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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...he west of what would become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power and the extent ...
7: ...ho was active during the reign of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a s...
9: ...red for centuries afterward. Yet the obscurity surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes thi...
13: ...ther Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the forces battling the Sax... - 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]]. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
4: ... States]], the third of the five daughters of railroad tycoon [[Chiswell Dabney Langhorne]] (1843-1919...
6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where...
10: ...y critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband had protested to Hitler about his treatment of the [[Jew]...
17: # [[Robert Gould Shaw III]] (1898-1970) - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...II of Orange|William of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ... [[1711]], both Sarah and her husband fell out of royal favor. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored thei...
6: Close links with the Royal Family remained. In a move which anticipated ...
8: {{succession box | title=[[Mistress of the Robes]] | before=— | after=[[Elizabeth Seymour... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
3: |style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:t...
25: ...der of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ...d the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[comm...
29: ...]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...stained economic growth occured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporte... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...[[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ...dical research. In addition to her extensive background in science, she is well-versed in African and ...
7: ...nia|Los Angeles]] with the INA/Ross Loos Medical Group. She then spent two and a half years (1983-85) ...
11: ...led the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell Me...
13: ... a satellite based telecommunication system to improve health care in West Africa; and The Earth We Sh... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...[[scientist]], born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in [[Cairo]].
3: ...dal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, displayed in the Royal Society, London]]
5: ...ctured synthetically; and also those of [[cholesterol]], [[lactoglobulin]], [[ferritin]], [[tobacco mo...
7: ...y and in [[1976]] the [[Copley Medal]] from the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1965]] she was appointed to t...
11: ...gical Interest: A Volume in Honour of Professor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
3: ...2]] - [[March 13]], [[1995]]) was an [[Allied]] heroine of [[World War II]].
5: ...to work with the [[French Resistance|French underground]] in [[Nazi]]-occupied France. She left her t...
7: ...hurchill]]. Using the code name '''Lise''', she brought him funds and acted as his radio operator.
17: ...ritish Empire|MBE]] and was awarded the [[George Cross]]. - Furniture (1728 bytes)
1: ...ive art]]. In addition to furniture's functional role, it can serve a symbolic or religious purpose. ...
5: *[[bedroom set (group)]]
16: *[[dinette (group)]]
17: *[[dining set (group)]]
31: *[[wardrobe]] - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
2: Name = North Carolina |
3: Fullname = State of North Carolina |
4: Flag = North Carolina state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of North Carolina]] |
6: Seal = North Carolina state seal.png | - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
32: ''Briefly from March [[1865]]''
50: ...n the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 [[Northern United States|northern states]...
53: ...]), [[Arkansas]] ([[May 6]], [[1861]]), [[North Carolina]] ([[May 20]], [[1861]]), and [[Tennessee]] (...
55: ...1861|rioting in Baltimore]] and other events had prompted a federal declaration of [[martial law]]. [...
58: ...stern counties of Virginia organized a secession from Virginia and entered the Union (with a plan for ... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...:nagasakibomb.jpg|thumb|295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] risi...
2: ...937]], in Asia and [[1 September]] [[1939]], in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority o...
6: ... of Germany on [[8 May]] [[1945]] ([[Victory in Europe Day|V-E]] and [[Victory Day|Victory]] Days), bu...
8: ...a case of [[total war]], it involved the "[[home front]]" and [[Strategic bombing|bombing of civilians...
10: ...Europe largely aligned as [[NATO]], and Eastern Europe largely as the [[Warsaw pact]], alliances which... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...intensity military operations and full-scale war from [[1947]] until the collapse of the Soviet Union ...
5: ...ance of power in Europe were firmly established, proxy battles in the Third World became an ever-impor...
7: ...es, operated in good part by arming or funding surrogates, a development that lessened direct impact o...
9: ...ain in the late 1970s and early [[1980s]], but improved as the Soviet bloc started to unravel in the l...
11: ...all]], a symbol of the Cold War-era division of Europe]] - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
3: [[Image:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Dorothea Lange]]'s "Migrant Mother," an iconic image o...
11: *[[1932]] - [[Amelia Earhart]] flies across [[Atlantic Ocean]]
15: *[[1933]] - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] becomes President
28: *[[1933]] - [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] withdraw from [[League of Nations]] - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...nd [[Britain]] would open a second front on the European continent; but the Allied invasion did not oc...
11: ... Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First Secretary [[J...
13: ...from a few minor adjustments, this would be the "iron curtain" of the Cold War. In hindsight, [[Yalta]...
17: ...merge intact—and even greatly strengthened from an economic perspective—was the United Sta...
20: ... for cordoning off a new Russian empire with an "iron curtain." - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
4: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-colla...
7: | style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image...
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1...
40: ...and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_i... - Stock car racing (7372 bytes)
1: ...miles (320-965 km) in length. Average speeds are around 160 mi/h (275.5 km/h), compared to 220 mi/h (3...
5: .... This term was used to differentiate such a car from a ''race car'', a special, custom-built car desi...
7: ...gh automobile dealers, and that all cars must be from a model run of which at least 500 cars of that m...
9: ... ordinary use, and require a far higher level of protection than is normally afforded by truly "stock"...
11: ...ally less sophisticated than standard cars on the road. For example, NASCAR (the premier stock car org... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
18: ...) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during [[World War II]], with the rank of [[Gen...
22: ...[[1909]] and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from [[1909]] to [[1911]].
26: ...s]]es.{{fn|1}} His mother was active in the sect from 1895, when Dwight was five years old, until she ...
30: ...p Meade]], [[Maryland]] and other places. He was promoted to Captain in [[1917]] and Major in [[1920]]...
34: ...ary advisor to the Philippine Government. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in [[1936]]. - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
9: | preceded=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
28: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>
32: <tr><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]</td></tr>
39: <tr><td>'''Profession:'''</td><td>[[farmer]], [[businessman]], [...
51: ...ing to the office upon the death of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
14: | wife=[[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
18: '''Franklin Delano Roosevelt''' ([[January 30]], [[1882]]–[[April...
20: ...international organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after h...
22: ...ational leadership, while dismantling his social programs.
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