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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]]
187: ...gypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer in service of Egyptian queen [[Hatshepsut]] - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
24: ...1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...rary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was o...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts...
43: ... distance to the Indies. Most scholars accepted [[Ptolemy]]'s claim that the terrestrial landmass (for...
46: Columbus accepted the calculations of [[Pierre d'Ailly]], that th...
54: ... of lobbying at the Spanish court, where he was kept on a salary to prevent him from taking his ideas ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
11: ... As carbon-rich austenite cools, the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase, resulting in an ...
26: ...he first signs of iron use come from [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Sumer]], where around [[4000 BC]] small i...
32: ...lack of [[nickel]]) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Mesopotamia]] (see [[Iron#History|Iron: H...
34: ... [[sword]] bearing the name of [[pharaoh]] [[Merneptah]] as well as a [[battle axe]] with an iron blad...
36: ...e remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days ...
21: * [[1922]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] archaeologist [[How...
25: * [[1942]] - World War II: [[Second Battle of El Alamein]]...
147: [[pt:4 de Novembro]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
19: ... I of Egypt|Abbas I]], (1813-1854), pasha of [[Egypt]]
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
100: ...Alexandria]], (died 978), [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]] Pope - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: ...hard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
27: *[[Gary Ackerman|Ackerman, Gary Leonard]] (born 1942) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: ...gard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
66: ...muel Adams (naval officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer
78: ...son|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
9: *[[Agasias]], Greek sculptor
20: ...rmany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
41: *[[Agrippinus of Alexandria]], (pope 167-178), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
16: ... Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time ma...
25: ...hildless, Ernest Augustus was also the heir-presumptive to the British throne.
27: ... the [[Whig]] Party, which had been in power, except for brief intervals, since [[1830]]. The Whig Pri...
37: ...tributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King of Hanover. These conspiracy theorie...
39: ... Eight more children would be born during the exceptionally happy marriage between Victoria and Prince... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
19: ... propose to May. George duly proposed and May accepted. Despite its being an arranged marriage, May an...
29: ...ried Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood ([[9 September]] [[1882]] – [[23 May]] [[1947]]); and...
31: ...<td>[[20 December]] [[1902]] <td> [[25 August]] [[1942]]<td> married [[Princess Marina of Greece and Den...
58: ...VII, was slow in leaving Buckingham Palace, and kept some of the royal jewels that should have been pa...
62: ...nd Albert, and her youngest son Prince John was kept away on the Sandringham Estate so the public woul... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...Sanger''' ([[September 14]], [[1879]] – [[September 6]], [[1966]]) was an [[United States|Americ...
7: ...lawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
15: ...ew'' and ''The Birth Control News''. From 1939 to 1942, she was an honorary delegate of the Birth Contro...
35: ...r than the kernel of an almond. In all fish and reptiles where there is no great brain development, th...
41: ...rming mental pictures, or thinking obscene or voluptuous pictures. This form is considered especially ... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: '''Isabel Allende Llona''' (born [[August 2]], [[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been ...
14: ...play ''El embajador'' debuted in Santiago. On [[September 11]] that same year, her uncle was overthrow...
16: ...m a letter that later evolved into a book manuscript, ''[[The House of Spirits]]'' (1982). The book w... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...ak Dinesen''' ([[April 17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[...
21: * ''Winter's Tales'' (1942) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
13: ...owever, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual language and idiom of the day.
33: *''[[Dust Tracks on a Road]]'' ([[1942]]) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known f...
11: ...d her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of [[individualism]], [[egoism]], "[[Objectivist...
19: ...she had not read, but whose name she liked and adopted. The book also has a quotation from Ayn's cous...
24: ...r of films, ''Noi vivi'' and ''Addio, Kira'' in [[1942]] by Scalara Films, [[Rome]], despite resistance ...
26: ...ected by many publishers before finally being accepted by the [[Bobbs-Merrill Company]] publishing hou... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
7: ... the [[Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]] in [[1942]] with her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] ... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
13: ...anal misenscene of the greater part (with the exception of "Orlando" and "Between the Acts") of her no...
22: ...portrayal of Woolf in the movie. The film was adapted from [[Michael Cunningham]]'s Pulitzer Prize-wi...
53: *''The Death of the Moth and Other Essays'' ([[1942]]) - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
10: ... the press and she made up a story about being adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estran...
12: ...liary. Following America's entry into the War, in 1942 she was made director of women's flight training ...
20: ... few failures she ever experienced and never attempted another run. It has been said by those who knew... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...ed for her soul and R&B recordings but is also adept at [[jazz]], [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-...
10: ... of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to numb...
79: *[[1987]] ''[[One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism]]''
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