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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ... [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[Internationa...
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17: ...st at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
22: ...y]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]])
26: *[[Heinrich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: ... Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II...
29: *[[S.Y. Agnon|Agnon, S.Y.]], (1888-1970), [[Nobel]] prizewinning author
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior [[United States Senate|United St...
13: ...gton State Legislature at the age of 28. She had knocked on every door in her district. As a state rep...
21: ...dios.com/spyware/] [http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,32250,00.html]
31: At times the campaign was notable for its pettiness. After a Cantwell campaig...
35: ...ing Senn 3-to-1 in the primary. Although he won renomination, Slade Gorton got fewer votes than Cantwe... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcherism]], which involves reduced gove...
31: ...ccured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher a...
33: ...ical approach to [[European Union|European]] [[Economic and Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was chall... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...ptember 22]], [[1880]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], ... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...to many languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 millio...
8: ...e school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there sh...
16: ...e starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Antonio Banderas... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...nd in [[English language|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living...
9: ...ly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', under the p...
24: * ''Anecdotes of Destiny'' (1958)
34: ...18 Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...nklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[cryst...
5: ...ate of Palestine]]. Her aunt Helen was married to Norman Bentwich who was Attorney General in the Pale...
8: ...t to 500 (10% of the student body) and women were not entitled to a degree from the University. She pa...
12: ...oject had been taken over by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went prog...
15: ... commented that 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or s... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ...ates|American]] [[soprano]] and perhaps the best-known [[opera]] [[singer]] of the post-[[World War II...
5: ...lleria Rusticana|Santuzza]] and [[Il Trovatore|Leonora]] during the next three years. In [[1947]], Cal...
7: ...ent; by [[1958]] it reached a point where she was no longer suitable for many roles. Her later [[stere...
9: ...n [[1973]] tour with the tenor [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-co...
11: ... party given in her honor by [[Elsa Maxwell]]. In November 1959, she left Meneghini for Onassis. Accor... - 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...
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.
16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings with jazz legend [[Lo... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
3: ...e of the best-selling singles in the history of [[Norway]]. She began a radio series on [[CBS]], and ...
5: ...rded with [[Percy Faith]], and performed at the [[1958]] [[Newport Jazz Festival]] and the inauguration ...
11: ...women/mahalia-jackson.shtml Biography at FemBio ? Notable Women International] - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...uch as [[John Dillinger]] and [[Ma Barker]], were notorious across the nation. They captivated the att...
9: ...r 25]] [[1926]], but the pairing was short-lived. Noted for homesickness throughout her short adult li...
15: ...o cracked safes, burgled stores, and stole cars. Known primarily for robbing banks, he preferred small...
19: ...g fellow. Nobody thought it was anything special. Nobody guessed where it would lead."{{ref|knight}}
23: ... Eastham Camp 1, that it appears he first killed another man — a fellow prisoner named "Big Ed",... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
6: .... She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ...lthough as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that ...
10: ...ondon)|West End]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities.
20: ... (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her the New Y...
36: ... her through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum. (Referring to Shirley Temple) - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ... movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[...
5: ...[[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of Arc]]...
9: ... for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on the big...
13: ...cattered with a part kept to be interred in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]] in [[Stockholm]].
15: Bergman was honored posthumously with an [[Emmy Award]] for Best A... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ...929]] – [[September 14]], [[1982]]), later known as ''' ''Her Serene Highness'' [[Princess]] Gra...
7: ... year she "starred" with a minor role in ''[[High Noon]]'' ([[1952]]), a generally praised but somewha...
9: ...]], and [[Ava Gardner]]. It earned Kelly an Oscar nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting A...
17: ...]] in the absence of an heir; and though there is no requirement for a Catholic marriage, it was thoug...
24: ... Marguerite]], born [[January 23]], [[1957]], and now [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] to the ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ... illegitimate daughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Ricc...
7: ... in the early 1950s playing bit parts in mostly minor Italian films, but she had an early brush with [...
13: ...r category [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language performance.
15: ...r best-known films of this period are [[Peter Ustinov]]'s ''[[Lady L]]'' with [[Paul Newman]], [[Charl...
23: In [[1991]], Loren received an honorary Academy Award for her contribution to world c... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...rway|Norwegian]] [[Martin Edward Mortensen]], was not her true biological father. The most likely cand...
8: ...riously considered adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...tal near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]].
12: ...rwise she would have had to return the orphanage. Norma Jeane had come to think little of herself, yet...
16: No other actor has reached the spectacular heights o... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
11: ...came clear she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach adv...
13: ... following year, only eighteen years old, she was nominated for the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympi...
23: ...hought women should not compete in sports – not an unusual opinion at the time. However, his att...
29: ... were not easy, and it got more difficult to get enough food, especially for an athlete in training. D...
31: The winter of 1944–1945, known as the ''Hongerwinter'' (hunger winter), was se... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: Known for her [[politically incorrect]] behaviour or ...
15: *[[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games]]
32: **110 yards freestyle: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
34: **440 yards freestyle: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
1: ...[[1912]]-[[October 12]], [[1969]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and act...
6: By the next Olympiad, she needed no such assistance. She won her first of ten consecu...
10: ...dition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London''. She became on...
18: *''[[Se Norge]]'' ([[1929]]) (documentary)
31: *''[[Hello London]]'' ([[1958]])
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