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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
52: | [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
55: | [[Illinois]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
60: | [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...lternated between periods of political union and disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...c]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first vil...
13: == Ancient history == - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...rs to a number of states and cultures that have existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another...
5: ...wever the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chi...
7: ...[[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...eans "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known...
16: ...ly and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that co... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]...
10: ...t Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom o...
13: ...ic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...ne]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
17: ...d]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
8: ...Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
21: ...waetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor. - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
3: *[[Aedesius]], (died 355), [[Neoplatonist]] philosopher
4: ...ta|Aegineta, Paulus]], 4th century surgeon of the island of [[Aegina]]
5: ...on Aehrenthal|Aehrenthal, Alois Lexa von]], (1854-1912), [[Austria-Hungary|Austria-Hungarian]] statesman
6: ...98;lfric]], (circa 955-1020), the Grammarian, English abbot - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...f great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...rinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...n was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eig...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afte...
16: ...ard VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: '''Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor''' ([[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[...
4: ...y tastemaker and the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
6: ...orf Astor]], son of [[William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor]] and grandson of [[John Jacob Astor I...
8: ...he was required to give up his seat in the [[British House of Commons]] as MP for [[Plymouth Sutton (...
10: ...ewspaper, would never forgive Claud Cockburn and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
9: ... [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] in [[1912]] and served in that office until [[1921]] when h...
11: ...raway to serve out the rest of her husband's unfinished term. She was sworn in to office on [[Decembe...
15: ...that she would run for reelection. Populist [[Louisiana]] politician [[Huey Long]] travelled to Arkan...
21: ...inted to the [[Federal Employees Compensation Commission]] and to the [[Employees Compensation Appeals...
23: ...lt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s economic recovery legislation. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...orders, and crushed by the remnants of the monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s colle...
6: ...od trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a grow...
8: ...Russian workers' parties, and started off by organising a [[general strike]]. As a result, four of its...
10: ...[[Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange crises.
12: .... But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament focused more and more on g... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
1: ...[image:Cpankhurst.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|'''Christabel Pankhurst''']]
3: '''Christabel Harriette Pankhurst''' ([[September 22]], [[...
5: ...e after her daughter's arrest and was herself imprisoned on many occasions for her principles.
7: ... States]] where she eventually became an [[evangelist]].
9: She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1936. - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
5: ...Pankhurst|Christabel]], would also become an activist.
7: ...Union]] with her sister [[Christabel Pankhurst|Christabel]] and her mother Emmeline. But in contrast t...
9: ...age Federation]] and then to the [[Workers' Socialist Federation]]. She founded the newspaper of the W...
11: ... dissolved itself into the larger, official Communist Party.
13: ...the CPGB and moved to found the short-lived Communist Workers Party. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...[[United States|American]] [[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sange...
5: ...ed William Sanger. Although stricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following year, foll...
7: ... Law of 1873]] which outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and device...
9: ...lth for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper, ''The Call''.
11: ... sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public nuisance]]." - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poets]].
3: ...es of living and writing in the shadow of [[Stalinism]].
7: ...n [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
11: ...Akhmatova was effectively silenced, unable to publish poetry, between 1925 and 1952 (except for an int...
13: There is a museum devoted to Akhmatova at the Fountain Hou... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...he capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
6: ...ters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
8: ...in [[1871]] when the archbishop of Pittsburgh commissioned her to paint copies of paintings in Italy, ...
10: ...atured, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]].
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. The Salon critics claimed th... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: Pickford was born '''Gladys Louise Smith''' in [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]] (fo...
7: ...he play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickfor...
9: ...d from films four years later, after a series of disappointing roles and the public's inability to acc...
11: ...and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.
15: ...g "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funeral. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the developme...
7: ...]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and then [[Paris]] when she was three. After returning almost two ...
11: ...2 she moved to [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
12: ...aris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: ...me a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus other young painters. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...ry|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ...o cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...nation. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...ionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This state of affairs was allowed to continue until Ju...
14: ...ilian Voloshin]], whom Tsvetaeva described after his death in 'A Living Word About a Living Man'. Volo... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
3: ...[http://www.bartleby.com/131/1.html Renascence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholar...
7: ...ld widower of [[Inez Milholland]], [[Eugene Jan Boissevain]], who greatly supported her career and too...
9: ...cracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fascism."
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