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- 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
40: *[[Lyman Abbott|Abbott, Lyman]], (1835-1922), American divine and author
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
4: *[[Viktor G. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor G.]], (1922-1994), Russian editor - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...ia]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princess of Wales]], [[Duke of C...
5: ...f for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are n...
11: ...ks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]...
40: The Duchess of York was not considered to be emotionally attached to her children. The royal nanny lo...
42: ...alia]], the Duke and Duchess opened the first session of the Australian Parliament, when the Commonwea... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...a]]n politician, the president of the [[Indian National Congress]] (Congress Party) and the widow of f...
11: ... politics just before the [[1998]] Lok Sabha elections, assuming the helm of the Congress Party. With ...
13: ... was unanimously voted to lead a 19-party [[coalition government]] which was subsequently named the Un...
15: ...ffice as the chairperson of the newly formed [[National Advisory Council]] with the status of a Cabine...
17: ...[[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] from [[1922]] to [[1964]]). - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...27), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
6: ... F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in...
10: ...the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
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14: ...but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 elections. She died in July 1927 after a short illness. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
1: ...right|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot.]]
4: ...en are created equal. She also proposed a resolution, that was voted upon and carried, demanding voti...
6: ... helped prepare for the founding of the [[International Council of Women]].
12: ...of women. She was also a strong critic of [[religion]] in general and [[Christianity]] in particular....
14: ...her early involvement in the temperance and abolition movements. Henry Stanton was a journalist, an a... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with...
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... - 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... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ....E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: She began writing professionally in [[1905]], initially for the ''[[Times Lit...
11: ...ll as emotional motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chrono...
13: ...resented simultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic na...
17: ...xamination of Woolf's life, updating the earlier biography by Woolf's own nephew, [[Quentin Bell]]. - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
10: ...November 20]], [[1920]]. She could not gain admission to American flight schools because she was bla...
12: ..., she was admired by both blacks and whites. In [[1922]], she participated at her first air show, in [[L...
14: ...hen her plane stalled and crashed on February 22, 1922. As her notoriety grew, she was invited to make ... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...[[1920s]] and [[1930s]], founder of the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Chu...
7: ...hodist]], and Mildred Ona Pearce, 36 years his junior, who had been hired to nurse his wife during her...
9: ...riting letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], debating local clergy, etc.
13: ...ing at the urging of her father. After her conversion and a short courtship, they were married on Augu...
15: ...th the Salvation Army, and after a short recuperation Aimee joined her in this work. While so occupied... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ... citizen]]. By [[1935]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
8: ...tures." In 1947 she won the [[Grand Prix Internationale]] for 16mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]...
14: ...er]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.
22: ...ransfigured Time'' (1946) Choreographic collaboration with Frank Westbrook and [[Rita Christiani]].
23: *''Meditation on Violence'' (1948) performance by [[Chao-li Chi]], Chi... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
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...
74: *1922 [[Danger]]
75: *1922 [[Her Temporary Husband]]
76: *1922 [[The Exciters]] - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
8: ...per ads. Her first [[film|motion picture]] aspirations came when she appeared in an advertising short ...
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...
19: ...tar]], she was one of the few who made the transition to [[Sound film|talkies]]. Her low, husky voice ...
23: ... [[Sweden]]!" This would frighten the [[movie studio]] heads, who gave in to her every wish. She was k... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[Unit...
6: ... rumored to have beaten Gardner during their relationship.)
28: * [[Reunion in France]] (1942)
40: * [[Music for Millions]] (1944)
60: * [[Bhowani Junction]] (1956) - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...onard''') ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] [...
5: ...M.S. Pinafore]]''. This would serve as an inauspicious beginning to a dazzling career.
9: ...[[newsmedia]]. For forty years, she was the companion of businessman [[Jim Brady|"Diamond Jim" Brady]]...
13: ...nsor the formation of the [[Chorus Equity Association]] by the chorus girls at the [[Ziegfeld Follies]...
15: On her passing in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] in 1922, Russell was interred in the [[Allegheny Cemetery... - 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...
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