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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
19: ...] ([[1981]]–[[1989]]). He is the father of the current president [[George W. Bush]].
22: ...the prominent investment banking firm [[Brown Brothers Harriman]].
24: ... Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ....1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iro...
5: ...sses of steels in which carbon is replaced with other alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is u...
8: ...ast 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). Since the oxidation rate itself increases rapidly beyond 80...
10: ...ngVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel p... - 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 - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - 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.
21: ...gard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
17: ...[[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
21: ...d Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]]
27: ...Agnew, Spiro]], (1918-1996), [[Vice President of the United States]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...pg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empr...
7: ...Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ... [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...ince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on ...
14: ...er educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...[[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...ary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
9: ...ary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Du...
11: ... for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [...
13: ...he Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]]. - 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]]." - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: :''For the Chilean politician and daughter of [[Salvador All...
4: ...ges. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and t...
6: ...ocated with their three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
8: ...re she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: ... returned to Chile, and her son Nicol᳠was born there that year. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...h]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out of Afric...
5: ...ile serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ... the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ...eudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
11: ... for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ... author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
5: ...labama]] and grew up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] u...
9: ... the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's Gourd V...
13: ...tful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ... Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink int... - 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. - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
3: ...on, she worked in various jobs in [[aviation]]. She married Robert Maclure Love in [[1936]].
5: ...testing various aircraft modifications including the new [[tricycle landing gear]].
7: ...commander. In [[1943]] the squadron merged with the
8: [[Women?s Flying Training Detachment]] to become the
9: ...ancy was named executive director of the WASP at the age of 28. - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...igure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]].
7: ...its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...y and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as ...
11: ...language "a little further against the dark," and her literary achievements and creativity are influen...
13: ...he art, sexual ambivalence and meditation on the themes of flux of time and life, presented simultaneo... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...he wound up in [[New York City]]. There, she used her looks and driving personality to obtain a job a...
6: ...] the [[Associated Press]] named her "''Woman of the Year in Business''."
8: ... connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstick.
10: ...ng with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
12: ...the [[Distinguished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]]. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...s from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry pu...
6: ...ults never gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to com...
8: ...Atlantic, they just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
10: ...charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Littl...
12: ...er added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]].
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