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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...eate the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...itation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculative. The ''[[Homo ...
14: ...metimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a ...
24: ...in early China is known to have been much more complicated. Hence, as some scholars of China suggest, ...
38: ... from Persian or Sanskrit origins for "Chinese People" which ultimately was derived from 秦 qín and ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
24: ...orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality Act of 1939...
31: ...d as the [[Arno]] and [[Po]] rivers flood; 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless...
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953...
53: ...[1909]] - [[Skeeter Webb]], American [[baseball]] player (d. [[1986]]) - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
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21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
98: ...p://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/090303/b05w03abplanalp.html] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
14: ==== People named Adam ====
32: ===== People named Adams =====
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...architect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...f Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 M...
18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert...
20: ...merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one deliberately English sounding ...
29: ...wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly o...
37: ... the assassination attempt; others attributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
11: ...and was confirmed by a special election of the people on [[January 12]], [[1932]] becoming the first w...
19: She ran for a final time in [[1944]] and was defeated by [[J. William Fulbright]].
21: ...mployees Compensation Commission]] and to the [[Employees Compensation Appeals Board]]. - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: '''Mary Robinson''' (born [[21 May]] [[1944]]) was the first female [[President of Ireland]],...
23: ...ry Bourke''' in [[Ballina]], [[County Mayo]] in [[1944]], Robinson was the daughter of two medical docto...
25: ...ered to be a prestigious appointment made to accomplished lawyers. Subsequent holders of the title hav...
37: ...ucceed her to the Irish presidency, so Robinson replaced McAleese in the Campaign for Homosexual Law R...
41: ...st preserved Viking sites. Though Robinson and people who in the past might never had supported her ca... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
31: ..., her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands ...
33: ...At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach to [[European Union...
36: ...derman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
38: ...College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] from [[1944]] where she studied [[chemistry]]. She became Cha... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...tates, buying and selling. The family split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her mother in Tol...
9: ... her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
21: ...never forget about how much is still left to accomplish.
23: ...a]]. She became a newlywed at an age when most people start retirement—on [[September 3]], [[200... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the generation...
14: ..., had committed incest with his sister-in-law and planned to steal some of Orazio?s paintings. During ...
16: ...12]]-13), stored in the [[Capodimonte Museum of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, an...
18: ...tist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple moved to [[Florence]], where Artemisia received ...
20: ...urn to [[Rome]] in [[1621]] and later move to [[Naples]]. After her mother's death in [[1651]], Pruden... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
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11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
20: ...in a hierarchy that had Japanese at the top. She played a major role in studying the role in society ... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...ent to [[Berlin]] in [[1907]] to study with [[Max Planck]] and the chemist [[Otto Hahn]]. She worked t...
10: ... might allow a [[chain reaction]] leading to an explosion. Because this could be used as weapon, and t...
12: ...omen's Press Club (USA) in 1946; received the Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949. - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...herson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
3: ...1944]]), also known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensat...
7: ...d a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
9: ...been orphaned at an early age, and raised by a couple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a res...
11: ...mage:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div> - Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
5: On March 24, 1944 she and her assistant were arrested by the Gestap...
7: ...e honored her with her portrait on a [[List of people on stamps of France|postage stamp]] and a street... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize...
15: ...h School in Calcutta, becoming its principal in [[1944]]. She later said that the poverty all around lef...
22: ...nted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are...
24: ... she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free...
29: ...ity Brothers was founded in [[1963]], and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in [[1976]]. ... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
9: On [[March 2]], [[1944]], with fellow SOE agent, [[Robert Benoist]], she... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
3: ...sh''') ([[July 17]], [[1921]] - [[November 7]], [[1944]]) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jew]]ish woman w...
7: ...gary]]. Her father, B鬡 Szenes, a journalist and playwright, died when she was six years old. She con...
11: ...a]]. In 1943 she enlisted in the British army. In 1944 she begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for...
13: ...isans (Yugoslavia)|partisan group]]. In May 13th, 1944, Hannah and her comrades crossed the Hungarian bo...
15: ...th other prisoners with large cut-out letters she placed in her window one at the time. She tried to k... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...e'''. She became celebrated especially for her exploits in [[Germany|German-occupied]] [[Poland]] and...
7: ...zy Giżycki]] {[[1899]]-[[1970]]), and the couple soon moved to [[British East Africa]].
9: ... into Poland. Arriving in [[Warsaw]], she vainly pleaded with her [[Jew]]ish mother to leave a [[Pola...
22: ...r Force|WAAF]] flight officer ([[November 21]], [[1944]] — [[May 14]], [[1945]]), when she visited...
26: ...ents that would lead to some of her most famous exploits. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ...he continued making 16mm films such as "At Land" (1944) and "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (1945)....
14: ...ndover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.
20: *''At Land'' (1944) photographed by [[Hella Heyman]] and Alexander H...
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