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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... - 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: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: *[[Pieter van der Aa|Aa, Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman
7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier - 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
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974)
64: *[[Marcela Acuna|Acuna, Marcela]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
36: *[[Amy Adams|Adams, Amy]], (1979-), singer
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 - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
10: ...e Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set."
12: ...stic song to the tune of the haunting [[Marlene Dietrich]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The...
21: # [[Michael Langhorne Astor]] (1916-1979) - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: '''Elisabeth Domitien''' (born [[1925]] – died [[26 Apr...
5: ...prison term, after which she was prohibited from returning to politics, though she remained a prominen... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
8: *Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
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]].
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 [...
14: ... and presents, since [[1998]], the international Petra Kelly Prize [http://www.boell.de/en/10_preise/1... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...ster, Eva Gore-Booth, were close friends of the poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house,...
6: ...involved in radical politics through the [[suffragette]] movement and in the Irish nationalist movemen...
8: ...] her husband moved to the [[Ukraine]] and never returned. Shortly thereafter she joined [[James Conno...
12: ...egan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Irish Minister for Community, Rural and...
22: *[http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/ireland.html Detailed Countess Markiewcz info on TheWildGeese.com] - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ...O]] before briefly serving as Prime Minister in [[1979]]-[[1980]]. Afterward she [[Portuguese presidenti... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: ...e name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poet)]]''
23: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] after a career as a judge in the Colonial S...
25: ..., founded by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] and once a [[Protestant]], [[Unionist]] bast...
31: ...included election to [[Dublin City Council]] in [[1979]], where she served until [[1983]]. However she f...
41: ...ttle, Wood Quay was ultimately bulldozed and concreted over, to build the controversial Civic Offices.... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ter named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]) in [[2000]]. She was the first wo...
5: ...[Michigan State House of Representatives]] from [[1979]]-[[1990]], where she became the first woman to p...
7: ...is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget]], the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housin...
11: ...ate Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]], D-Nev., to set the Democrats' agenda and priorities. Reid was el... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ...+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
6: |[[4 May]] [[1979]] <br>
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... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
1: ...san Brownell Anthony - Age 28 - Project Gutenberg eText 15220.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Susan Brownell Antho...
2: ...[Image:Susan Brownell Anthony - Project Gutenberg eText 15220.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Susan Brownell Antho...
3: ...] [[civil rights]] leader who, along with [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], led the effort to grant women th...
5: She was born in [[Adams, Massachusetts]], the daughter of [[Quaker]]s. Soon after her ...
7: ...New York state of the [[American Anti-Slavery Society]]. - 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... - 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...
28: * ''Daguerreotypes and Other Essays'' (posthumous 1979, 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]].
32: *A Bela e a Fera (1979)
35: *Cartas perto do Cora磯 (2001) (letters exchanged with [[Fernando Sabino]])
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