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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...''' (meaning ''River of January'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio d...
9: ...s capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
15: ...reating the village as strategic location for [[Atlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Afri...
17: ...wards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...篩s Duclerc]], [[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Port... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and ...
7: ...h itself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically signif...
14: ...this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: s&...
15: .... Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
18: ...stors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: ...t|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shie...
5: ...Cornwall]], or the west of what would become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power...
7: ... a shadowy figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led ...
15: ...son called Artuir and whose life was somewhat similar to Arthur's.
19: ...ith Arthur, chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember." - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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9: ... England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
12: ...es|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of ...
15: ...pia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
34: ...gail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
44: ..., British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
45: ...to Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
61: ...[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...rchitect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: ...place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
13: ...ic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulter...
15: ...] issues and the international campaign against [[landmine]]s. During her lifetime, she was often refe...
22: ...ly daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" in th... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...loguist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastema...
6: ...band, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where in 1906, she married [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd...
8: On the death of her father-in-law, her husband inherited the title ''Viscount Asto...
10: ... ''The Observer'' newspaper, would never forgive Claud Cockburn and his newssheet ''"The Week"'' for s...
12: ...]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The Ballad Of The D-Day Dodgers". - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
3: ...ent of the party in [[1972]]. On [[January 2]], [[1975]], the dictator [[Jean-B餥l Bokassa]] formed a n...
5: ...lf as emperor. When Domitien openly rejected the plans, she was promptly fired and her cabinet was dis... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
11: ! Place of Birth:
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
31: | [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]].
59: ...ister in the cabinet of Congress Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. Shastri died in office in [[1... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...nd politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ...f Laws]] degree. She married her long time common-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was ...
5: [[Image:Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President...
7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2...
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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19: |[[Birmingham, Alabama]]
29: ...mination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
34: ... father and her uncle were the principals of two black high schools in town. Rice's father, John Wesle... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ator [[Spencer Abraham]] (whom [[George W. Bush]] later named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secr...
5: ...missioners, a position in which she served from [[1975]]-[[1978]]. She has also worked as a social worke...
9: ...state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], ...
11: ...ts' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re-...
15: ...ressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumb... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]] - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...ed by the remnants of the monarchist army and freelance right-wing [[militia]]s collectively called th...
5: ===Poland===
6: ...lin]] in the then Russian-controlled [[Congress Poland]]. Sources differ on the year of her birth - sh...
10: ...]] with flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she atte...
12: In [[1890]], [[Bismarck]]'s laws against [[social democracy]] were annulled and ... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ...tained a Law degree from [[South Texas College of Law]] but never practiced. On[[ 16 November]] [[1954...
7: .... In [[1963]] this suit (amalgamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') rea...
9: ...ic policy." She acted as its first [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Garth.
11: ...orn again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church in [[Dallas, Texas]].
13: Madalyn Murray O'Hair clashed not only with religious believers but with ma... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ... 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
8: The family later moved to [[Bolivia]] and then to [[Lebanon]]. ...
10: ...gium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to ...
12: ...en's stories, "La abuela Panchita" and "Lauchas y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''C... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: Hurston was born in [[Notasulga, Alabama]] and grew up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She...
7: ...urston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural and polit...
9: ... and thus it embraces the dialect and culture of Black America of the early 20th century. For example...
13: ... praised her for her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
15: ... aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into obscurity. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...and her novels ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' and ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''. Her philosophy and her fiction bot...
19: ...o has a quotation from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name R...
22: ...e The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
5: ...College, where her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe...
9: ... seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ...by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill.
15: ...y ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so years later'. Rosalind Franklin never did work on the B fo...
18: ...recovered. This led to Franklin having no real collaborator (and so no one to trade ideas with), and t... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...JPG|275px|right|thumb|''Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red C...
2: ...''Clarissa Harlowe Barton''' (better known as '''Clara Barton''') ([[December 25]], [[1821]] (although...
6: ...school at age 4, she she could already spell 3 syllable words, and surprised her teacher by spelling "...
8: ...his was an early indication of what would become Clara's lifework.
12: Clara became a [[teacher]] at age 15, a post that she...
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