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- 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...
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raise...
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. - 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: ... [[Percy Faith]], and performed at the [[1958]] [[Newport Jazz Festival]] and the inauguration of [[John F....
11: ...women/mahalia-jackson.shtml Biography at FemBio ? Notable Women International] - Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
7: ...hat is now that county. Unusually among the Irish nobility of the time, the O' Malleys were a great se...
8: ...in]] with her father, and on being told she could not, cut off all her hair to embarrass her father in...
11: ...tured a castle from the Joyces that had been his (now Hen's Castle in Lough Corrib. Grace afterwards r...
14: ... [[Rockfleet Castle]] near [[Newport, County Mayo|Newport]]. According to tradition they married under [[Br...
22: ...and Granuaile returned to her former ways, though nominally directing her raids against "enemies of [[... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...t) is a professional [[tennis]] player. Born on [[November 22]], [[1943]] in [[Long Beach, California]...
3: ...ied Lawrence King and since then has been better known under her husband's family name.
7: ...to the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] in [[1987]]. In [[1990]], [[Life ...
9: ...clusion of the community in her work". The award noted her involvement in production and the free dis... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...[[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]) is a former World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player. Originally from Czech...
15: ...in three sets in the final and captured the World No. 1 ranking for the first time. She beat Evert in ...
21: ...and [[1985]]. (Navrátilová was ranked the World No. 1 doubles player for a period of over three year...
25: ...onsecutive weeks and 331 total weeks as the World No. 1 singles player.) In [[1988]], Graf truly ecli...
27: ...], she lost in the US Open final to the new World No. 1 [[Monica Seles]]. And then in [[1994]], at the... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
12: | date of death=[[November 18]], [[1886]]
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18: ...Alan Arthur''' ([[October 5]], [[1829]] – [[November 18]], [[1886]]) was an [[Politics of the Un...
20: ...ly and friends. Interestingly, Chester Arthur pronounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on th...
29: ...n [[1848]]. He became principal of an academy in North Pownal, Vt. in [[1851]]. He studied law, was ... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: native_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
12: ...ial_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'...
46: ...]] under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's offic...
51: ...and Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland''<br/>
52: ...]. As of April 2005, the July 2004 estimates were not yet available.<br><sup>7</sup> [[ISO 3166-1]] is... - California (63989 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] (R)|
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76: MusicalInstrument = none | - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Ernie Fletcher]] |
38: ...entucky and its residents are probably most well known for [[thoroughbred horse]]s and [[horse racing]...
41: ...evolutionary War]] hero, was named the first Governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky.
48: ...of Representatives]]. See [[List of Kentucky Governors]]. The judicial branch of Kentucky is made up o...
55: ... [[Virginia]], [[Tennessee]], [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], and [[Ohio]]. - Virginia (23198 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Mark R. Warner]] |
40: ...rom the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison]] and [...
44: ... in what now is Virginia were the [[Powhatan]], [[Nottaway]], [[Meherrin]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [...
46: ...on of Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] along the coast of [[North America]], eventually applying to the whole co...
48: ...roceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is now [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]] ... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Donald Carcieri]] |
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37: ... source of confusion for others. Rhode Island is known as "The Ocean State", due to its naval history ...
40: ...explorer Adriaen Block visited the island that is now called [[Block Island]].
44: ...ft Portsmouth and founded [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]] on Aquidneck Island. - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
48: Editors- Please do not remove the period "." after Truman's middle init...
58: ...for another ten years. He was the last president not to earn a [[college]] degree, although he studie...
61: ...ss, of course they did have a captive clientele. Another man he would meet at Ft. Sill, would pay divi...
64: ...members of the 129<sup>th</sup>. It was simple economics, in 1919 wheat went for $2.15 a bushel, in 19...
68: ...[[Jackson County, Missouri]] - an administrative, not judicial, position. Although he was defeated for... - USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
27: |Speed:||8 knots (15 km/h)
39: ...was below the waterline to prevent damage from cannon fire. ''Monitor'''s hull was constructed at the ...
41: ''Monitor'' was innovative in construction technique as well as design...
51: ...[[Norrk?g]]; she was named ''John Ericsson'' in Honor of the engineer. She was followed by 14 more mon...
57: ...n the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Cape Hatteras]], [[North Carolina]]. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...ich was a legitimate form of war-like activity by non-state actors, authorized by their national autho...
4: ...rcraft that is directed on the high seas against another ship, aircraft, or against persons or propert...
10: ...itolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Economy and Trade].</ref> By the 1st century BC, there ...
12: ...in 75 BC,<ref>Again, according to Suetonius's chronology (''Julius'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Tha...
16: ...any conflicts with the [[Roman Republic]]. It was not until 68 BC that the Romans finally conquered Il... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...ar, which eventually widened far beyond [[British North America]], resulted in the overthrow of Britis...
5: ...d in the late nineteenth century that came to be known as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or par...
10: ...t have a professional [[armed force|army]] (also known as a "regular" or "standing" army). Each colony...
15: ...mates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time.
19: ...ved decisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is estimate... - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
38: ...ted as ''cities'', it is an [[independent city]], not part of any [[county]]. It is located in the [[...
46: ...amestown, Virginia|Jamestown]]. The city was not known as "Richmond" until [[1737]], when it was laid ...
48: ...te House of the Confederacy, located a few blocks north of the State Capital, was home to the family o...
59: ... [[Douglas Wilder]] the first and only black governor.
61: The Richmond City Government based on the Nov 2004 election are as follows (Source [http://www... - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
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37: ...native High school, Fort Hayes and Ecole Kenwood. Notable private schools within Columbus include Colu...
42: ... of employment within Columbus. However, it is by no means a majority.
44: ... [[Cardinal Health]] has its headquarters in the northwest suburb of Dublin. [[Huntington Bancshares...
46: ... [[Budweiser]] has a major brewery located on the north side of the city. [[McGraw-Hill]] Inc. has la... - Tennis (24557 bytes)
1: ...'', to distinguish it from [[real tennis]] (also known as ''royal tennis'' or ''court tennis''), an ol...
3: Tennis is now an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] sport that is playe...
50: ...players, and hand players their towels. They have no [[adjudicative]] role. The referee, who is usuall...
54: ...ted. In most cases, service is required to occur no more than 20 seconds after the end of the previou...
60: Another tennis format is called "Canadian doubles". T... - California Sea Lion (2477 bytes)
13: ...box_section_binomial_parens | color = skyblue | binomial_name = Zalophus californianus | author = [[Re...
15: ...s) and 2.4 m (8 feet) long, females are generally no larger than 100 kg (220 pounds) and 2m (6.5 feet)...
21: ...apanese Sea Lion]] (''Z. c. japonicus'') which is now believed to be extinct.
24: [[Image:Pier39MpegMan.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Another picture of Sea Lions at Pier 39 in San Franci...
25: ...[Image:Sealion.jpeg|thumb|left|250px|Sea lions in Newport, Oregon]] - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
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12: ...nter for [[electronic music]], [[techno music|techno]] and [[disco]].
18: ...ican pop, rock and soul acts that drew upon [[Tejano]] and other influences. These include [[Sunny Oz...
22: ...arly 1960s saw four centers of American musical innovation
26: *the now mainstream [[Bakersfield sound]]
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