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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of U.S. state capitals''':
5: ! State !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
104: | [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]
116: | [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
9: | date of birth=[[12 June ]], [[1924]]
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
19: ...[[1977]]), and the 43rd [[Vice President of the United States]] under President [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...and]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...cial, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [...
12: ...s youth. The eldest son, the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (the future King Geor...
14: ...he eventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [...
2: ...srael after graduate school and was never a U.S. citizen).
6: ...da looked up to Shayna. Her father left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family ...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
14: ... She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
3: ...opposed to a [[suffragette]], who were usually militantly violent) and an early [[feminist]].
5: ... Women's Suffrage Societies (the [[NUWSS]]), a position she held from [[1897]] until [[1919]].
7: ... British Empire|Dame of the British Empire]] in [[1924]], and her memory is still preserved in the name ...
9: ...the [[senior wrangler]] in the [[Cambridge University]] mathematics examinations. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...ol]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support of the publi...
5: ... ten years in the affluent New York suburb of [[White Plains]]. In [[1902]], she married William Sange...
7: ...hould Know." Distributing a pamphlet, ''Family Limitation'', to poor women, Sanger repeatedly risked s...
9: ...e also contributed articles on health for the [[United States Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] paper,...
11: ...ed the reality of sexual feelings in adolescents. It was followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mother Shoul... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ...[[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist born in [[Sun Prai...
4: ...ure style stressed contours and subtle tonal transitions, which often transformed the subject into a p...
6: ...of New York|Art Students' League]] in [[New York City]]. She began teaching in the public schools in [...
8: ...some of them. Stieglitz was especially impressed with O'Keeffe's interpretations of landscapes in the ...
10: ...is wife divorced. In [[1924]], O'Keeffe and Stieglitz married. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...dividual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self;...
19: ...present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter.
22: ...e United States. Her first literary success came with the sale of her screenplay ''[[Red Pawn]]'' in [... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]], known for breaki...
6: ... spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mother's parents.
8: ...tts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even fea...
10: ...hart referred to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
14: ...pasture near [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]. She received the [[Distinguished Fly... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...1]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...e of language. Among her themes were female sexuality, and the tension in women's private emotions; sh...
8: ...magination, and to cause her to identify herself with the Polish aristocracy.)
10: ...affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of M...
12: ...and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German languages. - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ...tant of James Franck. The couple moved to the [[United States]], Mayer's home country.
5: ...ed a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1963]] together with [[Eugene Paul Wigner]] and [[J. Hans D. Jensen ]...
7: ... like the Earth spinning on its axis as the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described t...
9: ...other. Then imagine that in each circle, you can fit twice as many dancers by having one pair go clock...
11: ...d as saying, "winning the prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work." - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...eaking career at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution...
13: ...September 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]].
15: ...er in this work. While so occupied in [[New York City|New York]], she met her second husband, Harold S...
23: ...ullhorn. On the road between sermons, she would sit in the back seat typing sermons and other religio...
25: ...filed for separation. His petition for divorce, citing abandonment, was granted in 1921. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ..., [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and...
4: ...r of the House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]]...
6: ...ily to let her move to New York. She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in ...
8: ...e known for her wit, although as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "S...
10: ... End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
10: ...ajor role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He als...
12: When Stiller went to the [[United States]] in [[1925]] to work for [[Metro-Goldwy...
17: ...on-and-off affair with the primarily homosexual British photographer [[Cecil Beaton]], to whom she was...
19: ...'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo Talks." The movie was a huge s...
21: ..., her one-time fiancé¬ John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, did not fare as well after the adven... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...er Olympics]], at the age of eleven. During the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rin...
8: She is credited with being the first to adopt the short skirt costume...
10: ...n [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became one of t...
12: Henie was married three times, with [[Dan Topping]], [[Winthrop Gardner]], and final...
29: *''[[It's a Pleasure]]'' ([[1945]]) - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...le tennis player to become an international celebrity.]]
3: ...ng athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport ...
8: ...en, the owner of a carriage company, decided that it would be good for her to compete in tennis and ga...
10: ...pped most national and international tennis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on h...
16: ... outfits covering nearly all of the body. Staid Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...comotives, and may be referred to as [[multiple unit]]s or [[railcar]]s; the use of these self-propell...
5: ...and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the other.
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...sons why the motive power for trains has been traditionally isolated in a locomotive, rather than in s...
10: * ''Ease of maintenance'' - it is easier to maintain one locomotive than many se...
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