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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...n area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 ...
15: ...s formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neighbor [[Niter, f...
17: The exact place of Rio's foundation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A...
23: ...Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire, yet the city region was losing importance - economic ...
25: ...ital. Though many thought it was [[campaign]] [[rhetoric]], Kubitschek managed to have [[Bras�a]] bu... - 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... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...(on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Can...
7: ...sty|Her Majesty]] '''Queen Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), st...
14: ...thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age thre...
15: ...her was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George B...
17: ...ghness'']]. Her full style was HRH Princess Elizabeth of York. At the time of her birth, she was third... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] |
11: ...Mountbatten-Windsor]], n饠Spencer) ([[1 July]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[w...
13: ...y]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning b...
15: ...be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...er Lady Althorp's adultery with wallpaper heir [[Peter Shand Kydd]], Diana's mother sued for custody o... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...ears Sarah's junior. They called one another by pet names, Sarah being "Mrs Freeman" and Anne "Mrs Mo...
4: ... the Duke died in [[1722]] and never saw the completion of [[Blenheim Palace]], the house built for hi...
6: ...cipated the life of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] (1961-1997), Sarah sought to marry off her granddaughte...
8: ...Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}} - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...er American citizen to hold the post ([[Benjamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] whose family...
6: ...he rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
10: ...ning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: ... her older sister, Sheyna, was living. Here she met Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later b...
14: She returned to Milwaukee at the urging of her father whe... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
15: ...'. After a few years away from Washington Hickok returned and lived in the White House with the first ...
33: ... perspectives focusing on the varied needs of society."''
35: ...d War II, she was instrumental along with [[John Peters Humphrey]] and others in formulating the [[UN ...
37: ... Eventually their efforts were successful, and in 1961 DeSapio was removed from power.
45: ...ction| murder mysteries]] wherein she acted as a detective, helping the police solve the crime, while ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ...+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...cknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to ...
29: ...r also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in...
31: ...itain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
2: ...laces in North America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, where she currently lives. She i...
4: ...ian fiction]], a theme that shows up both in the settings and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[n...
6: ...effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voice...
10: ...'', was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - 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...
25: ...dows on the Grass'' (1960 in England and Denmark, 1961 in USA)
30: * ''Letters from Africa, 1914-1931'' (posthumous 1981, US... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
5: ... birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
35: *Cartas perto do Cora磯 (2001) (letters exchanged with [[Fernando Sabino]]) - 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 ...
28: ...as Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of he...
33: ...ganda]] by U.S. patriots, trying to put their Soviet allies in [[World War II]] under the best possibl... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...st pilot. In the 1930s she became fairly famous, setting many [[glider]] aerobatic and endurance recor...
6: ...affe]] testing center at [[Rechlin]] by [[Ernst Udet]]. While under direct command of Karl Franke she ...
8: ... the jet-propelled [[Messerschmitt Me 163]] ''Komet'', and several larger [[bomber]]s on which she te...
12: ...r laying out plans for Nazi commanders to join together in mass suicide when it was obvious that the w...
16: ...pionship in Spain (and was the only woman who competed). - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ...rsion of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
14: ...and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holid...
18: ...'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]'', and ''[[Let No Man Write My Epitaph]]''.
20: ...ous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child, Ray Brown, Jr.
22: ...ances. She is interred in the [[Inglewood Park Cemetery]] in [[Inglewood, California]]. - 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. - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
5: ...ism|communist]], in [[1961]] and had twin girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[September 21]], [[1962]]. - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ... and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theol...
6: ...ugh not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept not...
8: ...raditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
13: ...:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...ew 2|Matt. 2]]). Mary apparently remained in Nazareth for thirty uneventful years. During these years ... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
1: '''Elise Rivet''' born [[January 19]], [[1890]], in [[Draria]], ...
3: ...in [[Lyon]]. In 1933 she became "M貥 Marie Elisabeth de l'Eucharistie," the convent's Mother Superior...
5: ...including a weakened and starving Mother Elise Rivet, on [[March 30]],[[1945]] only weeks before the w...
7: ...le des Justes]] and in 1999 the "''Salle Elise Rivet''" was named for her at the [[Institut des Scienc... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...elevision programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' ...
6: ...e home-furnishing firm [[W. & J. Sloane]]. After returning to California in 1937, shortly before her m...
8: ...an Service as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat.
10: ...ily and had lived in [[Paris]] as an artist and poet. Paul joined the [[United States Foreign Service ...
14: ...e met [[Simone Beck]] who, with her friend [[Louisette Bertholle]], had written a French cookbook for ... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ...her social circle included the likes of [[Andre Breton]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[John Cage]], and [[Ana...
12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. ...
14: ...over]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.
24: ...Night'' (1952-55) with [[Metropolitan Opera]] Ballet School and Antony Tudor, music by Teiji Ito
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