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  1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
    48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
    49: | [[1960]] — [[1969]]
    55: | [[Illinois]]
    56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
    135: | [[North Carolina]]
  2. Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
    7: ... [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Re...
    9: ...aulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
    13: The area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedi...
    15: ...eiro'' (San Sebastian of the January River), in honor of then King [[Sebastian I of Portugal]]. For ce...
    17: ...en westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
  3. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    1: ... [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[Internationa...
    3: {{compactTOC}}__NOTOC__
    17: ...st at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
    18: *[[Roy Chapman Andrews]], (1884-1960), US explorer
    22: ...y]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]])
  4. 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...
  5. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    9: ...]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
    25: ...cki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
    48: ...klin Pierce Adams|Adams, Franklin Pierce]], (1881-1960), author
    56: ...ouch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
    63: ...s (author)|Adams, Richard]], (born 1920), British novelist
  6. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
    9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
    20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
    23: ...sed to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without...
    27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks.
  7. Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
    10: | date of birth=[[September 30]], [[1960]]
    18: ...nche Lambert Lincoln''' (born [[September 30]], [[1960]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat...
    22: ...of Representatives]] until [[1997]]. Lincoln did not stand for reelection in [[1996]] because she was...
  8. Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
    2: ...le="font-size:larger; margin-left:1em"|'''Janet Reno'''
    4: ... colspan="2"| [[Image:janetreno.jpg|180px|Janet Reno]]
    27: ...d was the first woman to hold that post. She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Presid...
    30: ...nvestigative reporter for the Miami News. Janet Reno has three younger siblings.
    32: ...Florida|Coral Gables]] High School. In [[1956]] Reno enrolled at [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, N...
  9. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    1: ...lt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
    3: ...r Roosevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] &ndash; [[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...
  10. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
    1: '''Madalyn Murray O<nowiki>'</nowiki>Hair''' ([[April 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) wa...
    4: ...d. On[[ 16 November]] [[1954]] she gave birth to another son (Jon Garth Murray) by a different father.
    7: In [[1960]] she began a lawsuit (''[[Murray v. Curtlett]]''...
    9: ...de movement which defends the [[civil rights]] of nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and...
    13: ...She expelled members of American Atheists who did not conform to her ideas of how atheists should beha...
  11. Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
    3: ...rst''' ([[May 5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] moveme...
    9: ...', which subsequently became the ''[[Workers Dreadnought]]''.
    11: ...[[Third International]]'' although in fact it was nothing of the sort. The CP(BSTI) was opposed to par...
    13: ...B proposed that Sylvia hand over the Workers Dreadnought to the party rather than retain it as a perso...
    17: ...on of [[Ethiopia]] by renaming the ''Workers Dreadnought'' as ''[[The New Times and Ethiopia News]]'' ...
  12. 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...
    25: * ''Shadows on the Grass'' (1960 in England and Denmark, 1961 in USA)
    34: ...18 Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist
  13. 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.
  14. Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
    3:
    7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the...
    15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties
    16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
    27: *Onde estivestes de Noite? (1974)
  15. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    4: ...ll University]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fictio...
    6: ...]). Many now include Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
    8: ...ngth of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first A...
    14: ==Novels==
    16: *''[[Sula (novel)|Sula]]'' (1973)
  16. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
    3: [[Image:HodgkinOM20040420CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg|200px|thumb|right|...
    7: ...yal Society]]. In [[1964]] she was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for her work in crystallo...
    11: ...n Molecules of Biological Interest: A Volume in Honour of Professor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Cla...
    13: ===Obituary notices===
  17. 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: ...o died hours after he was born on [[March 30]], [[1960]]. The relationship ended nine years later, when ...
  18. 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...
  19. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    4: ...ed from Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in [[1960]] and went to college at the [[University of Texa...
    6: ...xas for [[San Francisco]] in [[1963]], lived in [[North Beach]] and in [[Haight-Ashbury]]. For a while...
    8: ...Holding Company]], a band that was gaining some renown among the nascent [[hippie]] community in [[Hai...
    16: ...[[The Dick Cavett Show]] in [[1970]], where she announced that she would attend her 10-year high schoo...
    24: Janis Joplin is now remembered best for her powerful, distinctive vo...
  20. Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
    5: ...e in a few weeks when drama coaches said she "had no future at all as a performer". Two years later, s...
    7: ...s as "the B-Movie queen", sharing the "royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as ...
    11: ...ntually became ''I Love Lucy''. CBS was initially not impressed with the pilot episode produced by the...
    18: ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' was not only a star vehicle for Lucille Ball, but a way ...
    22: ...d the show rights back to Desilu after broadcast, not realizing they were giving away a valuable and d...

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