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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
57: ...6]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
63: | [[Iowa]]
64: | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - 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. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
41: ...above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - 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) - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support of the public ...
7: ...cene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...U.S. and resumed her activities, launching the periodical ''The Birth Control Review and Birth Control...
11: ...basic information about such topics as [[menstruation]], but also acknowledged the reality of sexual f...
13: ...27, Sanger helped organize the first World Population Conference in [[Geneva]]. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: '''Clarice Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazi...
3: ...s published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy influence of ...
5: ... was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ... de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
9: == Bibliography == - 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...
13: She finally divorced Moore in [[March]] [[1920]] and married Fairbanks on [[March 28]] the same ... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...d for female pilots, and remembered for her mysterious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacifi...
8: ...ring this time, she was able to keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even featured in ...
10: ...am. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic crossing. They were married on ...
14: ...French Government, and the Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert ...
18: ...publicity would help him establish his own navigation school in Florida. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; she bridges the mutually contradictory schools...
7: === Biography ===
8: ...(This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to identify herself with the P...
10: ...rticularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]]...
12: ...eople would have had some influence on the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...for Poetry]]. She was also known for her unconventional and Bohemian lifestyle and her many love affai...
3: ...holarship to [[Vassar College]]. After her graduation in 1917, she moved to New York City.
7: ...the poet [[George Dillon]], fourteen years her junior, for whom a number of her sonnets were written.
9: ...orting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fascism."
13: Her best known poem might be "First Fig" (1920): - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
10: ...November 20]], [[1920]]. She could not gain admission to American flight schools because she was bla...
12: ...September]] of [[1921]], she became a media sensation when she returned to the United States. Invited ... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... [[crystallographer]] who made important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of ...
5: ...tary]] in 1916. He was also the first High Commissioner (effectively governor) for the [[British Manda...
8: ...t the ''British Coal Utilization Research Association'' studying the fine structure of coal and charco...
9: ...ring, her mentor, had been unhappy about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the pape...
12: ...a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and [[30s]], and a huge influence on the singe...
4: ==Biography==
5: ..." Theatre and by [[1920]] she had gained a reputation in the South and along the Eastern Seaboard.
7: ... was "Down Hearted Blues", a song written and previously recorded by [[Alberta Hunter]]. Working a hea...
9: ...chestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a string section--a musical environment that is radically differe... - 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... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
22: ...orite as is her role as the Black Widow on television's Batman.
24: ...y|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And behavior that was endearingly wicked in a flapper starlet...
104: *1945 [[Foolish Notion]] - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
1: [[Image:GretaGarbo1920s.jpg|thumb|Garbo in the 1920s]]
5: ...ildren born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson ([[1871]]-[[1920]]) and Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]])....
8: ...for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...m [[1922]] to [[1924]], she studied at the prestigious [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]] in [[Stockholm]]. Wh...
12: ...Garbo be given a contract as well. But their relationship came to an end as her fame grew. He was fire... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...e first female tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
3: ...ale tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named ''La Divine'' (the d...
8: ...cise where he would lay down a handkerchief at various places on the court, to which his daughter had ...
10: ...ed most national and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hol...
14: ...[[1920 in sports|1920]], but the [[Wimbledon Championships]] were again organised after a four year hi... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...is used especially if this is his or her [[profession]]. Evidence indicates that humans have been pai...
8: ...] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples of [[...
20: *[[Pointillism]] (aka divisionism, 'stippling')
34: ...riety of artists' paints available for the professional or ameteur artist.]] Different types of paint...
52: ...sense has fallen out of favour in academic discussions about contemporary painting, though it continue... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
1: ...ight|English concertina made by Wheatstone around 1920]]
2: ...rdion buttons travel ''perpendicular to the direction of the bellows''.
10: ... and was the most prolific manufacturer of the period).
16: Various '''duet system''' concertinas, which are much m...
20: ...ecorative style, and some mechanical innovations pioneered by [[German-American]] instrument builder a...
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