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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in...
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
9: ...illiam, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
14: ... a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
15: ...legiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emp... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
68: ...ls Henrik Abel|Abel, Niels Henrik]], (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
71: ...en Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
101: *[[F. Murray Abraham|Abraham, F. Murray]], (born 1939), actor
109: *[[Norm Abrams|Abrams, Norm]]
112: *[[Norman Abramson|Abramson, Norman]] - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
14: ...nson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer
16: *[[Evald Aav|Aav, Evald]], (1900-1939), Estonian composer and choir conductor - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...nd [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Sometimes refer...
9: ...d political views; and English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Si...
11: ...nce in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities,...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[Uni...
18: ...rnowne, who was often referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...on of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
11: ..., was the product of [[morganatic marriage]], had no inheritance or wealth, and carried the lower roya...
13: ...cess May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and...
24: <tr bgcolor=cccccc><th>Name<th>Birth<th>Death<th>Notes. - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...nd''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[physician]], and an int...
5: ...er February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers...
9: ...rbj?agland]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
11: ... a [http://www.cmhealth.org Commission on Macroeconomics and Health] - chaired by [[Jeffrey Sachs]] - ...
20: ...st of Norwegian Prime Ministers|Prime Minister of Norway]] | years=1981 | after=[[K岥 Willoch]]}} - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...lt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...r Roosevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United States|Americ...
5: ... called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human righ...
9: ...tions outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johannes branch and Frankl... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
7: ...New York Call'' entitled "What Every Girl Should Know." Distributing a pamphlet, ''Family Limitation''...
11: ...s followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mother Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse f...
13: ...(renamed Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in her honor in 1940). That year, she also formed the Nationa...
15: ...h Control News''. From 1939 to 1942, she was an honorary delegate of the Birth Control Federation of A...
24: ... regulations requiring registration of people diagnosed with venereal diseases (which she contrasted w... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ... where she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwoo...
4: ...ttings and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been ass...
6: Though widely known for her fiction, Atwood has also continually pu...
8: ...nd an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
10: Two of Atwood's novels have been chosen for [[CBC Radio]]'s ''[[Cana... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...nd in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living...
9: ... was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
34: ...18 Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...folkloristics|folklorist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watchin...
5: Hurston was born in [[Notasulga, Alabama]] and grew up in [[Eatonville, Fl...
11: ...lie at dat, and Ah dare yuh tuh hit me too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money...
13: ...making a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critic...
15: ...ision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into obscurity. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...]) was a [[film|motion picture]] [[actor|star]], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with th...
11: ...antic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film st...
13: ...schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with another woman led to a divorce in [[January]] [[1936]...
15: ...Buddy' Rogers]] (1904-1999), a fresh-faced actor known as "America's Boy Friend" and later a bandleade...
17: == Partial chronology == - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ...e Sarraute''', born [[July 18]], [[1900]] in [[Ivanovo]], [[Russia]] - died [[October 19]], [[1999]] i...
4: ...her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] and [[Max...
6: ...e figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman]].
10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]]
11: * ''Portrait of an Unknown'', [[1948]] - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: '''Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: &#...
5: ...try|Symbolist]] movements in Russia. Her work was not looked kindly upon by [[Stalin]] and the then Bo...
8: ... to found the Alexander III Museum, which is now known as the [[Pushkin Museum]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetae...
10: ...a tragic love affair before her marriage, and had not forgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly di...
12: ... her imagination in childhood games. It should be noted that there were many Russian ''魩gr駧 revolu... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
10: Known by her friends as "Jackie," and maintaining the...
12: In 1939, she set a new altitude and international speed r...
16: ... that body's board of directors and director of [[Northwest Airlines]] in the U.S. At home, the Air Fo...
20: ...ailures she ever experienced and never attempted another run. It has been said by those who knew Jacqu...
22: ...Hall of Fame]] and became the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements a... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: '''Lise Meitner''' ([[November 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]...
4: ...oactivity, with her knowledge of physics and his knowledge of chemistry.
8: ...3]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger effe...
10: ...n. Because this could be used as weapon, and the knowledge being in German hands, Szilard, [[Edward Te...
12: ...eft Germany with the bomb in my purse". She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the National Women's... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...]) and became one of the few women to receive a [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].
3: ...e in the fall. Among her professors were three [[Nobel prize]] winners: [[Max Born]], [[James Franck]...
5: ...ear shell structure. For this work she received a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1963]] together with [[E...
7: She was awarded the Novel for discovering the reasons as to why if there...
9: ...many dancers by having one pair go clockwise and another pair go counterclockwise. Then add one more v... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she is noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvi...
6: ...ding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Webb]]'s band, w...
8: When Chick Webb died in [[1939]], the band continued touring under the new name,...
10: ...[[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calyp...
12: ...the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics. - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...or '''Chana Senesh''') ([[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1944]]) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] ...
9: ...ected to the school's literary society, she could not take the office in the [[anti-semitism|anti-Semi...
11: Szenes graduated 1939 and decided to move to study in the Girls' Agricu...
13: ...y Miklos Prison]] where she was tortured. She did not talk even when the guards threatened to torture ...
17: ...ty. She kept diary entries up until her last day, November 7, 1944. Her remains were brought to [[Isra...
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