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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ter Lantian show early habitation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is ...
18: ...not yet been corroborated. Some archaeologists connect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in centr...
28: ...97;) began to emerge in the Huanghe valley, overrunning the Shang. The Zhou appeared to have begun the...
30: ...unification of the other six powers, and further annexations in the modern regions of [[Zhejiang]], [[...
42: ...ngnu; this enabled the first opening of trading connections between China and the [[occident]]: the [[... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
47: *[[1744]] - [[Johann Bernoulli, III]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]] mathemati...
69: *[[1961]] - [[Kathy Griffin]], comedienne, actress
89: *[[1968]] - [[Michel Kikoine]], Belarusian painter (b. [[...
91: *[[1982]] - [[Dominique Dunne]], actress (b. [[1959]])
106: ...October 4]] - [[December 4]] - more [[historical anniversaries]] - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957)
19: *[[Johann Heinrich Acker|Acker, Johann Heinrich]] (1647-1719)
30: *[[Anton Ackermann|Ackermann, Anton]] (1905-1973)
31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752)
32: *[[Ernst Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835) - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
11: ...f Teck was however granted a [[Parliament]]ary [[Annuity]] of [[UKP|?]]4000 plus ?4000 from her mother...
31: ...([[13 December]] [[1906]] – [[27 August]] [[1968]]); and had issue.
40: ...lbert was found to be abusing the children. The nanny would pinch Edward before he was to be presented...
58: The beginning of Mary's reign as Queen Consort saw her come ...
62: ...e mother. She failed to notice the neglect of a nanny of the young Princes Edward and Albert, and her ... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...r of India]]. They were [[marriage|married]] in [[1968]], after which she took up residence in India. Th... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...(born [[December 24]], [[1943]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[Pr...
3: ... graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has a [[Master of Laws]] degree. She married ...
18: ...on as the lawyer of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[19...
20: ... she was elected to the [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]], of which she was a member until ...
26: ...y grew steadily. Her successful handling of the Finnish presidency of the [[European Union]] in the au... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
4: ... F. Kennedy]] and [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] in the [[1968]] US elections. She graduated from the School of ...
12: ... [[1992]], she was shot dead in [[Bonn, Germany|Bonn]] while sleeping, apparently by her partner, ex-g... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
10: ...waukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight years old, Golda overs...
16: ...e married Morris Myerson in [[1917]] and began planning to emigrate to the [[Land of Israel]], then [[...
20: ...monds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen. She also began to emerge as a le...
40: ...eight months and retired again on [[August 1]], [[1968]].
69: "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist"- Golda Meir - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...ure in the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]], most famous fo...
35: ... [[civil disobedience]], and how her simple act connects to the larger tapestry of the [[civil rights ...
45: ...as dismissed. Parks' caretakers hired lawyer [[Johnnie Cochran]] to appeal the decision in [[2001]], b... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
6: ... [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ...ovie and an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
24: :''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' ([[1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]
27: :''[[Alias Grace]]'' ([[1996]]) - winner of the [[1996]] [[Giller Prize]]
28: :''[[The Blind Assassin]]'' ([[2000]]) - winner of the [[2000]] [[Booker Prize]] and the [[2000... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
20: *A mulher que matou os peixes (1968) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
19: ...st name is said to have come from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name s...
22: ...g young actor, [[Frank O'Connor (actor)|Frank O'Connor]], who caught her eye. The two were married in ...
43: ...and then published a letter in "The Objectivist" announcing her repudiation of Branden for various rea...
54: Nonetheless, there are connections between Rand's views and those of other ph...
98: * ''The Art of Fiction'' (edited by [[Tore Boeckmann]]) ([[2000]]) - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ...([[November 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who ...
4: ... [[1901]], studying physics under [[Ludwig Boltzmann]]. After she obtained her doctorate degree, she w...
10: ...Germany for Sweden. She continued her work at [[Manne Siegbahn]]'s institute in [[Stockholm]], but wit...
12: ...ed the [[Enrico Fermi Award]] with [[Fritz Straßann]]. On a visit to the USA in 1946 she was treated ...
14: Meitner died in [[Cambridge]], [[England]] in [[1968]]. Element 109 is named [[meitnerium]] in her hon... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
5: ...Harvard Observatory]] to work with [[Annie Jump Cannon]] and [[Harlow Shapley]]. on star clusters. Sh...
11: She won the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klum...
13: In [[1968]] she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canad... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...he most important [[jazz]] [[singer]]s, and the winner of thirteen [[Grammy Award]]s. Gifted with a th...
10: She began her [[solo]] career in [[1941]]. Beginning as a [[Swing (genre)|swing]] singer, she also ...
12: ... Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[Johnny Mercer]] (the only songbook devoted soley to a l...
14: ...as [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Count Basie]] ("On the Sunny Side of the Street"), [[Joe Pass]] ("Speak love"...
20: ...rried Benny Kornegay, but the marriage was later annulled. Her second husband was the famous [[double... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest...
6: ...in to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
10: ...Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
12: ...]s in [[1968]], she was virtually unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vo...
14: ...ful relationship with Wexler and Mardin while beginning to take a greater role in producing her work. ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
11: ...d this by the [[Johannes-Ostern (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Ostern]] ("Easter according to John"). The two ...
19: *''Night in Memphis'' cantata (1968)
53: ...89;нега)'' on verses of Gennadi Aigi for chamber ensemble and chamber choir (1...
72: *''Johannes-Passion'' for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, t...
74: *''Johannes-Ostern'' for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, tw... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
6: Cultivating a rebellious manner that could be viewed as "liberated" - the [[wom...
10: ...ally heavy" during Joplin's performance.) Their [[1968]] album ''[[Cheap Thrills]]'' featured more raw e...
16: ... [[The Dick Cavett Show]] in [[1970]], where she announced that she would attend her 10-year high scho...
30: ...al style, her flamboyant dress sense, her outspokenness and sense of humour, her liberated stance and ... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...]] playing, tuning the instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distinctive rhythmic, driving sou...
7: ...albums ''[[Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull)]]'' (1968) and ''[[Clouds (album)|Clouds]]'' (1969) were ar...
19: ...w Mitchell's lowest recorded output since the beginning of her career. Only three albums of new mater...
21: ...he real return to form came with the [[Grammy]] winning ''Turbulent Indigo'' (1994) and ''Taming the T...
34: *[[1968]] Joni Mitchell (also known as [[Song to a Seagul... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...t this time. She first came to local notice by winning a county Teen Talent contest, and her picture ...
10: ...m ''[[Y Kant Tori Read]]'' was released and was panned by critics. Amos was devastated, and started w...
20: ... RAINN is a toll-free help line in the US which connects callers with their local rape crisis center. ...
23: ...The accompanying tour was known as the "Dew Drop Inn" tour; as on the album, Tori performed on [[harps...
33: Next, Amos planned to release a live album. She decided to write a...
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