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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...g by the Qin emperor ([[2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, C...
7: ...s, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In la...
18: ...nnect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] province, where a bronze smelter from...
28: ...mi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power became decentralized during the [[Spring and Autumn Period]] whe...
30: ...aoning]], and governed under the new local administrative system of [[commandery]] and [[prefecture]] ... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... of kingship in both war and peace. He is the central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as ...
5: ...d become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he...
17: ==Earliest traditions of Arthur==
19: ...to "Arthur the Blessed"; ''Preiddeu Annwn'' ("The Treasures of Paradise"), mentions "the valour of Art...
21: ... to Arthur is in the ''[[Historia Britonum]]'', attributed to the Welsh [[monk]] [[Nennius]], who is s... - 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)
39: *[[Bryan Adams|Adams, Bryan]], (born 1959), [[Canada|Canadian]] singer
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: Ai (1915 bytes)
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright...
16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
19: *[[Danny Ainge|Ainge, Danny]], (born 1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] play...
22: ...|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
24: ...eorge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - 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... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
47: ...tudies]], conducting research in developments and trends in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
51: ...Russia]]n foreign policy, and [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]]an politics, and was re...
56: ...etary-General|UN Secretary-General]] [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]].
78: In May [[1959]] she married newspaper journalist [[Joseph Medil... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
1: [[Image:Kelly&Bastian.jpg|220px|thumb|Petra Kelly on the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''Ei...
2: ...ed and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
6: ...nvironment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
8: Petra Kelly was one of the founders in [[1979]] of ''D...
14: ...and presents, since [[1998]], the international Petra Kelly Prize [http://www.boell.de/en/10_preise/14... - 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...
43: ... April [[1958]]. She easily won the seat in the [[1959]] election and took her seat in the [[British Hou... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
6: ... fifth child of the [[Jew]]ish wood trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maide...
8: ...rties, and started off by organising a [[general strike]]. As a result, four of its leaders were put t...
14: ...stria]], and [[Russia]]. She maintained that the struggle should be against [[capitalism]] itself, and...
21: ...ection. Luxemburg wanted to organise a [[general strike]] to rouse the workers into solidarity and pre...
27: ...sm and [[Economics]] at the SPD party training centre in Berlin. One of her students was the later lea... - 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... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...e world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
10: From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United Nations...
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... - Marguerite Duras (1799 bytes)
5: ..., and went to [[France]], her parents' native country, to study law, but became a writer instead. She ...
7: ... Song]]''. She was also the screenwriter of the [[1959]] French film ''[[Hiroshima mon amour]]'', which ... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ... works: ''Marie ai nun, si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."...
3: ...Aquitaine]] was well known to be a patroness of [[troubador]]s and other artists, it seems logical to ...
9: ...Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...ce" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|American]] [[philosopher]...
19: ... Party of the Soviet Union|Communist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There i...
22: ...er basic living-expenses. While working as an [[extra]] on [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''[[King of Kings]]'...
26: ...mpany]] publishing house. Despite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringi...
31: ...]] of egoism and individualism. Rand also had a strong dislike for [[mysticism]], [[religion]], and c... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...ished in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] and [[Max Jacob]]. In [[1941]], she quit her w...
6: ...on]], one of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau roman]].
10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]]
11: * ''Portrait of an Unknown'', [[1948]]
12: * ''The Planetarium'', [[1959]] - 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...
18: In [[1959]] she was invited to India by the Indian Prime Mi... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ...878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studied [[radioact...
4: ...r knowledge of physics and his knowledge of chemistry.
8: ...less transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger effect]], which is named for [[Pierre...
10: ...nventional preconceptions. This report had an electrifying effect on physicists in the know, in partic...
12: ...she was treated to total American press celebrity treatment, with the usual press inaccuracy, as someo... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ... the most famous singing actress of the era. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from...
5: ... recorded and performed many bel canto operas, contributing greatly to the bel canto revival of the 19...
7: ...singly unstable higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...s a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice.
11: ...ven in her honor by [[Elsa Maxwell]]. In November 1959, she left Meneghini for Onassis. According to one... - 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" ...
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