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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]...
2: ...ate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
5: ...f his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom we know l...
9: ...career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to h... - 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]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...tries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in seek...
13: ...and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
53: ...later a [[United Nations]] Trust Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World Wa...
54: ...Burundi from Rwanda in 17th century; other, more reliable sources, suggest that Ntare came from Buha, ... - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
8: *[[Ben Affleck|Affleck, Ben]], (born 1972), US actor - 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 ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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4: ...f;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:Kim_Campbell.jpg]]
31: ...ember 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female...
35: ... and Divinsky were divorced in [[1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986]]. - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: '''Elisabeth Domitien''' (born [[1925]] – died [[...
3: ... being appointed vice president of the party in [[1972]]. On [[January 2]], [[1975]], the dictator [[Jea...
5: ...he possibility of instituting a monarchy with himself as emperor. When Domitien openly rejected the pl... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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59: ...ressured to take up a career in politics. She was elected as a member of Parliament in her father's [[...
67: ...(after Soviet disintegration) as compared to its relations with the US. [[Image:Indira_and_Nixon.JPG|...
69: ...ork of banks Gandhi created are successful and widely trusted institutions today.
70: ...e payments to India's princely states, which she felt were anachronistic given India's democratic post... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...s in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the [[United States House of Represe...
7: ...[[William Dodd Hathaway|Bill Hathaway]], the only election she ever lost in the state of Maine. (Hath...
11: ... the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]]. - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator...
5: ... a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
9: ...s Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were selected by the state legislature). No former Michiga...
11: ...th Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ran...
15: ...[[Spencer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...d in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support them both.
9: ...agazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infam...
12: After a series of celebrity interviews, Steinem was eventually able to ...
14: ... Caucus]] and the [[Women's Action Alliance]]. In 1972 she founded the feminist magazine ''[[Ms. Magazin...
21: ...a great sense of satisfaction at the changes she helped bring about, Ms. Steinem encourages people to... - 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... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...and became one of the few women to receive a [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].
3: ...n the fall. Among her professors were three [[Nobel prize]] winners: [[Max Born]], [[James Franck]] a...
5: ... shell structure. For this work she received a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1963]] together with [[Euge...
7: ...spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
11: ...ics]] "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure". Maria was quoted as saying, "winning... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ... most famous singing actress of the era. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from cla...
5: ...ny bel canto operas, contributing greatly to the bel canto revival of the 1950s.
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9: ...t it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...hen Onassis left Callas for [[Jackie Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president ... - 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"... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ... Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ...e an inevitable backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound for popular acces...
5: ...]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]'...
7: ...ted into the [[Gospel Music Association]]'s [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] in [[1978]]. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...es Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: '''Joni Mitchell, [[Order of Canada|CC]]''' (born '''Roberta Joan...
5: ...sly "poetic", her songs were strengthened by Mitchell's extraordinary wide-ranging voice (with a range...
7: ...rst two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...Also of interest, "For Free" is the first of Mitchell's many songs focusing on the dichotomy between t... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: ...ped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'...
7: ...nd doing tent tours for the rest of the year (traveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became ...
9: ...ade her only film appearance, starring in a two-reeler based on [[W. C. Handy]]'s "[[St. Louis Blues]]...
11: ...]] asked her to record four sides for the Okeh label. These were her final recordings and they are of ...
13: ...rgan. They were in an accident and Smith was severely injured. A doctor soon arrived at the scene and ...
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