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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: [[Image:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of ...
15: ...tlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built...
17: ...lo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwa...
19: ...y French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jean-Fran篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Ni...
21: ...ed suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes. - 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 - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is pu...
24: ... II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States C...
29: ... to be retrievable and she dies a few hours later from stress and overheating.
48: *[[1765]] - [[Pierre Girard]], [[France|French]] mathematician (d. [[1836]])
58: ...ineken]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] businessman (d. [[2002]]) - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ... of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirun...
3: ...he poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the ma...
10: ... = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: ...[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...ale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
7: ...d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
14: ...ari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
14: ...al]] native to [[the Americas]]. Its name derives from the [[Algonquian]] word ''aroughcoune'', "he wh...
18: ...ood before eating it (the term for the animal in French is ''raton laveur'', or "washing rat"; the Ge...
35: ...tablished itself in a small area of north-central France and in a considerable area of central Germany... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...dair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
37: ...ms, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
40: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son o...
41: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War ...
42: *[[Charles Francis Adams (1866)|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...yst]]" and "a [[American football|football]] knee from [[high school]]" [Colford, pp 14 – 20].
12: ...l years in [[music radio]], Limbaugh took a break from radio and accepted a position as director of pr...
24: ...ded badly when on one show Limbaugh got into a confrontation with some [[ACT-UP]] hecklers and had to ...
26: ...e same topics as his radio show, and was taped in front of a live audience, which he facetiously claim...
34: ...tating that he had received incorrect information from one of his staff members. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
9: ...the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsburgs]], the once powerful ruling fam...
11: ...ment]]ary [[Annuity]] of [[UKP|?]]4000 plus ?4000 from her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. Despite t...
13: ...ld War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
28: ...n]] ([[4 August]] [[1900]] – [[30 March]] [[2002]]); and had issue.
32: ...[[1919]]<td> suffered from epilepsy, raised apart from his royal siblings, and died young. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ize]] and the [[Sakharov Prize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobe...
6: ...[[Aung San]], who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|ass...
8: ...ed Kingdom]] and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in...
12: ...der [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she would leave the country, but she refu...
16: ... He died in March [[1999]]. She remains separated from their children, who remain in the UK. - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
21: ...s strengthened and revitalized. Pakistan made new friends and maintained better relations with many co...
32: ...ing more than two terms. This disqualifies Bhutto from ever holding the office again, and some said it...
34: ...who is suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] and from where she travels around the world giving lectu... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...) was the nineteenth [[Prime Minister of Canada]] from [[June 25]] to [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though...
39: ...ship of the party. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federa...
45: Campbell's quick rise to fame from a relatively unknown [[Cabinet of Canada|cabine...
51:
59: ...n of a musical, ''Noah's Ark'' in Los Angeles. In 2002, she lectured at the [[Kennedy School of Governme... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
45: ...y (2002, with parliamentary supply and confidence from [[United Future New Zealand | United Future]] a...
47: ... in the Labour cabinets of [[David Lange]], [[Geoffrey Palmer]] and [[Mike Moore]], first as Minister ... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
30: ...ther, Henry Reno, immigrated to the United States from [[Denmark]] and for forty-three years was a pol...
34: ...ore than 500 students. She received her [[LL.B.]] from Harvard three years later. Despite her Harvard ...
42: ...deral government as a threat to their fundamental freedoms.
46: Reno ran for Governor of Florida in [[2002]], but lost in the Democratic primary to [[Bill M...
52: ... early intervention efforts to keep children away from gangs, drugs and violence and on the road to st...
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