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- 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
35: ...[[Diane Julie Abbott|Abbott, Diane Julie]], (born 1953), British Labour MP
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: Ad (7741 bytes)
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
57: *[[John Luther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - 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 I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...her from her mother, who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or ...
15: The Princess Mary became an extremely well-educated child under the direction of h...
17: ...s eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mar...
21: ...[[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although she w...
23: Mary confidently expected her troubles to end when Queen Anne lost royal favour an... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><...
9: ...r]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[Briti...
16: ...treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and witchcr...
18: ...ll-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker b...
20: ...zabeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ictoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
3: ... May]], [[1867]] – [[March 24|24 March]], [[1953]]) was the [[Queen consort]] of [[George V of the...
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 (né¥ [[Princess Augusta of Cambridge]]). May... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...hutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...th Amendment]]. Some of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime ...
6: ...d her father, as [[Pakistan]]'s foreign minister, travelled to the [[United Nations]] to resolve the i...
8: ...n the middle of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad...
21: ...nds and maintained better relations with many countries. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...mme of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed...
31: ...ge-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands of [[northern England]], and increa...
36: ...hen the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was no...
38: ...|Oxford]] from [[1944]] where she studied [[chemistry]]. She became Chairman of the [[Oxford Universit...
41: ...tion|Bar]]. She qualified as a [[Barrister]] in [[1953]], the same year that her twin children, [[Carol ... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...e world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...r three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
12: ...well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television...
14: ...(whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile ...
16: ...t]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Ant... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...eived a B.A. in English from Howard University in 1953, and achieved a [[Master of Arts]] degree from [[...
8: ...e of the renunciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [...
12: ...president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born po... - 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... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
6: ...merica by the Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954]] the [[Associated Press]] named her...
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... - 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...
11: ==King's College London 1951-1953==
14: ===Discovery of the structure of DNA=== - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
3: In 1953, she introduced the first test, called the [[Apgar Score]],... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...rock music|rock]], [[folk music|folk]], and [[country music]] singer and songwriter. A three-time [[Gr...
6: ...Ramblin' on My Mind'', it was a collection of country and [[blues]] covers. She followed it up in 1980...
8: ... relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among music insiders, including ...
10: ...h Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994.
12: ... of the loop. And I feel strongly that that's country music's loss." - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
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...
20: ...nly been called into question because of these instructions." - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...89]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]], [[comedian]] and star of [[I Love Lucy]]. A...
5: ... then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ...ed in many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for [[RKO]]. She switched to [[MGM]] (a...
13: In [[1953]], she was subpoenaed by the [[House Committee on...
17: ...ate_factory1.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Lucy and Ethel try to "Speed it up a little."]] - 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... - 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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