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- 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
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4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria...
5: ...aristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (go...
9: ...ti]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: *[[Viktor G. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor G.]], (1922-1994), Russian editor
9: ... Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]] - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...toria Mary of Teck'''), (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]],...
5: ... Mary was known for setting the tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality ...
9: ...ustria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsburgs]], the once ...
11: ...[Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]...
13: ... week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aun... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...ow of former Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. She is currently the chairwoman of the ruling [[United P...
7: ...met [[Rajiv Gandhi]], who later became [[Prime Minister of India]]. They were [[marriage|married]] in ...
11: ...ming the helm of the Congress Party. With the charisma of the family name behind her, she was able to ...
13: ...me Minister of India]] following her party's surprise victory in the [[Indian general election, 2004|2...
15: ...dvisory Council]] with the status of a Cabinet Minister. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
1: [[ Image:Irish_Stamp_Countess_Markievicz.jpg|right|thumb|Counte...
2: ...was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
4: ... visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[19...
8: ...government. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of ... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
2: ...dash; [[October 26]], [[1902]]) was a social activist and a leading figure of the early [[women's righ...
4: ...ts Convention]] in Seneca Falls, New York. For this convention, Stanton drafted a ''[[Declaration of ...
6: ...thology reached six volumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in...
9: ...so much, is no stronger than that against sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested very m...
12: ...strong critic of [[religion]] in general and [[Christianity]] in particular. Stanton was also an outs... - 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. - 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... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ... [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] and [[feminist]]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a signi...
7: ...oore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...ernists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
11: ... in the words of [[E.M. Forster]], pushed the English language "a little further against the dark," an...
13: ...lic narrative encompassing almost entire English history. - 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]].
14: ...hen her plane stalled and crashed on February 22, 1922. As her notoriety grew, she was invited to make ... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...ter Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[1920s]] and [[193...
7: ...36 years his junior, who had been hired to nurse his wife during her terminal illness. (The age differ...
9: ... her public speaking career at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defendi...
13: ...ontracted [[malaria]]. Robert Semple died of the disease on August 19, 1910. Aimee recovered and gave ...
15: ... after a short recuperation Aimee joined her in this work. While so occupied in [[New York City|New Yo... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[1940]]s and [[1950]]s.
4: ...y [[1935]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: ...fternoon]]'' (1943). ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film...
8: ...on]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[John Cage]], and [[Anais Nin]]. She continued making 16mm films such as "...
10: ...t, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The accomp... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
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.
24: ... by a two-bottle-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And beh... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
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: ...]] aspirations came when she appeared in an advertising short for the department store where she worke...
10: ...''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He also gave her ...
12: ...1925]] to work for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], he insisted that Garbo be given a contract as well. But th... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[Unit...
6: ...Miguel Dominguin]] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Scott]]...
8: ... nominated. [[Grayson Hall]], as the hysterical Miss Judith Fellowes, however, was nominated, albeit ...
14: Ava Gardner is interred in the Sunset Memorial Park, [[Smithfiel...
16: Gardner is portrayed by [[Kate Beckinsale]] in ''[[The Aviat... - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...onard''') ([[December 4]],[[1861]] - [[June 6]],[[1922]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] [...
5: ...livan's]] [[operetta]] ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]''. This would serve as an inauspicious beginning to a daz...
7: ...she stayed on with Pastor and starred in some of his [[comic opera|comic operas]].
15: On her passing in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] in 1922, Russell was interred in the [[Allegheny Cemetery... - 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...
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