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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
    12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
    17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
    21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
    23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ...
  2. List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
    14: ...Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
    18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II...
    35: ...nnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
    50: ...ilio]], (1869-1964), [[Philippines]] independence fighter
  3. Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
    3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior [[United States Senate|United St...
    15: ...st congressional district in 40 years. During her first term, she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Adm...
    21: ...et privacy. However, Internet privacy experts confirmed that RealNetworks software was sending person...
    27: At the urging of party activists and officials, Cantwell formed an exploratory committee in...
    31: ... Cantwell of hypocrisy because of the incident. "Fiddling with people's websites and calling it good ...
  4. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    5: |'''Period in Office:'''
    27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
    33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
    36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
    38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream.
  5. Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
    3: ...ptember 22]], [[1880]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], ...
    5: ...[[Annie Kenney]] went to prison rather than pay a fine as punishment for their outburst. Their case ga...
  6. Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
    8: ...te her secondary education, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 196...
    16: ...ook was a great success and was later made into a film (''[[The House of the Spirits]]'', 1993) by [[D...
    26: *''The Infinite Plan'' (1991)
    37: ...[http://www.isabelallende.com/ Isabel Allende's Official Website]
  7. Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
    5: ...erving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
    7: ...nd the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Blixen remained in Kenya an...
    24: * ''Anecdotes of Destiny'' (1958)
  8. Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
    2: ...portant contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]]...
    5: ...], as [[Home Secretary]] in 1916. He was also the first High Commissioner (effectively governor) for t...
    8: ...ork helped spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in p...
    12: ...iday when Franklin arrived, and so he returned to find that his research project had been taken over b...
    15: ...mented that 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so ye...
  9. Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
    5: ...he baton of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many...
    7: ...ain on her voice started to become apparent; by [[1958]] it reached a point where she was no longer suit...
    13: ...artbroken ("First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis," she once said), Cal...
    15: ...ate [[2004]], opera and film director [[Franco Zeffirelli]] made a bizarre claim that Callas may have ...
    16: ...w.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/zeffirelli.%20.callas%20was%20murdered.]
  10. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 194...
    2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June...
    8: ... band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
    18: ...[Pete Kelly's Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]...
    24: Ella Fitzgerald is referred to on the 1980' s hit "Ella ,...
  11. Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
    5: ... [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson ...
  12. Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
    15: ...lling stations at a rate far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Bar...
    19: ...re is some disagreement over how Bonnie and Clyde first met, but the most prevalent story is that it w...
    23: ... was there, at Eastham Camp 1, that it appears he first killed another man — a fellow prisoner n...
    25: ...hers. He recruited help, and set about arming and financing the operation.
    27: ...uation ended poorly, perhaps because the gang was finally reduced to stealing [[mule]]s for transporta...
  13. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    6: ... her move to New York. She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab ...
    12: ...[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics agree that her acting was ...
    14: ...vertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scar...
    16: ...onders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a...
    20: ...performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her the New York Screen Critics Award....
  14. Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
    3: ...ermezzo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrio...
    5: ...emy_Award_for_Best Actress|Best Actress]] for the film, ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' ([[1943]]). Th...
    7: ...She fell in love with him while performing in his film ''[[Stromboli (movie)|Stromboli]]'' ([[1950]])....
    9: ...her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on the big screen. It is consider...
    11: ...llow actor [[John Gielgud]]'s remark, "She speaks five languages, and can't act in any of them."
  15. Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
    3: ... Award|Oscar]]-winning [[United States|American]] film [[actor|actress]] who became the wife of [[Prin...
    5: ...holicism|Catholic]] family were new but prominent figures in Philadelphia society. Her father was a se...
    7: ...first [[film]], ''[[Fourteen Hours]]'' ([[1951 in film|1951]]), when she was 22. The following year sh...
    9: ...n ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murd...
    11: ... for ''[[The Country Girl]]''. While it was being filmed, she engaged in a brief affair with co-star [...
  16. Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
    5: She was born '''Sofia Villani Scicolone''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the...
    7: ... prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
    9: ...ptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]'' and ''[[It's...
    11: ... Tights]]'' (in which she appeared blonde for the first time in her career).
    13: ... performance prizes, the distinction of being the first actor to win a major category [[Academy Award]...
  17. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    4: ...ld eventually become the most celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to sa...
    6: ...'s mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later years, more and more h...
    12: ...hbor's son, James Dougherty, who would become her first husband. The Goddard family was moving to the ...
    15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
    18: While her first husband James Dougherty was at war, the young ...
  18. Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
    1: ...er medallist [[Maureen Gardner]], while 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the f...
    7: ...h she became leader of the Dutch female track and field team. In 1999, she was voted "Female Athlete o...
    13: ...er first appearance in the sport was in 1935. Her first competition was a disappointment, but in her t...
    15: ...sixth team in the final, [[Germany]], was disqualified).
    17: ...conds in the 100 [[yard]]s), and she also won her first international medals. At the European Champion...
  19. Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
    2: ...] medals. In [[October]] [[1962]] she became the first woman to swim the 100 metres in less than a mi...
    7: ...], and on [[June 8]] [[1998]], was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] (AO).
    15: *[[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]]
    32: **110 yards freestyle: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
    33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
  20. Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
    1: ...69]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and actress.
    4: ...er Olympics]]. She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the [[1924 Winter Olympics]], at t...
    6: ...nships in [[1927]] at the age of fifteen, and her first [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal the follo...
    8: ...he short skirt costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance [[choreographer|choreogra...
    10: ...]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became one of the wealt...

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