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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
40: | [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]
52: | [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
87: | [[Massachusetts]]
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
123: | [[New Jersey]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: ...[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...rancisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...onso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - November 4 (10686 bytes)
11: ...ty of Washington]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial Univers...
12: ...troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
24: ...lity Act of 1939]], allowing cash-and-carry purchases of [[weapon]]s by belligerents.
25: * [[1942]] - World War II: [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] - Disobeying a direct ... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
16: *[[Amy Acker|Acker, Amy Louise]] (born 1976)
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
42: *[[Louise-Victorine Ackermann|Ackermann, Louise-Victorine]](1813-1890) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...tazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
17: ...s Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: ...[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...yette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
3: ... Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known a...
5: ...sors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collec...
9: ...ein in the Empire of [[Austria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the ...
11: ...art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...Isak Dinesen''' ([[April 17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the ...
5: ...oria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving with the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[F...
7: ...ntinued to operate the plantation until the collapse of the coffee market in 1931 forced her to abando...
9: ...ndrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
13: ... of respect. Recently, however, critics have praised her for her artful capture of the actual languag...
15: ...right's writings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with this struggle. Othe...
20: ...e of the alleged incident, and the case was dismissed.
22: ...as predicated on black inferiority. The letter caused a furore and proved to be Hurston's last public ...
25: ...orrison]] and [[Alice Walker|Walker]] herself, whose works are centered in a Black American experience... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and he...
11: ...t of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
15: ... a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus other young painters.
19: ...arge circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art were highl...
21: ... was Gertrude's 'wife' in that Stein rarely addressed his wife, and he treated Alice the same, leaving... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...elia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his f...
8: ... employed as a social worker in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. During this time, she was able to keep up w...
10: ...y President [[Calvin Coolidge]] at the [[White House]]. From then on, flying was the fixture of Earhar...
16: ...] to [[Mexico City]] and back to [[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delivery of a [[Loc...
18: ...Pan Am]], where he helped establish the company's seaplane routes across the Pacific. He hoped the res... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
5: ...ish universities so she worked as a governess for several years. Eventually, with the monetary assista...
9: ... and the other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity.
11: ...nary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Pr...
13: ...aving it open so the scientific community could research unhindered.
17: ...atheist]], raised a [[Catholic]], but that didn't seem to matter). France at the time was still reelin... - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
1: ...th century]], with penetrating insights that she used to develop elegant abstractions which she formal...
8: ...ague, [[David Hilbert]], had to advertise her courses in the
9: ...emic senate. Said Hilbert, "I do not see that the sex of the candidate is against
10: ... After all, the university senate is not a bathhouse." She was finally admitted to the faculty in [[19...
12: ...ntals of modern physics, which is substantially based on the properties of symmetries. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...prolific [[astronomy|astronomer]] noted for her research into [[globular cluster]]s, but best remember...
5: ...ge]], after graduation she went on to [[Harvard Observatory]] to work with [[Annie Jump Cannon]] and [...
7: ...io]] where she took a job at the [[David Dunlap Observatory]], where Frank Hogg became director in [[1...
9: ...she published numerous papers, and established herself as a leader in the field of astronomy. In [[19...
17: ==See also== - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: [[Image:JosephineBakerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...1906]] - [[April 12]], [[1975]]), born '''Freda Josephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] da...
7: ...e]], where she starred at the [[Folies Berg貥]], setting the standard for her future acts. Already a ...
9: ... them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ... hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contemporary painters and sculptors. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
4: ...rt News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her o...
6: ... to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched ...
10: ... [[Swing (genre)|swing]] singer, she also encompassed [[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[boss...
12: ...lington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo Records|Pablo]] years...
20: ...rnegay, but the marriage was later annulled. Her second husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] p... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...d to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the formation of the [[F.B...
9: ..., she told him they were through. Although he was sentenced to 5 years in prison shortly thereafter, t...
11: ...onal account of their crime spree and looming demise.
15: ...ssession of stolen goods (turkeys). In both of these instances there is the remote possibility that Cl...
19: ...obody thought it was anything special. Nobody guessed where it would lead."{{ref|knight}} - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in the [[New York City]].
6: .... ''Meshes of the Afternoon'' is recognized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 t...
10: ...ed in them. Her book on the subject, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often consider...
12: ...er death was the result of a [[Vodoun|voodoo]] curse.
14: ...(1982). James Merrill paid for the completion of several of Deren's films. - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...8]], [[2003]]) was an actress, a director, and subsequently a [[Nazi]]-era [[Germany|German]] [[filmma...
5: ... sex appeal suggested rather than shown. When presented with the opportunity to direct ''[[The Blue L...
7: ... German [[Wehrmacht]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom...
9: In [[1936]], Riefenstahl qualified to represent Germany in [[cross-country skiing]] in the [[19...
13: ...entration camp]] inmates on her film sets, but those claims could not be proved in court. In the end, ... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ... Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (De...
8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral mem...
12: ...e the camera -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice among establ...
16: ...the Wind]] put her out of the running for good -- Selznick decided that she was too old (at 34) for Sc... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...films in Sweden, Bergman was signed by [[David O. Selznick]] to star in the remake of [[Intermezzo (19...
5: ...[Gaslight]]'' ([[1944]]). She received a third consecutive nomination for Best Actress with her perfor...
7: ...s children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...known as ''H?onaten'') for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final ...
11: ...d [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, which caused fellow actor [[John Gielgud]]'s remark, "She spe...
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