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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: [[Image:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of ...
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 [[Niteró©, 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. - 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]]...
133: *[[Thor Heyerdahl]], (1914-2002), Norwegian explorer
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... - 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. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hat a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...ccepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around ...
5: ... than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. T...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts have persist...
15: ...y many contemporaries as a poor administrator and was stripped of his governorship in [[1500]]. - 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... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...akes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[Tanzania]] on the south and ...
12: national_anthem = [[Burundi bwacu]] |
13: ...uage|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
23: percent_water = 7.8% |
53: ...elgian administrative authority following [[World War II]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
118: *[[Abu Nidal]], (1937-2002), Syrian terrorist - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
18: ...some studies find that raccoons engage in it when water is not available.
27: ...ost adapt to sleeping during the night and being awake in the day with training.
35: ...e German newsmagazine ''Der Spiegel'' reported in 2002 that the raccoon had established itself in a smal... - 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... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
11: ...ent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...e]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her two middle nam...
17: ... United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...ion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of Engla... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...m/military/limbaugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical found that he had...
10: ...n [[KQV]], using the name '''Jeff Christie'''. It was in Pittsburgh that many of Limbaugh's trademarks...
16: ...ew York City]] (and his current flagship station, WABC) in the late [[1980s]] and eventually became sy...
18: ... was largely responsible for the shift in [[mediumwave|AM]] [[broadcasting]] to a news-talk format aft...
22: ... Limbaugh became as much a political symbol as he was a broadcaster, comedian, and political satirist.... - 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 ... - 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 ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
2: subject_name=Diana, Princess of Wales|
3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
11: ...e right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by ...
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the P...
15: ...world. To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there ... - 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 ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the ...
12: ...d was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she would leave the country, ...
16: ...When her husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], ...
18: ...r a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang?
23: ...ritten about and dedicated to Suu Kyi. "Walk On" was banned by the Junta. Other artists such as [[Col... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...x|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...ment]]. Some of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime and rema...
6: ...on brought her out of academia and showed her the ways of [[power politics]]. Her remaining years in t...
8: ...ddle of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
11: ...an Peoples Party]] (PPP), her father's party, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pa... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...female head of a national government to date. She was also the second woman in history to sit at the t...
33: ...of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[Lond...
35: ...re divorced in [[1983]], and Campbell married [[Howard Eddy]] in [[1986]].
39: She was elected to the British Columbia legislature as a...
43: ...ed, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister. - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
26: |Mt Albert, Owairaka
45: ...h [[Jim Anderton]]'s Progressive Coalition Party (2002, with parliamentary supply and confidence from [[...
47: ...of Health and later as deputy Prime Minister. She was Leader of the Opposition during the National Par...
49: ...arliament. During her first term (1981-1984) she was a member of the Statutes Revision Committee. In...
51: ...ry school teacher and her father was a farmer who was a [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] ... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
27: ..., and was the first woman to hold that post. She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Pr...
30: ...States from [[Denmark]] and for forty-three years was a police reporter for the [[Miami Herald]]. Jane...
32: ...hool in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]], where she was a debating champion at [[Coral Gables, Florida|C...
34: ...difficulty obtaining work as a lawyer because she was a woman.
36: In [[1971]] Reno was named staff director of the [[Judiciary Committe...
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