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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
35: | [[Delaware]]
36: | [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]
47: | [[Hawaii]]
48: | [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
63: | [[Iowa]] - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
11: ...ton]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
12: * [[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate St...
15: ...ajority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
16: ... first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stoc... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...[[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[May 2]], [[1964]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the promi...
4: ...son Girl]]. One of her nieces, [[Joyce Grenfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, while a...
6: ... Viscount Astor|Waldorf Astor]], son of [[William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor]] and grandson of ...
8: ...g until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman member to actually take her seat...
10: ...h criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and he... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...eorgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalis...
6: ...ist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
8: ...ntence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...of [[Dᩬ ɩreann]], a new Irish Parliament. She was re-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House...
12: ... record until 1979 when [[Mᩲe Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Ir... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
2: ...tober 1]], [[1847]] - [[September 20]], [[1933]]) was a prominent [[Theosophy|Theosophist]], [[women's...
4: ...[[Fabian socialism]] and [[workers' rights]]. She was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.
9: ...cal Society over this in [[1906]]. In [[1908]] he was taken back into the fold through the agency of B...
11: ...nion more than former Theosophical leaders. This was a clear reversal of policy from Blavatsky and Ol...
13: ...Adyar|Theosophical Society in Adyar]], as the boy was proposed as the incarnate vessel for the Christ.... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ... works, before taking part in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in [[1936]] as the English language representa...
6: ...rset maker. It was in that workplace that Goldman was introduced to revolutionary ideas; she obtained ...
13: ... Berkman (or Sasha as she fondly referred to him) was jailed for fourteen years.
18: ...archist communists like [[Peter Kropotkin]].) She was charged with "inciting a riot" by the criminal c...
21: ...ourse of study in anarchist ideas. Leon Czolgosz was found guilty of murder and executed. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...17]], [[1885]] – [[September 7]], [[1962]]) was a [[pen name]] for the [[Denmark|Danish]] author...
5: ...the [[Canada|Canadian]] army in the [[First World War]].
7: ...1, and the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in 1925. Karen Blixen remained in Keny...
9: ...r the pseudonym of ''Pierre Andrezel''. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1939]].
17: * ''The de Cats Family'' (1909, published in ''[[Tilskueren]]'') - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...April 8]], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion picture]] [[actor|star]], known ...
5: ... through one of these lodgers Gladys, aged seven, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of...
7: ...B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that...
9: ...era and the sound film era. She won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired fro...
11: ...eir love; as the couple was driving and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the c... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
2: ...ed [[October 19]], [[1999]] in [[Paris, France]], was a lawyer and a [[Francophone]] writer of [[Russi...
4: ..., history, and sociology and became a lawyer. She was also equally interested in [[20th century]] lite... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...[[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet...
7: ...hree. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Ra...
13: ...nd Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael'...
17: When England declared war on Germany in [[World War I]], Stein and Toklas were visiting with [[Alfre...
19: ...reat artists and writers including [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[Thornton Wilder]], [[Sherwood Anderson]] an... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: ...ber 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) was a French [[painter]].
14: ... their strong composition and vibrant colors. She was, however, best known for her candid female nudes...
20: In [[1894]] she was the first woman admitted to the [[Soci鴩 Nation...
26: ...kbroker Paul Mousis in [[1896]] failed, when in [[1909]] the then 44-year old Valadon left Mousis for 23...
28: Suzanne Valadon died on [[April 7]], [[1938]] and was interred in the [[Cimeti貥 de Saint-Ouen]] in P... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
3: ...[June 6]], [[1887]] - [[September 17]], [[1948]]) was an [[United States|American]] anthropologist.
5: ...]. She attended [[Vassar College]], graduating in 1909.
7: ...ining the faculty in [[1923]]. [[Margaret Mead]] was one of her students.
13: In 1936 she was appointed an [[associate professor]].
15: ...sts who were recruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. ent... - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: Dr. '''Virginia Apgar''' ([[June 7]], [[1909]] - [[August 7]], [[1974]]) specialised in [[anes... - Jane Delano (3466 bytes)
1: ...in [[Savenay]], [[Loire-Atlantique]], [[France]], was a nurse and founder of the [[American Red Cross ...
6: ...Nurses where she remained until [[1909]] when she was made Superintendent of the United States Army Nu...
8: ...entered [[World War I]]. During the course of the War, more than 20,000 of her nurses played vital rol...
10: ... the 296 nurses who lost their lives during World War I.
12: ...play of personal items including a number of her awards and medals. In [[1990]], the National Nursing ... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
9: ...ortly thereafter, they never divorced, and Bonnie was wearing Thornton's wedding ring when she died.
11: ...ed the violent deaths they viewed as certain. She was fond of creative writing and the arts. Her poem ...
15: ...of seven children in a poor farming family. Clyde was first arrested in late 1926, after running when ...
19: ... meets a charming young fellow. Nobody thought it was anything special. Nobody guessed where it would ...
23: ...lling. Fellow inmate [[Ralph Fults]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... War I |First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic C...
4: ...arles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
7: ...Anglo-Burgundian in loyalty. France at that time was split by a factional rivalry which would allow t...
12: ...Poitiers]] before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a succession of towns where prep...
14: She was joined by her brothers Jean and Pierre, and equi... - Relic (11473 bytes)
7: ...buried, lo, a marauding band was seen and the man was cast into the grave of Elisha; and as soon as th...
15: ...ir content is wholly supernatural. In a practical way the second word [virtus] is the more important. ...
17: Opposed to this holy "virtue" was also a false mystic potency that emanated from i...
19: ...ari]] is another example. The [[Image of Edessa]] was reputed to render that city impregnable.
26: ... important relic. (The head of St. Thomas Aquinas was removed by the monks at the Cistercian abbey at ... - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...eographic North Pole]] with [[Robert Peary]] in [[1909]]. However, some have estimated that Peary's part...
8: On April 6, 1988 Henson was reinterred in [[Arlington National Cemetery]] ne... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...c figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free...
7: The United States was the first nation to create the office of [[Presi...
12: ...e United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have ...
14: ...] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[United States Director of National Intellig...
16: ...endment XXII]] (which took effect in [[1951]] and was first applied to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] starti... - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...arch 14]], [[1854]] – [[June 1]], [[1925]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] who...
5: .... Marshall studied law at [[Wabash College]]. He was admitted to the bar in [[1875]] and began his ca...
7: ... and some anti-corruption legislation passed, but was not successful in passing much of his progressiv...
11: ... He was elected on the Wilson ticket in [[1912]], was reelected in [[1916]] and served as Vice Preside...
13: Marshall was not particularly fond of Wilson, and though Wils...
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