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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...ally replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]]
28: ...]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explo...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]] Italian explorer naturali... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
9: ... [[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Oran...
10: ...ame the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which so...
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is ...
19: ...n 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]].
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: *[[Patriarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title...
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
25: ...ckerman|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
34: *[[Georg Friedrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Gu...
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
8: *[[John Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
9: ...[[John Adair|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...exander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
12: ...Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]s
20: ..., (1969-1999), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
21: *[[David Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
42: *[[Dries van Agt|Agt, Dries van]], (born 1931), Dutch prime minister - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ...ited Kingdom|King George VI]] on [[6 February]] [[1952]]. She is the longest serving current Head of Sta...
11: ... of which she is or was Head of State. She is married to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], and is ...
20: ...p of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]].
27: ... that she greatly enjoyed this and that this experience led her to send her own children to school rat...
29: ...cial visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st bir... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...amily]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the...
11: ... May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s.
13: ... an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and social events. May was also close to her aun...
17: ...tor's grandmother. However, Prince Albert Victor died of [[pneumonia]] six weeks later.
27: ...23 June]] [[1894]]<td>[[28 May]] [[1972]]<td> married [[Wallis Simpson]] ([[19 June]] [[1896]] –... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...ulian calendar|O.S.]]), [[1872]] - [[March 9]], [[1952]]) was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Communist]] revo...
7: ...prove the conditions of women's lives in the [[Soviet Union]], fighting illiteracy and educating women...
11: ...iet Union|Communist Party]] and joined with her friend, [[Alexander Shlyapnikov]], to form a left-wing...
13: ...tion to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]].
15: ...i is an unusual figure in the history of the [[Soviet Union]], as she was an "Old Bolshevik" and a maj... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
9: ...ouse. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]; President Theodore Ro...
13: ...ere members of the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position ...
15: ...For the rest of their lives they would be close friends, Hickok suggested the idea for what would even...
16: ...of one of Mrs. Roosevelt's most extensive biographies made a well documented argument for the theory i...
20: ...ive audience of 70,000, and a nationwide radio audience. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...ccess to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...sequent years by a second son and a daughter who died in childhood.
9: ..., launching the periodical ''The Birth Control Review and Birth Control News''. She also contributed a...
13: ...ntrol League in [[1921]]. The next year, she married oil tycoon James Noah H. Slee.In 1923, she estab...
15: ... of the Birth Control Federation of America. From 1952 to 1959, she served as president of the Internati... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: Gloria Marie Steinem was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. Her father ...
8: ...scholarship winner. She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adl...
12: After a series of celebrity interviews, Steinem was eventually able to get a political...
23: ...they were married for only three years before he died of brain [[lymphoma]] on [[December 30]], [[2003... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
3: ...ory, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalini...
7: She married the poet [[Nikolay Gumilyov]] in [[1910]]. Their...
9: Akhmatova maintained a long friendship with fellow Russian poetess [[Marina Tsveta...
11: ... an interval between [[1940]] and [[1946]]). She died in [[Leningrad]] in 1966.
13: ...re Akhmatova lived from the mid [[1920s]] until [[1952]]. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
5: ...t one day before her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Jane...
14: *Alguns Contos (1952)
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: '''Jacqueline Cochran''', born '''Bessie Lee Pittman''' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7...
4: ...m town to town in search of work. As a child, Bessie possessed an unusual amount of drive and ambition...
6: The impoverished Bessie Pittman became the beautiful and talented Jacquel...
8: ...ed in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recognized the value of p...
10: ... with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made up a story about bei... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...come a medical doctor in 1932 when she left that field to pursue a career as a test pilot. In the 1930...
6: ...ilot on the [[Junkers Ju 87]] ''Stuka'' and [[Dornier Do 17]] projects, as well as one of the few to f...
16: ...flying, except, after a few years, in gliders. In 1952 '''Hanna Reitsch''' won third place in the world ...
20: ...[1970s]] she broke many records in several categories.
22: She died in [[1979]] of a massive heart attack at age 67. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]]...
5: ...t St Paul's Girls' School where she excelled in science and sport. Her family were actively involved i...
8: ...f coal and charcoal and how to use them most efficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped...
12: ...similar research). Unfortunately, Randall had implied that Franklin alone would be working on DNA, app...
15: ...s not intended to be circulated to other laboratories. Crick and Watson realised this showed that the... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor...
6: ... (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], ...
13: ...honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acq...
17: ...om church organizations and the municipal authorities.
19: ==Foundation of the Missionaries of Charity== - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...ecially for her exploits in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and [[France]]. She was the longes...
7: ...ember 2]], [[1938]], at age twenty-three, she married the choleric writer [[Jerzy Gizycki|Jerzy Gi&...
9: ...ration camps]]. An achievement of the Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of ...
11: ...ng accident, was exfiltrating Polish and other Allied military personnel and collecting [[intelligence...
13: ...ral versions exist as to why the Musketeers were viewed by the exile Poles and the British with disfav... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...ic [[pogroms]] and because of her father's sympathies for [[Leon Trotsky]], the family fled to [[Syrac...
8: ... Foundation Fellowship for "Creative Work in the Field of Motion Pictures." In 1947 she won the [[Gra...
24: *''The Very Eye of Night'' (1952-55) with [[Metropolitan Opera]] Ballet School and... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...]] to star in the remake of [[Intermezzo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormou...
5: ...r Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of Arc]]'' ([[1948]]).
7: ... husband and daughter for Rossellini and they married and had a son. The affair caused was a scandal i...
9: ...ess]]) for her performance in ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' ([[1975]]). In [[1978]] she played...
11: ...ian]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John Gielgud]]'s remark, "She speaks five languages, and c...
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