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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: The word ''Puritan'' is now applied unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churche...
5: ...rticular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
12: ...cclesiastical courts. They refused to endorse completely all of the ritual directions and formulas of...
26: ...connect between the [[House of Lords]] and the people, rebellion over the attempt to introduce a [[Div...
28: ...en their movement became the status quo; it was replaced by the broader term [[Nonconformist]], which ... - 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...
29: * [[1957]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik 2]] w...
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... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: ... Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - 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
67: *[[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
62: ...lee of Elizabeth II|1977 jubilee]]). In October [[1957]] she made a state visit to the [[United States]]... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
28: | [[Diplomat]]
35: ...[[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States Secretary...
51: ...olitics, and was responsible for developing and implementing programs designed to enhance women's prof...
56: ...t was appointed ambassador to the UN, her first diplomatic post, shortly after Clinton was inaugurated... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
7: ...en remained in Kenya and continued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market i...
16: * ''The Ploughman'' (1907, published in a Danish journal und...
23: * ''Last Tales'' (1957) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
22: ...]] to [[Universal Studios]]. Rand then wrote the play, ''[[The Night of January 16th]]'' in [[1934]] ...
28: ...tlas Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of ...
31: ...]], all of which she believed helped foster a crippling culture of resentment towards individual human... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of mod...
12: ...[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: ...er portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus other young painters.
17: ...ey returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored b...
23: ...liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled with democratic values based in pragmatism; thu... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...ed personality, her eccentricity and tightly disciplined use of language. Among her themes were female...
8: ...ry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause her to id...
10: ...and distant from his family. He was also still deeply in love with his first wife; he would never get ...
12: ...t at that time in Nervi, and undoubtedly these people would have had some influence on the impressiona...
20: ...s, she came into contact with ordinary Russian people and was shocked by the mood of anger and violenc... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...etti Michelangeli]] and [[Stefan Askenase]]. In [[1957]], she won two major piano competitions in Geneva...
7: ...ver her often exaggerated dynamics and tempi, her playing is characterised by her passionate and uniqu...
9: ...olo performances. As of the [[1980s]] she has not played much solo concerts anymore, instead focusing ...
17: ...tnev]] for ''[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella Suite for Two Pianos/[[Ravel]]:... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...g the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
21: ...nch orchestra leader Jo Bouillon (1947, separated 1957, eventually divorced), and American artist Robert... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...nizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
9: ...] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ... to one of her biographers, Nicholas Gage, the couple had a child, a boy, who died hours after he was ...
15: ...ung singers, this seems unlikely. A more likely explanation is Callas' overuse of [[quaaludes]]. Devet... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
14: ... the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
39: *1957 ''[[Ella and Louis Again]]''
40: *1957 ''[[Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook]]''
41: *1957 ''[[Ella at the Opera House]]'' - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ..., her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. S...
18: ...t for piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello (1957) - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ... [[Clarence Holiday]], a jazz guitarist who would play for [[Fletcher Henderson]], was fifteen. Billie...
20: ...dy Day with the white gardenia in her hair. She explained the sense of overpowering drama that feature...
26: ...anis Joplin]] and [[Nina Simone]]. [[Diana Ross]] played her in a [[film|movie]] version of her [[auto...
28: .... She finally divorced Monroe in [[1957]] as she split with Guy. That [[March 28]], Billie married Lo...
30: ...Sound of Jazz]] program is memorable for her interplay with dear friend [[Lester Young]]; both were le... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman ...
7: ...-Burgundian in loyalty. France at that time was split by a factional rivalry which would allow the En...
12: ...ns where preparations were being made to bring supplies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been und...
24: ...Duke of Burgundy. Negotiations with Burgundian diplomats began at Reims shortly after the coronation,...
40: ..."...in a loud voice the holy name of Jesus, and implored and invoked without ceasing the aid of the sa... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
10: ...]] stage, where she was to appear in over a dozen plays in the next eight years. Famous as an actress,...
14: ...her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]].
16: ...e also wonders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything appro...
18: ...h's career stalled in unmemorable plays until she played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little ...
22: ...elf on The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Comedy Hour in 1957 as "The Neighbor Next Door" -- drunk, according ... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
4: ...n of Honour]]. She has also occasionally directed plays.
11: ...essional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently spent seasons in repertory in [...
13: ...the [[National Theatre]] in London. She is a multiple winner of the main awards for performances on th...
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