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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]]
141: | [[1920]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (office tower & wing) - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ell as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese c...
7: ... craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the ...
11: ...ou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...ou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|C...
18: ...0 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged ... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player - 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]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
17: ...n|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
20: ...ant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
47: *[[Antonio Aguilar|Aguilar, Antonio]], Mexican singer
48: ...ilar|Aguilar, Pepe]], Mexican singer, son of Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
7: *[[Mohamed Farrah Aidid|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
12: ...rd Aiken|Aiken, Howard]], (1900-1973), computing pioneer
23: *[[Airto]], (born 1951), [[percussion]]ist - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...[November 6]], [[1632]]) during Sweden's intervention in Germany in the [[Thirty Years' War]].
4: ...aption><font size="+1">'''Kristina'''</font></caption>
8: <tr valign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
10: ...e prop of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se -->
22: ... but they were not able to come to a clear conclusion. - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: '''Gloria Steinem''' (born [[March 25]], [[1934]]) is a [[US]] [[feminism|feminist]] and [[journa...
5: Gloria Marie Steinem was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. Her father was an antiques salesman. With his...
7: == Education and Early Career ==
9: ...ull-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as ...
12: ...ern]]'s presidential campaign. This led to a position in a New York magazine. She also became politica... - 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...
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
9: ...cribed so as to mimic the actual speech of the period, and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of...
11: Quote:"Dat's a big ole resurrection lie, Ned. Uh slew-foot, drag-leg lie at dat, an...
13: ...r her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ...Langston Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not ...
20: ...e'', Hurston was wrongly accused of child molestation. In her defense she presented her passport, whic... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for...
11: ...vist philosophy#Ethics: rational self-interest|rational self-interest]]", and [[capitalism]]. Her nove...
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
16: ==Biography== - 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... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
8: ...n]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in recognition of this achievement.
18: ...lso flew nonstop in record time to [[India]] in [[1934]] in a [[De_Havilland_DH.88|De Havilland Comet]] ...
27: ...tp://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/famous_folk/amyjohnson/biog1.shtml BBC Humber site for Johnson centenary] - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
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... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...]] chemist and pioneer in the early field of [[radiology]] and a two-time [[Nobel laureate]]. She foun...
4: ==Biography==
5: ...ear. Due to her gender, she was not allowed admission into any Russian or Polish universities so she w...
7: ...known radioactive component which was far more radioactive than uranium; thus on [[December 26]]th Mar...
9: ...he other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...- [[January 1]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[...
3: ...n to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her dissertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Criteria''....
7: ...iler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATI...
9: ...r returned to the Navy where she worked on validation software for the programming language [[COBOL]] ...
12: ...ive duty in August of [[1967]] for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She ... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
9: ... several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
15: ...e was never really able to obtain the same reputation at home. Upon a visit to the United States in [[...
21: ... not legally binding), French sugar magnate Jean Lion (1937-1940, divorced), French orchestra leader J...
23: Baker wrote several autobiographies, each containing a different story about ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ... for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]...
10: ...certs were often enriched by some hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able t...
12: ...by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pab...
14: ...[[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" of... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...] section of [[Baltimore]]. According to her autobiography, her house was the first on their street to...
14: ...mond was the first). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever ...
16: ...cesses as a live performer. On [[November 23]], [[1934]], she performed at the [[Apollo Theater]] to glo...
18: ... with impecable timing, nuanced phrasing, and emotional immediacy.
20: ...inging trivial pop songs, her unique tone and emotional commitment made her performances special. - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ...(in [[German language|German]]: ''Rote Armee Fraktion''), which is also known as the ''Baader-Meinhof ...
7: ...uerrilla]], decrying what she called the exploitation of the common man and the imperialism of the [[c...
9: ...y people, including members of the [[Red Army Faction]] have always held that she was killed by repres...
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