893-1968) - 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
21: ...gard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: *[[Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
20: ...e immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...n, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman...
27: ...ro Agnew|Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...he tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially dur...
9: ... was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger d...
11: ...f Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid their [[credito...
13: ...odge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was close to her mother and acte...
17: ...May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Ad... - 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... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...ughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: ...[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: '''Isabel Allende Llona''' (born [[August 2]], [[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been ...
6: ...nde, the cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In...
8: ...n to [[Lebanon]]. While in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] private school, an... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...ember 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[Denmark|Danish]] author '''Karen Blixen'''. Blixen ...
5: ...the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian...
7: ...uple separated in 1921, and the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Bl...
9: ...he pseudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
15: ... Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: ...studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural a...
11: ... me too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash ...
13: ...ng a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics ha...
17: ...rk was groundbreaking: She was among the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Hai... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
5: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ... values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase...
14: ... values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force. - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: ...American]] [[aviator | pilot]] and squadron commander during [[World War II]].
3: ... of 16, a month after her first flight. She attended [[Vassar College|Vassar]], though she left after...
7: ...uadron]] in [[1942]] with her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
8: [[Women?s Flying Training Detachment]] to become the
13: ...ey were recognized in [[1977]], shortly after her death. She was inducted into the [[Michigan Women's... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ... in dialogue with Bloomsbury, particularly its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) tow...
9: ...the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artists in thi...
11: ...erimented with [[stream-of-consciousness]], the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives ...
13: ...nd visual impressions; Woolf is at her best in rendering self-soliloquizing existences whose perpetual...
15: ..., near her home in [[Rodmell]]. She left a [[suicide note]] for her husband: "I feel certain that I am... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...b at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.
6: ...fered to help her establish a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of education, Ms. Cochran had a qui...
8: After a friend offered her a ride in an airplane, a thrilled Jacqueline Cochran beg...
10: ... she made up a story about being adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impove...
12: ...g America's entry into the War, in 1942 she was made director of women's flight training for the Unite... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Grammys]] (includi...
6: ...s [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed w...
8: ... internationally famous artist and a symbol of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin ...
10: ... Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best ...
12: ...or Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[19...
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