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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
43: | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
44: | [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]
59: | [[Indiana]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
5: ...ty of peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most cons...
9: ...]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [...
11: ...ions gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus as an icon of their he...
13: ...garding this. His name in [[Italian language|Italian]] is ''Cristoforo Colombo'', in [[Spanish langua... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich ...
9: ... of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...nt (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...shington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
8: *[[Alvar Aalto|Aalto, Alvar]], (1898-1976), Finnish architect
9: ...us Aamisepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
16: *[[Evald Aav|Aav, Evald]], (1900-1939), Estonian composer and choir conductor
17: ...hannes Aavik|Aavik, Johannes]], (1880-1973), Estonian linguist - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...hn A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
26: ...as Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
39: ... Adams|Adams, Bryan]], (born 1959), [[Canada|Canadian]] singer
49: ...y Adams|Adams, Gerry]], (born 1948), Irish politician & [[Sinn Fé©®]] leader - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
7: ...did, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
28: ...iuppa|Aiuppa, Joseph]], (1907-1997), Chicago [[mafia]] boss - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...dash; [[May 2]], [[1964]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
4: ...h-century tastemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John F...
6: ... 2nd Viscount Astor|Waldorf Astor]], son of [[William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor]] and grandson...
8: ... of Commons]] as MP for [[Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton]]. Nancy Astor ...
12: ...red to the men of the 8th Army fighting the [[Italian campaign]] as the ''[[D-Day Dodgers]]''. Her imp... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...orn [[Israeli]] whose family moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to Israel...
4: ==Born in the Russian empire==
6: ... in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]] (then part of the [[Russian Empire]]). Her earliest memories were of her fat...
20: ...a [[kibbutz]]. She applied to join Kibbutz Merhavia and was turned down at first, but eventually acce...
24: ...ually took charge over the organization. She negotiated with the British, but also kept in contact wit... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...bnail|right|250px|'''Annie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
4: ...[women's rights]], [[birth control]], [[Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific...
7: ... only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and progress.
9: ...e]]. At the time such advice was highly controversial. He had to leave the Theosophical Society over t...
11: ...es on "The Aryavarta", as she called central [[India]]. Besant actively courted Hindu opinion more th... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...e monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which w...
6: ...ild of the [[Jew]]ish wood trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maiden name: L...
8: ... founded in [[1882]], twenty years before the Russian workers' parties, and started off by organising ...
10: ...ics]] and [[mathematics]] simultaneously. Her specialised subjects were ''Staatswissenschaft'' (the sc...
12: ... gaining further parliamentary rights and on material wealth. - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
3: ...e struggle for votes for women in the period immediately preceding [[World War I]].
5: ...hurst|Sylvia]], both of whom would make a substantial contribution to the campaign in different ways. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ... a steamship who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1898. Her mother, né¥ Charlotte Hennessy, began taking...
7: ...e Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], who...
13: ...tate [[Pickfair]]. However, Pickford's second marriage was also plagued with marital problems. Her str...
17: == Partial chronology == - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: '''Marie Curie''' ('''Maria Skłodowska-Curie''', [[November 7]] [[1867]]...
5: ...ender, she was not allowed admission into any Russian or Polish universities so she worked as a govern...
7: ...active]] than the uranium extracted from it. By [[1898]] they deduced a logical explanation: that the pi...
9: ...dioactive components, and eventually isolated initially the chloride salts (refining radium chloride o...
11: ...have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor [[Henri Bec... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ... American [[teacher]], [[nurse]], and [[humanitarian]]. She has been described as having had an "indo...
17: ...omfort the afflicted everywhere, and as a [[Christian]] he charged me to honor God and love mankind.''...
21: ... Union General [[Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)|Benjamin Butler]] "lady in charge" of the hospi...
23: ...he met [[Susan B. Anthony]] and began a long association with the [[suffrage]] movement. She also beca...
27: ...work during the war between [[France]] and [[Prussia]]. Created in [[1864]], the International Red Cro... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
4: ... University Hospital in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
6: ...being named president of the American Nurses Association and chair of the National Committee of the Re...
8: ...she united the work of the [[American Nurses Association]], the Army Nurse Corps, and the American Red...
10: ...l overlooking the nurses section is a bronze memorial to Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who lost their...
12: ... in [[Dix, New York]] there is a Jane Delano Memorial with a display of personal items including a num... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...lthough technically in [[Giza]], The Great [[Egyptian Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cair...
4: ...9;ر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...he foundation of the city. The planet Mars, asssociated with destruction was called "Al Najm Al Qahir"...
14: ...e [[Nile|Nile River]] in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its...
18: ...ernment buildings are located and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching th... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...[[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]...
31: ...assachusetts, being without representation in parliament, had not assented to it.
33: ...r colonists during the [[Boston Massacre]]. The trial resulted in an [[acquittal]] of the officer who ...
44: ...hat commission concluded the desired treaty of alliance, and he returned home in time to be elected a ...
46: ... king of France; to undertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge o... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
16: [[William McKinley]] ([[1897]])</td></tr>
31: ...as scrupulously honest at a time when many politicians were neither, but he had little imagination and...
34: ...ne of nine children. His father was a [[Presbyterian]] minister. He was raised in upstate [[New York]...
40: ...mor, he did admit to paying child support to [[Maria Crofts Halpin]], the woman who claimed he fathere...
42: A [[bachelor]], Cleveland was initially ill-at-ease with all the comforts of the White... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...ed on the [[Mediterranean Sea]] coast, '''Alexandria''' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], '''ا...
5: ...[Image:Alexandria egypt 4.jpg|thumb|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Chr...
7: ..._egypt_6.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
11: The history of Alexandria covers four periods:
19: ... Alexandria's role as the shipping-point for Egyptian grain, which fed the [[Hellenistic Greece|Hellen... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...con]] from the [[Jack Hills]] of [[Western Australia]] – and astronomers' and planetologists' es...
9: ...ail Lomonosov]], regarded as the founder of [[Russia]]n science, was one of the first to undertake thi...
13: ...he layering of rock and earth, gave them an appreciation that the Earth had been through many changes ...
15: ...ritish naturalist [[William Smith (geologist)|William Smith]] pointed out that if two layers of rock a...
19: ...ts were influenced by Lyell to become "uniformitarians" who believed that changes were constant and un...
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