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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...2]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozhars...
12: ...ard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican...
15: ...ility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player
13: *[[Sarah Aaronsohn|Aaronsohn, Sarah]], (1890-1917), head of [[Nili]], a [...
14: ...ronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer
16: *[[Evald Aav|Aav, Evald]], (1900-1939), Estonian composer and choir conductor - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...gland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Someti...
9: ... VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, in...
11: ...he number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...s addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives...
18: Elizabeth's first governess was Lady Bryan, a baroness whom Elizabeth called "Muggie". At the age of... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more ...
12: ...tranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the...
14: ...oria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a...
16: ...the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent ...
18: ...sons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: .... She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she su...
9: ...Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambrid...
11: ...]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying i...
13: ...d War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
17: ...he [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of ... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
1: [[Image:Gro Harlem Brundtland.jpg|thumb|Gro Harlem Brundtland]]
3: '''Gro Harlem Brundtland''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[phy...
5: ...] in [[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs 1974-79, and became Norway's first...
7: ...was headed by [[Maurice Strong]], who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and f...
9: ...m May 9, [[1986]] until October 16, [[1989]] and from November 3, [[1990]] until October 25, [[1996]],... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...if|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...oting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[First...
5: ...he World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...ns outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...om the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ... opening the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]]...
5: ...fore dying of [[tuberculosis]]. After graduating from [[Claverack College]] in [[Hudson, New York|Huds...
9: ...riodical ''The Birth Control Review and Birth Control News''. She also contributed articles on health ...
11: ...an-Julius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as [[men...
13: ... of until its dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was legalized in many ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...h America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, where she currently lives. She is married to ...
4: ...inist]] issues and concerns, which she examines through multiple genres such as [[science fiction]], [...
6: ... in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[...
10: ...]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', championed by [[Toronto]] City Councillor [[Olivia Chow]] in [[2005]]....
12: ...to. The device, also called the "Unotchit" (and pronounced "You-No-Touch-It"), will allow an author t... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...mark|Danish]] author '''Karen Blixen'''. Blixen wrote works both in [[Danish language|Danish]] and in...
5: ... won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Can...
7: ... coffee market in 1931 forced her to abandon the project.
9: ... was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
11: ...ered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband. - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
5: ... up in [[Eatonville, Florida]]. She studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas...
9: ...ca of the early 20th century. For example ( Amy from the opening of ''[[Zora_Neale_Hurston/Jonah's Go...
15: ...author)|Richard Wright]]. Unlike Hurston, Wright wrote in explicitly political terms, using the strugg...
17: ... basis for tales of [[zombie]]s, which was later proved to be correct.
20: ...st novel, ''Seraph on the Suwanee'', Hurston was wrongly accused of child molestation. In her defense ... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...ed seven, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smi...
7: ...Mille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she ...
9: ...that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ...antic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film st...
13: ...'s second marriage was also plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairban... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] and [[Max...
6: ...s most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman]].
10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]] - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...lly began in the 1960s. Tsvetaeva's poetry arose from her own deeply convoluted personality, her eccen...
8: ...]] of Fine Arts. Tsvetaeva's mother, Maria Alexandrovna Meyn, was Ivan's second wife, a highly literat...
10: ...rgotten it. Maria Alexandrovna particularly disapproved of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her...
12: ... by the sea at Nervi, near [[Genoa]]. Here, away from the rigid constraints of a bourgeois Muscovite l...
16: ...ommunity, the ''魩gr駧 [[Viktoria Schweitzer]] wrote: "Here inspiration was born." - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...t) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bess...
6: ... and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucrative one. Later, in [[1951]], she would...
8: ...sed his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstick.
10: .... Cochran would go on to win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite,...
12: ...In Britain, she volunteered her services to the [[Royal Air Force]]. For several months she worked for... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ...ess transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger effect]], which is named for [[Pierre ...
10: ...] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]].
12: ...bel committee, partly because Hahn downplayed her role ever since she left Germany. Some said also th...
17: *Otto Robert Frisch, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physic... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: Prof. Dr. '''Maria G?rt-Mayer''' ([[June 28]], [[1906...
3: ...tions and enrolled there in the fall. Among her professors were three [[Nobel prize]] winners: [[Max ...
5: ...on scientific projects. In [[1946]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. H...
7: ...ning on its axis as the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ...wise. The same is true of those that are dancing around clockwise; some twirl clockwise, others twirl ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat sin...
6: ...'s Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, in...
8: When Chick Webb died in [[1939]], the band continued touring under the new name,...
10: ...ice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s she was now called by other singers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their ... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
7: ...d to live with her mother Katherine Szenes and a brother.
9: Szenes entered a private protestant girl's school open – with increased ...
11: ...ted in the British army. In 1944 she begun a paratrooper training in [[Egypt]] for the British [[Speci...
13: ...r comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she could begin her m...
17: ...her last day, November 7, 1944. Her remains were brought to [[Israel]] in 1950 and buried in the cemet...
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