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- Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...22]], [[1943]] in [[Long Beach, California]], [[United States]], she is considered to be one of the gr...
5: ...ale athletes to speak out against [[sexual inequality in organized sports]]. In what was billed as '''...
7: ...) She is one of only 9 players to hold a singles title in each of the [[Grand Slam in tennis]] events....
9: ...d Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Moffitt]], was a pitcher for the [[San Francisco Giants]].
14: *[[Australian Open]] - 1 singles title - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
2: ... Lafitte was engaged in the [[slave trade]] after it was banned.
4: Lafitte was a colorful character, said to have been bor...
6: ... the 1820s, he lived in several states in the [[United States]], raised a family and wrote this journa...
8: Lafitte claimed never to have plundered an American ves...
13: After the [[War of 1812]], Lafitte was active in the Neutral strip of coast betwee... - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
6: ...tyle, which he had acquired during his sojourn in Italy, upon the style of the [[Van Eyck]]s, which wa...
10: ... of Europe, at the exhibition of the [[French Primitives]] held at the [[Biblioth豵e nationale de Fra...
12: ... drawing in [[crayon]]; whilst an authentic portrait from his brush is in the Liechtenstein collection...
14: ...le. The second volume of this MS., unfortunately with only one of the original thirteen miniatures, wa...
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...ut the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
5: ...aneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...arly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban regio...
9: ...ntry's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...ra was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January River. - 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... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...h [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies...
7: ... and the [[Renaissance]]. The "Modern" is a word with more varied use, which includes everything from ...
10: ...n the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Ionia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, who was active around 585...
12: ...ted in [[Athens]], which had become the dominant city-state in [[Greece]].
14: ... from working in the fields or in productive activity, they were then free to engage in the assemblies... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
4: ...xpedition to the [[Greek islands]]. On that expedition, D'Urville recognized the true value of a rece...
10: ...ntarctica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor of his wife.
16: D'Urville was killed with his wife and son in a [[railroad]] accident near...
18: ...is voyages was published in twenty-four volumes, with six large volumes of illustrations. - Treasury (1846 bytes)
1: ...e U.S. government securities, see [[Treasury security]]. Also see [[treasury management]]''.
3: ...nited States|US]]) the treasurer reports to a [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|secretary of ...
5: ...or of the Exchequer]]. The traditional honorary title of [[First Lord of the Treasury]] is held by th...
7: ...vernment budget and coordinating government expenditure. The Finance Minister is responsible for gover...
12: * [[United States Department of the Treasury]] - 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: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[...
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...nd the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...nce the death of her father, [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] on [[6 February]] [[19...
11: ...d is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]. - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ... [[Kings of Castile|Queen of Castile and Leon]], with her husband [[Ferdinand V of Spain|Ferdinand V]]...
16: ...an to appear on a United States coin, an 1893 [[United States Commemorative Coin|commemorative]] quart...
22: This has met opposition by Jewish organizations, [[Liberation Theology...
38: ...of Castilian monarchs|Queen of Castile]]'''<br>''with [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand V]]''
41: ...st of Castilian monarchs|Queen of Leon]]'''<br>''with [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand V]]'' - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...– [[17 November]] [[1558]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotl...
13: ...s been theorised by some authors to be from congenital [[syphilis]] transferred to her from her mother...
15: ...harpsichord|virginals]]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...6]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[De...
14: ...questionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...y have inherited. In this sort of [[Semi-Salic]] situation, Mary ascended the throne because all other...
17: ...in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...entricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alienated...
9: ... the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conserva...
11: ...es full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored...
13: ...ine the Great instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established th...
16: ...reat's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
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5: ... as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon which many an artic...
7: ... had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the r...
10: ... ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a vo... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><sma...
7: ...]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
9: ...[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...m|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baroni...
13: ...orth America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Vir... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...pite never having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birt...
13: ...rshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]...
15: ...oman in the world, the pre-eminent female [[celebrity]] of her generation: a [[fashion]] [[icon]], an ...
22: ...[Earl Spencer]], and she acquired the [[courtesy title]] of ''The Lady Diana Spencer''. A year later, ...
24: ...e]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
25: | [[politician]]
27: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
31: ...st industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ... teens. She was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: '''Elisabeth Domitien''' (born [[1925]] – died [[26 April]] [[...
3: ... of prime minister, appointing Domitien to the position. She was the first woman to serve as prime min...
5: ... remained a prominent figure, both as a former politician and as a businesswoman. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...the monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called the [[Freikorps]], which...
6: ... on her CV for Z?University, but her [[1887]] [[Abitur]] certificate says she was 17, in which case sh...
8: ...put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined o...
10: ...]]. She studied [[philosophy]], [[history]], [[politics]], [[economics]] and [[mathematics]] simultane...
12: ... able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...amily split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her mother in Toledo. As a child in Toledo, Glor...
8: .... She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s c...
9: ... In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous under...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism ==
12: ...eground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Fl... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
6: ...he choice of a convent would seem surprising, but it was really only an aspect of the clear idea that ...
8: ...centre for the discussion and consumption of the literary arts. In her early thirties she was responsi...
10: ...[Louis XIV]]. Not long after, however, she was visited by [[Christina of Sweden|Christina]], former qu...
12: ...he Flirt Avenged"). She was also noted for her a wit; among her numerous sayings and quips are "Much m...
14: ...r known as [[Madame de Maintenon]], the lady-in-waiting who would later become the second wife of Loui...
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