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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - 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]]. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...he country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirundi]].
3: ...l size belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist cla...
10: ...賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: official_languages = [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French...
17: ...ader_titles = [[President of Burundi|President]] | - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
8: *[[Ben Affleck|Affleck, Ben]], (born 1972), US actor
10: *[[Alphonso I of Portugal|Afonso I Henriques of Portugal]], (1109-1185), first king of Portuga... - 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. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
12: | '''Predecessor:'''
15: | '''Successor:'''
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ...]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Marg... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
3: ... being appointed vice president of the party in [[1972]]. On [[January 2]], [[1975]], the dictator [[Jea...
5: ...figure, both as a former politician and as a businesswoman. - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
20: | [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]]
30: ! Predecessor:
33: ! Successor:
34: | [[Morarji Desai]] - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
1: [[image:MargaretChaseSmith.jpg|right|Margaret Chase Smith]]
3: ...tion at her party's convention (1964 [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]).
5: ...s instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: ...s defeated for reelection in 1972 by [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[William Dodd Hathaw...
9: ...ived the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[198... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...(whom [[George W. Bush]] later named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]) in [[2...
5: ... in [[2000]], but was elected to the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the...
7: ...Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]], and the [[U.S. Senate Special Committee on ...
9: ... of the [[Seventeenth amendment to the United States Constitution]] in [[1913]], U.S. Senators were se...
11: ... D-Nev., to set the Democrats' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[To... - 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... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...er''' ([[June 28]], [[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?rt in [[Katowice]] (then in [...
3: ...ames Franck. The couple moved to the [[United States]], Mayer's home country.
5: ...scientific projects. In [[1946]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. Here...
7: ...e Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ... waltzers. Suppose they go round the room in circles, each circle enclosed within another. Then imagin... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ..., such as [[Gaspare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] ope...
5: ... student and in secondary roles, she made her professional debut at the [[Athens Opera]] on [[July 4]]...
7: ...higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]]. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
4: ... born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She w...
6: ...to hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. S...
8: ...the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...ctly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...George Gershwin]] (with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jero... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publicatio...
6: ...r gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting in some of the most influential R&B recordi...
10: ...it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt...
12: ...cal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...[[The Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest professional gospel groups.
3: ...elt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...ed, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. Jackson died the... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...oni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
3: ...] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th c...
5: ...xplain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ... by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...her stardom and its costs, both in terms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it ent... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
1: [[Image:BessieSmith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
2: ... [[USA]] was the most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and [[30s]], and a huge inf...
5: ...to sing but probably helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [...
7: ...s around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], a...
9: ...panied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a string section-...
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