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- Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
5: ...r tennis) as well as television viewers in 37 countries. She scooped winner-takes-all $100,000 for the...
9: ...ted her involvement in production and the free distribution of educational films, as well as serving o...
11: ...e [[Elton John]] song "Philadelphia Freedom" is a tribute to her.
14: *[[Australian Open]] - 1 singles title - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
2: ...ollowing this, Lafitte was engaged in the [[slave trade]] after it was banned.
6: ...ayed for 100 years. In the 1950's the journal was translated from the [[French language]] and publishe...
8: ...el, and though he engaged in the contraband slave trade, he is accounted a great [[romantic]] figure i...
13: ...War of 1812]], Lafitte was active in the Neutral strip of coast between Spanish Texas and American Lou...
21: ...here are unsubstantiated legends that Lafitte hid treasure in the area of the lake. - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
6: ...taly]] about [[1437]], where he executed the [[portrait]] of [[Pope Eugenius IV]], and that upon his r...
10: ...rtance as a painter was only realized when his portraits and [[altarpiece]]s were for the first time b...
12: ...ait drawing in [[crayon]]; whilst an authentic portrait from his brush is in the Liechtenstein collect...
14: ...ven out of the fourteen miniatures illustrating a translation of [[Josephus]] at the Bibliothque Natio...
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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... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...wledge]], [[meaning]], [[value]], [[being]] and [[truth]]. Each culture, [[prehistoric]], [[ancient]],...
12: .... This whole movement gradually became more concentrated in [[Athens]], which had become the dominant ...
14: ...r students. It's also well known that orators had tremendous influence on Athenian history, possibly e...
16: ...philosophy and sophistry, interchangeably, was destroying the piety and moral fiber of the city.
18: ...thens'' (1509) with Plato and Aristotle in the centre.]] - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Antarctica]].
3: ...:Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [...
4: ...]]. On that expedition, D'Urville recognized the true value of a recently unearthed statue as an anci...
14: ...eet in Paris, Rue Dumont d'Urville, in the 8th district near the [[Champs-Élysées]]. [[Dumont d'Urv...
18: ...enty-four volumes, with six large volumes of illustrations. - Treasury (1846 bytes)
1: ...securities, see [[Treasury security]]. Also see [[treasury management]]''.
3: ...] is the revenue agency of the [[US Department of Treasury]].
5: ...traditional honorary title of [[First Lord of the Treasury]] is held by the [[Prime Minister]].
7: ... there is a Treasurer and a Finance Minister. The Treasurer is responsible for drafting the government...
9: ...ther countries, the treasury is called the [[Ministry of Finance]] and the head is the Finance Ministe... - 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
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - 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... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
5: ...r half-brother [[Peter I of Portugal]] and his mistress Teresa Louren篮 Through John of Gaunt she was...
8: ...John I of Portugal by Inez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos.
21: Some Catholic Spaniards are trying to get Isabella declared as [[blessed]] and [...
24: Isabella has been represented in film by actresses like [[Lola Flores]] and [[Sigourney Weaver]...
26: She killed many Moors after her entrance to [[Cordoba]]. - 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... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life.
17: ...obert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewa...
19: ...land. Two months later, Mary and her mother, who strongly opposed the marriage proposition, went into ...
24: ...bes in miniature. A crimson velvet mantle, with a train furred with ermine, was fastened around her ti...
26: ...y. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped ... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...gn. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legitimated the Russian cla... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767...
5: ...enged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and content, while also examining [[philoso...
10: ...reece'' (1743); with two colleagues he produced a translation of James's ''Dictionary of Medicine'' (1...
12: ...ptique'', an [[allegory]] pointing first to the extravagances of Catholicism; second, to the vanity of...
14: ...election]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Dide... - 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... - 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: ...other's testimony against her daughter during the trial, meant custody of Diana and her brother was gi...
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]]... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[M...
35: ... and entered politics as a Vancouver school board trustee. Campbell and Divinsky were divorced in [[19...
45: ...n in government, and if not, would at least be a strong [[parliamentary opposition|opposition]] to a L...
47: ...oon wore off. The prime minister appeared to have troubles relating to "regular" Canadians, and many f...
51: ...e, barely behind the [[Reform Party]]. The concentration of support for Reform in [[Western Canada|th... - 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 ... - 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... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...lesman. With his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and sel...
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...
31: * ''Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions'' (1983) - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...er 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the arts.
8: ... [[salon]]s, and her own drawing room became a centre for the discussion and consumption of the litera...
10: ...n a convent in 1656 at the behest of [[Anne of Austria]], Queen of France and regent for her son [[Lou...
14: ...1660s she retired from her love affairs and concentrated more on her literary friends -- from 1667, sh...
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