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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 ... - 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: Ac (3800 bytes)
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
55: *[[Juan F. Acosta|Acosta, Juan F.]] (1890-1968), Puerto Rican composer
56: *[[Mercedes de Acosta|Acosta, Mercedes de]] (1893-1968) - 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... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...r of India]]. They were [[marriage|married]] in [[1968]], after which she took up residence in India. Th...
11: ...sset for the party. After her refusal, the party settled on the choice of [[Narasimha Rao]] as leader ...
15: ...onal Advisory Council]] with the status of a Cabinet Minister.
17: ... Two Together' (two volumes of letters exchanged between [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] fr... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ... graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has a [[Master of Laws]] degree. She married ...
8: *Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
18: ...rved as the social secretary and organisation secretary of the [[National Union of Students in Finland...
20: ...[1981]] she also served as the [[chairman]] of [[SETA]] (Seksuaalinen Tasavertaisuus RY, ''Sexual Equa...
24: ...n the election. In the previous elections [[Elisabeth Rehn]] came very close to victory. Halonen, who ... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
1: [[Image:Kelly&Bastian.jpg|220px|thumb|Petra Kelly on the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''E...
2: ..., and lived and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
4: ... F. Kennedy]] and [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] in the [[1968]] US elections. She graduated from the School of ...
8: ...1979]] of ''Die Gr?, the [[German Green Party]]. Between [[1983]] and [[1990]], she was a member of th...
12: ...ly unexpected and occurred without her consent. (Details of this event are discussed for instance at [... - 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... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
6: ...rican Civil Rights Movement]] and worked as a secretary for the [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], [[...
14: ...965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
27: ...legal challenge to segregation laws (''see [[Claudette Colvin]] and [[Mary Louise Smith]]''). The sele...
35: After a lifetime of activity fighting [[racism]], Parks was awa... - 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]]. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
5: ... birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
20: *A mulher que matou os peixes (1968)
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... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ...([[November 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who ...
4: ...ck]] and the chemist [[Otto Hahn]]. She worked together with Hahn for 30 years, each of them leading a...
10: ...te President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]].
12: ...ed the Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949.
14: Meitner died in [[Cambridge]], [[England]] in [[1968]]. Element 109 is named [[meitnerium]] in her hon... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
9: ...85]], she married [[F. E. L. Priestley]] (Francis Ethelbert Louis Priestley) ([[1905]]–[[1988]])...
13: In [[1968]] she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canad... - 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.
10: ...Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
12: ... category was added to the [[Grammy Award]]s in [[1968]], she was virtually unchallenged, winning eight ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
5: During her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" f...
9: ...om the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
11: ...]] ("Easter according to John"). The two works together form a "diptych" on the death and resurrection...
18: * Quintet for piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello (1...
19: *''Night in Memphis'' cantata (1968) - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
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: After a return to Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved ...
10: ...' featured more raw emotional performances and together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin ...
14: ... capella'' "[[Mercedes-Benz]]", written by beat poet [[Michael McClure]]. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...ive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain...
7: ...and ''[[Clouds (album)|Clouds]]'' (1969) were archetypes of the nascent singer-songwriter movement of ...
9: ... Mitchell's many songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, bo...
11: ...he best of this period. Exploring the various facets of relationships, from infatuation on "[[A Case ...
13: ...listically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]]... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...ng)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This so...
10: ...t Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later o...
16: ...od", "Cornflake Girl" (a #4 single in the UK), "Pretty Good Year" and "Past the Mission", which featur...
20: ...ir local rape crisis center. In [[1995]], Amos, duetting with [[Robert Plant]], contributed the song ...
27: ...st signing, which she co-produced, was the band "Pet" headed by lead singer Lisa Papineau. Their self-...
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