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- 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - 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 - 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 I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ..., however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Ma...
13: ...se assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his ...
15: ...ives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...iage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second s... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - 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. - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...o Swiss companies during her regime and remain unresolved. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has bee...
6: ...cluded active participation in various social causes.
8: ... at Oxford, she was the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Union]], after the election ...
11: ...r's party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of General [...
13: ...overnment of a Muslim-majority state in modern times. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...lion copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...r three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
8: ...hile in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] private school, and while in Lebanon a...
12: ...as y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked i...
16: ... of Spirits]]'' (1982). The book was a great success and was later made into a film (''[[The House of... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...rize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her infant ...
10: ...the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]].
12: ...ing "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-cla...
15: *''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970)
25: ==Short Stories== - 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 ... - 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. - 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...
11: ==King's College London 1951-1953== - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: ... - [[August 7]], [[1974]]) specialised in [[anesthesia]] and childbirth. She graduated from [[Columbia...
3: ...inutes after birth, and sometimes also at 10 minutes. - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...[Grammy Award]] winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' magazine in 2002.
4: ...r Williams]]. Her father worked as a visiting professor in [[Mexico]] and [[Chile]] as well as differe...
6: ... She followed it up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of her own material. Neither a...
8: ...d a following and a critical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that [[Rough Trade Record...
10: ...for which Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994. - 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...
11:
13: ...to why the Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfavor. - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...e star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular stars in American history.
5: ...ence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ...royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ff immediately and eloped the same year to much press attention. However, Arnaz's philandering and dri...
11: ...uple's [[Desilu]] production company, so the Arnazes toured the road in a [[vaudeville]] act with Luci... - 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. - 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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