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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...union, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilat...
7: ...n show early habitation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculativ...
14: ... the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] and...
18: ...) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeologists connect t...
22: ...]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of ... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Milton, Massachusetts]]
19: ...ved as [[U.S.]] [[congressman]] from [[Texas]] ([[1967]]–[[1971]]), [[Ambassador (diplomacy)|ambas...
24: ...ended [[Phillips Academy]] in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstra... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
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: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
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
71: ...dams (footballer)|Adams, Tony]], (born 1966), athlete - 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... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
4: ...lspan="2"| [[Image:Condoleezza Rice.jpg|200px|Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice-Bush]]
7: |66th Secretary of State
27: ...14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[Presiden...
29: ...4]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as Secretary of State. On [[January 26]] [[2005]], the [[Un...
35: ...n dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutm... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
1: [[image:MargaretChaseSmith.jpg|right|Margaret Chase Smith]]
3: '''Margaret Chase Smith''' ([[December 14]], [[1897]] –...
5: ...ion, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military....
11: ... chair of the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]]. - 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]] ... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
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...
12: Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff for ''Paula''...
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, ''[... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
5: ... birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
19: *O Mist鲩o do Coelho Pensante (1967)
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... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...'''. She graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor'...
9: She later returned to the Navy where she worked on validation s...
12: .... She was recalled to active duty in August of [[1967]] for a six-month period that turned into an inde...
16: ... By [[1985]] she became a [[rear admiral]]. She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy in [[1986]].
18: ...[Digital Equipment Corporation]], a position she retained until her death in [[1992]]. Her primary ac... - 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.
8: After moving to [[Atlantic Records]] in 1967, Franklin teamed up with producers [[Jerry Wexler...
16: She returned to working with Wexler, but her last Atlanti... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...bum]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ...n [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[...
6: ...crease, and she acquired a reputation as a "[[Amphetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] use...
8: ...s]] and recorded an eponymously titled album in [[1967]]. However, the lack of success of their early s...
10: ...' featured more raw emotional performances and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin ... - Miriam Makeba (1140 bytes)
3: ...cording]] together with [[Harry Belafonte]]. In [[1967]] she had a world wide hit with "Pata Pata"; in [... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...ometimes referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the form...
9: '''Bonnie Elizabeth Parker''' was born [[October 1]], [[1910]], in [...
11: ...usually limited to logistics support. At only 4 feet 10 inches, she was a stalwart and loyal companion...
15: ... confronted him over a rental car he'd failed to return on time. His second arrest, with brother [[Buc...
17: == Meeting == - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: After completing a few pictures in Sweden and appearing in thre...
7: In [[1949]] Bergman met [[Film director|director]] [[Roberto Rossellini]]...
9: ...r a second time. She would continue to alternate between performances in [[American]] and [[European]]...
57: * [[Indiscreet]] (1958)
63: * [[Stimulantia]] (1967) - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...terpiece ''[[Belle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion...
33: * ''[[Belle de jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]]), (1967)
34: ...demoiselles de Rochefort]]'' ([[Jacques Demy]]), (1967) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...[birth control]] advocate who, along with [[Margaret Sanger]], helped to found the organization that b...
7: ...nship. She would later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed he...
12: ...ite businessman Ludlow Ogden Smith, whom she had met while attending Bryn Mawr and married after a sho...
17: ... During her last years at Bryn Mawr, Hepburn had met a young producer with a stock company in [[Baltim...
19: ...e on stage, flubbed her lines, tripped over her feet and spoke so rapidly that she was almost incompre...
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