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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...e state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: ...:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema beach]]
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
5: ...thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ... "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]]. - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...rged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ... the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
9: == Into the Bronze Age == - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...elsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
2: ... plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
3: ==The Arthur of history==
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ... extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage. - List of historical anniversaries (7470 bytes)
1: Condensed list of historical anniversaries.
4: | [[January]]
5: ...uary 29|29]] [[January 30|30]] [[January 31|31]]</small>
7: | [[February]]
8: ...28]] [[February 29|(29)]] [[February 30|((30))]]</small> - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...ssful rule by a queen regnant earlier in the century.
3: == Dynasty ==
5: ...ser with Agnes and inherit her political supporters.
7: ...dynasty, Sibylla named her son [[Baldwin V of Jerusalem|Baldwin]].
9: ...manoeuvered to have the princess marry one of their own. - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
1: ...px|right|style=margin-left:1em|Marguerite de Valois]]
2: ...uthor of the same name]] who was also of the Valois family.
4: ... France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...anged. Jeanne d'Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
8: ... on his sister's head, compelling her to nod in agreement. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: ...''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
2: {| align=right
3: ...ary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
6: {{House of Tudor}}
8: ...wever, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
1: {| align=right
2: ...x|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
5: {{House of Stewart(Scotland)}}
7: ...ish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
9: ...e reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
1: {|align=right
2: ...eth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
5: {{House of Tudor}}
7: ...eat religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ... College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]). - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
1: ...g="2" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid; margin-left: 1em"
2: |+ '''Indira Gandhi'''
3: ...r="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Image:indirag.jpg|Indira Gandhi]]
5: ! Date of Birth:
6: | [[November 19]], [[1917]] - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
1: {{Infobox Senator | name=Blanche Lincoln
2: | nationality=american
3: | image name=AR_Lincoln_Blanche.jpg
4: | jr/sr and state=Senior Senator, [[Arkansas]]
5: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...d for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
2: ...us]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
4: ...; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
6: ...]], an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]]. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...cian and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...ion copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ... with their three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
8: ... met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
2: ...Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ...[[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].'' - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
1: ...[[courtesan]] of Venice during the sixteenth century.
3: ...tutte le principale et piu honorate cortigiane di Venezia''.
5: ...nd funded a charity for courtesans and their children.
7: ...though surviving records suggest reasonable prosperity.
9: ...ca Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty". - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
1: [[Image:MaryPicford.jpg|right|frame|Mary Pickford]]
3: ...." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ... many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...sted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickford'''.
9: ...reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
2: subject_name=Ayn Rand |
3: image_name=Ayn_Rand1.jpg|
4: ...philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objectivism]]|
6: date_of_birth=[[February 2]], [[1905]] | - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
1: [[Image:VirginiaWoolf.jpeg|frame|right|Virginia Woolf]]
3: ...nd a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Group]].
5: ==Life and work==
7: ...ore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...ined some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]]. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...liday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
3: ...ficult childhood which affected her life and career.
5: ==Early life==
7: ...ork]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
9: ...l his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter. - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...of her posthumously-released live album ''In Concert'']]
2: ... several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ...began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...r, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...being withheld until after their subsequent success.
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