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- 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
35: ...[[Diane Julie Abbott|Abbott, Diane Julie]], (born 1953), British Labour MP
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: 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]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...cial portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden J...
9: ...f Mann, has two-->; she has reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI of t...
11: ...in the other [[personal union|personal union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is ma...
17: ...f succession to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle,...
19: ===Education=== - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed ...
13: ...ince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even th...
15: ...]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only ...
19: ...man Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope we...
21: ...ng a mere "Lady". Her place in the line of succession was transferred to the Princess Elizabeth (daugh... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ry I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...ted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]...
16: ...der the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]].
18: ...d to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante a...
20: ...tic, glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother... - 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... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...akistan [[Farooq Leghari]] again using his discretionary powers under the [[8th Amendment]]. Some of t...
6: ...United States included active participation in various social causes.
8: ...e middle of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
10: ==Imprisonment, Elections and Exile==
11: ...the course of her father's imprisonment and execution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...er vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...elations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a ...
31: ...lth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured that led to...
33: ...use of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...r three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
8:
10: ...1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United Nations]]' [[FAO]] in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], and...
12: ...''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
2: ...ford''', [[February 18]], [[1931]] in [[Lorain, Ohio]].
4: ...novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who ...
6: ...]]'s and [[1970]]'s helped break down the segregation of literature from small minority subsets ([[Afr...
8: ...(novel)|Song of Solomon]], a tale of the renunciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brother...
34: ==Non-fiction== - 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... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...y 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ... driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store...
6: ...merica by the Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954]] the [[Associated Press]] named her...
8: ...ears later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line o...
10: ...win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently inter... - 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...
11: ==King's College London 1951-1953== - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
3: In 1953, she introduced the first test, called the [[Apga... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: '''Lucinda Williams''' (born [[January 26]], [[1953]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[rock music|...
6: ...r own material. Neither album received much attention.
8: ... Locks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among mus...
10: ... Carpenter]] recorded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, ...
14: ...ed to several tribute compilations during this period. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...ing the [[espionage]]-and-[[subversion]] organization's policy of recruiting increasing numbers of wom...
5: ==Biography==
7: ... miles from [[Warsaw]], to Count Jerzy Skarbek, scion of one of Poland's oldest noble families, and St...
9: ...amps]]. An achievement of the Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret...
11: ...ng side of Krystyna's aunt and of the aunt's relation, the Hungarian Regent [[Miklos Horthy|Miklor... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
7: ...o become an actress and had some success as a fashion model for designer [[Hattie Carnegie]] and as th...
9: ...tely and eloped the same year to much press attention. However, Arnaz's philandering and drinking caus...
11: ...pisode produced by the couple's [[Desilu]] production company, so the Arnazes toured the road in a [[v...
13: In [[1953]], she was subpoenaed by the [[House Committee on...
20: ...though the format had existed for decades in [[radio]], and in fact other TV sitcoms predated her show... - 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...
62: *[[Main Street to Broadway]] (1953)
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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