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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema beach]]
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: [[Image:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]...
21: ...physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inha...
25: ...esident [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with a promise to b... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: [[Image:China2.jpg|thumb|]][[China]] is one of the world's oldest contin...
7: ...as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cul...
15: [[Image:Statute_ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://clas...
28: ...bsorb smaller powers, and vie for hegemony. The [[Hundred Schools of Thought]] of Chinese philosophy b...
30: ...mself the [[Qin Shi Huang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrenders to [[Italy]].
28: ...ngary]] to crush the [[Hungarian Revolution, 1956|Hungarian revolution]] that started on [[October 23]...
39: * [[2001]] - [[Hurricane Michelle]] hits [[Cuba]], destroying crops...
50: ...9]] - [[Will Rogers]], [[United States|American]] humorist and entertainer (d. [[1935]])
68: *[[1955]] - [[Matti Vanhanen]], prime minister of Finland - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
26: ...Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
29: *[[Arthur Adamov|Adamov, Arthur]], (1908-1997), dramatist, author
65: ...(1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress
111: *[[Gustavus Adolphus|Adolphus, Gustavus]], (1594-1632), King of Sweden - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: | [[Image:ac.thequeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrai...
9: ...current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
14: [[Image:Time-magazine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet"...
20: ...] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]].
26: [[image:Lizwar.JPG|thumb|right|170px|Princess Elizabeth changing the whe... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen ...
9: ...h|Sir Walter Raleigh]] and [[Humphrey Gilbert|Sir Humphrey Gilbert]]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered a...
24: [[Image:ElizabethTudorAt13-woc-0475.jpg|thumb|left|Elizabeth at the age of 13 by William Scro...
30: [[Image:Elizabeth I coronation.jpg|thumb|right|275px|The coronation of Elizabeth]]
35: ...h acknowledging the Sovereign's control over the Church or face severe punishment. - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
40: ...lbright graduated from Kent Denver high school in 1955. Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with h...
61: [[Image:Albright TIME.jpg|thumb|175px|On the cover of [[TIME]]]]
73: ...Image:Great_Leader_Comrade_Kim_Jong_Il_(122).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Kim Jong-Il]] with Madeleine Albright]]
82: ...och resembling a snake when she met with [[Saddam Hussein]]. - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
1: [[Image:MID_0330001169_5mb.jpg|thumb|Sylvia Pankhurst]]
3: '''(Estelle) Sylvia Pankhurst''' ([[May 5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[...
5: ...with women's rights. Her sister, [[Christabel Pankhurst|Christabel]], would also become an activist.
7: ...olitical Union]] with her sister [[Christabel Pankhurst|Christabel]] and her mother Emmeline. But in c...
17: ...is Ababa in [[1956]], with her son, [[Richard Pankhurst]], she founded a monthly journal, ''Ethiopia O... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: [[Image:Rosaparksarrested.jpeg|thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusin...
2: ...ghts Movement]], most famous for her refusal in [[1955]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who wa...
8: On [[December 1]], [[1955]], in Montgomery, Parks refused to obey a public ...
9: [[Image:Rosa_parks_bus.jpg|thumb|right|The bus, now a museum exhibit at the [[He...
19: ...unts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]] in [[1955]] refer to her simply as a "tired seamstress." Pa... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...of Arts]] degree from [[Cornell University]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the ...
10: ...rrently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University]]. - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
1: [[Image:Martha Argerich.jpeg|right|thumb|Martha Argerich]]
5: ...Amadeus Mozart]]. The family moved to Europe in [[1955]], and Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] ...
7: ...cata'' and Liszt's ''Sixth [[Hungarian Rhapsodies|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' remain yardsticks for these w... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vech...
12: Leaving the [[Decca Records|Decca]] label in [[1955]], the jazz record company [[Verve Records|Verve]...
20: ... but the marriage was later annulled. Her second husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [...
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
90: *1970 ''[[Ella in Budapest, Hungary]]'' - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
11: [[Image:Marymagdalene.JPG|thumb|Mary Magdalene, in a dramatic 19th-century popu...
12: ...e gospel was despised and dismissed by the early church fathers. In the fragmentary text, the disciple...
22: Dr. Karen King, a professor of church history at [[Harvard Divinity School]], has ob...
31: ...8-42 and John 1:10); although the Roman Catholic Church withdrew from this linkage at the [[Second Vat...
33: For some Christians, the idea developed by Church fathers, that Mary is also the woman that Je... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
21: ...iope]] the [[Amazon]] princess in [[The Warrior's Husband]] (an update of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which d...
37: [[Image:Hepburnphiladelphiastory.jpg|right|thumb|Hepburn and James Stewart in ''The Philadelphia...
38: ...talked with reporters who had invaded her and her husband's cabin on the [[City of Paris]]. A reporte...
44: ...e reviews. On the advice of millionaire [[Howard Hughes]], who at the time was her lover, she purchas...
58: ...tor [[Howard Hughes]]. At one point, Hepburn and Hughes were engaged to be married, but at the last m... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
1: [[Image:AmazinGrace.jpg|thumb|300px|Grace Kelly (1929–1982).]]
11: In [[1955 in film|1955]], she was awarded the [[Academy Award for Best A...
21: [[Image:GraveOfPrincessGraceOfMonaco.jpg|thumb|right|Princess Grace of Monaco's gravesite in S...
28: ...er second husband [[Stefano Casiraghi]] and third husband HRH Prince [[Ernst August of Hanover]].
33: [[Image:Gracerear.jpg|thumb|300px|The elegant Grace Kelly posing in a fabul... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
1: [[Image:Vivlei.jpg|thumb|Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)]]
7: ...ing [[Norma Shearer]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Jean Arthur]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], and [[Barbara Stanwyck...
35: *''[[The Deep Blue Sea]]'' ([[1955]]) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
1: ...phiaLoren55.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Sophia Loren''' in 1955.]]
7: ...n several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
74: *''[[Scandal in Sorrento]]'' (1955)
75: *''[[The Sign of Venus]]'' (1955)
76: *''[[The Miller's Beautiful Wife]]'' (1955) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
4: ... actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the least.
10: ...dys visited Norma Jeane every Saturday, but never hugged or kissed her, or even smiled. One day, Glady...
12: ...eveloped a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent and more unhap...
16: ... after her mysterious death - she still generates huge interest in her life and brilliant career.
18: ... one of their most successful models appearing on hundreds of [[magazine]] covers. But with strong asp... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...ld medal in the final of the 80 m [[hurdling|hurdles]] event at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Lef...
5: ...he [[long jump]], the [[high jump]], sprint and [[hurdling]] events.
7: ... [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader of the Dutch femal...
25: ...mother would be an athlete. Blankers-Koen and her husband had other plans, and she resumed training on...
27: ...proved the world mark in the 80 m [[hurdling|hurdles]]. The following year, she did even better. ... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
38: **4 x 110 yards medley relay: 1955, 1964
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