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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
81: ...1832]], [[1889]] — [[1891]] (wing added), [[1909]] — [[1911]] (wings added)
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
109: | [[1896]] — [[1902]], [[1909]] — [[1912]] (wings added) - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under...
14: ...arty|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecut...
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman gove...
23: ...28]] - [[Arnold Rothstein]], [[New York City]]'s most notorious gambler, is shot dead over a [[poker]]...
24: ...esident [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Customs Service... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mber in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so.
10: ...ement of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely cri...
12: ...lied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic song to the tune of the haunting [[...
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975) - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ... Constance and her sister, Eva Gore-Booth, were close friends of the poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequent...
6: ...ist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
12: ...-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Irish Minister for Community, Rural and Gae...
14: ...2 along with [[Eamon de Valera]] and others in opposition to the Treaty. She fought actively for the ... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
1: ...nie Besant''' activist, socialist and latterly theosophist]]
2: ...er 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's rights]] [[activist]], [[write...
5: Her conversion to Theosophy came after reading ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'...
7: ...she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophical Society, but also to India's freedom and p...
9: ... Besant, who had been elected president of the Theosophical Society in [[1907]] upon the death of the ... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
6: ...re, after a revolutionary sentiment had spread across the area, she decided to work in a factory as a ...
21: ... a course of study in anarchist ideas. Leon Czolgosz was found guilty of murder and executed.
29: ... directing the hearing, called her ''"one of the most dangerous anarchists in America."''
32: ...ssia at this time (during a period when it was impossible to leave the country); they may even have sh...
38: ...[Buenaventura Durruti]] in a piece of vibrant [[prose]] entitled ''[[Durruti is Dead, Yet Living]]'', ... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...r [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving w...
9: ...ther works simultaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a...
15: ...907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
16: ...907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
17: * ''The de Cats Family'' (1909, published in ''[[Tilskueren]]'') - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
9: ...t in a one-reel thriller, ''The Lonely Villa'' in 1909. Pickford would go on to become [[Hollywood]]'s b...
18: ...vered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $...
29: ... alternatives, they settle on ''[[Rosita (movie)|Rosita]]'', in a performance that was praised by crit...
30: ...theatres this year, in Chicago and Detroit. The Los Angeles theatre is now known as the [[University ...
31: ...ning $1.4 million. Her performance earned her an Oscar. - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...childhood between [[France]] and [[Russia]]. In [[1909]], her family moved permanently to [[Paris]]. She...
6: ...Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...elopment of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and h...
7: ... [[Paris]] when she was three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[Californi...
13: ... in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a ...
17: ...ance and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by the French gove... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
8: ...Bougival'' from [[1883]], the same year that she posed for ''City Dance.'' In [[1885]] Renoir painted...
12: ...t birth her son later took the family name of a close friend and as [[Maurice Utrillo]], he became one...
14: ...nd landscapes that are noted for their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best k...
18: ...a 6-month affair in [[1893]]. A smitten Satie proposed marriage after their first intimate night. For ...
26: ...kbroker Paul Mousis in [[1896]] failed, when in [[1909]] the then 44-year old Valadon left Mousis for 23... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
5: ...]. She attended [[Vassar College]], graduating in 1909.
7: ...der [[Franz Boas]], receiving her [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] and joining the faculty in [[1923]]. [...
20: ...g the recommendation to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that permitting continuation of the Empero...
24: ...a classic whose value continues even despite the post-war changes in Japanese culture.
26: == Post-War == - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: Dr. '''Virginia Apgar''' ([[June 7]], [[1909]] - [[August 7]], [[1974]]) specialised in [[anes... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ..., was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross Nursing Service]].
4: ...nt as the Superintendent of Nurses at University Hospital in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
6: ... and chair of the National Committee of the Red Cross Nursing Service.
8: ...n]], the Army Nurse Corps, and the American Red Cross. Through her efforts, emergency response teams w...
10: ...e memorial to Jane Delano and the 296 nurses who lost their lives during World War I. - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ... Dillinger]] and [[Ma Barker]], were notorious across the nation. They captivated the attention of the...
15: .... In both of these instances there is the remote possibility that Clyde acted without criminal intent....
19: ...ent over how Bonnie and Clyde first met, but the most prevalent story is that it was through his frie...
39: ...ing down the driveway and into the street with almost surreal calm, trying to coax her runaway dog bac...
41: ...Joplin ''Globe'', and yielded many now famous photos, two of which are shown above. Afterward, Bonnie ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[[#Retrial|earlier appeal]] after her death. Her posthumous reception history is a lengthy one: she wa...
7: ...rt of the Duchy of Bar — a part of France whose Duke was pro-Anglo-Burgundian in loyalty. Franc...
14: ...With her piety, confidence, and enthusiasm, she boosted the morale of the troops. The small force she...
18: ...sh army was cut to pieces near [[Patay]], with a loss of 2,200 English soldiers versus only a little o...
24: ...[Paris]], the Royal Court was mesmerized by the prospect of a negotiated peace offered by the Duke of ... - Relic (11473 bytes)
7: ...ing also affects our fleshly body, or that God chooses to do miracles through the sleeping bodies of H...
11: ...] in [[France]], among several others, claims to possess the relic of [[Jesus]]' [[circumcision]] - th...
15: ...the faithful, and to inanimate objects. They are possessed by spirits, acquired by the faithful, and t...
17: ...g [[daemon]]s who were conceived of as alien and hostile. Truly holy ''virtus'' would defeat it, but i...
26: ... removed by the monks at the Cistercian abbey at Fossanova where he died). Logically, if a saint did a... - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...eographic North Pole]] with [[Robert Peary]] in [[1909]]. However, some have estimated that Peary's part...
10: Matthew Henson is the great-grand nephew of [[Josiah Henson]], a famous fugitive slave. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...ee world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
14: .... Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but none h...
21: ... majority, the President and Vice President are chosen by the [[United States House of Representatives...
25: ...(United States)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to ...
29: ...[[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is tradit... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
7: He served as [[Governor]] of [[Indiana]] from [[1909]] to [[1913]]. He was a popular speaker and acti...
17: ...]]. Wilson sent him out on the road, speaking across the country to encourage Americans to buy [[war ...
19: ...stroke]] that left him partially paralyzed and almost certainly incapacitated. Though Marshall was ad...
29: ...a Senate debate in [[1917]], a particularly bellicose Senator catalogued what he felt the country need...
36: .... Frank Hanly]]|after=[[Samuel M. Ralston]]|years=1909-1913}}
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