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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 ...
75: ... French explorer, visited [[Lhasa]], [[Tibet]] in 1924
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...
151: ...[[George Kennan (explorer)|George Kennan]], (1845-1924), Siberia - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
9: | date of birth=[[12 June ]], [[1924]]
19: ...ert Walker Bush''' ( born [[12 June ]] [[1924]] ) was the 41st [[President of the United States]] ([[1...
22: ...served as a U.S. Senator from [[Connecticut]] and was a partner in the prominent investment banking fi... - 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: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
60: *[[Abe Kobo]], (1924-1993), Japanese author of ''The Woman In the Dune...
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
107: *[[Albert Abrams|Abrams, Albert]], (1863-1924), fraudulent doctor - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empres...
9: ...hnological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; he...
12: ...ningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] ...
14: ...s the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...ssed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of ... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...he moved back to Israel after graduate school and was never a U.S. citizen).
6: ...family followed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
10: ...store for a short time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: ...e went to Denver, where her older sister, Sheyna, was living. Here she met Morris Myerson, a sign pai... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
3: ...ne 11]], [[1847]] – [[August 5]], [[1929]]) was a British [[suffragist]] (as opposed to a [[suff...
5: ...]. As a suffragist, she took a moderate line, but was a tireless campaigner, concentrating much of her...
7: ... British Empire|Dame of the British Empire]] in [[1924]], and her memory is still preserved in the name ...
9: Millicent Fawcett was the sister of [[Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]], th... - 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]...
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...
13: ...937 after birth control under medical supervision was legalized in many states. In 1927, Sanger helped... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
2: ...mber 15]], [[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist born in...
8: ...he allowed him to exhibit some of them. Stieglitz was especially impressed with O'Keeffe's interpretat...
10: ...n love, and Stieglitz and his wife divorced. In [[1924]], O'Keeffe and Stieglitz married.
12: ...ears older than O'Keeffe and often in ill health, was uncomfortable with travel. Her trips west gave h...
14: ...xico|Santa Fe]] until her death in 1986. Her home was in [[Abiquiu, New Mexico]]. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ..., born '''Alissa "Alice" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|Amer...
19: ...udy screenwriting; in late [[1925]], however, she was granted a [[Visa (document)|visa]] to visit Amer...
24: ...ese films were re-edited into a new version which was approved by Rand and re-released as ''We the Liv...
26: ...pite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringing Rand fame and financial sec...
31: ...helped foster a crippling culture of resentment towards individual human happiness, flourishment, and ... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ... ([[July 24]], [[1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]],...
8: ... keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even featured in local newspapers while she taug...
10: ... "[[Powder Puff Derby]]" by [[Will Rogers]]). She was engaged to Samuel Chapman, an attorney from Bost...
14: ...elia_earhart_2.jpg|thumb|250px|Amelia Earhard, It was a long trip in tight quarters ]]On the morning o...
16: ...[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to [[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delive... - 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... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...[June 28]], [[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?rt in [[Katowice]] (then in [[Germa...
3: ...indaus]]. In [[1930]] G?rt married Dr. [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. The cou...
5: ...1931]]-[[1939|39]], but since she was a woman she was not allowed to work on scientific projects. In [...
7: She was awarded the Novel for discovering the reasons as to w...
9: :"Think of a roomful of waltzers. Suppose they go round the room in circles,... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
3: ...known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensation in the [[1...
7: ...d, Ontario|Salford]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] she was the daughter of James Morgan Kennedy, a widower ...
9: ...d with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [[Christianity...
15: ...New York]], she met her second husband, Harold Stewart McPherson, an accountant. They were married on...
19: ... and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left home and was on the road preaching full-time. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...nuary 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show...
4: She was the daughter of [[United States House of Represe...
8: ...oos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
10: ...with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West End]]'s -...
12: ...was unable to dominate the camera -- and that she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lomba... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...er 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: She was born '''Greta Lovisa Gustafsson''' in [[Stockhol...
8: ...he worked. That led to another short movie, which was seen by comedy director Eric Petscher. He cast h...
10: ...ajor role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He als...
12: ... relationship came to an end as her fame grew. He was fired by MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[192... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1912]]-[[October 12]], [[1969]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and...
4: ...er Olympics]], at the age of eleven. During the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rin...
8: ...use of dance [[choreographer|choreography]]. She was also an accomplished tennis player.
10: ...n [[1938]] she published her autobiography, which was republished in a revised edition in [[1954]]. S...
12: Henie was married three times, with [[Dan Topping]], [[Win... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
1: ...he ''[[diva]]'' or ''[[prima donna]]'' of tennis, was the first female tennis player to become an inte...
3: ...] titles. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the...
8: ...nnis and gain strength. Her first try at the game was in 1910, when she played on the tennis court at ...
10: ...nis competitions, and Lenglen's burgeoning career was put on hold.
18: ... win another gold medal in the mixed doubles. She was eliminated in the women's doubles semi-final (pl... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...e.750pix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6-0]] [[GWR ...
3: A '''locomotive''' is a [[railway]] [[vehicle]] that provides the motive power for...
11: ... train's power systems away from passengers. This was particularly the case for the '''steam locomotiv...
13: * ''Efficiency'' - idle trains do not waste expensive motive power resources. Separate lo...
21: ...ost common type of locomotive until after [[World War II]]. The age of steam correlates highly to the ...
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