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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ... article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Jane...
5: ...02059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...he biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar M...
9: ...t's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's cap...
13: ...irst the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which m... - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...d emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...he most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
11: ...as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...nasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chine... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
2: ...mage:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor rais...
3: ==The Arthur of history==
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ... the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage. - List of historical anniversaries (7470 bytes)
1: Condensed list of historical anniversaries.
7: | [[February]]
8: ...27|27]] [[February 28|28]] [[February 29|(29)]] [[February 30|((30))]]</small>
53: ...]: [http://www.imdb.com/M/on-this-day This Day in Movie History] - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...een Melisende]] had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant earlier in the century.
5: ...who founded the convent of St. Lazarus in Bethany for her sister in [[1138]], and died there in [[116...
7: ...f the dynasty, Sibylla named her son [[Baldwin V of Jerusalem|Baldwin]].
9: ...amily manoeuvered to have the princess marry one of their own.
11: ...ting in the future good-will of the king-consort of Sibylla. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
1: ...te_de_valois.jpg|thumb|250px|right|style=margin-left:1em|Marguerite de Valois]]
2: ...hor of the same name]] who was also of the Valois family.
4: ...rles IX of France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...the marriage was arranged. Jeanne d'Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
8: ...t each other. When the Cardinal asked Marguerite if she willingly took Henri to be her husband, she d... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]...
3: ...|right|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
6: {{House of Tudor}}
8: ...y cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: ... once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
2: ...t|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
5: {{House of Stewart(Scotland)}}
7: ...monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
9: ...d whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ... to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]]. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...b|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
5: {{House of Tudor}}
7: ...of England|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] hi...
9: ...d poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, ...
11: ...lors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen. - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
1: ...ellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid; margin-left: 1em"
3: ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Image:indirag.jpg|Indira Gandhi]...
5: ! Date of Birth:
8: ! Date of Demise:
11: ! Place of Birth: - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
1: {{Infobox Senator | name=Blanche Lincoln
10: | date of birth=[[September 30]], [[1960]]
11: | place of birth=[[Helena, Arkansas|Helena]], [[Arkansas]]
13: | date of death=
14: | place of death= - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...ted for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
2: ...an Civil Rights Movement]], most famous for her refusal in [[1955]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a wh...
4: ...parents, mother, and brother; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
6: ...e [[Highlander Folk School]], an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]].
8: ...ied, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and for violating a local ordinance. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: :''For the Chilean politician and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (polit...
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...ng over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...[[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents...
8: ...tion, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
2: ...ty of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and ...
4: ...gs and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been associ...
6: ...figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along ...
8: ...d's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blin... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
1: ...546]]-[[1591]]) was a [[poet]] and [[courtesan]] of Venice during the sixteenth century.
3: ...She was listed as one of the foremost courtesans of Venice in the "catalog," ''Il Catalogo di tutte l...
5: ...thologies. She also founded and funded a charity for courtesans and their children.
7: ...], but was acquitted of the charges. Her later life is largely obscure, though surviving records sug...
9: ... times of Veronica Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty". - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
1: [[Image:MaryPicford.jpg|right|frame|Mary Pickford]]
3: ...rt" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...as cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She s...
7: ...sisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickford'''.
9: ...ic's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
4: ...Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objectivism]]|
6: date_of_birth=[[February 2]], [[1905]] |
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] | - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
1: ...Image:VirginiaWoolf.jpeg|frame|right|Virginia Woolf]]
3: ...t figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]].
5: ==Life and work==
7: ...gue with Bloomsbury, particularly its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doc...
9: ...novelists of the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some ... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...he had a difficult childhood which affected her life and career.
5: ==Early life==
7: ...ves. A hardened and angry child, she dropped out of school at an early age and, allegedly, began work...
9: ...own for money by threatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
11: ==First success== - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...oncert.jpg|right|thumb|Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live album ''In Concert...
2: ...ur [[album]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ..., she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...eer, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...ly singles led to the album being withheld until after their subsequent success.
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