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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its...
15: ...ilt and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - n...
17: ...ore, the city developed from current Downtown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an...
19: ...ahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...ope. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arr... - 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: Ad (7741 bytes)
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
67: ...1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
20: ...r duties there included picking almonds, planting trees, caring for chickens, and running the kitchen....
22: ...her. Her husband died in [[1951]], Golda was away traveling at the time.
30: ... forces from [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Transjordan]] and [[Iraq]]. She was issued Israel's...
38: ...], she was also the Israeli Minister of Labor. In 1956, she became Foreign Minister. While she was the F...
42: ... governing coalition, and serious questions over strategic misjudgments and general lack of leadership... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
4: ...yle="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| [[Image:janetreno.jpg|180px|Janet Reno]]
32: ...[Ithaca, New York]], where she majored in [[chemistry]], became president of the [[Women's Self Govern...
42: ...lightning rod for criticism of the Clinton Administration from the right, who often perceived the fede...
44: ...ss that causes muscular stiffness and involuntary trembling.
52: ...rom gangs, drugs and violence and on the road to strong, healthy and self-sufficient lives. - 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. - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
7: ...t|Christabel]] and her mother Emmeline. But in contrast to them she retained her interest in the labou...
11: ...The CP(BSTI) was opposed to parliamentarism in contrast to the views of the newly founded [[Communist ...
17: ...la House, 1955). Having moved to Addis Ababa in [[1956]], with her son, [[Richard Pankhurst]], she found...
19: She died in 1960, and was buried in front of Trinity Cathedral in [[Addis Ababa]]. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...uley''') is a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [[American Civil Rights Mo...
4: ...ther; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
8: ...class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly conduct]] and ...
10: ...ericans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle.
12: In [[1956]] Parks's case ultimately resulted in [[Supreme C... - 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: ...[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]] and left to study in [[India]] for two years.
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... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...ebruary 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, known as the '''Quee...
5: ...頧'La Rotond'' where the man at the next table introduced himself as "Modigliani, painter and Jew". I...
9: ...<center>'''- ''Nina Hamnett'' -'''</center></td></tr></table>
11: ...d the like. The photo shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry.
13: ...and Windmill Streets that formed the area's epicentre. Home of the caf頬ife in Montparnasse, it was N... - 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... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...n = right><tr><td>[[image:mae-jemison.jpg]]</td></tr></table>'''Dr Mae C. Jemison''' blasted into orbi...
5: ...n African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
7: ...joining the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general prac...
9: ... of three children, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicag...
11: ... into a commitment to effectively contribute. She traveled to [[Cuba]], rural [[Kenya]], and spent a m... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ... hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She...
8: ...e new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...oice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s with the famous Ellington's hit "[[Take the 'A' train]]", of which she was one of the few to sing - ...
14: ..., [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" ... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] ...
6: ...rma]], sang at her father's [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at...
10: ...("[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters...
14: ...973 ''''You.'''' But it still produced a standout track ''"Angel",'' written by her sister Carolyn whi...
18: ...or several years after that. She lives today in Detroit. - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...r house was the first on their street to have electricity. Her mother, Sadie Fagan, was just thirteen ...
9: There is controversy regarding Holliday's paternity. This stems ...
16: ...performing regularly at numerous clubs on [[52nd Street]] in [[Manhattan]].
20: ...s like that". Even when she was young and singing trivial pop songs, her unique tone and emotional com...
24: ...ians and contemporaneous sources that she began intravenous use sometime around [[1940]]. - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
5: ...epictions of the Channel coast. She was asked to train under Colonel [[Maurice Buckmaster]] of the [[...
9: ...Peter's wife. The hope was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated.
11: ...st the prison guards at a [[1946]] [[war crime]]s trial.
13: ...ed Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956. - 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... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
2: ...[[October 22]] [[1943]]) is a [[France|French]] actress, born in [[Paris]], [[France]].
4: ...Françoise Dorléac]], 1942-1967, was a popular actress before dying in a car crash). Her breakthrough...
6: ...d was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
8: ... by her four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to ...
15: *1989 - ''Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre'' - 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]]''...
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