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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
5: [[Image:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of ...
7: ...ver of January'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio de Janeiro (state)...
9: ...ty|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[B...
13: ...here Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Ameri... - 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]]) - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ation merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...nded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ... the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) th...
18: ...[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
22: ...g]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...p could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...ead notion that Columbus fought with opposition based on the idea that the earth was flat is a literar...
5: ...at sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of Am...
7: ...]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[1...
9: ...s [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] o... - 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 ... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ... belies the magnitude of the problems it faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist claims of...
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47: ...notes = <sup>1</sup> Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolate... - 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 - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_na...
18: ...t a large variety of things, including berries, insects, eggs and other small animals. Raccoons are kn...
20: ... weaned and will begin to fend for themselves. In severe winter climates, raccoons may become dormant ...
27: .... Raccoons bred by breeders or orphan raccoons raised by humans may make suitable pets; however, racco...
29: ...t raccoons. Raccoons raised in captivity and released often do not adapt to life outside. - 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. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...en Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), styled '''''HM The Queen''...
9: ...tralasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after Ki...
11: ...ries of which she is Head of State. Her reign has seen ten different [[Prime Minister of the United Ki...
15: ...ter her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of ... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...] host. A [[conservatism|conservative]], he discusses [[politics]] and [[current events]] on his show,...
6: ...me '''Rusty Sharpe'''. His father, a [[judge]] whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence ...
8: ...tm]. Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical found that he had an "inoperable [[pil...
10: .... (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''...
12: ...of promotions with the [[Kansas City Royals]] [[baseball]] team. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
5: {{House of Tudor}}
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) ...
9: ...riter and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity Co...
11: ...o reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to...
16: ...t the title of princess. Thereafter she was addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her fa... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...r successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
14: ...rend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...n order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
28: Diana's family, the Spencers, had been close to the British Royal Family for decades. Her mate...
30: ...irgin, and Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications.
32: ...e to her age (16 months the Prince's senior), her sexual experience, and her lack of suitably aristocr...
34: ...he Princess of Wales'' and was ranked as the most senior royal woman in the United Kingdom after the Q...
36: ...of Wales]] (commonly called Prince Harry) on [[15 September]] [[1984]]. - 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. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
10: ...cy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ...eedom if she would leave the country, but she refused.
14: ...a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people.
16: ...and again. He died in March [[1999]]. She remains separated from their children, who remain in the UK.
18: ...[[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang? - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...ry powers under the [[8th Amendment]]. Some of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss compa...
6: ...ncluded active participation in various social causes.
8: ...ter the election had to be re-run because she accused her rival of illegal canvassing. Her entire unde...
11: ...'s party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of General [[...
13: ... single largest bloc of seats in the [[National Assembly]]. Bhutto was sworn in as Prime Minister of a... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
28: ...ssive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ... history to sit at the table of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industr...
33: ...rticularly fond of any of her given names, and consequently adopted the first name '''Kim''' in her te...
39: ...ssive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]].
41: ...rship convention]] that June. As leader of the Conservatives Campbell automatically became Prime Minis... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
40: |[[27 November]] [[1999]]<br> to the present
43: ...eth Clark''' (born [[February 26]], [[1950]]) has served as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] since De...
45: ...h [[Jim Anderton]]'s Progressive Coalition Party (2002, with parliamentary supply and confidence from [[...
47: ...nd [[Jenny Shipley]] during the [[1990s]]. She is seen as an Aucklander, an academic (former lecturer ...
49: ... In her second term (1984-1987) she chaired the [[Select Committee]]s on Foreign Affairs and on Disarm... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
30: ...he [[Miami Herald]]. Jane Wood, Reno's mother, raised her children and then became an investigative re...
32: ... [[chemistry]], became president of the [[Women's Self Government Association]], and earned her room a...
34: ...he had difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
36: ...lorida House of Representatives]]. She helped revise the Florida court system. In [[1973]] she accepte...
44: ...ease]], an incurable degenerative illness that causes muscular stiffness and involuntary trembling.
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