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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]]
143: | [[Ohio]] - 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: Ac (3800 bytes)
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
25: ...kerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974)
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954)
64: ...la]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - 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]] - 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... - 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... - 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 ...
16: On [[January 11]], [[1935]], Earhart became the first person to fly solo ac... - 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. - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
1: ...insights that she used to develop elegant abstractions which she formalized beautifully.
8: ...l Gordan]], and rapidly built a world-wide reputation, but the [[University of G?ngen]] refused to let...
10: her admission as a ''[[Privatdozent]].'' After all, the univer...
12: ...etry|symmetries]] by physicists, into [[conservation laws]]. The results of Noether's theorem are pa...
14: ...m]]). Rings satisfying the ascending chain condition on ideals are now known as [[Noetherian ring]]s. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
5: ...aduate of [[Mount Holyoke College]], after graduation she went on to [[Harvard Observatory]] to work w...
7: ...gg]] in [[1930]], and in [[1935]] moved to [[Ontario]] where she took a job at the [[David Dunlap Obse...
9: ...ed in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1993.
13: ...the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]]. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
9: ... 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... - 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... - 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... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
4: ==Biography==
5: ...e took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ...is not documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
13: ... and ignorant about their atrocities—a position which many of her critics dismiss as ridiculous....
15: ... personally funded. <!--This needs a source. Her biopic and imdb list _no_ films after Tiefland-->As a... - 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...
95: *1935 [[Rain]]
96: *1935 [[Something Gay]]
104: *1945 [[Foolish Notion]] - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
5: ...]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of Arc]]'' ([[1...
7: ...an was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation." One of Rossellini's and Bergman's children is...
9: ...ich she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on the big screen...
15: ...ard]] for Best Actress in [[1982]] for the television [[mini-series]] [[A Woman Called Golda]], about ...
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