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  1. Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
    9: ...'s capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
    13: ...Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Ve...
    17: ...an strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Ca...
    21: ...en who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
    25: ...hy]] and imposed a republic in [[1889]]. However, plans for moving the nation's seat city to the terri...
  2. 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]])
  3. 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...
    38: ...Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married ([[9 April]] [[2005]])...
    55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
  4. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] |
    7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[Engla...
    9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
    11: ...having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] ra...
    13: ...pic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulte...
  5. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
    2: ...e of Marlborough]], and they made a glittering couple. Churchill, though he had supported James, also...
    4: ...ut the Duke died in [[1722]] and never saw the completion of [[Blenheim Palace]], the house built for ...
    6: ...e prince and his family, however, even after this plan had failed.
  6. Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
    10: ...ort time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
    16: ...]], then [[British Mandate of Palestine]]. The couple and her sister Sheyna emigrated to Palestine in ...
    20: ...nity. Her duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the...
    28: ...pendence]], I couldn't imagine these were real people doing something real. And there I was sitting do...
    55: ...e Knesset, reported in ''[[Ner]]'', [[October]] [[1961]].
  7. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    3: ... States|American]] [[human rights]] activist, [[diplomat]] and as the wife of [[President of the Unite...
    9: ...However their marriage almost split over sexual explorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin D...
    33: ...eful action based on sensitive discourse among people of diverse perspectives focusing on the varied n...
    37: ... Eventually their efforts were successful, and in 1961 DeSapio was removed from power.
    43: ...), for many years graced the mantle above the fireplace in her husband Franklin's presidential library...
  8. 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.
    45: ... Pensions and National Insurance]] in September [[1961]], keeping the post until the Conservatives lost ...
  9. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    2: ...College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she re...
    4: ...ues and concerns, which she examines through multiple genres such as [[science fiction]], [[Southern O...
    6: ...ell as [[alliteration]] or [[assonance]] that is split up and put in separate lines to produce an echo...
    32: :''[[Double Persephone]]'' ([[1961]])
    53: :''[[Good Bones and Simple Murders]]'' ([[1994]])
  10. 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...
    25: ...dows on the Grass'' (1960 in England and Denmark, 1961 in USA)
  11. Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
    16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
  12. 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...
  13. Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
    12: .... She is said to have overheard Hitler laying out plans for Nazi commanders to join together in mass s...
    16: ...in gliders. In 1952 '''Hanna Reitsch''' won third place in the world gliding championship in Spain (an...
    18: ... where she founded a sports gliding network. In [[1961]] she was invited by President [[John F. Kennedy]...
  14. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
    56: *1961 ''[[Ella in Hollywood]]''
    57: *1961 ''[[Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!]]''
    58: *1961 ''[[Ella Returns to Berlin]]''
    68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
  15. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    34: *[[1961]] ''[[Aretha]]''
    53: *[[1970]] ''[[Don't Play That Song]]''
  16. Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
    5: ...Klaus Rainer R?], a [[communism|communist]], in [[1961]] and had twin girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[Se...
    7: ...urban guerrilla]], decrying what she called the exploitation of the common man and the imperialism of ...
    9: ...upported by a governmental inquiry panel. Many people, including members of the [[Red Army Faction]] h...
  17. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    13: ...t as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
    15: ...e, where he was found among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Probably also during this perio...
    17: ...ster Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other women (John 19:26). Mary cr...
    19: Of the roughly 100 people in the Upper Room after the Ascension on the day...
    27: ...was conceived. They took her to live in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] when she was three years old, muc...
  18. Elise Rivet (1599 bytes)
    7: ...e honored her with her portrait on a [[List of people on stamps of France|postage stamp]] and a street...
  19. Julia Child (8199 bytes)
    2: ...elevision programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'' ...
    10: ... to fine cuisine. She learned to cook in order to please him and entertain their large social circle. ...
    20: ...clopedia. Finally, when it was first published in 1961 by [[Alfred A. Knopf]], the 734-page ''[[Masterin...
    28:
    34: ...rs during a series of [[stroke]]s in 1989. The couple did not have children.
  20. Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
    12: Deren passed away in 1961, at the age of 44, from a [[brain hemorrhage]]. ...
    14: ...ndover]]'' (1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films.

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