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- Historical temperature record (5347 bytes)
1: ...ists since about [[1850]]. See also [[temperature record]].
3: [[Image:Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png|thumb|right|300px|Instrumental global surface...
4: [[Image:Short Instrumental Temperature Record.png|thumb|300px|Expansion of the last 25 years of...
8: ...rally considered to start in about 1850 - earlier records exist, but coverage and instrument standardisati...
10: ...n from one location to another, the numbers from different locations are combined to produce an estima... - Temperature record (5617 bytes)
1: ...since [[1850]], when methodical thermometer-based records began. There are numerous estimates of temperat...
3: [[Image:Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png|right|300px|Global surface temperatures]]
7: {{seemain|Instrumental temperature record}}
8: ...since [[1850]], when methodical thermometer-based records began.
10: ...emperature (the satellite and balloon temperature records) ==
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ... continuous major [[civilization]]s, with written records dating back at least 3,500 years, and with 5,000...
7: ...lages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...the ''[[Records of the Grand Historian|Historical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese...
15: [[Image:Statute_ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided b... - Steel (28384 bytes)
5: ...placed with other alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition i...
11: ...l]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]].
17: ... a fair amount of [[shear]] on both constituents. If quenching is done improperly, these internal stre...
19: ...ts carbon content is high enough to produce a significant concentration of martensite, the metal resem...
23: ... any cracks or poorly-mixed regions from the solidification process, and to produce shapes such as pla... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
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24: ...in the re-legalization of same-sex marriage in California.
53: ... All the works published in 1923 except for sound recordings (2022 scheduled events) enter the public doma...
54: ...21 years of age from purchasing a semi-automatic rifle. - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
1: {{Chinese_Emperor_1 |
2: ... [[705]]|family_name=Wu (武)|posthumous_name_full=Empress Zetian Shunsheng<sup><small><small>8<...
3: begin_reign=Oct. 19, [[690]]<sup><small><small>4</sup></...
4: end_reign=Feb. 22, [[705]]<sup><small><small>5</sup></...
6: given_name=Mei² (媚), later Zhao³ (... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: ...er paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I, [[Count of Rethel]]. She had three yo...
15: ...Haute Cour'', whose own positions would be eroded if Fulk continued to dominate the realm.
19: The estrangement between husband and wife was a convenient political tool that Fulk used i...
23: ...s, without (Melisende's) knowledge". Husband and wife reconciled by [[1136]] and a second son, [[Amalr...
25: ...was complete. Again she is seen in the historical record granting titles of nobility, fiefdoms, appointmen... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' ...
7: ...', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], hav...
15: ==Early life==
16: ...he married his succession of wives. Henry's last wife [[Catherine Parr]] helped reconcile the King wit...
18: ... and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth's household... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
11: ==Early life==
12: ...n to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent and Strathearn married [[Vikto...
20: ...in'' (or ''von Wettin''). Queen Victoria's papers record her dislike of the name. Though rarely publicly ...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depic...
27: ...wing unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Ca... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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2: subject_name=Diana, Princess of Wales|
3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
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6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] | - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
5: ==Early life==
29: Early on, privacy became an issue. Senn cited her record protecting medical privacy as insurance commissio...
41: ...d counting ballots and the county totals were certified on [[November 23]], Cantwell had gained a lead... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
1: [[ Image:Irish_Stamp_Countess_Markievicz.jpg|right|thumb|Countess Markiewicz]]
8: ...British government. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amn...
12: ...Irish female [[Cabinet Minister]]. She held this record until 1979 when [[Mኲe Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apo...
14: ...e was not elected in the [[Irish_general_election,_1922|Irish General Election of 1922]] but was re-e... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
34: ..." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Colin Powell.)
35: ...//www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutmusic/madabout_transcript090701.html]
37: ...n-minorities [http://www.racematters.org/lessononlifecondoleezzarice.htm].
41: ...l Korbel, "one of the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc/Phanc/JoKorbel.htm]...
49: [[Image:rice_f.jpg|thumb|Condoleezza Rice speaks after being no... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
4: ...dparents, mother, and brother; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
9: [[Image:Rosa_parks_bus.jpg|thumb|right|The bus, now a museum exhibit ...
10: ...e law legalizing segregation in public buses was lifted. This event helped spark many other protests a...
19: ...stress." Parks stated in her autobiography, ''My Life'', that it was not true that she was physically ...
23: Many accounts fail to clarify: she was sitting in the "colored" section of the... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...e [[12th century]]. Little is known of her early life; from the simple but literary [[Anglo-Norman lan...
3: ...rance and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
9: [[D. W. Griffith]] screen tested and hired her for a part in a...
15: ...airbanks, however, was the love of the actress's life. Before he died, he sent Pickford a message sayi...
18: * [[1909]]: discovered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Compan...
28: ...ts]] together with [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[D. W. Griffith]], [[William S. Hart]], and her soon-to-be hu...
36: ...ents. The Academy sent a TV crew to her house to record her reaction to the award. The general public (w... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
6: From this, she went on to qualify as the first British-trained woman ground engine...
8: ...d Jason, can still be seen in the [[Science Museum_(London)|Science Museum in London]]. She received...
10: In [[July]] [[1931]], she set the record for flying from [[England]] to [[Japan]] in a [[D...
12: ...also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regain this record, this time flying a [[Percival Gull]], in [[May]]...
18: ... time to [[India]] in [[1934]] in a [[De_Havilland_DH.88|De Havilland Comet]] in the England to [[Aus... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...o obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.
6: The impoverished Bessie Pittman became the beautiful and talented Jacqueline Cochran who met [[Floyd...
10: ...ied entry at home in the Bendix [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland...
12: ...e British Air Transport Auxiliary, recruiting qualified women pilots in the United States and taking t...
14: ... records. She still holds more distance and speed records than any pilot living or dead, male or female. I... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
7: ...son with [[Vladimir Horowitz]]. Indeed, her early recordings (made at age 19) of such competition mainstay...
9: ...]] [[Charles Dutoit]], with whom she continues to record and perform. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s, and the winner of thirteen [[Grammy Award]]s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she is noted ...
6: ...recorded several hit songs with them, including "(If You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but...
12: ...evoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo Records|Pablo]] years, [[Ella Abraca Jobim]]. With Ellin...
16: ...uis" which was so successful that Granz's [[Verve records]] asked them for the equally successful "Ella an...
22: ...he [[Inglewood Park Cemetery]] in [[Inglewood, California]]. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: [[Image:Billie_Holiday.jpg|right|thumb|<small>Billie Holiday phot...
3: ...she had a difficult childhood which affected her life and career.
5: ==Early life==
7: ...t who would play for [[Fletcher Henderson]], was fifteen. Billie Holiday's parents married when she wa...
9: ...aternity. This stems from a copy of her birth certificate in Baltimore archives that lists the father ... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
8: ... deal with independent [[Mainstream Records]] and recorded an eponymously titled album in [[1967]]. Howev...
14: ... she played at [[Woodstock]]). That group was indifferently received and soon broke up, and Joplin th...
16: ...but it would be one of the last decisions of her life and it reportedly proved to be a rather unhappy ...
18: ...n a [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] motel room, aged only 27.
20: ...al because Joplin had died before she was able to record her vocal over the backing track.
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