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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...t forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
17: ...estwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ... transport out the wealth than farther [[Salvador da Bahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial admin...
21: ...s no physical space nor urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many...
25: ...esident [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with a promise to b... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...p year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
35: ...�tien]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of Canada]].
37: ...en 500 million and 1 billion [[US dollar|USD]] of damage. Half of the fires turn out to be [[arson]]. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
3: ==Ada==
4: === Adac - Adal ===
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and ...
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Eli...
7: ...s]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guin...
15: ... of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of...
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male line, ...
20: ...[[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbi... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British m...
16: ...abeth, and she, along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated ...
18: ...rticularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her de...
44: The Queen found a dangerous rival in her cousin, the Catholic Mary Stu...
53: ... a Catholic, [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]]. Lord Darnley was murdered in [[1567]] after the couple ha... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
18: | '''Date of Birth:'''
40: ...lbright graduated from Kent Denver high school in 1955. Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with h...
78: ...bright|Joseph Albright]], with whom she had three daughters. They divorced in [[1982]].
82: ... brooch resembling a snake when she met with [[Saddam Hussein]].
86: ... her retirement, Albright published a memoir, ''Madam Secretary'' ([[2003]]) ISBN 0786868430. - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
5: ...was born in [[Manchester|Manchester, England]], a daughter of [[Dr. Richard Pankhurst]] and [[Emmeline...
15: ...gs of the International in [[Russia]] and [[Amsterdam]] and also meetings of the Italian Socialist Par...
17: ...ia, a Cultural History'' (London: Lalibela House, 1955). Having moved to Addis Ababa in [[1956]], with h... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...ghts Movement]], most famous for her refusal in [[1955]] to give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who wa...
4: Rosa Parks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James and Loeona McCauley. She grew up o...
8: On [[December 1]], [[1955]], in Montgomery, Parks refused to obey a public ...
10: ...re black community boycotted public buses for 381 days. Dozens of public buses stood idle for months u...
19: ...unts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]] in [[1955]] refer to her simply as a "tired seamstress." Pa... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ... a slave who found freedom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
21: *''[[Playing in the Dark]]'' (1993) - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...[1955]], and Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] in [[Switzerland]]. She later studied with [[Ar...
7: ...Her technique is considered amongst the most formidable of her time, inviting comparison with [[Vladim... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June 15]], [[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jaz...
12: Leaving the [[Decca Records|Decca]] label in [[1955]], the jazz record company [[Verve Records|Verve]...
14: ...ther with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
47: *1958 ''[[Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert]]'' - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...[July 22]]. Her name probably means "Mary of [[Magdala]]", a town on the western shore of the [[Lake o...
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...As the first witness to the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene hastened to tell Peter and another -- unknown...
8: ... the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem.
11: [[Image:Marymagdalene.JPG|thumb|Mary Magdalene, in a dramatic 19th-century popular image of ... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...d her 13th nomination for ''[[Adaptation (movie)|Adaptation]]''. Hepburn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[1...
5: ...father was a staunch proponent of publicizing the dangers of [[venereal disease]] in a time when such ...
7: ...ater be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in ...
12: ...n and Smith's marriage was rocky from the start — she insisted he change his name to S. Ogden Lu...
21: ...zon]] princess in [[The Warrior's Husband]] (an update of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which debuted to excell... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
1: ...ge:AmazinGrace.jpg|thumb|300px|Grace Kelly (1929–1982).]]
3: ...ce Patricia Kelly''' ([[November 12]], [[1929]] – [[September 14]], [[1982]]), later known as ''...
5: ...r father was a self-made millionaire and a gold-medal-winning [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing...
11: In [[1955 in film|1955]], she was awarded the [[Academy Award for Best A...
13: ...a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Louis Jourdan.]] - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...ess]] who was born '''Vivian Mary Hartley''' in [[Darjeeling]], [[India]]. She and her parents later ...
5: ... [[1932]] to Herbert Leigh Holman, and they had a daughter, Suzanne, in [[1933]].
7: ... late [[1938]], when filming began. [[Paulette Goddard]] was close to be cast as [[Margaret Mitchell]]...
25: *''[[Dark Journey]]'' ([[1937]])
29: *''[[21 Days]]'' ([[1940]]) (filmed in [[1937]]) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
1: ...phiaLoren55.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Sophia Loren''' in 1955.]]
5: ...ughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicolone a...
17: ...ard Burton]] and [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[A Special Day]]'' with Mastroianni.
19: ...ly on [[tax evasion]] charges, a fact that didn't damage her career or popularity.
51: *''[[Milano Miliardaria]]'' (1951) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States...
6: ... her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Giff...
8: ...r cruelly, corrected her. After Marilyn's death, Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously consider...
10: ...t never hugged or kissed her, or even smiled. One day, Gladys announced that she had bought a house fo...
12: ...herty, who would become her first husband. The Goddard family was moving to the [[East Coast of the Un... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
1: ...[[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Left of her is silver medallist [[Maureen Gardner]], while 3rd place finishe...
3: ...ete]]. She is most famous for winning four gold medals at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]. ...
7: ... [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader of the Dutch femal...
15: ...e 4 נ100 m [[relay]], both held on the same day. In the high jump, she took sixth place (shared ...
17: ...d]]s), and she also won her first international medals. At the European Championships in [[Vienna]], s... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
1: '''Dawn Fraser''' (born [[September 4]] [[1937]]) is an...
2: ...ames|Olympic]] and eight [[Commonwealth Games]] medals. In [[October]] [[1962]] she became the first ...
11: ... metres [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] - gold medal
12: **400 metres freestyle - silver medal
13: ...00 metres freestyle [[relay race|relay]] - gold medal
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