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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. - 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: Aa (1020 bytes)
7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
14: ...nson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: ...s, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
5: ...born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
51: ...yd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
64: *[[Marcela Acuna|Acuna, Marcela]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - 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
36: *[[Amy Adams|Adams, Amy]], (1979-), singer
56: ...ouch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
63: ...s (author)|Adams, Richard]], (born 1920), British novelist - 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.
21: # [[Michael Langhorne Astor]] (1916-1979) - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
5: ...overthrow of the Bokassa monarchy in September, [[1979]], Domitien was arrested and brought to trial on ... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
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... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: '''Petra Karin Kelly''' ([[November 29]], [[1947]] – [[October 1]], [[199...
8: Petra Kelly was one of the founders in [[1979]] of ''Die Gr?, the [[German Green Party]]. Betwe...
10: ...velihood Award]] (also known as the ''Alternative Nobel Prize'') in [[1982]] ''"...for forging and imp...
14: ... [[human rights]], [[ecology]] and [[Non-violence|non-violent]] politics.
25: ... Green! Essays on Environmentalism, Feminism, and Nonviolence'', by Petra K. Kelly, Parallax Press, Be... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
8: ...eturned. Shortly thereafter she joined [[James Connolly]]'s [[Irish Citizen Army]] (ICA), and, though ...
12: ...[[Cabinet Minister]]. She held this record until 1979 when [[Mᩲe Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to th...
14: ...nna Fᩬ]] on its foundation in [[1926]]. She was not elected in the [[Irish_general_election,_1922|Ir... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ...O]] before briefly serving as Prime Minister in [[1979]]-[[1980]]. Afterward she [[Portuguese presidenti... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...e first elected president in the office's history not to have the support of Fianna Fᩬ. She is credi...
16: <tr><td>'''Nominated by:'''</td><td>Labour, Workers Party</td><...
23: ...career as a judge in the Colonial Service; while another relative was a [[Catholic]] nun. Some branche...
31: ... agree to 'second' the initiative and so it could not be further discussed. As a senator she served on...
37: ...orm]] with future Trinity College senator [[David Norris]]. Coincidentally, just as [[Mary McAleese]] ... - 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)
6: |[[4 May]] [[1979]] <br>
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcherism]], which involves reduced gove...
29: ...nning the [[United Kingdom general election, 1979|1979]], [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983]]... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
11: ... rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less."''
17: ...entitled her to do, she was served a warrant on [[November 18]] and was eventually fined $100 [[June 1...
19: ..., [[1906]]. Anthony is known as [[List of people known as the father or mother of something|"The Mothe...
21: ...ating [[United States coinage|U.S. coinage]] in [[1979]] with her appearance on the [[Anthony dollar]].
23: ...c speaking for fear her speech would not be good enough. - 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: ...ly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', under the p...
28: * ''Daguerreotypes and Other Essays'' (posthumous 1979, USA)
34: ...18 Blixen|Asteroid 3318 Blixen]], named after the novelist - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
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7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the...
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
27: *Onde estivestes de Noite? (1974)
32: *A Bela e a Fera (1979)
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