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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...
154: *[[Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov]] (1863-1935), Mongolia and Tibet
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes... - 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: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887)
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974) - 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...
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai...
45: ...ams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...SH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...d the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events...
9: ... Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide ...
11: ...he Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid the...
13: ... her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from ... - 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]].
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...est-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
5: Hurston was born in [[Notasulga, Alabama]] and grew up in [[...
11: ... hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash yo' tub uh 'gator guts and dat quick."
13: ...was making a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, cr...
15: ...as aligned with Wright's writings, Hurston's work was ignored because it simply didn't fit in with thi... - 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... - 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... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...nstitute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Warsaw]].
5: ...al breakdown]] for a year. Due to her gender, she was not allowed admission into any Russian or Polish...
7: ...races of some unknown radioactive component which was far more radioactive than uranium; thus on [[Dec...
9: ...ium]] after Marie's native country, and the other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity....
11: ...nri Becquerel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. - Emmy Noether (2715 bytes)
1: ...arch 23]] [[1882]] – [[April 14]] [[1935]]) was one of the most talented [[mathematician]]s of t...
5: ...aria]], [[Germany]]. Her father, [[Max Noether]], was a distinguished mathematician and a professor at...
6: ...recocity at mathematics — as a teenager she was more interested in music and dancing.
10: ...ed to the faculty in [[1919]]. A [[Jew]], Noether was forced to flee [[Nazi]] Germany in [[1933]] and ...
16: She died at Bryn Mawr in 1935. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...t 1]], [[1905]] – [[January 28]], [[1993]]) was a prolific [[astronomy|astronomer]] noted for he...
7: ...usband [[Frank Scott Hogg]] in [[1930]], and in [[1935]] moved to [[Ontario]] where she took a job at th...
11: ...stronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
13: ...as made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]]. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ... [[1975]]), born '''Freda Josephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] dancer, actress and sing...
5: ...red [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissan...
7: ...accompanied by her pet [[leopard]], Chiquita, who was adorned with a [[diamond]] collar. The leopard f...
9: ... them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ...to a sophisticated cultural figure. (The marriage was reportedly a publicity stunt and not legally bin... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...[[singer]]s, and the winner of thirteen [[Grammy Award]]s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she...
4: ...s|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
6: ... Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tiske...
10: ...s imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]...
12: ...ch she was one of the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics. - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...d to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the formation of the [[F.B...
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 ... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
2: ...ya''' on [[April 29]], [[1917]], '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] an...
4: ...became a [[naturalized citizen]]. By [[1935]] she was very active in various [[socialist]] causes in t...
6: ...nized as a seminal American avant-garde film. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...horeography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "C...
10: ... definitive source. The accompanying documentary was edited and produced after her death. - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...out of the film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
5: ...The Blue Light]]'' she took it; her main interest was initially in fictional films.
7: ... German [[Wehrmacht]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom...
9: ...thetic achievements. She was the first to put railways on the stadium to shoot the stadium crowd.
13: ...later interviews, Riefenstahl maintained that she was fascinated by the Nazis but politically naļ¶„ an... - 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... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...ndash; [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...zo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gi...
5: ...her first Academy Award nomination for [[Academy_Award_for_Best Actress|Best Actress]] for the film, '...
7: ...al in both Hollywood and with the public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation."...
9: ...en'') for which she received her seventh Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on th...
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