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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
77: | [[1930]] — [[1932]]
108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwer...
14: ...d States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Rep...
15: * [[1889]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large maj...
16: ...lliam Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
19: ... 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]]. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architec...
8: *[[Danny Aiello|Aiello, Danny]], (born 1933), US actor
18: *[[Anouk Aim饼Aim饬 Anouk]], (born 1932), French actor
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
24: *[[George Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ... - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[United States Senate|United ...
3: ...raway_hattie.jpg|left|Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to US Senate]]
9: ... served in that office until [[1921]] when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he ser...
11: ... States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]]'').
15: ...pulist [[Louisiana]] politician [[Huey Long]] travelled to Arkansas on a 9-day campaign swing to campa... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...te House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ... [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promoting the [[New De...
5: ...ady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...side marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ork|Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johannes branch and Fr... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ... access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
9: In 1914, Sanger launched ''The Woman Rebel'', a newspaper advocating birth control. She also...
11: ...]], but also acknowledged the reality of sexual feelings in adolescents. It was followed in 1917 by ''...
13: ...on was legalized in many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World Population Conference...
15: ...l News''. From 1939 to 1942, she was an honorary delegate of the Birth Control Federation of America. ... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: .... From [[1906]] to [[1907]] she studied at the [[Pelham Art School]] and then at the [[London School o...
5: ...'' where the man at the next table introduced himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". In addition to...
7: ... I]] including at the Royal Academy in London as well as the ''[[Salon d'Automne]]'' in Paris. Back in...
13: ...wn, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].
15: ... unsuccessfully sued her and the publisher for libel over allegations of Black Magic made in her book.... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[ph...
11: ...l of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
19: ...icials). There is a story told that she named herself after the [[Remington Rand]] [[typewriter]], but...
22: ...[We The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ..., she quit her work as a lawyer to consecrate herself to literature.
6: She became, with [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], [[Michel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures ... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...eminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent mos...
13: ... was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
19: ...rge circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art were highly...
21: ...ving the two "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one i...
23: ...rian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled with democratic values ... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
1: [[Image:Amelia_earhart_1.jpg|thumb|190px|Amelia Earhart]]
2: '''Amelia Mary Earhart''' ([[July 24]], [[1897]] - c.[[Ju...
6: ... provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mother's pare...
8: ...king lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought ...
10: ...r life began to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlan... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...ith a BA Economics from the [[University of Sheffield]], Johnson went to work in [[London]] as secreta...
8: She became well-known in [[1930]] when she was the first woman t...
12: In [[July]] [[1932]], she set a solo record for the flight from Engl...
14: In [[1932]], she married the famous British pilot [[Jim Mol...
16: ...ited States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]. - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
2: ...] [[test pilot]], and a favourite of the upper echelon of the [[Nazi]] party.
4: ...ome a medical doctor in 1932 when she left that field to pursue a career as a test pilot. In the 1930s...
6: ...w 61|Focke-Achgelis Fa 61]], the world's first [[helicopter]]. This made her a star of the Nazi party,...
8: ...f Germany's latest designs, including the jet-propelled [[Messerschmitt Me 163]] ''Komet'', and sever...
10: ...nberg''s, they were never used in combat. (See [[Selbstopfer]]) - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...reatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleanora Fagan''', she had a difficult childhood whi...
7: ...her to be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. A hardened and angry child, she dropped ou...
9: ...would shake him down for money by threatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughte...
14: ...an singing informally in numerous clubs. Around [[1932]] she was "discovered" by [[record producer]] [[J...
20: ... that era to perform with white musicians. Nevertheless, she was still forced to use the back entrance... - Miriam Makeba (1140 bytes)
1: ...sy, especially in the United States. [[Nelson Mandela]] finally made her come back to South Africa in ...
3: ...pularity by appearing in [[Paul Simon]]'s ''[[Graceland]]'' tour. Shortly thereafter she published her... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ...e Barrow''') were famous [[bank robber]]s who traveled the [[central United States]] during the [[Grea...
9: '''Bonnie Elizabeth Parker''' was born [[October 1]], [[1910]]...
15: ...exas|Ellis County]], Texas, near [[Telico, Texas|Telico]] (just south of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]). He...
19: ...o her brother's house and meets a charming young fellow. Nobody thought it was anything special. Nobod...
21: == Prison and release == - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: '''Berta Helene Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl''' ([[August 22]], [...
5: ...nck's [[Mountain film|bergfilme]], presenting herself as an athletic, adventuresome young woman with s...
7: ... It is not documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
9: ...al became ''[[Olympia_(film)|Olympia]]'', a film celebrated for its technical and aesthetic achievemen...
17: ...ished in [[1974]] and [[1976]]. She survived a [[helicopter]] crash in the Sudan in [[2000]]. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
10: ...|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities.
12: ... [[Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Criti...
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among establi...
16: ... that she was too old (at 34) for Scarlett's antebellum scenes (One also wonders if the cynical Bankhe...
18: ...rable plays until she played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little Foxes]] (1939). Her portraya... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...ilms in Sweden, Bergman was signed by [[David O. Selznick]] to star in the remake of [[Intermezzo (193...
5: ...for Best Actress with her performance in ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive...
7: ... children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
11: ...an]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John Gielgud]]'s remark, "She speaks five languages, and ca...
15: ...ni-series]] [[A Woman Called Golda]], about [[Israeli]] [[prime minister]] [[Golda Meir]].
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