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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirund...
3: ...claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[...
10: ...rogr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
38: ...ates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
41: time_zone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | - 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
53: *[[Paula Abdul|Abdul, Paula]], (born 1962), US musician - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...a, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
5: ...1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752)
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952) - 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. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...[Salvador Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents s...
8: ... first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962.
10: ...ater in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 196...
12: ...lodita''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13.
14: ...whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile i... - 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: ...h, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a novel entitled ''The Angelic Avengers'', unde...
11: ...ered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband. - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...e became fairly famous, setting many [[glider]] aerobatic and endurance records, being the first woman...
6: ...[Junkers Ju 87]] ''Stuka'' and [[Dornier Do 17]] projects, as well as one of the few to fly the new [[...
8: ...sch was one of only two women awarded the [[Iron Cross]] First Class during world War 2, and the only ...
10: ...n order to be used during gliding tests, dropped from a [[Heinkel He 111]] bomber. Later it was sugges...
12: ..., but he would not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fire. - Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...937]]), is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] and was the first woman to fly in...
5: ...n [[parachuting]] at the local [[Aeroclub]]. In [[1962]] she was selected to join the female cosmonaut c...
7: ...None of the other four in Tereshkova's cosmonaut group ever flew.
9: ...e Communist Party]]. In [[1997]] she was retired from the [[VVS|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
1: [[Image:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Rosalind Franklin]]
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - ...
4: ==Background==
5: .... Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...charcoal and how to use them most efficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the ... - 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".... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ...Franklin had a few popular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though ...
8: ...antic Records]] in 1967, Franklin teamed up with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting...
10: ..."[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]...
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ''"You Make ... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
1: ..._Sheryl_Crow.jpg|thumb|''The Very Best of Sheryl Crow'' album released October 2003]]
3: ...]], [[United States|USA]]) is an American [[blues rock]] [[singer]], [[guitarist]] and song writer.
5: ==Introduction==
7: A former [[teacher]], Crow began her musical career in the [[1980s]] when s...
9: ...Night Music Club." They would get together and improvise songs until they had finished works. - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ... Army Faction]] (in [[German language|German]]: ''Rote Armee Fraktion''), which is also known as the '...
5: ...girls, Bettina and Regine, on [[September 21]], [[1962]].
7: ...many of the tracts and manifestos that the group produced, including the concept of the [[urban guerri...
9: ...dead in her cell on [[May 9]], [[1976]], hanging from the ceiling. The [[Germany|German]] government c... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...am through her many [[cookbook]]s and television programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook...
6: ...-minded, she volunteered with the [[American Red Cross]] and, after the bombing of [[Pearl Harbor]] in...
10: ...eign Service | U.S. Foreign Service]] and also introduced Julia to fine cuisine. She learned to cook i...
14: ... had written a French cookbook for Americans and proposed that Mrs. Child work with them to make it ap...
16: ... For the next decade as the Childs moved around Europe and finally to [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], th... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
5: ...y because she was considered insincere. So, she enrolled in [[John Murray Anderson]]'s dramatic school...
7: ...he outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...hen she resigned. Her career began to stagnate through the [[1940s]], but her performance in ''[[All ...
11: ...ther of their careers, was a smash hit and a top-grosser that year.
13: ...ith Henreid directing Davis in the [[camp]]y dual role as a murdering [[twin]] and her sibling victim.... - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
2: ...istian "Jodie" Foster''' (born [[November 19]], [[1962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Actor|actre...
7: ...ademy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her role in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s film ''[[Taxi Driver]]...
9: ...(1988). She earned her second for her co-starring role opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] in 1991's ''[[The ...
11: ...tement regarding her [[sexual orientation]]. Her brother's [[biography]] identifies her as such, but s...
13: ...f the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to impress Foster. - 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... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
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 [...
13: ...re freely expressed herself, although she gained profiency in the [[English language]]. In [[1960]], h... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
2: ...''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actr...
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 ...
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