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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ... [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Re...
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.
19: ...[[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gol... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...he central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as the "[[Matter of Britain]]." There is disagr...
5: ...] to early [[6th century]], to have been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the ...
7: ...y figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Br...
11: Another school of thought believes that Arthur is a h...
13: Subscribers to this school of thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Amb... - 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: Ad (7741 bytes)
9: ...]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
25: ...cki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
56: ...ouch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
63: ...s (author)|Adams, Richard]], (born 1920), British novelist
65: ...s, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Princ...
15: ...er her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detrac...
22: ... of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as ...
24: ...th Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], wher... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...s a noted British monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as ...
8: ...in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975) - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
3: ...ent of the party in [[1972]]. On [[January 2]], [[1975]], the dictator [[Jean-B餥l Bokassa]] formed a n... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
6: | [[November 19]], [[1917]]
51: ...गान्धी)''' ([[November 19]], [[1917]] – [[October 31]], [[19...
63: ... By using her powers of appointment, she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own...
65: ... her own independent Congress party following the November [[1969]] split within the governing [[India...
67: ...ndia being close to [[Moscow]] (though officially non-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
20: ... which was followed by the choice for Minister of Nordic Cooperation to term [[1989]]–[[1991]], ...
24: ...ident [[Martti Ahtisaari]] informed that he would not run for a second term in office in 2000, the Soc...
32: ...verning the country. This was evident in e.g. the nomination of her own candidate to the board of dire... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
27: '''Condoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United Stat...
29: ...[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in ...
34: ...olumbia University]], writes, "Birmingham had one notably rich black family, the Gastons, who were in ...
37: ...s non-minorities [http://www.racematters.org/lessononlifecondoleezzarice.htm]. - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: '''Deborah Ann Stabenow''' (born [[April 29]], [[1950]]) is a [[United S...
5: ... is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
9: ...Senators were selected by the state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in th...
11: ... Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ranking spot. - 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...
29: ...lenged Heath for the Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [...
31: ...ccured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher a... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
10: ...ent|forms of state]]), the [[Middle Ages]] and economic and stock exchange crises.
14: ...ggle should be against [[capitalism]] itself, and not for an independent Poland. Luxemburg denied the ...
19: ...anted the Revisionists to leave the SPD. This did not take place, but at least [[Karl Kautsky]]'s part...
21: ... Rosa Luxemburg voiced her opinions on current economic and social problems in various newspaper artic...
25: Nonetheless, Luxemburg kept up her political activit... - 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.
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...
16: ...tonio jeweler but took delivery of only $500,000. No further communication came from any of the O'Hair... - 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: ...tates|American]] private school, and while in Lebanon a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [...
14: ...murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in [[Venezuela]]...
16: ...e starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Antonio Banderas... - 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. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...e_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philoso...
11: ...ational self-interest]]", and [[capitalism]]. Her novels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Rand...
13: ... his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by p...
19: ...me from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name she liked and adopted. The... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
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...
18: ...scovery within three months, if he and Watson had not published their paper. In fact, she had already ... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: '''Clarissa Harlowe Barton''' (better known as '''Clara Barton''') ([[December 25]], [[1821...
14: ...ere she studied analytic geometry, calculus, astronomy, mathematics and natural science in addition to...
17: ...ywhere, and as a [[Christian]] he charged me to honor God and love mankind.''"
21: ...ond. Barton delivered aid to soldiers of both the North and South. In [[1864]] she was appointed by Un...
31: ...ent. When she began this organizing work in 1873, no one thought the U.S. would ever again face an exp...
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