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- 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... - 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 - 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 ... - 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. - 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... - 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] - 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) - 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... - 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.] - 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 ,... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
5: ... [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson ... - 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... - 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.... - 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." - 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 [... - 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]... - 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 ... - 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... - 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 - 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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