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  1. Mexico (27255 bytes)
    18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
    68: ...[[1821]] and the creation of the [[Mexican Empire|First Mexican Empire]].
    74: ... Victoria]] as its first president, followed in office by Santa Anna. As president, in 1834 Santa Anna...
    76: ...o|Quer鴡ro]]. From then on, JuᲥz remained in office until his death in [[1872]].
    78: ...press]], and his insistence to be reelected for a fifth term led to massive protests. His fraudulent v...
  2. Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
    13: ...n January of 1501. Since the Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of...
    17: ...the medieval European strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Mor...
    25: ...April 21st that year, the capital of Brazil was officially moved from Rio to Bras�a.
    42: ...ds to watch the firework display. As of 2001, the fireworks have been launched from boats, to further ...
    63: ... onto the hillsides where sturdy buildings are difficult to build, and accidents, mainly from heavy ra...
  3. 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...
  4. 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]].
  5. Burundi (13403 bytes)
    13: official_languages = [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]...
    47: ...</sup> Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest Internation...
    58: ...cy. After several more years of violence, a cease-fire was signed in 2003 between Buyoya's government ...
    60: ...between the FNL and the Burundian government, but fighting continued. Renewed negotiations are now und...
    84: ...ross domestic product (GDP) was US$0.7 billion in 2001.
  6. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    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
    54: *[[Humayun Abdulali|Abdulali, Humayun]], (1914-2001), [[India]]n [[ornithologist]]
    99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure
  7. List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
    7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer
    8: *[[Alvar Aalto|Aalto, Alvar]], (1898-1976), Finnish architect
    11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure
  8. 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]]
    44: *[[Douglas Adams|Adams, Douglas]], (1952-2001), British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the G...
    66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer
  9. List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
    22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
    26: *[[Queen Aiswarya|Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese queen
    28: ...Aiuppa|Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss
  10. Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
    8: ... him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classified 1-Y due to an undisclosed medical problem [http...
    24: Limbaugh's first television exposure came with a [[1990]] guest...
    30: ...id not acknowledge. However, on [[October 8]], [[2001]], Limbaugh admitted that the changes in his voic...
    32: In [[December 2001]], Limbaugh underwent [[cochlear implant]] surger...
    34: ...[[2005]], Limbaugh mentioned [[Wikipedia]] in the final minutes of his show, calling it "&hellip; some...
  11. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    11: ...]] [[1961]]&ndash;[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|HRH The...
    15: ... [[beauty]], admired and emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the internat...
    22: ...encer|Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp]], and his first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Vi...
    24: ...efly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]...
    30: ...nd Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications.
  12. Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
    9: | '''Term of Office:'''
    10: | [[January 23]], [[1997]] - [[January 20]], [[2001]]
    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...
  13. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
    4: ...d the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
    6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved...
    8: ...woman member to actually take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance...
    10: ...m of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband ...
    12: ...speech, first referred to the men of the 8th Army fighting the [[Italian campaign]] as the ''[[D-Day D...
  14. Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
    14: ...[[Prime Minister]], however the results were nullified and the military refused to hand over power. Th...
    18: ...said that she was free to move "because we are confident that we can trust each other." Aung San Suu K...
    19: ...be extended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4064211.stm (BBC)]
    23: In [[2001]], Irish rock band [[U2 (band)|U2]] released the ...
  15. Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
    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 ...
    37: ... [[prescription drugs]], [[dams]], and [[campaign finance reform]] were among the most important issue...
  16. Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
    9: |style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Term of Office'''
    10: |[[March 11]], [[1993]] -<br />[[January 20]], [[2001]]
    27: ...ill Clinton]] on [[February 11]], [[1993]] and confirmed on [[March 11]].
    34: ...ars later. Despite her Harvard degree, she had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a...
    36: ... in [[1976]] to become a partner in a private law firm.
  17. Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
    9: |style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Term of Office'''
    27: ...States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second Afr...
    29: ...05]], the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she wa...
    31: ...he second African American (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
    41: ... led her to call Korbel, "one of the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc/Phan...
  18. Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
    3: ...long with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator.
    5: ...g for much of the Senate race, but rallied in the final weeks of the campaign to unseat Abraham by a n...
    9: ...rst was [[Thomas W. Ferry]]. Stabenow is also the first person to have served as a Michigan state legi...
    15: ...gan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumbent}}
  19. 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.
  20. Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
    3: ... of anarchism in the US and Europe throughout the first half of the twentieth century. She immigrated ...
    13: ... with [[Alexander Berkman]], who was an important figure of the anarchist movement in the United State...
    21: .... After undergoing intense cross-examining in confinement for several weeks, they were released due t...
    32: ...y may even have shared an apartment (see also the film [[Reds]]).
    38: ...n]] to support the [[Spanish Revolution]] and the fight against [[Franco]]'s [[fascism]], known as the...

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