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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...ntwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...der command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
12: ...bard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
16: ...ound|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrenders to [[Italy]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
40: *[[Lyman Abbott|Abbott, Lyman]], (1835-1922), American divine and author
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
4: *[[Viktor G. Afanasyev|Afanasyev, Viktor G.]], (1922-1994), Russian editor
5: ...ev|Afanasyev, Viktor M.]], (born 1948), Russian astronaut - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ictoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
9: ...absburgs]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[...
11: ... avoid their [[creditor]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various ...
13: ...se to her aunt, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (n饠[[Princess Augusta of Cambridge]]). May...
17: ...een Victoria]]'s fondness of May, as well as her strong character and sense of duty. Albert Victor was... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...atholic [[seminary]]. Her father, a building [[contractor]], died in [[1983]], but her mother and two ...
15: A storm of [[controversy]] emerged following her party's victory, as...
17: ...[[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] from [[1922]] to [[1964]]). - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...d as a child at the [[Anglo-Irish]] family's ancestral home, Lissadell House in [[County Sligo]]. Con...
8: ...]] (ICA), and, though a member of the landed [[gentry]], she devoted herself to the cause of [[sociali...
10: ...z was elected for the constituency of Dublin St Patrick's as one of 73 [[Sinn F驮]] [[Member of Parli...
12: ...[[Third Ministry of the Irish Republic|Third Ministry]] of the Dᩬ. Holding cabinet rank from April ...
14: ..._general_election,_1922|Irish General Election of 1922]] but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 el... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
6: ...thology reached six volumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in...
9: ...e against color, of which we hear so much, is no stronger than that against sex. It is produced by the...
12: ...on and enfranchisement of women. She was also a strong critic of [[religion]] in general and [[Christ...
16: ...th C. Stanton (AP-69)]], a [[World War II]] troop transport, was named for her. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: '''Gertrude Stein''' ([[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
9: ...in_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
13: ... Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supp...
15: ...Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus oth... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
8: .... With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her first [[airplane]], a [[Kinner...
10: ... to the marriage as a "partnership" with "dual control."
14: ...ng [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s solo flight. However, strong north winds, icy conditions and mechanical pro...
16: ...36]] she took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electra," financed by [[Purdue University]], she started...
22: ...signed to communicate with Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E and guide her to the island once she arrived... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
5: ...meist poetry|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ...concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to p...
10: ...ughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...l changes in school, and during the course of her travels she acquired Italian, French and German lang...
14: ...ing Album'', was self-published in [[1910]]. It attracted the attention of the poet and critic [[Maxim... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ...ormed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
11: ...h language. In her works she experimented with [[stream-of-consciousness]], the underlying psychologic...
13: ... sums and magnifies Woolf's chief preoccupations: transformation of life through the art, sexual ambiv...
15: ...his time. I begin to hear voices, and can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do...
20: ...ett and Patricia Cramer. Louise A. DeSalvo offers treatment of the incestuous sexual abuse Woolf suffe... - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
3: ...n=right><tr><td>[[Image:BessieColeman.jpg]]</td></tr></table>
10: ...ss at the [[Berlitz]] school in Chicago, and then travelled to [[Paris, France|Paris]] on [[November 2...
12: ..., she was admired by both blacks and whites. In [[1922]], she participated at her first air show, in [[L...
14: ...hen her plane stalled and crashed on February 22, 1922. As her notoriety grew, she was invited to make ...
16: ...bly because of a wrench that got stuck in the control gears. Coleman was killed instantly. Wills als... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...s a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity|Christian]] beliefs. As a [[tee...
13: ...sembarked in [[Hong Kong]], however, they both contracted [[malaria]]. Robert Semple died of the disea...
25: ... her on her religious travels, he soon became frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed for...
27: ...the Foursquare Gospel church. She supervised construction of a large, domed church building in the [[...
29: ... and her unashamed use of low-key sex appeal to attract converts, endeared her to her crowd of followe... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
4: ...and because of her father's sympathies for [[Leon Trotsky]], the family fled to [[Syracuse, New York|S...
14: ...Book of Ephraim]]'' (1976), the first book of the trilogy known as ''[[The Changing Light at Sandover]...
22: *''Riual in Transfigured Time'' (1946) Choreographic collaborati...
24: *''The Very Eye of Night'' (1952-55) with [[Metropolitan Opera]] Ballet School and Antony Tudor, m...
29: * ''Season of Strangers'' (1959) Haiku Film Project - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[H...
10: ...zen plays in the next eight years. Famous as an actress, she was famous, too, for her drinking, drug t...
12: ...ra -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al.
16: ...le-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight face).
18: ...n Hellman]]'s [[The Little Foxes]] (1939). Her portrayal won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award f... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...5]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
7: ==Becoming an actress==
8: ...ast her in a small part for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...Sweden|Swedish]] director [[Mauritz Stiller]]. He trained her in [[film|cinema]] [[acting]] technique ...
12: ...wyn-Mayer]], he insisted that Garbo be given a contract as well. But their relationship came to an end... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: ...90]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
6: ...Luis Miguel Dominguin]] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Sc...
8: ...r, was nominated, albeit in the best supporting actress category.
12: ...er partially paralyzed and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses. She died of [[p...
16: Gardner is portrayed by [[Kate Beckinsale]] in ''[[The Aviator]]''... - Lillian Russell (2418 bytes)
1: ...n [[United States of America|American]] [[actor|actress]] and [[singer]].
5: ...f her early life except that she had some musical training in [[Chicago]]. At the age of 18, she and h...
9: ...ady|"Diamond Jim" Brady]] who showered her with extravagant gifts of [[diamond|diamonds]] and [[gem|ge...
11: ...fenbach|Jacques Offenbach's]] ''[[The Princess of Trebizonde]]'', ''[[The Brigands]]'', and ''[[The Gr...
13: ...ery wealthy woman, during the [[Actors' Equity]] strike of 1919, Russell made a major donation of mone... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ... Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] titles. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tenni...
8: ...er decided to train her further in the sport. His training methods included an exercise where he would...
10: Only four years after her first tennis strokes, Lenglen played in the final of the [[1914 in...
24: ...S Open]] championships. That year, to raise reconstruction funds for the regions of France that had be...
28: ...celled her exhibition match. Unaccustomed to such treatment, a devastated Lenglen went home.
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