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- Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|right|Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989|Berlin Wall on [[November 16]][[1989]]]]
3: ...]. Its intent was to restrict access between West Berlin and East Germany. It was built in [[1961]] and fo...
7: ...|Mitte]], and the eastern districts of Berlin - [[Friedrichshain]], [[K?ick]], [[Lichtenberg]], , [[Pa...
9: ...n Blockade]] by the Soviet Union and led to the [[Berlin Airlift]] by the Western Allies. The Soviets lift...
11: ... Germany in preference to either West Berlin or [[Frankfurt]].
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- Luwian language (1607 bytes)
8: ... [[Calvert Watkins|C. Watkins]], 182–204. [[Berlin]]: Walter de Gruyter. - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...eat''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novemb...
5: ...onths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by ...
11: ...tion the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status here...
13: ...the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the mode...
17: ...|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd sta... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ...right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which were sent in by the government. L...
8: ...r of the "Proletariat", a left-wing Polish party, from [[1886]]. The Proletariat had been founded in [...
10: ... flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[...
19: ...] by her [[marriage]] to Gustav L? and moved to [[Berlin]]. She became active in the [[left wing]] of the ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
8: ...rning to the United States at the outset of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], she lived with her family, bu...
14: ...nd absorb all I could of his art," she wrote to a friend. "It changed my life. I saw art then as I wan...
16: ...impressionist circle until [[1886]], she remained friends with Degas and [[Berthe Morisot]].
21: Her style evolved, and she moved away from impressionism to a simpler, straightforward app... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ... (circa [[1365]] - circa [[1430]]) was a [[France|French]] [[poet]] and was one of a number of female ...
9: ...d office as [[astrologer]] to King [[Charles V of France|Charles V]]. At fifteen Christine married ɴi...
13: ...ard II of England|Richard II]] with [[Isabella of France]] (1396), took her elder son, [[Jean du Caste...
15: ..., where she enjoyed the favour of [[Charles VI of France|Charles VI]], the dukes of Berry and Burgundy...
21: ...vertus'' contains details of domestic life in the France of the early 15th century not supplied by mor... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...ally began in the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her ecce...
8: ...ghly literate woman. She was also volatile and a (frustrated) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Poli...
10: ... but deeply wrapped up in his studies and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love wi...
12: ...g the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages.
14: ...oloshin came to see Tsvetaeva and soon became her friend and mentor. - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
6: ...lew the Fa 61 every night inside the arena of the Berlin Motor Show.
10: ...in order to be used during gliding tests, dropped from a [[Heinkel He 111]] bomber. Later it was sugge...
12: ...r parents, but he would not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fire.
16: After the war German citizens were forbidden from flying, except, after a few years, in gliders. ...
20: From 1962 to 1966 Reitsch resided in [[Ghana]], wher... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...cian]] and a student of [[Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[1881]] she was appointed professor at [[S...
11: ...ral roots to Sofia's mathematical bent. Some came from her father, accidentally; he had studied calcul...
15: ...ame manner it was explained historically, and the friend was so impressed he implored Sophia's father ... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...n for 30 years, each of them leading a section in Berlin's <i>Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry</i>. ...
8: ...]], which is named for [[Pierre Victor Auger]], a French scientist who discovered the effect two years...
10: ...in]], who had the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led ...
12: ...er were awarded the [[Enrico Fermi Award]] with [[Fritz Stra߭ann]]. On a visit to the USA in 1946 she...
17: *Otto Robert Frisch, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physics: Essa... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
12: ...with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[Johnny Mer...
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]]''
46: *1958 ''[[Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook]]'' - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
3: Born in [[Hamburg]], Fanny benefited from the same [[music]]al education and upbringing a...
5: ...d alongside her brother's at the family home in [[Berlin]] in the very popular concerts which were held th...
11: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel died in [[Berlin]] in 1847 of complications of a [[stroke]] suffer... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ...on]] (in [[German language|German]]: ''Rote Armee Fraktion''), which is also known as the ''Baader-Mei...
7: ...the same, she helped [[Andreas Baader]] to escape from prison and then took part in bank robberies and...
9: ... dead in her cell on [[May 9]], [[1976]], hanging from the ceiling. The [[Germany|German]] government ... - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
3: ...ecision to fight evil and began to hide refugees from the [[Gestapo]] and eventually used her convent...
5: ...ipped to [[Ravensbr?[[concentration camp]] near [[Berlin, Germany]]. There, stripped of her religious garm...
7: ...h her portrait on a [[List of people on stamps of France|postage stamp]] and a street bearing her name... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: [[Image:matahari.jpg|frame|Mata Hari, [[striptease|exotic dancer]] and co...
5: ..., she moved to [[Paris]]. She posed as a princess from [[Java (island)|Java]] and became an exotic dan...
7: ... Mata Hari was probably a low level agent for the French and the Germans, but there is no evidence tha...
17: A fictionalized version of Margarete Zelle, a French super-spy code-named Malkovich, appears as a ... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...s in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longest-serving and most capa...
7: ...]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ...vinced by her acquaintances, including journalist Frederick Voigt. She left for [[Hungary]], where in...
11: ...].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
15: ...andated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[consul]]. Only German spies, some Polish... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leni_Riefenstahl.jpg|frame|Riefenstahl circa 1930]]
5: Born in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], Riefenstahl started her career as...
7: ... [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now available on [[DVD]]. It is ...
13: ... World War II, she spent four years in a [[France|French]] [[detention camp]]. There were accusations ...
21: Apart from her controversial propaganda movies, Riefenstah... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
21: ...arred in ''[[To Die For]]'', earning high praise from critics. Although media speculation thought tha...
23: ...wing year Kidman came back to win the same praise from critics for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in ...
43: ...g organizations: [[Australian Film Institute]], [[Berlin International Film Festival]], [[Blockbuster Ente...
50: ...th [[Ewan McGregor]] on the song "Come What May", from the film's soundtrack debuted and peaked at #27...
54: ''[[The Lady from Shanghai]]'', ''[[Emma's War]]'', ''[[Fur]]'', ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
11: ...d the Passion]]'',(in which she co-starred with [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Cary Grant]], the latter to wh...
13: ...and, along with the [[Cannes]], [[Venezia]] and [[Berlin]] festivals' best performance prizes, the distinc...
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) - 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...
15: In [[Berlin]], she participated in the [[high jump]] and the ...
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...
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