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- 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...baco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
60: *[[Abe Kobo]], (1924-1993), Japanese author of ''The Woman In the Dunes'', ''The Magic...
62: ...beille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer
67: ...|Abel, Karl Friedrich]], (1723-1787), German composer - 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. - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...ँधी)''' (born [[December 9]], [[1946]]), is an [[Italy|Italian]]-born [[India]]n polit...
7: ...e around Orbassano. While doing a certificate course in [[english language|English]] in [[Cambridge|Ca...
11: ...the choice of [[Narasimha Rao]] as leader and, subsequently, Prime Minister. She finally entered polit...
13: ... a 19-party [[coalition government]] which was subsequently named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA...
15: ... members of the Congress party for Gandhi to reverse her decision. Gandhi instead took office as the c... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime...
2: ...jamin Netanyahu]] is a native-born [[Israeli]] whose family moved to [[Philadelphia]] when he was a te...
6: ...the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
20: ...merge as a leader. Her kibbutz chose her to represent them at [[Histadrut]], the General Federation ...
22: ...; and a daughter, Sarah. In 1928, she was elected secretary of the women's labor council of Histadrut.... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
22: |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
27: ...dy''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an app...
29: ...ip]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispat...
31: ...ic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were ...
33: ...er direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
3: ...s including "Poem Without a Hero". Her work addresses themes including time and memory, the fate of cr...
5: ...d does not appear to have been happy; her parents separated in [[1905]].
9: ...fellow Russian poetess [[Marina Tsvetaeva]], with several poems written in the form of correspondence ...
11: ...52 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[1946]]). She died in [[Leningrad]] in 1966.
13: ... a museum devoted to Akhmatova at the Fountain House (more properly known as the [[Sheremetev Palace]]... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...r [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
11: *Perto do Cora磯 Selvagem (1944) - Near the Wild Heart
12: *O Lustre (1946)
18: *A Paix㯠segundo G.H. (1964)
30: *Quase de Verdade (1978) - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
4: ... as [[Yoni|yonic]] symbols. Her mature style stressed contours and subtle tonal transitions, which oft...
8: ...ibit some of them. Stieglitz was especially impressed with O'Keeffe's interpretations of landscapes in...
10: ...rranged for O'Keeffe to move to New York City and secured a place for her to live. Over the next few y...
14: ...[Taos, New Mexico]], and when Stieglitz died in [[1946]], she took up permanent residence there, living ...
18: ...[http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/ Georgia O'Keeffe Museum] - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...ein''' ([[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], ...
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... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...enedict''' (n饠Fulton) ([[June 6]], [[1887]] - [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|Ame...
11: ...(Her critics dismiss these patterns as a "tiny subset" of the whole.)
15: ...ecruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. entry into
18: ... for American troops and stating the scientific case against racist beliefs. Despite the military con...
20: ... the recommendation to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that permitting continuation of the Emperor... - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
5: ...entually serving as its curator of ethnology from 1946 to 1969. In addition, she taught at Columbia Uni...
7: ...''Coming of Age in Samoa'' ([[1928]]), based on research she conducted as a graduate student, but her ...
16: ... She found that it did. (See pp. 6-7, American Museum of Natural History edition of 1973.)
18: ...people -- in which she got to know, lived with, observed, and interviewed (through an interpreter) the...
20: ... United States. [See [http://www.livejournal.com/users/aperey/1217.html Perey]] - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lise_Meitner.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lise Meitner]]
2: '''Lise Meitner''' ([[November 7]], [[1878]]–[[Octo...
4: ...r Chemistry</i>. Hahn and Meitner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of p...
10: ...he celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhat...
12: ...Year" by the National Women's Press Club (USA) in 1946; received the Max Planck Medal of the German Phys... - 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: ...ervatory]], where Frank Hogg became director in [[1946]] until his death in [[1951]].
9: ...she published numerous papers, and established herself as a leader in the field of astronomy. In [[19...
17: ==See also== - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ...nhold Windaus]]. In [[1930]] G?rt married Dr. [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. ...
5: ...r with [[Eugene Paul Wigner]] and [[J. Hans D. Jensen ]].
7: ...ike the Earth spinning on its axis as the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the...
9: ... some twirl clockwise, others twirl counterclockwise."
11: ...ture''. [[1963]] saw both [[Maria]] and [[Hans Jensen]] awarded the Nobel Prize for [[Physics]] "for t... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...y of the genre. She grew up in the "Black Pearl" section of the [[Carrollton, Louisiana|Carrollton ne...
3: ... in the history of [[Norway]]. She began a radio series on [[CBS]], and signed to [[Columbia Records]...
5: ...late [[1950s]] and early [[1960s]] continued to rise when she recorded with [[Percy Faith]], and perfo... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ... Patti Smith's first album, ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'', was a photo by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]].]]
2: ...ah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]] mother, and these opposing influences have informed much of her wor...
4: ...anier]] of the [[Blue ֹster Cult]], who recorded several songs to which Smith contributed, including ...
6: ...ved in an early job in an assembly line in New Jersey, with the flipside a version of the rock standar...
8: ...Patti Smith Group, punk's popularity grew and the second album ''[[Radio Ethiopia]]'' reflected this w... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: <!-- FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.or...
4: ...and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcutta (late...
6: ...r 2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
13: ...eresa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[19...
15: ... account, she received a calling from [[God]] "to serve Him among the poorest of the poor." - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: ...ng the Art of French Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiered in 1...
6: ...arbor]] in 1941, joined the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) after being turned down by the [[Un...
8: ...vilian Service as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat.
10: ...fine cuisine. She learned to cook in order to please him and entertain their large social circle. In 1...
14: ... written a French cookbook for Americans and proposed that Mrs. Child work with them to make it appeal...
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