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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Milton, Massachusetts]]
24: ... in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ... third voyage). However, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: le...
21: ...ni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchinetta.
29: ...portunity to sail into the Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off th...
31: ...maker in Lisbon. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: '''Steel''' is a [[metal]] [[alloy]] whose major component is [[iron]], ...
5: ... (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ... Both temperatures could be reached with ancient methods that have been in use for at least 6000 years...
10: ...pg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel production.]]
11: ...cementite-ferrite mixture. Cementite is a stochiometric phase with the chemical formula of Fe<sub>3</s... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
15: ...tains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be c...
16: ...d|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published.
25: ...[Erwin Rommel]] leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
28: * [[1956]] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops invade [[Hungary]] to crush the [[Hungar... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
56: ...abbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the cente...
103: ...ahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete
104: *[[Joze Abram|Abram, Joze]], (1875-1938), poet - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
27: *[[Gary Ackerman|Ackerman, Gary Leonard]] (born 1942)
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: ...gard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
42: ...les Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
60: *[[Leonie Adams|Adams, Leonie]], (born 1899), poet
65: ...22-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
66: ...muel Adams (naval officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
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4: *[[Pope Agapetus I|Agapetus I, Pope]], (pope 535-536)
5: *[[Pope Agapetus II|Agapetus II, Pope]], (pope 946-955)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
7: ...jit Agarkar|Agarkar, Ajit]], (1977-), Indian cricketer - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...oria''' (Alexandrina Victoria [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) (...
18: Princess Victoria met her future husband, [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobur...
20: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[...
25: ...t Augustus of Hanover. As the young queen was as yet unmarried and childless, Ernest Augustus was also...
29: ...y resigned his commission, allowing Melbourne to return to office. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...oria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
5: ...mily]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the ...
13: ...g [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany...
19: Despite this setback, Queen Victoria still favoured Princess May a...
28: ...2]]<td> married [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]] ([[4 August]] [[1900]] – [[30... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
1: ...mage:MargaretSanger-Underwood.LOC.jpg|thumb|Margaret Sanger.]]
2: ...merican]] [[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won t...
7: ...hat Every Girl Should Know." Distributing a pamphlet, ''Family Limitation'', to poor women, Sanger rep...
9: ...pe prosecution. However, the following year, she returned to the U.S. and resumed her activities, laun...
13: ...gal birth control clinic in the US (renamed Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in her honor in 1940). Tha... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: '''Isabel Allende Llona''' (born [[August 2]], [[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been ...
8: ... complete her secondary education, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married...
10: ...ghter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to Chile, and her son Nicol᳠was born there...
14: ... wake of a violent coup and died of his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controve...
16: ..., was on his deathbed. She started writing him a letter that later evolved into a book manuscript, ''[... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
7: ...e plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: She returned to Denmark and began writing in earnest, pub...
21: * ''Winter's Tales'' (1942)
30: * ''Letters from Africa, 1914-1931'' (posthumous 1981, US... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
15: ...sing the struggle of Black Americans as both the setting and the motivation for his work. Because the...
22: ...egation was predicated on black inferiority. The letter caused a furore and proved to be Hurston's las...
33: *''[[Dust Tracks on a Road]]'' ([[1942]])
38: ...he Complete Stories (Zora Neale Hurston)|The Complete Stories]]'' ([[1995]]) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
11: ...apitalism]]. Her novels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability...
19: ...munist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named ...
24: ...r of films, ''Noi vivi'' and ''Addio, Kira'' in [[1942]] by Scalara Films, [[Rome]], despite resistance ...
28: ...as Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of he... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
7: ... the [[Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]] in [[1942]] with her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] ...
8: [[Women?s Flying Training Detachment]] to become the
11: ...North American B-25 Mitchell]], and along with [[Betty Gillies]], a [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16...
13: ...men in her squadron to be recognized as military veterans. They were recognized in [[1977]], shortly ... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...f was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbur...
9: ...led as one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], ...
13: ...imultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic narrative en...
15: ...ur life, that without me you could work" (<i>The Letters of Virginia Woolf</i>, vol. VI, p. 481).
20: ...anon and the future of women in education and society. - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
6: ... enamored and offered to help her establish a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of education, Ms. C...
8: ...r, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstic...
10: ..." and maintaining the Cochran name, she began competing in both American and international air races, ...
12: ...liary. Following America's entry into the War, in 1942 she was made director of women's flight training ...
14: ...ying the new [[jet engine]] aircraft going on to set numerous records. She still holds more distance a... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
2: ...list ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ...ents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
16: She returned to working with Wexler, but her last Atlanti...
18: ...for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit.
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