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- 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. - 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)
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887)
55: *[[Juan F. Acosta|Acosta, Juan F.]] (1890-1968), Puerto Rican composer
56: *[[Mercedes de Acosta|Acosta, Mercedes de]] (1893-1968) - 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 ... - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
7: ...ch she took up residence in India. The name Sonia was given by her mother-in-law [[Indira Gandhi]]. Th...
11: ...h the charisma of the family name behind her, she was able to draw large crowds and nearly single-hand...
13: ...to lead a 19-party [[coalition government]] which was subsequently named the United Progressive Allian...
15: ...anmohan Singh]] for the Prime Minister's post who was eventually accepted by the lawmakers, despite pl...
17: ...er' (two volumes of letters exchanged between [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] from [[1922]]... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...n-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
18: ...f Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She served as the social secretary and organis...
20: ...elected president. In [[1990]]–[[1991]] she was the minister of justice and in [[1995]] until he...
22: == The way to presidency ==
24: ...who then was the [[minister of foreign affairs]], was significantly more popular than [[Paavo Lipponen... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
1: ...20px|thumb|Petra Kelly on the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''Eine t?che Liebe'']]
2: ...vist and [[German Green Party|Green]] politician, was born in [[G?g]], [[Germany]] in [[1947]], and li...
4: ...ternational Service at [[American University]] ([[Washington, DC]]), in [[1970]].
8: ...Green Party]]. Between [[1983]] and [[1990]], she was a member of the [[Bundestag]] (West German Parli...
10: Kelly received the [[Right Livelihood Award]] (also known as the ''Alternative Nobel Prize'... - 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... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...saparksarrested.jpeg|thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to mak...
2: ...55]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
4: Rosa Parks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James...
8: ...d as a second-class citizen and stood firmly. She was arrested, tried, and convicted for [[disorderly ...
10: ...ott, Rosa Parks helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...raeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...male dissatisfaction, predates issues of [[second-wave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her d...
10: ...'The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the competitio...
14: ...an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was promoted to Companion in 1981.
24: ...1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
3: ...ed that her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy influence of [[Virginia Woolf]] or [...
5: ...7]] just one day before her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio ...
20: *A mulher que matou os peixes (1968) - 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 ... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ...ber 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studie...
4: Born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], Lise Meitner was the third of eight children of a [[Jew]]ish fami...
10: ...y, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project...
12: ...had "left Germany with the bomb in my purse". She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the National W...
14: Meitner died in [[Cambridge]], [[England]] in [[1968]]. Element 109 is named [[meitnerium]] in her hon... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...t 1]], [[1905]] – [[January 28]], [[1993]]) was a prolific [[astronomy|astronomer]] noted for he...
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]]. - 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. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest...
6: ...s talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ... the 1960s, including ''"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)",'' a much more soulful and impassio...
10: ...Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
12: ...virtually unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she lat... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: Gubaidulina was born in [[Chistopol]], in the [[Tatar Republic]]...
5: ...tion of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], ...
11: ...on of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Pa...
19: *''Night in Memphis'' cantata (1968)
58: *''In Erwartung (В ожида... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...y 19]], [[1943]] – [[October 4]], [[1970]]) was an American [[blues]]-influenced [[rock and roll...
4: Joplin was born in [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]], [[Te...
6: ...throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...ig Brother and The Holding Company]], a band that was gaining some renown among the nascent [[hippie]]...
10: ...ally heavy" during Joplin's performance.) Their [[1968]] album ''[[Cheap Thrills]]'' featured more raw e... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...ly working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk music]] sc...
5: ...ay explain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...albums ''[[Joni Mitchell (Song to a Seagull)]]'' (1968) and ''[[Clouds (album)|Clouds]]'' (1969) were ar...
9: ... the [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]]...
11: ... On, I'm a Radio". ''[[Court and Spark]]'' (1974) was a huge success, producing the international hit ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ... years at [[Richard Montgomery High School]], she was elected [[Homecoming Queen]], Most Likely to Suc...
10: ...Wall of Voodoo]], [[Sandra Bernhard]] and [[Al Stewart]]) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a so...
13: ...the UK, it went straight to #1. A month later, it was released in America to breakthrough critical suc...
16: ... who considered it a step sideways rather than forwards from ''Little Earthquakes''. In February, she ...
23: ...ition to piano. The single "Caught A Lite Sneeze" was a hit in the UK, and the [[Armand Van Helden]] r...
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