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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: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
44: ...[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
44: *[[Douglas Adams|Adams, Douglas]], (1952-2001), British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to ...
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
24: ...elli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her...
7: ...[head of state]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]],...
9: ...ate in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving curren...
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of State. Her reign has s...
15: ...re and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her... - 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... - Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
1: ...ulian calendar|O.S.]]), [[1872]] - [[March 9]], [[1952]]) was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Communist]] revo...
7: ...was the most prominent woman in the Soviet administration and was best known for founding the [[Zhenod...
13: ...tion to the [[League of Nations]]. She died in [[1952]]. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eleanor_Roosevelt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...ted States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. Sh...
5: ...st Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...y cold woman, in an autocratic house. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Ro...
16: ...osevelt's sexuality continues to be a topic of controversy. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...n opening the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]...
5: ...n [[1902]], she married William Sanger. Although stricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the...
7: ...h outlawed as [[obscene]] the dissemination of contraceptive information and devices.
9: ...trol Review and Birth Control News''. She also contributed articles on health for the [[United States ...
11: ...ided basic information about such topics as [[menstruation]], but also acknowledged the reality of sex... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...lesman. With his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and sel...
8: In [[1952]] Steinem entered [[Smith College]] as a scholars...
12: ...e foreground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy...
23: ...and personal set backs. In 1994, she contracted [[trigeminal neuralgia]]. She became a newlywed at an ...
25: She made famous a phrase that was coined by Australian author [[Irina Dunn]]: "A woman without a ma... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ... one of the most significant Russian [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeist poets]].
11: ...enced, unable to publish poetry, between 1925 and 1952 (except for an interval between [[1940]] and [[19...
13: ...re Akhmatova lived from the mid [[1920s]] until [[1952]].
16: ...p://www.imwerden.de/akhmatova.html Akhmatova's poetry in MP3 format]
18: ..._great_poets/fe/eu/aa Anna Akhmatova ] Bio and Poetry - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...n the novel was published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy...
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the life...
12: *O Lustre (1946)
14: *Alguns Contos (1952)
17: *A Legi㯠Estrangeira (1964) - Foreign Legion - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
8: ...ings''," she flew her own airplane around the country promoting her products. Years later, her husband...
10: ...dopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
12: ...rforce Service Pilots]] (WASP) she supervised the training of more than a thousand women pilots. For h...
14: ...apan]] after the War and attended the [[Nuremberg Trials]] in [[Germany]]. Following the end of the Wa... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
4: ...f an [[ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]] and was in training to become a medical doctor in 1932 when she...
12: ...rrived on the 27th, landing on a city street, and travelled to the "bunker". She is said to have overh...
16: ...flying, except, after a few years, in gliders. In 1952 '''Hanna Reitsch''' won third place in the world ... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...t contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
8: ...he basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...re and earned an international reputation on the structure of carbons. Indeed on several occasions aft...
14: ===Discovery of the structure of DNA===
15: ...B form of DNA. Francis Crick has commented that 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisi... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ... [[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [...
11: ... help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She was a me...
13: ...o provide education for girls. After a few months training at the Institute of the [[Blessed Virgin Ma...
24: ...ace), and an orphanage. The order soon began to attract both recruits and charitable donations, and by...
26: ...me]] and [[Tanzania]], and eventually in many countries in [[Asia]], [[Africa]], and [[Europe]], inclu... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ... Skarbek''' ([[May 1]], [[1915]] - [[June 15]], [[1952]]) was a [[Poland|Polish-born]] [[World War II]] ...
7: ... she falteringly entered the worlds of work and matrimony. A first marriage, at eighteen, to business...
9: ...h courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-tank]] [[rifl...
11: ...ntelligence]]. Krystyna showed her penchant for stratagem when they were arrested by the German [[Ges...
15: ...], during their flight from [[Hungary]], to charm transit visas through French-mandated [[Syria]] from... - 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 - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...demy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...e film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
5: ...]]'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of...
7: ...llini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...ard for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]) for her performance in ''[[Murder on the Or...
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