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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: ...or [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member...
15: ...ted to the United States House of Representatives from Washington's first congressional district in 40...
21: ... claimed in [[2000]] that RealNetworks was at the frontier of Internet privacy. However, Internet pri...
41: ...29 votes, or .09%, on [[December 7]]. Republicans frequently pointed out that Cantwell won only five c... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...0]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], [[England]].
5: ...began to take more [[militant]] action for the suffragette cause after her daughter's arrest and was h...
7: ...er]]. Between 1912 and 1913 she lived in [[Paris, France]] to escape imprisonment under the terms of t... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
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.
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United ...
12: ...n the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1974 for the children's magazine ''Mamp...
14: ...of a violent coup and died of his wounds (whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...r her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Africa]]''.
5: ... Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[...
11: ...fered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
20: * ''[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA)
24: * ''Anecdotes of Destiny'' (1958) - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
1: ...:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Rosalind Franklin]]
2: ...nklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[cryst...
5: ...venings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...ent body) and women were not entitled to a degree from the University. She passed her finals in [[1941...
9: ...e went to Paris to work. She learned [[X-ray]] diffraction techniques during her three years at the ''... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ...extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical [[opera seria]], such as [[Gaspare Sp...
7: ...ain on her voice started to become apparent; by [[1958]] it reached a point where she was no longer suit...
9: From October [[1971]] to March [[1972]], Callas gave...
13: ...rgely in isolation in [[Paris]], and died in 1977 from a heart attack at age 53. The funeral service w...
15: In late [[2004]], opera and film director [[Franco Zeffirelli]] made a bizarre claim that Callas... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
22: Already blinded because she suffered from [[diabetes]], she lost her [[leg]]s in [[1993]]...
24: ...1980' s hit "Ella , elle l' a" by French singer [[France Gall]].
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
44: *1958 ''[[Ella and Billie at Newport]]''
45: *1958 ''[[Ella Swings Lightly]]'' - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...[1911]]–[[January 13]], [[1972]]) was an [[African American]] [[gospel music|gospel]] [[singer]]...
3: ...er mainstream success came an inevitable backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down he...
5: .... Kennedy]]. She also sang at the funeral of her friend, [[Martin Luther King, Jr]]. The late [[1960... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ...rested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him over a rental car he'd failed to return ...
19: ... most prevalent story is that it was through his friend Clarence Clay. Clarence's sister, Bonnie's si...
23: ...ts]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake."
25: ...s, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamilton]] and others. He r...
35: ...en or robbery victims, usually releasing them far from home, sometimes with money to help them get bac... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
20: In 1944, [[Alfred Hitchcock]] cast her as journalist and cynic Co...
24: ...falling star in the Sixties. Bankhead never faded from the public eye, but was increasingly a caricatu...
26: ...ad died in New York City of [[pneumonia]] arising from [[influenza]], complicated further by [[emphyse...
28: ...he was married only once, to actor [[John Emery]] from 1937-1941. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
11: ...]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]] and [[Italian...
57: * [[Indiscreet]] (1958)
58: * [[The Inn of the Sixth Happiness]] (1958)
67: * [[From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler]] (1973) - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
9: ... to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[Rea...
15: ...e Aumont]]. She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her fi...
17: ...tle actual danger that [[Monaco]] would revert to France since, in [[1882]], a childless prince of Mon...
19: Before Grace Kelly drew Rainier's attention, French film star [[Gis謥 Pascal]] had been his love...
25: ...rre]], [[Marquis des Baux]], born [[March 14]], [[1958]] and now reigning monarch of Monaco as [[Albert ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
11: ...d the Passion]]'',(in which she co-starred with [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Cary Grant]], the latter to wh...
13: ...ss, especially in Italian projects where she more freely expressed herself, although she gained profie...
15: ...elling album of comedic songs and also reportedly from whom she had to fend off romantic advances.
21: ...ren was the first movie star to launch a personal fragrance) but made very well-received appearances i...
67: *''[[Africa Under the Seas]]'' (1953) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
12: ...e was declared a ward of the state. Gladys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guard...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]...
23: ...yn and her unique connection with the [[camera]]. From this point on, audiences were spellbound and Mo...
36: [[Image:dmm.jpg|frame|right|Monroe and Joe DiMaggio on their wedding... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ...ard of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"...
7: ...and set or tied 12 [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leade...
35: ...the high jump competition in fourth, with bruises from the fall. The second day was more successful, a...
43: ... m final. [[Audrey Patterson]], the first [[African American]] woman to win an Olympic medal plac...
47: ...the city, she received a lot of praise and gifts. From her neighbours, she received a new bicycle: "to... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
1: '''Dawn Fraser''' (born [[September 4]] [[1937]]) is an [[Au...
2: ...ikin]] character as much as her athletic ability, Fraser won eight [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] and eight...
4: In [[1965]] Fraser retired from swimming, after the Australian Swimming Union p...
6: Fraser then became a publican, swimming coach and in...
11: **100 metres [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] - gold medal - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
10: ...dition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became on...
14: She died in [[1969]] of [[leukemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered by most as the gr...
31: *''[[Hello London]]'' ([[1958]])
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