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- Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...one of the greatest tennis players and female athletes in history.
3: ...he married Lawrence King and since then has been better known under her husband's family name.
5: ...o credited with being one of the first female athletes to speak out against [[sexual inequality in org...
9: ...the affair and thus became the first American athlete to openly acknowledge a [[homosexual]] relations... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
8: ...figure in [[Cajun]] Louisiana. His legend was perpetuated in [[Cecil B. DeMille]]’s classic, ''[...
13: ...Lafitte was active in the Neutral strip of coast between Spanish Texas and American Louisiana, left un...
17: ...I|World Wars I]] and [[World War II|II]], and [[Vietnam]].
28: *[http://thelaffitesociety.com/ Laffite Society] - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
2: '''Jean Fouquet''' (or '''Jehan Fouquet''', [[1420]] - [[1481]]) was a [[France|French]] ...
6: ...IV]], and that upon his return to France, whilst retaining his purely French sentiment, he grafted the...
10: ...[altarpiece]]s were for the first time brought together from various parts of Europe, at the exhibitio...
12: One of Fouquets most important paintings is the [[diptych]], for...
14: ...erlin wing of the [[Melun altarpiece]]. From Fouquet's hand again are eleven out of the fourteen minia...
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...n area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 ...
15: ...s formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neighbor [[Niter, f...
17: The exact place of Rio's foundation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A...
23: ...Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire, yet the city region was losing importance - economic ...
25: ...ital. Though many thought it was [[campaign]] [[rhetoric]], Kubitschek managed to have [[Bras�a]] bu... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ury]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
23: ...an]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Nort...
37: *[[Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza|Pierre Savorgan de Brazza]]... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
10: ..." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
14: ... winning debates led to wealth, the subjects and methods of debate became highly developed.
16: ... sophistry, interchangeably, was destroying the piety and moral fiber of the city.
20: ...on for them being more appropriate in running society.
22: ...herefore, some B are C." This syllogism fails if set A is empty. - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
12: On his return in [[1840]], he was made [[rear admiral]].
14: ... Zealand]]) were named after him. There is a street in Paris, Rue Dumont d'Urville, in the 8th distri...
16: ...near [[Meudon]], France. He is buried in the [[Cimetière du Montparnasse]], [[Paris]], France. - Treasury (1846 bytes)
3: ...o a [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|secretary of the treasury]]. The [[U.S. Internal Reven...
7: ...er is responsible for drafting the government budget and coordinating government expenditure. The Fina...
17: ==Notable Treasurers and Secretaries== - November 4 (10686 bytes)
15: ...tains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be c...
16: ...d|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published.
25: ...[Erwin Rommel]] leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
28: * [[1956]] - [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops invade [[Hungary]] to crush the [[Hungar... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974) - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...(on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Can...
7: ...sty|Her Majesty]] '''Queen Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [[House of Windsor|Windsor]]), st...
14: ...thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age thre...
15: ...her was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George B...
17: ...ghness'']]. Her full style was HRH Princess Elizabeth of York. At the time of her birth, she was third... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...sband's dominions. This monarch is known by a variety of other names including ''Isabel I of Castile''...
5:
8: ...s first wife [[Blanche of Lancaster]]. Her final set of grandparents were [[Afonso, Duke de Braganza]]...
10: ...[[Henry III of Castile]] and [[Catherine Plantagenet]] of the [[House of Lancaster]], a half sister of...
21: Some Catholic Spaniards are trying to get Isabella declared as [[blessed]] and [[canonizati... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed ...
13: ... normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was crea...
15: ...under the direction of her governess, the [[Margaret Pole%2C Countess of Salisbury|Countess of Salisbu...
19: ...marriage to her annulled. In [[1533]], Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne Boleyn]]. Shortl... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...8]], [[1542]] – [[February 8]], [[1587]]), better known as '''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' was the r...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, ...
15: ...ut [[Duke of Albany]], a royal cousin, had lived yet some years ago and died 1536. Had he not died bef...
24: ...rd to the altar and put her gently in the throne set up there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep h...
28: ...child's head, where it rested on a circlet of velvet. The Cardinal steadied the crown and Lord Livings... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...tat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ...
11: ...ine issued a charter that: allowed the gentry to petition the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles...
13: ...y. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agric...
16: ...the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
17: ...[ruble]]s to the creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps ... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon whi...
7: ...om he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are among the most graphic of all the ...
10: ...ed a volume of bawdy stories, the ''Bijoux indiscrets'' (1748); in later years he repented of this wor...
14: ...any subject that he approached, that in this theoretic essay he suggests the possibility of teaching t...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the autho... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ..._(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</sm...
7: ..., '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor...
9: ...I of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous...
11: ...ouncil|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
13: ...r of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...y]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning b...
15: ...be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...er Lady Althorp's adultery with wallpaper heir [[Peter Shand Kydd]], Diana's mother sued for custody o...
24: ...e 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[S...
28: ...dy Fermoy, was a longtime friend of [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] . [[Charles, Prince of Wales|... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...n the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ...A., LL.B.) and studied towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
45: ...rom a relatively unknown [[Cabinet of Canada|cabinet member]] to [[Prime Minister of Canada]] came as ...
47: ...h the same attitudes and positions of her widely detested predecessor epitomised in the activist chant...
49: ...da|Liberal]] leader [[Jean Chr鴩en]]'s [[1993 Chretien ad|facial paralysis was mocked]] was largely r... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: '''Elisabeth Domitien''' (born [[1925]] – died [[26 Apr...
5: ...prison term, after which she was prohibited from returning to politics, though she remained a prominen... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
8: ...en up. Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: .... After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich Universi...
14: ...ndent Poland. Luxemburg denied the right of self-determination for nations under [[socialism]], which ...
16: ... life, Luxemburg was to remain the principal theoretician of the Polish Social Democrats, and led the ...
19: ...y changes in the whole environment of production methods occurred. She wanted the Revisionists to leav... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
9: When she returned to the U.S., she was unable to find a job as...
12: ...brity interviews, Steinem was eventually able to get a political assignment covering [[George McGovern...
21: ...about, Ms. Steinem encourages people to never forget about how much is still left to accomplish.
23: ...came a newlywed at an age when most people start retirement—on [[September 3]], [[2000]] she mar... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ... ''Ninon de Lanclos'' ([[November 10]]? sometime between [[1615]] and [[1623]] - [[October 17]], [[170...
6: ...f the clear idea that drove her actions: she was determined to remain unmarried and independent. Influ...
8: ...nine-year old named [[Voltaire|Fran篩s Marie Arouet]] so he could buy books.
12: ...e absence of religion, notably in 1659's ''La coquette veng饧' ("The Flirt Avenged"). She was also no...
14: ...lose friend with the devout Fran篩se d'Aubigne, better known as [[Madame de Maintenon]], the lady-in-...
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