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  1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
    77: | [[1930]] — [[1932]]
    108: | [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]
    113: | [[1919]] — [[1932]]
    197: | [[1924]] — [[1932]]
    204: | [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]]
  2. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    2: ...8th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
    7: ...res [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
    9: ...iam III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
    10: ...852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont...
    11: ...Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
  3. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    17: *[[Adolphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
    19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
    34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
    38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
    41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
  4. List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
    4: *[[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech archite...
    9: ...itical writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
    13: ...Aikenhead, Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
    14: ...thur Aikin|Aikin, Arthur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
    17: ...ey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer
  5. Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
    1: ...y 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[United States...
    7: ...] where she cared for their children and home and her husband practiced law and started a political ca...
    9: ...he [[United States Senate]] where he served until he died in office in [[1931]].
    11: ...]], [[1932]] becoming the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca ...
    13: Caraway made no speeches on the floor of the Senate but built a reputation as an honest and si...
  6. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    3: ...[[Feminism|Feminist]] and an active supporter of the [[American Civil Rights Movement]].
    5: ... her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
    9: ...ilderen, of which five survived infancy. However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations ...
    11: ...e Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
    13: ...cratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.
  7. Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
    2: ...ng the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
    5: ...tricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following year, followed in subsequent years by a...
    7: ...tock Law of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and de...
    9: ...tates Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
    11: ...her Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public nuisance]]."
  8. Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
    1: ... an artist and writer, known as the '''Queen of Bohemia'''.
    3: ...of Art]] until [[1910]]. In [[1914]] she went to the [[Montparnasse]] Quarter in [[Paris]], [[France]]...
    5: ... time. In Montparnasse she also met her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
    7: ...]. After divorcing Kristian, she took up with another free spirit, composer [[E.J Moeran]].
    11: ...s, furniture, rugs, and the like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Ha...
  9. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    4: ...=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objec...
    11: ... goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
    13: ...wn sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
    14: ...om others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
    19: ...h she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
  10. Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
    4: ...41]], she quit her work as a lawyer to consecrate herself to literature.
    6: ...of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman]].
    12: * ''The Planetarium'', [[1959]]
    13: * ''The Golden Fruit'', [[1963]]
  11. Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
    1: ...t of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
    3: ...sexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
    7: ...s three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [...
    11: ...nce]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
    12: ...is]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
  12. Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
    2: ...er mysterious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacific Ocean]].
    6: ...first twelve years of her life living with her mother's parents.
    8: ... She was even featured in local newspapers while she taught English.
    10: ...on [[February 7]], [[1931]]. Earhart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
    14: ... [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
  13. Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
    4: ... flying as a hobby, gaining a pilot's licence at the [[London Aeroplane Club]] in late [[1929]].
    6: From this, she went on to qualify as the first British-trained woman ground engineer.
    8: ...nce Museum_(London)|Science Museum in London]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in recognition of th...
    10: In [[July]] [[1931]], she set the record for flying from [[England]] to [[Japan]] i...
    12: ...e Town]], [[South Africa]], also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regain this record, this time flying...
  14. Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
    1: ...a_Reistch.jpg|thumb|right|288px|Hanna Reitsch in the Fa 61]]
    2: ...pilot]], and a favourite of the upper echelon of the [[Nazi]] party.
    4: ...n a glider, and was rather photogenic. Several of her gliding records stand to this day.
    6: ...e flew the Fa 61 every night inside the arena of the Berlin Motor Show.
    8: ...ombined Pilot and Observer Badge with Diamonds. She survived many accidents and was badly injured sev...
  15. Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
    1: ...ay.jpg|right|thumb|<small>Billie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
    3: ...''', she had a difficult childhood which affected her life and career.
    7: ...move to [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
    9: ...ke him down for money by threatening to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
    14: ... Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" ([[1933]]).
  16. Miriam Makeba (1140 bytes)
    1: ...he United States. [[Nelson Mandela]] finally made her come back to South Africa in [[1990]].
    3: ...hy ''Makeba: My Story''. In [[2002]], she shared the [[Polar Music Prize]] with [[Sofia Gubaidulina]].
    5: In [[2004]] Makeba was voted 38th in the Top 100 Great South Africans (see [[List of South...
  17. Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
    3: ...reat Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
    5: ...and 1935, a period which led to the formation of the [[F.B.I.]]
    9: ... Bonnie was wearing Thornton's wedding ring when she died.
    11: ...e and Clyde" is a remarkably personal account of their crime spree and looming demise.
    15: ... to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
  18. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    2: ...d War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
    5: ...ity to direct ''[[The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
    7: ... available on [[DVD]]. It is not documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
    9: ...he first to put railways on the stadium to shoot the stadium crowd.
    11: ...:Egzekucja.jpg|thumb|right|150px|22 Jews digging their graves, picture by Leni Riefenstahl]]
  19. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    1: ...ge:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934]]
    2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]],...
    4: ...46]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[...
    6: ...parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
    8: ... member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
  20. Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
    3: ...Intermezzo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illust...
    5: ... St. Mary's]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (mov...
    7: ..." One of Rossellini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
    9: ... on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
    11: ...e speaks five languages, and can't act in any of them."

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