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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]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
210: ...entury]] [[Portuguese]] explorer and adventurer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]]... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ces from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create...
7: ...d; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...d during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Sha...
18: ...e, where a bronze smelter from around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, foun...
28: ...122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to p...
5: ...cond Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...itical disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ...ions. During the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states politically des...
18: ...ng]], and [[Tibet]], and the ROC now governs [[Taiwan]] (also claimed by the PRC), these regions are a... - 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... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai... - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
5: ...on Aehrenthal|Aehrenthal, Alois Lexa von]], (1854-1912), [[Austria-Hungary|Austria-Hungarian]] statesman
12: *[[Aelle of Sussex]], (ruled 477-514), Bretwalda, king of the South Saxons - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...loriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynas...
9: ... father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British ...
13: ...and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ... succession after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of ... - 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... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...bruary 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[United S...
3: [[image:Caraway_hattie.jpg|left|Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to US Senate]]
5: Hattie Caraway was born near [[Bakerville, Tennessee]] in [[Humphre...
7: Hattie Caraway married [[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] ...
9: ... and served in that office until [[1921]] when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...n]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed b...
6: ...iden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
8: ...ur of its leaders were put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its members managed to meet i...
12: ...nd the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] was legally able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]....
14: ...Julius Karski), she founded the newspaper ''[[Sprawa Robotnicza]]'' ("The Workers' Cause"), in opposit... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
3: ...22]], [[1880]] – [[February 13]], [[1958]]) was a [[suffragette]] born in [[Manchester]], [[Engl...
5: ...suffragette cause after her daughter's arrest and was herself imprisoned on many occasions for her pri...
7: ...didate for Parliament in the Smethwick riding but was defeated. Leaving her native England, she moved ...
9: She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1...
11: ...Pankhurst died in [[Los Angeles, California]] and was buried in the [[Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery]] in ... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ...[[May 5]], [[1882]] - [[September 27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
5: She was born in [[Manchester|Manchester, England]], a da...
9: In [[1912]] she broke with the WSPU over the group's promot...
11: ...ist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB. However, such was the importance attached to being within the same...
13: ...as a personal organ she revolted. As a result she was expelled from the CPGB and moved to found the sh... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...the way to universal access to birth control. She was also a fervent believer in [[eugenics]].
5: ...ing, New York|Corning]], [[New York]]. Her mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]...
7: In [[1912]], Sanger and her family moved to [[New York City...
9: ...ed States. It was raided by the police and Sanger was arrested for violating the post office's obsceni...
11: ...hat Every Mother Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse for "creating a [[public n... - Anna Akhmatova (2156 bytes)
1: ...also [[St. John's Eve]]) - [[March 5]], [[1966]]) was the [[pen name]] of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, one ...
5: Akhmatova was born in [[Bolshoy Fontan]] near [[Odessa]]. Her ...
7: ...ilyov]] in [[1910]]. Their son, born in [[1912]], was the historian [[Lev Gumilyov]].
11: ... for activities considered anti-Soviet; Akhmatova was effectively silenced, unable to publish poetry, ... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
2: ...May 22]], [[1844]] – [[June 14]], [[1926]]) was an [[United States|American]] painter.
4: ...lieved travel was a way to learn, and before she was 10 years old, she visited many of the capitals o...
8: ...ted States at the outset of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], she lived with her family, but art supplies a...
14: ... friend. "It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it."
21: ... away from impressionism to a simpler, straightforward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified... - 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... - 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...
12: From 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who ...
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... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...er 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ... poetry|Symbolist]] movements in Russia. Her work was not looked kindly upon by [[Stalin]] and the the...
8: ... ancestry on her mother's side. (This latter fact was to play on Marina's imagination, and to cause he...
10: ...er to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poetry was poor.
12: ...lowed to continue until June [[1904]] when Marina was despatched to school in [[Lausanne]]. Changes in... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...to receive the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]. She was also known for her unconventional and Bohemian l...
3: ...nascence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholarship to [[Vassar College]]. After he...
5: ...during which time her great popularity in America was attained. She won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetr...
7: ...s an [[open marriage|open]] one; among her lovers was the poet [[George Dillon]], fourteen years her j...
9: ...n support of the Allied war effort during [[World War II]]. Merle Rubin noted: "She seems to have caug...
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