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- 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... - 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 ... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: ...ht|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shi...
9: ...al Roman of the [[2nd century]], whose military exploits in Britain may have been remembered for centu...
13: ... that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the forces battlin...
19: ...f Arthur" and states "we went with Arthur in his splendid labours"; and the poem "Journey to Deganwy,"...
23: ..."Lives") of 6th-century [[saint|saints]]: for example, in the ''Life of Saint [[Illtud]]'', he is said... - 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: 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 - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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...
22: ...father, [[Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer]] in [[1975]], Diana's father became the 8th [[Earl Spencer]]... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...or [[Plymouth Sutton (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton]]. Nancy Astor then became the [[Con...
10: ...sign and supported [[Winston Churchill]] as his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became edito...
12: ...an campaign]] as the ''[[D-Day Dodgers]]''. Her implication that they had it easy because they were av...
19: # [[Nancy Phyllis Louise Astor]] (1909-1975) - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
3: ...ent of the party in [[1972]]. On [[January 2]], [[1975]], the dictator [[Jean-B餥l Bokassa]] formed a n...
5: ...elf as emperor. When Domitien openly rejected the plans, she was promptly fired and her cabinet was di... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
11: ! Place of Birth:
59: ...'goongi gudiya'' ([[Hindi]] for dumb doll), as people thought that she would be a puppet in the hands ...
65: ...t Congress party following the November [[1969]] split within the governing [[Indian National Congress...
67: ...ash; after campaigning fiercely on her well-known platform, with the famous ''Garibi hatao'' slogan &n...
69: ...sses. The move reflected the anger of ordinary people at the time as several private banks had collaps... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
20: ...n various positions of trust. She was chosen in [[1975]] to the representatives of [[Osuusliike Elanto]]...
26: ...nion]] in the autumn of 1999 was also fresh in people's memory. - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth'''
35: ...sical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/s...
41: ...h the goal of becoming a concert [[pianist]]. Her plans changed when she attended a course on internat...
43: ... Kappa]], from the [[University of Denver]]. In [[1975]], she obtained her [[master's degree]] from the ...
77: ...ush named Rice's deputy, [[Stephen Hadley]], to replace her as National Security Advisor. On January 7... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...missioners, a position in which she served from [[1975]]-[[1978]]. She has also worked as a social worke...
11: ...ats' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
29: ...lenged Heath for the Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [...
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. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
14: ...ontrary, stuck to her revolutionary Marxist principles. In [[1893]], along with [[Leo Jogiches]] and [...
19: ... Revisionists to leave the SPD. This did not take place, but at least [[Karl Kautsky]]'s party leaders...
21: ...he party leadership refused, and in [[1910]] she split off from Kautsky.
32: ...l catastrophe which even led her to briefly contemplate suicide: [[Revisionism]], which she had fought...
42: ...e Social Democratic leader, [[Friedrich Ebert]] employed nationalist militia, the [[Freikorps]], to su... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
16: ...adquarters of American Atheists, leaving a note implying an absence for some time and a visit to [[San...
18: ...issing funds and murdered them. Waters eventually pled guilty to reduced charges and in January [[2001...
24: ...h had nothing to do with O'Hair and was denied in 1975, concerning the prevention of educational radio c... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: Allende was born in [[Lima, Peru]], to diplomat Tom᳠Allende, the cousin of [[Salvador Allen...
8: ... [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there she met her...
14: ...murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in [[Venezuela]]...
26: *''The Infinite Plan'' (1991) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural and poli...
9: ...Black America of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston...
15: ...ritings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with this struggle. Other popular...
25: ... Hurston was published in ''[[Ms. Magazine]]'' in 1975, which is seen as reviving interest in her work....
36: *''[[Mule Bone]]'' (A play written with [[Langston Hughes]]) ([[1996]]) - 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... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
8: ...ere not accepted as members of the University, simply as 'students of Girton and Newnham Colleges', t...
12: ...o similar research). Unfortunately, Randall had implied that Franklin alone would be working on DNA, a...
18: ... should have been working together. It has been implied by Wilkins himself that this situation may wel...
33: *Sayre, Anne. 1975. ''Rosalind Franklin and DNA''. New York: W.W. No... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
6: ...er many questions, and each sibling taught her complementary skills. When Clara started school at age ...
21: ...] bureaucracy in vain to bring her own medical supplies to the battlefields. Finally, in July 1862, sh...
23: In [[1865]], President [[Abraham Lincoln]] placed her in charge of the search for the missing m...
35: ... less than a mile from her birthplace in a family plot in Oxford, Massachusetts.
43: ==Clara Barton's Birthplace House and Museum==
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