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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]] ... - 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
55: *[[Juan F. Acosta|Acosta, Juan F.]] (1890-1968), Puerto Rican composer
56: *[[Mercedes de Acosta|Acosta, Mercedes de]] (1893-1968) - 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: ...r of India]]. They were [[marriage|married]] in [[1968]], after which she took up residence in India. Th...
15: A storm of [[controversy]] emerged following her party's victory, as... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ... graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has a [[Master of Laws]] degree. She married ...
18: ...the lawyer of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[1974]]. ...
20: ...d. In the parliament her first actual position of trust was working as a chairman of the social commit...
28: ...rime minister]] [[Esko Aho]] of the [[Keskusta|Centre Party]], becoming Finland's first female preside...
32: ...ld still take an active role in governing the country. This was evident in e.g. the nomination of her ... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
1: [[Image:Kelly&Bastian.jpg|220px|thumb|Petra Kelly on the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''Ei...
2: '''Petra Karin Kelly''' ([[November 29]], [[1947]] &ndash...
4: ... F. Kennedy]] and [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] in the [[1968]] US elections. She graduated from the School of ...
6: ...nvironment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
8: Petra Kelly was one of the founders in [[1979]] of ''D... - 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...
40: ...eight months and retired again on [[August 1]], [[1968]].
42: ... governing coalition, and serious questions over strategic misjudgments and general lack of leadership... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...ure in the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]], most famous fo...
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.
14: ...65]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[novelist]], [[poetry|poet]], [[literary criticism|literary critic]], ...
6: ...ffect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices...
10: ...05]]. In addition, the [[French language|French]] translation of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servant...
12: ...[Toronto]], [[Unotchit]] Inc., her company, demonstrated a "remote book-signing device" at an invitati...
31: === Poetry collections === - 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)
17: *A Legi㯠Estrangeira (1964) - Foreign Legion
20: *A mulher que matou os peixes (1968) - 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... - 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... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...lobular cluster]]s, but best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from [[1951]] until [[1981...
9: ...established herself as a leader in the field of astronomy. In [[1985]], she married [[F. E. L. Priest...
11: She won the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Awar...
13: In [[1968]] she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canad... - 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: ...Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
12: ... category was added to the [[Grammy Award]]s in [[1968]], she was virtually unchallenged, winning eight ...
14: ...973 ''''You.'''' But it still produced a standout track ''"Angel",'' written by her sister Carolyn whi... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
5: ...ng|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final exam...
7: ... mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Vi...
11: ...ommemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)|J...
19: *''Night in Memphis'' cantata (1968)
21: *''Vivente - Non Vivente'' for electronics (1970) - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
6: ...coholism|drinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...]. The band signed a deal with independent [[Mainstream Records]] and recorded an eponymously titled a...
10: ...ally heavy" during Joplin's performance.) Their [[1968]] album ''[[Cheap Thrills]]'' featured more raw e...
20: ...she was able to record her vocal over the backing track.
30: ...nd sense of humour, her liberated stance and her strident, hard-living "one of the boys" image all com... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: ...i Mitchell-Both Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''...
5: ...]]s) and unique [[guitar]] playing, tuning the instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distincti...
7: ...albums ''[[Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull)]]'' (1968) and ''[[Clouds (album)|Clouds]]'' (1969) were ar...
11: ...sylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "Fo...
13: ...ite the commercial success of the more mainstream tracks, she would spend the rest of the decade produ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...illboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Classically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly piano-based m...
7: ...Eastern Cherokee with some European ancestry). In 1968, she was given a full scholarship to the [[Peabod...
10: ... [[China O'Brien]]; in the credits, the song is attributed to a band called "Tess Makes Good" with "ad...
13: ... A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack.
16: ...[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]]. The [[Australia]]n edition of the album included "More Pink",...
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