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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - 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]]. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title ...
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - 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 - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: ...[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
19: *[[James Agee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
20: ...99), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: ...[[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Ro... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ge:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bon...
3: ...[[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May''...
5: ...ls built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child an...
11: ...ting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ... thus one of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[19...
7: ...on worked to improve the conditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet Union]], fighting illiteracy and ...
11: ...s' Opposition, after which Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined.
13: ...tion to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]]. - 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. - 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 ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...[feminism|feminist]] and [[journalist]] and a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and o...
5: ...e traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]...
8: ...cholarship winner. She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adla...
9: ...!'' magazine and also freelanced for other magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance w...
12: ...n this role, Gloria managed to organize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
3: ...ry, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinis...
5: ...Bolshoy Fontan]] near [[Odessa]]. Her childhood does not appear to have been happy; her parents separa...
9: ...]], with several poems written in the form of correspondence between the two.
11: ...enced, unable to publish poetry, between 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[19...
13: ...re Akhmatova lived from the mid [[1920s]] until [[1952]]. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the li...
14: *Alguns Contos (1952)
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961) - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ...s and driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department ...
6: ...ed Press]] named her "''Woman of the Year in Business''."
8: ...ho recognized the value of publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics "''Wings''," she ...
10: ... adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family. - 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... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...e fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
5: ...helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physi...
9: ...hanging her mind and staying. Unfortunately, Jacques Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy about her de...
12: ... a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: ...-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ...e at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]...
6: ...], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
9: ...r parents had three children, and Teresa was youngest. The family was ethnically [[Albania|Albanian]].... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...success have been credited with influencing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy...
7: ...atrimony. A first marriage, at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On ...
9: ...lympics|Olympic]] [[skier]], [[Jan Marusarz]], to escort her across the snow-covered [[Tatra Mountains...
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13: ...to why the Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ... she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...], ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' (1943). ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal Ame...
8: ...6mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the Afternoon''.
12: ...]]. Some have speculated that her death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
14: ...'[[The Changing Light at Sandover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Der... - 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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