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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ntry has been free of violent political conflict. Figueres also abolished the [[military]] and today, ...
20: | '''[[Official language]]'''
21: | [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (Official), ([[English language|English]] and indigenou...
61: ...fined to include the [[Isthmo-Colombian]] area, defined by the presence of groups that spoke [[Chibcha...
71: ...t:</i> fishermen set sail near Quepos, on the Pacific coast.]]Costa Rica (Spanish for "Rich Coast"), a... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is publi...
14: ...es G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
16: ...] - [[City & South London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway...
21: ...ish]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in ...
22: ...ellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: *[[Frank Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
25: *[[Lynn Abbey|Abbey, Lynn]], (born 1948), US author - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
49: *[[Gerry Adams|Adams, Gerry]], (born 1948), Irish politician & [[Sinn F驮]] leader
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
5: ...Viktor M. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor M.]], (born 1948), Russian astronaut
7: *[[Ron Affif|Affif, Ron]], (born 1965), musician
10: ...al|Afonso I Henriques of Portugal]], (1109-1185), first king of Portugal in [[1139]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...equeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occas...
20: ...s]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C. H. K. Marten, Prov...
23: ...stances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had b...
27: ...her than have them educated at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the...
29: Elizabeth made her first official visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompan... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
9: | '''Term of Office:'''
37: ...ate on [[January 23]], [[1997]]. Albright was the first female Secretary of State, which in turn made ...
40: ... at [[Johns Hopkins University]], received a Certificate from the Russian Institute at [[Columbia Univ...
56: Albright was appointed ambassador to the UN, her first diplomatic post, shortly after Clinton was ina...
76: ...econd time when the Communists assumed power in [[1948]]. The Wellesley College student became a citize... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ... her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She is the first (and to date only) female [[Prime Minister of ...
20: ...d to join Kibbutz Merhavia and was turned down at first, but eventually accepted into the community. ...
26: ==Israel established, 1948==
28: ...ishment of the State of Israel]] on [[May 14]], [[1948]]. She was one of two women to do this. She lat...
30: ...nsjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued Israel's first passport and sent to the United States to rais... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...[[World War II]]. She was a [[First-wave feminism|first-wave]] [[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active sup...
5: ...]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive...
9: ...marriage was blessed with six childeren, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost...
11: Eleanor and Franklin were fifth cousins, once removed. They descended from [[C...
15: ...ok returned and lived in the White House with the first family in [[1940]]. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...the [[United States Senate| Senate]]. She was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at...
5: ...use of Representatives on [[June 3]], [[1940]] to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband,...
7: She had been elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948. She served in the Senate from [[1949]] to [[Janu...
11: ...the Maine voters rejected the effort. She was the first (and as yet only) woman chair of the [[Senate ... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
11: ... and Ah dare yuh tuh hit me too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me i...
15: ...rston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with this struggle. Other popular Black auth...
17: ...ling to [[Haiti]] in 1937, and presuming a scientific basis for tales of [[zombie]]s, which was later ...
34: *''[[Seraph on the Suwanee]]'' ([[1948]])
35: *''[[Sanctified Church]]'' ([[1981]]) - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...aute, a fellow lawyer. In [[1932]], she wrote her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]]...
6: ...[[Michel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouv...
11: * ''Portrait of an Unknown'', [[1948]] - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...tween the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of th...
7: ...], following the death of her mother, she had the first of several [[nervous breakdown]]s. She later i...
9: ...[[civil servant]] and [[political theorist]]. Her first novel, ''The Voyage Out'', was published in [[...
13: ... ambitious work, "Between the Acts" sums and magnifies Woolf's chief preoccupations: transformation of...
15: ...ven me the greatest possible happiness... I can't fight it any longer, I know that I am spoiling your ... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.
6: ... education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucr...
8: ... married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recognized the valu...
10: ...ts to men only. Cochran pressed the issue until officials relented and allowed her and fellow aviatrix...
12: ... British Air Transport Auxiliary, recruiting qualified women pilots in the United States and taking th... - Svetlana Savitskaya (713 bytes)
1: ...94;кая}}); born [[August 8]], [[1948]], in [[Moscow, Russia]], was a [[Soviet Union|S...
3: ...y 25]], [[1984]], cosmonaut Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a [[Extra-vehicular activity|... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...lton) ([[June 6]], [[1887]] - [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologi...
18: ...ly motivated behaviors interfered with military efficiency, approvals needed for its full distribution...
27: ...eath, and died in New York on [[September 17]], [[1948]]. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
3: ...h at the time. ''Move on up a Little Higher'' ([[1948]]) became a huge success however, and stores coul...
5: ... [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson ... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]],...
9: ...lbanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emig...
13: ... Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious ...
15: From [[1929]] to [[1948]] Mother Teresa taught [[geography]] and [[catech...
17: ...was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Ca...
10: ...ge]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of Arc when she first heard her call; [[Michael (archangel)|Saint Mi...
12: ...ks by theologians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a success...
14: ...esus" and "Mary" on the side. With her piety, confidence, and enthusiasm, she boosted the morale of t...
16: ...April 29]], [[1429]]. After several English fortifications were taken from [[May 4]]–[[May 7]],... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
1: ...hild.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
6: ...mbing of [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) after being turne...
8: ...n in [[Washington, D.C.]], where she was mostly a file clerk but helped in the development of a [[shar...
10: ... Department]] assigned Mr. Child as an exhibits officer with the [[United States Information Agency | ...
14: ...[[oyster]]s, [[sole (fish) | sole]] meuni貥, and fine wine as a culinary revelation. She described th...
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