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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]]
53: | [[1905]] — [[1913]], [[1919]] — [[1920]] (wings added)
55: | [[Illinois]]
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] - 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... - 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
25: ..., Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...esant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...heosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[writer]] and [[orator]].
4: ...men's rights]], [[birth control]], [[Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific wr...
5: ...Blavatsky]] in [[1889]] and writing a review on this book.
9: .... He had to leave the Theosophical Society over this in [[1906]]. In [[1908]] he was taken back into t... - 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]]." - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: '''Clarice Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazi...
3: ...(Close to the Wild Heart). When the novel was published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness...
5: ...re her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ... life of Macab顬 a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
19: *O Mist鲩o do Coelho Pensante (1967) - 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.
13: She finally divorced Moore in [[March]] [[1920]] and married Fairbanks on [[March 28]] the same ... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...female pilots, and remembered for her mysterious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacific Ocea...
6: ...ause of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve years of he...
8: ...featured in local newspapers while she taught English.
10: ...join pilot Wilmer Stultz and co-pilot/mechanic Louis Gordon. The team left [[Trepassey Harbor]], [[New...
14: ...ed the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] from Congress, the Cross of Kni... - 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)
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."
13: Her best known poem might be "First Fig" (1920): - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
6: ...o worked at the White Sox Barber Shop as a manicurist. There she heard tales of the world from pilots ...
8: ...flamboyant personality and her beauty to promote his newspaper, and to promote her cause.
10: ... [[November 20]], [[1920]]. She could not gain admission to American flight schools because she was ...
12: ...r first air show, in [[Long Island, New York|Long Island]].
18: ... [[1995]], she was honored with her image on a [[List of people on stamps of the United States|postage... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...pril 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[crystallographer]] who made important co...
5: ...ish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ... the basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...y about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the papers she was writing, even though h...
12: ...arch project had been taken over by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which we... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and [[30s]], and a huge influence on the singe...
5: ... [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theatre and by [[1920]] she had gained a reputation in the South and al...
7: ...f the finest musicians around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]],...
9: ... and a string section--a musical environment that is radically different from any found on her recordi...
11: ...studio, dropped by for an almost inaudible guest visit. Hammond was not pleased with the result, prefe... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...after her death. Her posthumous reception history is a lengthy one: she was revered by the [[Catholic ...
7: ... Troyes]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown princ...
9: ===Visions and mission===
11: ...n ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|M... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
14: ...lznick]] called her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]].
16: Polled, moviegoers thought otherwise. Her screen test for [[Gone with the Wind]] put ...
20: ...in [[Lifeboat (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won ...
22: ...avorite as is her role as the Black Widow on television's Batman. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
1: [[Image:GretaGarbo1920s.jpg|thumb|Garbo in the 1920s]]
3: ...ndash; [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He also gave her ... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...ima donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
3: ...rendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international fema...
8: ...erchief at various places on the court, to which his daughter had to direct the ball.
10: ... year stopped most national and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was...
14: ...later noted to be one of the hallmarks in tennis history, saw Lenglen saving two match points and winn... - Painting (4567 bytes)
1: ...mb|The [[Mona Lisa]] is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the [[Western world]].]]
2: ...ve been using written language. Artistic painting is considered by many to be among the most important...
4: [[Drawing]], by comparison, is the process of making marks on a surface by apply...
6: ==[[History of painting]]==
10: ''See also [[Art history]].'' - Concertina (3686 bytes)
1: ...ight|English concertina made by Wheatstone around 1920]]
2: ...pically have buttons on both ends and are distinguished from an [[accordion]] (piano or button) by the...
10: ...Louis Lachenal (who built concertinas in both English and Anglo styles and was the most prolific manuf...
12: === English concertina ===
13: ...en one side and the other. The English concertina is typically held by placing the thumbs through thum...
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