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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...e Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "R...
15: ...st invaders - neighbor [[Niter, for instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense...
17: ... westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...y European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommo... - 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: Aa (1020 bytes)
7: *[[Aaliyah]], (1979-2001), American rhythm and blues singer - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887)
64: *[[Marcela Acuna|Acuna, Marcela]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - 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...
36: *[[Amy Adams|Adams, Amy]], (1979-), singer
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai... - 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... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ...born [[1925]] – died [[26 April]] [[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic...
3: ...inister, appointing Domitien to the position. She was the first woman to serve as prime minister of an...
5: .... She served a brief prison term, after which she was prohibited from returning to politics, though sh... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...n-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
18: Tarja Halonen was born on [[24 December]] [[1943]] in [[Helsinki]]...
20: ...elected president. In [[1990]]–[[1991]] she was the minister of justice and in [[1995]] until he...
22: == The way to presidency == - 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'... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...eorgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalis...
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...
14: ...ection,_1922|Irish General Election of 1922]] but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 elections. ... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[January 18]],[[1930]]-[[July 10]],[[2004]]) was the first woman (and the only to date) to serve ...
3: ...ving as Prime Minister in [[1979]]-[[1980]]. Afterward she [[Portuguese presidential election, 1986|ra... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: '''Mary Robinson''' (born [[21 May]] [[1944]]) was the first female [[President of Ireland]], servi...
23: ...]. Robinson was therefore born into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and...
25: ... the permission of a bishop. In her twenties, she was appointed [[Reid Professor of Law]] in the colle...
27: ...caused a rift with her parents, although the rift was eventually overcome in subsequent years.
31: ...t to benefit members of her family). So unpopular was her campaign among fellow politicians that when ... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...igan elected to the U.S. Senate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to...
5: ...he [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the underdog for much of the Senate r...
9: ...uses of the [[United States Congress]]. The first was [[Thomas W. Ferry]]. Stabenow is also the first ...
11: ...[South Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
6: |[[4 May]] [[1979]] <br>
27: ...owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|...
29: ...d Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
33: ...nadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created '''Baroness Thatcher'''; since then her ...
36: ... control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which ... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...ry 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] l...
5: She was born in [[Adams, Massachusetts]], the daughter o...
7: ...de preceding the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]], she took a prominent part in the anti-[[slave...
9: ...speaker and writer. From [[1868]] to [[1870]] she was the proprietor of a weekly paper, ''[[The Revolu...
13: ...views of Susan B. Anthony. Many early feminists, aware of how the procedure endangered women's health ... - 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... - 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.
22: :''[[Life Before Man]]'' ([[1979]]) - 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]].
28: * ''Daguerreotypes and Other Essays'' (posthumous 1979, USA) - 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 ...
32: *A Bela e a Fera (1979)
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