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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: [[Image:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of ...
19: ...y, the city was threaten or invaded by several - mostly French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jea...
21: ...l [[1808]], when the Portuguese Royal Family and most of the [[Lisbon]] nobles, fleeing from [[Napoleo...
23:
25: ...hek managed to have [[Bras�a]] built, at great cost, by [[1960]]. On April 21st that year, the capit... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...m]] ([[1st century BC|100 BC]]) and the forced imposition of a common system of writing by the Qin emp...
7: ...unded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
24: ...ynasty|Xia]] and the [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] can possibly refer to political entities that existed at ...
28: ... as [[Confucianism]], [[Taoism]], [[Legalism (philosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Mohism]] were founded. Afte...
30: ...since the Spring and Autumn Period and was very loosely a primitive prototype of the modern system of ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Ameri...
3: ...nd. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out...
5: ...Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472...
9: ...]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacter...
11: ...est Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and c... - 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... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...rse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the w...
58: ...dayizeye]] replaced Buyoya as President. Yet the most extreme Hutu group, Palipehutu-FNL (commonly kno...
72: ...[deforestation]], [[soil erosion]] and [[habitat loss]]. There are two [[national park]]s, [[Kibira N...
84: ... poverty line in 2002. The country's estimated gross domestic product (GDP) was US$0.7 billion in 200...
89: ...of the population are of [[Hutu]] ethnic origin; most of the remaining population are [[Tutsi]], with ... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot
62: ...Abeille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
16: ''Procyon lotor'' is the most common type of raccoon in [[North America]]. Ad...
22: ... been known live up to 12 years in the wild, but most live for only a few years.
27: ...e and messy play. Raccoons are [[nocturnal]] but most adapt to sleeping during the night and being awa...
35: ...e German newsmagazine ''Der Spiegel'' reported in 2002 that the raccoon had established itself in a smal... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer
62: *[[Milivi Adams|Adams, Milivi]], (1997-2002), young cancer patient - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...arbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica...
9: ...rd of Mann, has two-->; she has reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI ...
15: ...fter her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of...
20: ...French]], as she has shown on several occasions, most recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[Fr... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...Limbaugh is the most listened-to radio talk show host in the United States, and has an audience estima...
6: ...ame '''Rusty Sharpe'''. His father, a [[judge]] whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence...
8: ...aft]], but he was classified 1-Y due to an undisclosed medical problem [http://www.snopes.com/military...
12: ... Limbaugh took a break from radio and accepted a position as director of promotions with the [[Kansas ...
16: ...984]], Limbaugh returned to radio as a talk show host at KFBK in [[Sacramento, California]]. After ach... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...ate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views; and English colonisat...
16: ...that time and was also declared illegitimate and lost the title of princess. Thereafter she was addres...
18: ...n referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her con...
25: ...ed the throne, but was [[Deposition_(politics)|deposed]] less than two weeks later. Armed with popular...
27: ... Lady Elizabeth to succeed rather than her next-closest relative, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Stuart]], ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: ...oming King George IV. Though she occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taug...
20: ...was not clear what his surname was, because like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, h...
29: ...hat he could not govern under the restrictions imposed by the Queen, and consequently resigned his com...
33: ... on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stamp.]]
39: ...ued to secretly correspond with Lord Melbourne, whose influence, however, faded away as that of Prince... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...al Highness The Princess of Wales'''. She was almost always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media ...
15: ...g her lifetime, she was often referred to as the most photographed person in the world. To her admire...
28: Diana's family, the Spencers, had been close to the British Royal Family for decades. Her mat...
34: ...ss The Princess of Wales'' and was ranked as the most senior royal woman in the United Kingdom after t...
38: ...l depression]]. She later developed [[bulimia nervosa]], and made a number of [[suicide]] attempts. In... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
13: ...rganise parties and social events. May was also close to her aunt, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-St...
17: ...of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambr...
19: ...uke of York]], to propose to May. George duly proposed and May accepted. Despite its being an arranged...
28: ...n]] ([[4 August]] [[1900]] – [[30 March]] [[2002]]); and had issue.
56: ...and Princess of Wales ascended the throne. May choose the regal name of Mary for her reign. George and... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
12: Heavily influenced by [[Mohandas Gandhi]]'s philosophy of nonviolence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered poli...
16: ...l Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the Burmese government ...
18: ...was again put under house arrest. On [[May 6]], [[2002]], following secret confidence-building negotiati...
19: ...vernment to release [[Parliamentary opposition|opposition]] leader Aung San Suu Kyi after a recent ann... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...Minister of Pakistan]] in [[1988]], only to be deposed 20 months later by the [[President of Pakistan]...
15: ...ober [[1990]]. She served as the leader of the opposition while [[Nawaz Sharif]] became PM for the nex...
18: Bhutto has lived in self-imposed exile since [[1999]] when she left Pakistan to ...
21: ...ally against the [[MQM]] in [[Karachi]]. Her foremost contribution without any doubt was Pakistan's Fo...
32: In [[2002]] Pakistan's current President, [[Pervez Musharra... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after Bri...
45: ...t least be a strong [[parliamentary opposition|opposition]] to a Liberal [[minority government]].
47: ...iticized as carrying much the same attitudes and positions of her widely detested predecessor epitomis...
51: ...es from winning seats under the [[first past the post electoral system]].
53: ... rejection of Campbell, she quickly resigned her position as party leader. - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
18: |[[Agnosticism|Agnostic]]
45: ...h [[Jim Anderton]]'s Progressive Coalition Party (2002, with parliamentary supply and confidence from [[...
47: ...s deputy Prime Minister. She was Leader of the Opposition during the National Party administrations of... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
27: ...;[[2001]]), and was the first woman to hold that post. She was nominated by [[President of the United...
36: ...Florida court system. In [[1973]] she accepted a position with the Dade County State's Attorney's Offi...
40: ...eral for all of Clinton's presidency, outlasting most other cabinet members.
46: ...ic primary to [[Bill McBride]]. Voting problems arose in the election, and she did not concede defeat ...
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