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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
81: ...1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings added) - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mes, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman member to actually ta...
10: ...t of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critica...
12: ...oiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, ...
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975) - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...27), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
6: ...ist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
10: ...the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12:
14: ...but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 elections. She died in July 1927 after a short illness. - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
5: Her conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret D...
9: ...cal Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henry Steel Olcott]].
11: ...conversion to Buddhism in Ceylon, and their promotion of Buddhist revival activities on the subcontine...
13: ...re with his father and brother for a few months prior to this. This discovery started years of upheav...
23: * The Law Of Population (1877) - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ...in the South of France where she wrote her [[autobiography]], [[Living my Life]], and other works, bef...
6: ...t workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained a copy of [[Nikolai Chern...
8: ==Immigration to America==
9: ...ist movement, and at twenty she became a [[revolution]]ary. Following the uproar over the hanging, Gol...
13: ...ime. Her defense of Berkman's attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopula... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...She began publishing fiction in various Danish periodicals in 1905 under the pen name ''Osceola''. Her...
7: ...ined in Kenya and continued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 ...
9: ...multaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitl...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suffered for many years from [[syphili...
17: * ''The de Cats Family'' (1909, published in ''[[Tilskueren]]'') - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...en, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. S...
9: ...llars a year (the first male actor who made a million dollar deal was [[Charlie Chaplin]]), and one of...
11: ... Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" b...
18: ...h]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...Virginia Woolf]], who greatly affected her conception of the novel. In [[1925]], she married Raymond S... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
13: ... in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a ...
15: ... and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubist art. She owned early works of [[Pablo...
19: ...rges Braque]]. She coined the term "[[Lost Generation]]" for some of these expatriate American writers...
23: ...gmatism; thus at the opening of the German occupation of France she favored collaborative Vichy govern... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
14: ...andscapes that are noted for their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best known...
18: ... relationship with Valadon would be the only relationship of the kind in his life, leaving him, he sai...
20: ...he [[Soci鴩 Nationale des Beaux-Arts]]. A perfectionist, Valadon worked for 13 years on her oil paint...
24: ...wear a corsage of carrots, kept a goat in her studio to "eat up her bad drawings", and fed caviar to h...
26: ...kbroker Paul Mousis in [[1896]] failed, when in [[1909]] the then 44-year old Valadon left Mousis for 23... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
5: ...]. She attended [[Vassar College]], graduating in 1909.
11: ...resses [[cultural relativism]] in describing behaviors said to appear in every human society. (Her cri...
15: ... Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. entry into
18: ...fficiency, approvals needed for its full distribution did not come.
20: ...[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that permitting continuation of the Emperor's reign be part of the eventual s... - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: Dr. '''Virginia Apgar''' ([[June 7]], [[1909]] - [[August 7]], [[1974]]) specialised in [[anes... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
4: ...ever]] epidemic. There, she demonstrated her superior executive and administrative skills and develope...
6: ...e American Nurses Association and chair of the National Committee of the Red Cross Nursing Service.
8: ... united the work of the [[American Nurses Association]], the Army Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cr...
10: ...At the top of the hill overlooking the nurses section is a bronze memorial to Jane Delano and the 296 ...
12: ...ber of her awards and medals. In [[1990]], the National Nursing Advisory Committee formed the "Jane De... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
3: ...]] during the [[Great Depression]], often with various members of the [[Barrow gang]].
5: ...en 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the formation of the [[F.B.I.]]
11: ...de Barrow as they evaded capture and awaited the violent deaths they viewed as certain. She was fond o...
15: ...ller jobs, robbing grocery stores and filling stations at a rate far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank...
23: ... one-week escape ending with his recapture in [[Ohio]], Clyde remained incarcerated in the [[Texas sta... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...les since the [[19th century]], became an inspiration to [[Allies|Allied]] forces during the [[World W...
4: ...on of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
5: ==Biography==
7: ...e English to make swift gains. There were two factions of the French Royal family: the [[Burgundy|Burg... - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...' is an object of [[Religion|religious]] [[veneration]], especially a piece of the [[body]] or a perso...
7: ...elics that are objects is the passage in Acts mentioning how Paul's handkerchiefs were imbued by God w...
9: ...Ages. These tales are collected in books of [[hagiography]] such as the ''[[Golden Legend]]'' or the ...
11: ...ims to possess the relic of [[Jesus]]' [[circumcision]] - the [[Holy Prepuce]].
14: In his introduction to [[Gregory of Tours]] Ernest Brehaut analyzed ... - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...eographic North Pole]] with [[Robert Peary]] in [[1909]]. However, some have estimated that Peary's part...
4: ...h [[Bradley Robinson]] his biography ''Dark Companion'' in [[1947]].
6: ...by [[S. Allen Counter]] in a [[Greenland]] expedition when they were in their eighties.
8: ...l 6, 1988 Henson was reinterred in [[Arlington National Cemetery]] near Peary's monument. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
3: ...er the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of governmen...
7: ...ffice is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
12: ...f the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and h...
14: ...sh Columbia]], [[Canada]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend thi...
16: ...ge W. Bush]] will become the fourth at the completion of his current term in 2008. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
7: ...aising a convention to rewrite the state constitution.
11: ...id that Marshall initially turned down the nomination, assuming the job would be boring.
13: ...e of the opportunity to show that he had no intention of trusting Marshall with delicate business. Si...
17: ...[[Versailles treaty]] and push his [[League of Nations]] idea.
19: ...tunity to meet with Wilson to ascertain his condition until their final day in office.
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