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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...r the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema b...
5: ...thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|state]] and a city in southeastern [[Braz...
9: ...area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 mi... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...dentity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves o...
7: ...opulation, the ability to store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and admini...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...anxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...oral examplars, and one of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all C... - 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: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]],...
11: ... mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
17: ... to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edwar...
20: ...rchbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - 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... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
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27: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
40: ...mbia University]], and her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's Department of Public Law a...
42: ... was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legisl...
44: ...lowing an international competition in which she wrote about the - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
9: ...[1912]] she broke with the WSPU over the group's promotion of arson attacks. Sylvia set up the [[East ...
11: The group continued to move leftwards and briefly adopted...
13: ...organ she revolted. As a result she was expelled from the CPGB and moved to found the short-lived Comm...
15: ...[council communism]] and was eventually expelled from the organisation. Sylvia was an important figure...
17: ...ia, a Cultural History'' (London: Lalibela House, 1955). Having moved to Addis Ababa in [[1956]], with h... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people.]]
2: ...ghts Movement]], most famous for her refusal in [[1955]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who wa...
4: ... up on a farm with her grandparents, mother, and brother; most of her adult life she worked as a seams...
8: ...e back of the bus to make extra seats for whites. Rosa was tired of being treated as a second-class ci...
9: [[Image:Rosa_parks_bus.jpg|thumb|right|The bus, now a museum... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...edom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: ... helped break down the segregation of literature from small minority subsets ([[African-American Liter...
8: ...ciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize i...
10: She is currently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University...
12: ...one-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas." - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ... Bolzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ... at age 19) of such competition mainstays as the Prokofiev ''Toccata'' and Liszt's ''Sixth [[Hungarian...
9: ...erto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]. From [[1969]] to [[1973]], Argerich was married to [[...
11: ...as been tireless in promoting younger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appea...
17: ...h & [[Mikhail Pletnev]] for ''[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella Suite for Two ... - 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...
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 ...
14: ...portant groups and [[Solo (music)|solo]]ists. Her role effectively was the "instrumentalist of voice".... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...r of saints|feast day]] of [[July 22]]. Her name probably means "Mary of [[Magdala]]", a town on the w...
6: ...'' was that of gratitude for deliverances he had wrought for them: Luke tells that out of Mary were ca...
12: ...dala and her role among some early Christians is provided by the [[gnostic]], [[New Testament Apocryph...
16: Her vision does not meet with universal approval:
22: ... and reject the authority of women to teach." (introduction, ''[[Nag Hammadi|The Nag Hammadi Library]]... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...rn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[1975]] for her lead role in ''[[Love Among the Ruins (TV movie)|Love Amo...
5: ...iscussed, and her mother campaigned for birth control and equal rights for women. The Hepburns demand...
7: ...teens, winning a bronze medal for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shoo...
8: <!-- expand information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on He...
10: ...was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Host... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
5: ...ames|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing|sculler]], and her brother "Jack" followed in that tradition. ''Kelly Dr...
7: ... ([[1952]]), a generally praised but somewhat controversial [[Western movie|western]] starring [[Gary ...
9: ...award went to [[Donna Reed]] for her role in ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films wit...
11: ...co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to protect both their reputations.
13: ...t|In the 1956 film The Swan, Kelly starred in the role of a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Loui... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...llivan]]. She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
7: .... Selznick]] had secrectly selected Leigh for the role after seeing her in the [[MGM]] film ''[[A Yank...
9: In [[1940]], Leigh arranged for a divorce from Holman and married [[Laurence Olivier]]. The pa...
15: The actress died of chronic tuberculosis in her [[London]] home. She was c...
35: *''[[The Deep Blue Sea]]'' ([[1955]]) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
1: ...phiaLoren55.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Sophia Loren''' in 1955.]]
5: ...te daughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicol...
7: ...s and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
9: ...n meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...l]] play), ''[[Houseboat (movie)|Houseboat]]'' (a romantic comedy again co-starring Cary Grant), and [... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [...
6: ...he studio where Marilyn's mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later...
12: ...[1941]], Grace took her in again. She was then introduced to a neighbor's son, James Dougherty, who wo...
16: ...d the spectacular heights of fame that Marilyn Monroe has. Her [[face]] was certainly her fortune and ... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ...rd of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname ''"T...
7: ... [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader of the Dutch femal...
11: ...he Netherlands at that time (such as [[Rie Mastenbroek]]), and she would have a better chance to quali...
17: ...ek before the Netherlands were invaded by German troops.
27: ...ollowing year, she did even better. First, she improved the high jump record to 1.71 m in a speci... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ...retired it was eight years before her record was broken.
4: ...]’s palace, taking the Olympic flag (later proved false). The ban was lifted four years later.
19: *[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome Olympic Games]]
33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
35: **110 yards [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]]: 1960, 1962
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