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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]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lity vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the sci...
8: ...rtuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...rtuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
10: ...6th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Indonesia]])
11: ...[[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]]) - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[12 June ]], [[1924]]
19: ...), director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] ([[1976]]–[[1977]]), and the 43rd [[Vice ... - 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...ist of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-1998)
5: ...varisto Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
15: ...k Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
20: ...ah of Persia)|Abbas I]], (1557-1629), shah of Persia
32: *[[William Abbot|Abbot, William]], (1798-1843), British actor - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ngdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...he first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]];...
12: ...l of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensin...
14: ...ventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[Fr... - 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: ...Histadrut]], the General Federation of Labor. By 1924, her husband tired of the kibbutz life and they l...
24: ...ually took charge over the organization. She negotiated with the British, but also kept in contact wit... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
7: ... British Empire|Dame of the British Empire]] in [[1924]], and her memory is still preserved in the name ... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...States|American]] [[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradual...
5: ...of [[White Plains]]. In [[1902]], she married William Sanger. Although stricken by tuberculosis, she g...
7: ...y risked scandal and imprisonment by acting in defiance of the [[Comstock Law|Comstock Law of 1873]] w...
9: ...health for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
17: ... control pill]]. She toured Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish clinics. - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: [[Image: Georgiaokeefe.jpg|thumb|Georgia O?Keeffe in Abiquiu, New Mexico, photographed by ...
2: '''Georgia O'Keeffe''' ([[November 15]], [[1887]] – [[...
6: ...arted teaching at [[Columbia College]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].
8: ...d him to exhibit some of them. Stieglitz was especially impressed with O'Keeffe's interpretations of l...
10: ...n love, and Stieglitz and his wife divorced. In [[1924]], O'Keeffe and Stieglitz married. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
11: ...vels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability and independence l...
19: ... message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named herself ...
22: Initially, Rand struggled in [[Cinema of the United Stat...
24: ...[[Rome]], despite resistance from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These f... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
1: [[Image:Amelia_earhart_1.jpg|thumb|190px|Amelia Earhart]]
2: ...37]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaking new ground for female pi...
6: ...arhart's inability to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve years of her life living w...
8: ... During this time, she was able to keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even featured ...
10: ...bruary 7]], [[1931]]. Earhart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control." - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...92]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...y schools of [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ...She was also volatile and a (frustrated) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry on her ...
10: ...clination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...[[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?rt in [[Katowice]] (then in [[Germany]], now pa...
3: ...berg]], [[Paul Dirac]] and [[Wolfgang Pauli]]. In 1924 she passed the University's arbiter entrance exam...
7: ...s the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ...er pair go counterclockwise. Then add one more variation; all the dancers are spinning twirling round ...
11: ...scoveries concerning nuclear shell structure". Maria was quoted as saying, "winning the prize wasn't h... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ... or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder...
9: ...d in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs. As a [[teenager]], however, she becam...
13: ...Hong Kong]], however, they both contracted [[malaria]]. Robert Semple died of the disease on August 19...
23: ...back seat typing sermons and other religious materials. By 1917 she had started her own newspaper, na...
25: Although her husband initially made efforts to join her on her religious trav... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...ates House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[William Brockman Bankhead]] ([[1874]]-[[1940]]) ([[Unite...
18: ...nmemorable plays until she played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little Foxes]] (1939). Her por...
26: ...llulah Bankhead died in New York City of [[pneumonia]] arising from [[influenza]], complicated further...
40: *It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
78: *1924 [[Conchita]] - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
10: ...ajor role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He als...
17: ...g the actress [[Louise Brooks]] and the writer/socialite [[Mercedes de Acosta]]. She also had an on-an...
21: Unfortunately, her one-time fianc鬠John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, di...
38: ...] of the [[United States]]. She was awarded a special Academy Award for unforgettable performances in ...
40: ...rying eyes, the [[paparazzi]] and [[mass media|media]] attention. - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
1: ...]]-[[October 12]], [[1969]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and actress.
4: ...er Olympics]], at the age of eleven. During the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rin...
6: By the next Olympiad, she needed no such assistance. She won her firs...
14: She died in [[1969]] of [[leukemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered...
33: == Trivia == - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
8: ...l and sickly, Charles Lenglen, the owner of a carriage company, decided that it would be good for her ...
14: ...onships]] were again organised after a four year hiatus. Lenglen entered the tournament — her fi...
16: ...d, however. She garnered much attention in the media when she appeared at the Wimbledon with her dress...
20: ...les championship every year with the exception of 1924. Health problems due to her asthma which had alre...
24: ...ral exhibition matches against the [[Norway|Norwegian-born]] US Open champion, [[Molla Bjurstedt|Molla... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
23: ...eserved in mostly static display at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in Washington, DC.
25: ... 4468 Mallard|Mallard]]'', which pulling six carrriages (plus a dynamometer car) reached 126 mph (203 ...
27: ...d completely replaced steam locomotives in commercial service. Freight locomotives generally were repl...
29: ...t resource than [[petroleum]] for diesel fuel. India has switched in the last decade from steam-powere...
43: ...und in rail yards. The first went into service in 1924. A decade later, the technology first began to be...
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