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1. History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
   3: ...al savvy to push Kennedy's agenda; most notably, the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].
   5: ...er turnout—74%—and led the nation in the number of black leaders elected. In [[1969]], [[T...
   11: ...nto a launch countdown and a nuclear explosion. The ads were a response to Goldwater's advocacy of ta...
   13: ...ctoral trends for Democrats, who had depended on the "solid South" as an electoralt base for a hundred...
   15: ...ed conservative southern whites from the rest of the party (see [[Dixiecrat]]).
2. History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
   2: ==Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt==
   4: ...s" from the more industrialized states in the Northeast and Midwest.
   6: ...ances. Non-Hispanic whites are now a minority in the nation's most populated state.
   8: ...enues from the enterprises that had departed. In the nation's major urban areas unemployment increased...
   10: ...1994]] mid-term elections, when the GOP captured the U.S. House after 40 years of Democratic control.

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1. 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
2. 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]]
3. 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]]
4. Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
   3: ...Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party...
   7: ...for U.S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
   9: ...led a successful campaign to build a new library there.
   11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
   13: ...ve growth plans, and she negotiated its passage. She also worked on legislation regulating nursing hom...
5. Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
   39: | [[January 14]], [[1980]]
   51: ...[[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassination]] in [[1984]].
   55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]].
   57: ...be a passive leader, but her actions proved her otherwise.
   59: ...he emerged to be one of the strongest leaders in the history of independent India.
6. Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
   1: ...nd|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
   3: ...mmon-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
   7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]&n...
   9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
   11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[1990]]
7. Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
   1: ...]-[[July 10]],[[2004]]) was the first woman (and the only to date) to serve as Prime Minister of [[Por...
   3: ...86|ran]] for President in [[1986]] and served in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]...
8. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
   2: ..."font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
   3: ...#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:thatcher.jpg]]
   25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
   27: ...in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellati...
   29: ...e the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
9. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
   1: ...nder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
   4: ... another son (Jon Garth Murray) by a different father.
   6: ==An American atheist==
   7: ...ife'' magazine]] referred to Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
   9: ...rst [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Garth.
10. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    2: ...She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976...
    4: ...been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
    6: ...especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[De...
    8: ...), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
    10:
11. Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
    1: ...ittman''' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[avi...
    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. Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
    3: ...e]]'s early mechanical general-purpose computer, the [[analytical engine]].
    6: ...ngland for good a few days later. He never saw either again.
    8: ...ety, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in her youth.
    11: ...Honourable Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada ...
    13: ...[[David Brewster|Sir David Brewster]], [[Charles Wheatstone]], [[Charles Dickens]] and [[Michael Farad...
13. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    1: ...llafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
    2: ...rn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
    4: ...raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
    6: ...ry rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
    8: ... the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
14. 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: ...ded three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]].
15. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    3: ...ory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
    5: ...final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
    7: ...group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
    9: ...a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]'...
    11: ...diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
16. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    1: ...t|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
    3: ... most highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
    5: ...e to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
    7: ...irst two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
    9: ... its costs, both in terms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails.
17. Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
    1: ...-horses.jpg|thumb|300px|Stark in its simplicity, the cover of Patti Smith's first album, ''[[Horses (a...
    2: ...d these opposing influences have informed much of her work since.
    4: ...ing "Career of Evil", "Fire of Unknown Origin", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini", and "Shooting Shark". ...
    6: ... of a spoken piece about fugitive heiress [[Patty Hearst]].
    8: ...]]'' reflected this with a rawer sound, although the murky production contributed to its poor reviews.
18. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    1: ....jpg|frame|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']]
    2: ...ongwriter. A three-time [[Grammy Award]] winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time''...
    4: ... parts of the American South, before settling at the [[University of Arkansas]]. His daughter showed ...
    6: ...Blues'', which consisted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.
    8: ..., including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song.
19. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
    1: ...-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
    2: ...ion page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
    4: ...the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kol...
    6: ...[[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[...
    9: ...ost Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majority of their native Macedonia are [[Macedonian Orthodox Chur...
20. Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Catherine deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
    2: '''Catherine Deneuve''' (born [[October 22]] [[1943]]) is ...
    4: ...[Belle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Ro...
    6: ...ed for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
    8: ... once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer [[David Bailey]].

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