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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...[[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship co...
2: ...x|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...r whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck i...
5: ...t voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the gen...
7: ...ay" ([[12 October]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patria...
63: *[[Roy Acuff|Acuff, Roy]], (1903-1992), musician
64: *[[Marcela Acuna|Acuna, Marcela]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champio... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...m|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...e world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
15: ...[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and...
17: ...d VIII of the United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...ways been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
6: ...imbaugh started out in radio as a teenager in the late [[1960s]] in his hometown of [[Cape Girardeau, ...
8: ... made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classified 1-Y due to an undisclosed medical problem ...
10: ... as a claim to use a "golden microphone". (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden ...
16: ...] (and his current flagship station, WABC) in the late [[1980s]] and eventually became syndicated on [...
18: ...e program has for over 15 years been the most popular talk radio show in the United States. The show ... - 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... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
1: ...:Gro Harlem Brundtland.jpg|thumb|Gro Harlem Brundtland]]
3: '''Gro Harlem Brundtland''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|...
7: ...g]], who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: ...he [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
11: ...ute respiratory syndrome|SARS]]. Gro Harlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[J... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
7: ... county commissioner, city councilman, state legislator, and Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative [[...
9: ...attle suburb [[Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapol...
13: ...d its passage. She also worked on legislation regulating nursing homes.
15: ...hat vote to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]].
19: ...ll vowed to leave politics. Political ally [[Rob Glaser]] offered her a job as vice president of [[Rea... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...[November 29]], [[1947]] – [[October 1]], [[1992]]), German peace activist and [[German Green Part...
12: In [[1992]], she was shot dead in [[Bonn, Germany|Bonn]] wh...
16: ...he words of her friend, the [[Tenzin Gyatso|Dalai Lama]]: "Petra Kelly was a committed and dedicated p...
25: ...inism, and Nonviolence'', by Petra K. Kelly, Parallax Press, Berkeley, California, 1994 (ISBN 09380776...
26: ...sunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawaii, 1992, ISBN 188030905X) - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
1: {{Infobox Senator | name=Blanche Lincoln
3: | image name=AR_Lincoln_Blanche.jpg
11: | place of birth=[[Helena, Arkansas|Helena]], [[Arkansa...
14: | place of death=
18: '''Blanche Lambert Lincoln''' (born [[September 30]], [[1960]])... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...oming, as a candidate of the [[Irish Labour Party|Labour Party]], the first elected president in the o...
7: ... size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
16: <tr><td>'''Nominated by:'''</td><td>Labour, Workers Party</td></tr>
23: ...rs of the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Church of Ireland]] while others were [[Roman Catholic Church|Rom...
25: ...be a prestigious appointment made to accomplished lawyers. Subsequent holders of the title have includ... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ... States]] from [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promotin...
5: ...sident [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive trave...
9: ...rations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ed to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. His grandsons, Johannes and Jac...
16: ...sexual]]. Historians disagree about the theory [[Blanche Wiesen Cook]], author of one of Mrs. Roosevel... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: ...t" style="margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; clear: right" class="toccolours"
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
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19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]] - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
8: ...es and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]...
9: ...her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
12: ...is time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Florynce Rae ("Flo")...
16: In [[1974]] Steinem founded the [[Coalition of Labor Union Women]]. In [[1977]] she participated in...
21: ...e to many young women who recognize the role she played in changing the outcome of their lives. Althou... - 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... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...d her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: Morrison was an important player in the battle to open the canon of English and...
12: ...t household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Ark...
16: *''[[Sula (novel)|Sula]]'' (1973)
20: *''[[Jazz (novel)|Jazz]]'' (1992) - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ... [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into s...
3: ...ne]] Cell Research experiment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in Mar...
7: ... her medical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
9: ... born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
11: ...[[Kenya]], and spent a medical clerkship in [[Thailand]] at a [[Cambodia]]n refugee camp. She complete... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming language.
5: ... development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators.
7: ...the A compiler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[...
9: ... to English rather than in [[machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assem...
14: ... to significant convergence among the programming language [[dialect|dialects]] of the major computer ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...6;улина''', [[Tatar language|Tatar]] '''Sofia ijğ䴠qızı ...
3: ...took further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1...
5: ...g her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alter...
7: ...up with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...'[[Offertorium (Gubaidulina)|Offertorium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using th... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
1: [[Image:alanis.jpg|thumb|Alanis Morissette]]
2: '''Alanis Nadine Morissette''' (born [[June 1]], [[1974]...
6: ...such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
10: ...wa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette. She has an older brother...
12: ...over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be f... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
4: ...d an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
6: By her early 20s, Williams was playing publicly in [[Austin, Texas]] and [[Houston, ...
8: ...usic insiders, including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song.
10: ...Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song became a smash country hit for whic...
12: Williams had garnered considerable critical acclaim, but her commercial success was moderate. [[Emm...
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