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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: ...deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...d for its yearly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an...
17: ...ity developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban mov...
25: ...red, until president [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with...
35: ...erest include both the historic Church of the Candelaria and the modern-style cathedral, the Municipal... - 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]]. - 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. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] |
11: ...Mountbatten-Windsor]], n饠Spencer) ([[1 July]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[w...
13: ...s]], spawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...dmirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there were even calls ...
22: ... Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...he most influential women in British history, largely as a result of her close friendship with [[Anne ...
4: ...reatly. In [[1711]], both Sarah and her husband fell out of royal favor. Anne's death in [[1714]] re...
6: ...cipated the life of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] (1961-1997), Sarah sought to marry off her granddaughte...
8: ...istress of the Robes]] | before=— | after=[[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|The Duchess o... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...ia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to Israel after graduate school and was never a U.S. citize...
12: ...ool for work and to marry an older man. Golda rebelled and ran away. She went to Denver, where her o...
16: ...d began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]], then [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. The cou...
22: ... Her husband died in [[1951]], Golda was away traveling at the time. - 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 Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="margin: 0em 1em ...
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... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ere she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood G...
4: ...he [[ghost story]]. Some critics say her first novel, ''[[The Edible Woman]]'', which examined female ...
6: ... [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ...an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
10: ...e Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', champi... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
7: ...ated a [[coffee]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated ...
9: ...drezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
22: * ''The Angelic Avengers'' (1947)
25: ...dows on the Grass'' (1960 in England and Denmark, 1961 in USA)
34: ...Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...Selvagem'' (Close to the Wild Heart). When the novel was published, many claimed that her stream-of-co...
5: ...er 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the life o...
11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961) - 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]]). - 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]]) - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]]...
2: ...[[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jazz Royalty|Lady]] Ella''', was one of the most important [[jazz]] [[si...
6: ...h she won, adding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Web...
8: ..., the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...arilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[gospel]], and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] ...
6: ...ost notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted her as a jaz...
8: ...[[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they j...
10: ...uble LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it ...
12: ...s era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman", "Think", "Baby I Love You"... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
5: ...Klaus Rainer R?], a [[communism|communist]], in [[1961]] and had twin girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[Se...
7: ...st's means of struggle, or lack of the same, she helped [[Andreas Baader]] to escape from prison and t...
9: ... members of the [[Red Army Faction]] have always held that she was killed by representatives of the Ge...
11: == Related articles == - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
8: ...d of Mary is given in the mid-2nd century ''[[Gospel of James]]''.The [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Ca...
11: ...ering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [[El Greco]] (1575)]]
13: ...ters) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in the inn provided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7...
15: ...is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years of age, where he was found among the doct... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: '''Elise Rivet''' born [[January 19]], [[1890]], in [[D...
3: ...sion" in [[Lyon]]. In 1933 she became "M貥 Marie Elisabeth de l'Eucharistie," the convent's Mother Su...
5: ... chamber including a weakened and starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks bef...
7: ... [[M餡ille des Justes]] and in 1999 the "''Salle Elise Rivet''" was named for her at the [[Institut d... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ... ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which prem...
6: ...er graduating from [[Smith College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1934, she moved to [[New Yo...
8: ...k but helped in the development of a [[shark]] repellant. She was posted to [[Kandy]], Ceylon (now [[S...
14: ...don Bleu]] cooking school and later studied privately with master chefs like [[Max Bugnard]]. She not...
18: == Fame, books, and television series == - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: Born '''Eleanora Derenkovskaya''' on [[April 29]], [[1917]],...
6: ... She used this camera to make her first and most well-known [[film]], ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' ...
8: ...Foundation Fellowship for "Creative Work in the Field of Motion Pictures." In 1947 she won the [[Gran...
12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. ...
14: ...''-2001) during [[seance|s顮ces]] in which she spelled out ghostly messages through a [[Ouija board]]...
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