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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the sta...
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
7: ...n, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...les). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Secon...
11: ==History== - 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 == - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...sted: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer ...
2: ...of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
3: ==The Arthur of history==
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ... [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded... - 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 - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
13: ... spawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...ated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the international campaign against [[land...
22: ...artmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "...
24: ...witzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist]], excelled in [[sports]] and reportedly longed ... - 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... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ... – died [[26 April]] [[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic]].
3: ...ion. She was the first woman to serve as prime minister of an [[Africa]]n nation.
5: ...er tenure as prime minister. She served a brief prison term, after which she was prohibited from retur... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
8: ! Date of Demise:
14: ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Prime Minister of India]]
17: | 3rd Prime Minister
51: ... – [[October 31]], [[1984]]) was [[Prime Minister of India]] from [[January 19]], [[1966]] to [[...
55: ...ild of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]]. - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...orn [[December 24]], [[1943]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[Pres...
5: ...b|right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[...
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[African American]] [[woman]], the sec...
31: ...urity Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (...
34: ...er.com/fact/content/?021014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Colin Powell.)
35: ...the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www...
37: ...ptist Church]] by [[white supremacy|white supremacists]] on September 15, [[1963]]. Rice states that g... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...rah Ann Stabenow''' (born [[April 29]], [[1950]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] [...
5: ...Abraham by a narrow margin (his wife Jane Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow...
7: She is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget...
9: ...ed in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
11: ...mocratic caucus. As caucus secretary, she will assist [[Senate Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]], D-Nev... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]...
31: ...ism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
36: ...lected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
38: ...degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Ly... - 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... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church...
4: ...arried [[Roman Catholic]] and refused to divorce his wife to marry Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced R...
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ...amalgamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') reached the [[United States ...
9: ...the separation of church and state, and addresses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Con... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...ician and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...ny languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million cop...
8: ...hool, and while in Lebanon a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to...
12: ...su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...ics|folklorist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''....
9: Dialogue in Hurston's work is roughly transcribed so as to mimic the actual spe...
11: ... too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash yo'...
13: ...g of respect. Recently, however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual langua...
15: ...[[Langston Hughes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did no... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objectivism]]|
11: ...nevertheless to achieve his values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of...
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
13: #That the individual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor ...
19: ... name is said to have come from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name she... - 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... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...scribed as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red...
6: ...he could already spell 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "artichoke".
8: ...luding the "great, loathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clar...
10: == Teaching, organizing, learning bureaucracy, a mission ==
14: ...l science in addition to French, German, ancient history, philosophy and religion. Afterward, she was ...
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