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  1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
    57: | [[1867]] — [[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
    64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
    69: ...[[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
    77: | [[1930]] — [[1932]]
    95: | [[Minnesota]]
  2. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
    9: ...[[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orang...
    12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
    14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
    22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]].
  3. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
    6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
    7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
    9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
    10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
  4. List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
    18: *[[Anouk Aim饼Aim饬 Anouk]], (born 1932), French actor
    26: ...Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese queen
  5. Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
    1: ...d to serve as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]].
    5: ...akerville, Tennessee]] in [[Humphreys County, Tennessee|Humphreys County]].
    7: ...[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] where she cared for their childre...
    9: ... [[1921]] when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he served until he died in office ...
    11: ...oming the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]]...
  6. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    3: ...he [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave f...
    5: ...Rights|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First L...
    9: ...s hand to her husband to be. Their marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived inf...
    11: ...scended from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
    13: ...s an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.
  7. Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
    2: ...s instrumental in opening the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believe...
    7: ...ssemination of contraceptive information and devices.
    9: ...ntributed articles on health for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Ca...
    11: ...cknowledged the reality of sexual feelings in adolescents. It was followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mot...
    13: ...der medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World ...
  8. Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
    3: ...in [[Tenby]], [[Pembrokeshire]], [[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] ...
    7: ...' in Paris. Back in England, she taught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[...
    11: ...to shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry.
    13: ...e town, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]].
    15: ...ted States]]. The poet [[Aleister Crowley]] unsuccessfully sued her and the publisher for libel over a...
  9. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    4: ... image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist ph...
    11: ...press goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
    12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
    14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on...
    19: ...m Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter...
  10. Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
    4: ...[[1932]], she wrote her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-P...
    6: ...hel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau r...
    10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]]
  11. Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
    1: ...74]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|femin...
    13: ...rted by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
    17: ...returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by t...
    19: ...eight, she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature ...
    21: ...o "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn ...
  12. Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
    2: ...c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaking new gr...
    8: ...she became interested in flying and began taking lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With financial help from...
    10: ...tape parade in New York and a reception held by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] at the [[White House]]. ...
    14: ...dal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
    16: ...nia]]. Later that year she soloed from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to [[Newark, New Je...
  13. Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
    8: ... Australia]] on [[May 24]] after flying 11,000 miles. Her aeroplane for this flight a [[De Havilland]]...
    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: ...ine Sands]], South [[Wales]], to the [[United States|USA]] in 1933. The plane ran out of fuel and cras...
    20: ...ary. Although she was seen alive in the water, a rescue attempt failed and her body was lost.
  14. Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
    2: ...s a famous [[World War II]] [[Germany|German]] [[test pilot]], and a favourite of the upper echelon of...
    4: ...when she left that field to pursue a career as a test pilot. In the 1930s she became fairly famous, se...
    6: ...t command of Karl Franke she soon became a major test pilot on the [[Junkers Ju 87]] ''Stuka'' and [[D...
    8: ...d many accidents and was badly injured several times.
    10: ...rom a [[Heinkel He 111]] bomber. Later it was suggested that similarly equipped V-1 would be used as p...
  15. Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
    3: ... Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleano...
    7: ... be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. A hardened and angry child, she dropped out of s...
    9: ...t was hardly a responsible father. In the rare times Billie did see him, she would shake him down for ...
    11: ==First success==
    14: ...Hammond was the first). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ev...
  16. Miriam Makeba (1140 bytes)
    1: ...further controversy, especially in the United States. [[Nelson Mandela]] finally made her come back to...
    3: ...rd for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording|Best Folk Recording]] together with [[Harry Belafonte...
  17. Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
    3: ... [[central United States]] during the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow...
    5: ...]] press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1...
    9: ...t the pairing was short-lived. Noted for homesickness throughout her short adult life, she longed to b...
    11: ...mited to logistics support. At only 4 feet 10 inches, she was a stalwart and loyal companion to Clyde ...
    15: ...rate far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
  18. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    2: ...maker]] renowned for her [[aesthetics]] and advances in film technique. Her most famous works are [[do...
    5: ...''[[The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
    7: ... widely regarded as one of the most effective pieces of [[propaganda]] ever produced, even though Rief...
    9: ...pia]]'', a film celebrated for its technical and aesthetic achievements. She was the first to put rail...
    11: ...a.jpg|thumb|right|150px|22 Jews digging their graves, picture by Leni Riefenstahl]]
  19. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    2: ...]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Hun...
    4: ...House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]] ([[1872]...
    6: ...Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her move to New Yo...
    8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral me...
    10: ...d]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities.
  20. Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
    1: ...my Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
    3: ...rmezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]"...
    5: ...'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of A...
    7: ...ini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
    9: ... It is considered to be among her best performances.

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