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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    44: *[[Richard E. Byrd]], ([[1888]]-[[1957]]), flew over [[South Pole]]
    140: ...p it to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], discovered [[Hudson Bay]]
    141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored...
    142: *[[Hamilton Hume]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
    192: *[[Hugh McNeil]], Lewis and Clark Party member
  2. Puritan (15882 bytes)
    4: ...f religious innovation, rather than a particular church. The closest analogy in the present day to the...
    5: ...tioners knew themselves as members of particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebu...
    8: ...dy Mary"), Protestants like [[Thomas Cartwright (churchman)|Thomas Cartwright]], [[Walter Travers]] an...
    10: ...s]]. However, in church polity (organization of church power), they differed.
    12: ...Puritans objected to ornaments and ritual in the churches as idolatrous (vestments, surplices, organs,...
  3. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    18: * [[1918]] - [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary]] surrenders to [[Italy]].
    28: ...ngary]] to crush the [[Hungarian Revolution, 1956|Hungarian revolution]] that started on [[October 23]...
    29: * [[1957]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik 2]] w...
    39: * [[2001]] - [[Hurricane Michelle]] hits [[Cuba]], destroying crops...
    50: ...9]] - [[Will Rogers]], [[United States|American]] humorist and entertainer (d. [[1935]])
  4. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
    13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957)
  5. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    26: ...Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
    29: *[[Arthur Adamov|Adamov, Arthur]], (1908-1997), dramatist, author
    65: ...(1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
    67: *[[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
    111: *[[Gustavus Adolphus|Adolphus, Gustavus]], (1594-1632), King of Sweden
  6. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    2: | [[Image:ac.thequeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrai...
    9: ...current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
    14: [[Image:Time-magazine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet"...
    20: ...] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]].
    26: [[image:Lizwar.JPG|thumb|right|170px|Princess Elizabeth changing the whe...
  7. Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
    61: [[Image:Albright TIME.jpg|thumb|175px|On the cover of [[TIME]]]]
    73: ...Image:Great_Leader_Comrade_Kim_Jong_Il_(122).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Kim Jong-Il]] with Madeleine Albright]]
    76: ...e Wellesley College student became a citizen in [[1957]].
    82: ...och resembling a snake when she met with [[Saddam Hussein]].
  8. Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
    1: [[Image:KarenBlixen.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Blixen in Kenya, 1918]]
    7: ...]] plantation. After several infidelities on the husband's part, the couple separated in 1921, and th...
    11: ... many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
    23: * ''Last Tales'' (1957)
    26: * ''Ehrengard'' (posthumous 1963, USA)
  9. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    28: ...''[[magnum opus]]'', ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', in [[1957]]. This book, just as ''The Fountainhead'' had, b...
    31: ...rippling culture of resentment towards individual human happiness, flourishment, and success.
    33: ...War II]] under the best possible light. After the HUAC hearings, when Ayn Rand was asked about her fee...
    46: ... situation which increased after the death of her husband in [[1979]]. One of her final projects was w...
    54: ... [[Rose Wilder Lane]]. She expressed qualified enthusiasm for the economic thought of [[Ludwig von Mis...
  10. Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
    3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. T...
    9: [[image:Stein_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pabl...
    23: ...pled with democratic values based in pragmatism; thus at the opening of the German occupation of Franc...
    25: [[image:Gertrude Stein 1935-01-04.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein, photographed by [[Carl Va...
    34: ...atic, playful, sometimes repetitive and sometimes humorous style. Typical quotes are
  11. Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
    20: ...returned to Moscow hoping to be reunited with her husband. She was trapped in Moscow for five years. D...
    22: ...to the volunteers in the White Army, in which her husband was fighting as an officer.
    34: Meanwhile, Tsvetaeva's husband was rapidly developing Soviet sympathies and...
    36: Tsvetaeva does not seem to have known that her husband was a spy, nor the extent to which he was co...
    60: ...t (Lebedinyi stan, Stikhi 1917-1921, published in 1957) which celebrates the [[White Army]].
  12. Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Martha Argerich.jpeg|right|thumb|Martha Argerich]]
    5: ...etti Michelangeli]] and [[Stefan Askenase]]. In [[1957]], she won two major piano competitions in Geneva...
    7: ...cata'' and Liszt's ''Sixth [[Hungarian Rhapsodies|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' remain yardsticks for these w...
  13. Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
    1: [[Image:JosephineBakerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
    13: ...lf and escaped from the chalet through a laundry chute. After the war, Baker was awarded the [[Croix d...
    17: [[Image:Josephinebaker.jpg|thumb|left|Josephine Baker, photographed by Carl Van ...
    21: ...nch orchestra leader Jo Bouillon (1947, separated 1957, eventually divorced), and American artist Robert...
  14. Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
    1: ...nizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
    11: ...ived much publicity. She was introduced to him in 1957, after a performance in [[Donizetti]]'s ''[[Anna ...
    13: ...e funeral service was held at the Greek Orthodox Church on Rue Georges-Bizet on the [[20 September]], ...
  15. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vech...
    14: ... the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
    20: ... but the marriage was later annulled. Her second husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [...
    39: *1957 ''[[Ella and Louis Again]]''
    40: *1957 ''[[Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook]]''
  16. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    18: ...t for piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello (1957)
    84: ...ke Numajiri]], the second by flutist [[Emmanuel Pahud]] and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] conducte...
  17. Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Billie_Holiday.jpg|right|thumb|<small>Billie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Va...
    28: ...mmon law]] wife. She finally divorced Monroe in [[1957]] as she split with Guy. That [[March 28]], Bill...
  18. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    1: [[Image:joan of arc miniature graded.jpg|right|thumb|Image of Joan of Arc, [[painting|painted]] betw...
    2: ...rs and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] since the early [[20th centu...
    4: ...II of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
    10: [[Image:JoanOfArcLarge.jpeg|350px|right|thumb|[[Jules Bastien-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal o...
    11: ...e:Jeanne d' Arc (Eugene Thirion).jpg|200px|right|thumb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) ...
  19. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Tallulah.jpg|thumb|Tallulah Bankhead, photographed by Carl Van Vec...
    2: ...ress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]].
    22: ...elf on The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Comedy Hour in 1957 as "The Neighbor Next Door" -- drunk, according ...
    55: *[[Thunder Below]] (1932)
    75: *1922 [[Her Temporary Husband]]
  20. Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Judi_dench.jpg|center|thumb|right|250px|Judi Dench as M in ''GoldenEye'']]
    11: ...essional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently spent seasons in repertory in [...

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