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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... - 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)
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 - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...[[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], s...
15: ...e nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...father, [[Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer]] in [[1975]], Diana's father became the 8th [[Earl Spencer]]...
40: ...(Theoretically, such an affair constituted [[high treason]] by both parties.) Another of her lovers re...
50: ... a person infected with the [[HIV]] virus. Her contribution to changing the public opinion of [[AIDS]]... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
3: ...lign=right><tr><td>[[Image:NancyAstor.jpg]]</td></tr></table>
4: ... Grenfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], bec...
8: ... re-elected many times, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman me...
10: ...and her husband had protested to Hitler about his treatment of the [[Jew]]s. In 1940 she urged Prime M...
12: ...tic song to the tune of the haunting [[Marlene Dietrich]] song ''Lili Marlene'' that they called "The ... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ... April]] [[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic]].
3: ...ean-B餥l Bokassa]] formed a new government and introduced the post of prime minister, appointing Domi...
5: ...r, [[1979]], Domitien was arrested and brought to trial on charges of covering up extortion committed ... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
57: ...of government in, what was at that time, a very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passi...
59: ...d them all wrong as she emerged to be one of the strongest leaders in the history of independent India...
63: ..., she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own personal authority in a way her pr...
69: ...of banks Gandhi created are successful and widely trusted institutions today.
72: ...ing and increasing crop yields throughout the country ended India's reliance on foreign food grain imp... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
8: ...nister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
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 ... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...[United States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|Presiden...
35: .../www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutmusic/madabout_transcript090701.html]
37: ...n [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing|Sixteenth Street Baptist Church]] by [[white supremacy|white su...
41: ...] and led her to call Korbel, "one of the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.edu/phanc...
43: ...artment]] in [[1977]], during the [[Carter administration]], as an intern in the Bureau of Educational... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
5: ...entatives]] in [[1996]] from Michigan's Eighth District and served two terms. She did not seek reelect...
7: ...[[U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging]]. She introduced the [[Medical Equity and Drug Savings Act]]... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...mme of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed...
29: ...lenged Heath for the Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [...
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... - 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... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
7: ...algamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') reached the [[United States Su...
18: ...d [[fundamentalist]] Christians had kidnapped the trio. Many of the O'Hair assets were sold to clear u...
21: ... atheists and various efforts have been made to introduce a new term into common use.
24: ...h had nothing to do with O'Hair and was denied in 1975, concerning the prevention of educational radio c... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...e world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
12: ...well as a collection of articles, ''Civilice a su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television...
14: ...murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in [[Venezuela]]...
16: ...t]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Ant...
29: *''Portrait in Sepia'' (2000) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
9: Dialogue in Hurston's work is roughly transcribed so as to mimic the actual speech of the ...
15: ...hes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into ob...
17: ...ong the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Haiti]] in 1937, and presuming a sci...
22: ...-1954)|civil rights movement]] struggle was demonstrated by Hurston's opposition to the [[Supreme cour...
25: ...cludes, but does not necessarily focus on racial struggle. - 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... - 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... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
6: ...s her senior. Young Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her older brothers a...
14: ... job as a clerk in the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Office]] in [[Washington, D....
17: :"''As a patriot he bade me serve my country with all I had, even with my life if need be; as...
21: ...Finally, in July 1862, she obtained permission to travel behind the lines, eventually reaching some of...
23: ...he Union army, and while engaged in this work she traced the fate of 30,000 men. As the War ended, she...
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