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- 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
17: ...e|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
35: ...[[Diane Julie Abbott|Abbott, Diane Julie]], (born 1953), British Labour MP
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - 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
57: *[[John Luther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...ada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing h...
7: ...om|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ds of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but her title, ...
14: ...lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929,...
15: ...n Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
3: ...px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...versed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: ...|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
15: ...[[Juan Lu�Vives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
21: ...th, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was not permitted to see her mother Cath... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...'Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...d|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ... last quality, viewed with impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital m...
11: ... reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to ...
13: ... member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...of York|Duchess of York]]. In her own right she held the title of a [[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingd...
5: ...wels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...ther was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the young...
11: ...velled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], for...
13: ... fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived ... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...nd, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]...
6: ...r father, as [[Pakistan]]'s foreign minister, travelled to the [[United Nations]] to resolve the issue...
8: ...canvassing. Her entire undergraduate career was fuelled by controversy, coming in the middle of a peri...
10: ==Imprisonment, Elections and Exile==
11: ...y, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of General [[Muhamma... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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27: ... of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...gn relations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and forme...
31: ...eurial culture. She also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour mar...
36: ... Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which affected hi... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...n and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...f the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 d...
6: ...r three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
8: ...ucation, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...rsity]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [...
6: ...Her efforts during the [[1960]]'s and [[1970]]'s helped break down the segregation of literature from ...
8: ...h of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first Afri...
14: ==Novels==
16: *''[[Sula (novel)|Sula]]'' (1973) - 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 ... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: '''Jacqueline Cochran''', born '''Bessie Lee Pittman''' ([[M...
3: [[Image:JacquelineCochran.JPG|thumb|Jacqueline Cochran]]
6: ...merica by the Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954]] the [[Associated Press]] named her...
8: ...n began taking flying lessons at [[Roosevelt Airfield]] on [[Long Island]]. A natural, she was quickly...
10: ...er growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press a... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 1...
5: ...re her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had esc...
8: ...ficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres ...
9: ...nsidered changing her mind and staying. Unfortunately, Jacques Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy ab...
11: ==King's College London 1951-1953== - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
3: In 1953, she introduced the first test, called the [[Apga... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: '''Lucinda Williams''' (born [[January 26]], [[1953]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[rock music|...
4: ...isiting professor in [[Mexico]] and [[Chile]] as well as different parts of the American South, before...
8: ...' The single "Changed the Locks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country ...
10: ...up, ''Sweet Old World'' (Chameleon, 1992), was a melancholy album dealing with themes of suicide and d...
12: ...reason, she's completely out of the loop. And I feel strongly that that's country music's loss." - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...erre]]'', '''Christine Granville'''. She became celebrated especially for her exploits in [[Germany|G...
11:
13: ...icion due to Krystyna's contacts with a Polish intelligence organization called the "[[Musketeers]]." ...
15: ...]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish intelligence officers thought, could have gotten the vi...
19: ...t]] on Polish affairs. He is now in Palestine […]. I understand from Major [Peter] Wilkinson - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
4: She was born in [[Celoron, New York]] and after her father died, was ra...
7: ...esigner [[Hattie Carnegie]] and as the [[Chesterfield cigarettes]] girl. She moved to [[Hollywood]] in...
9: ...tage version). The two hit it off immediately and eloped the same year to much press attention. Howeve...
11: ...essful, and [[CBS]] asked her to develop it as a television program. She agreed, but insisted on worki...
13: ...r grandfather's insistence (per [[FBI]] [[FOIA]]-released documents). - 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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