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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...sted: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer ...
2: ...of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
3: ==The Arthur of history==
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ... [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]...
10: ...t Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom o...
13: ...ic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...ne]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
17: ...d]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...ountry is land-locked, much of its western border is adjacent to [[Lake Tanganyika]] where it enjoys a...
3: ...t faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the...
13: ...ndi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
37: established_events = - Date |
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]... - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
8: *[[Ben Affleck|Affleck, Ben]], (born 1972), US actor
9: ... Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]] - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...f great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...rinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...n was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eig...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afte...
16: ...ard VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...toria Mary of Teck'''), (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]],...
5: ... Mary was known for setting the tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality ...
9: ...ustria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsburgs]], the once ...
11: ...[Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]...
13: ... week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aun... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...ed countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ...eens. She was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a d...
35: ...d in political science at the [[University of British Columbia]] and at [[Vancouver Community College]...
39: ...party. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federal election, ... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ... – died [[26 April]] [[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic]].
3: ...ion. She was the first woman to serve as prime minister of an [[Africa]]n nation.
5: ...er tenure as prime minister. She served a brief prison term, after which she was prohibited from retur... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
8: ! Date of Demise:
14: ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Prime Minister of India]]
17: | 3rd Prime Minister
51: ... – [[October 31]], [[1984]]) was [[Prime Minister of India]] from [[January 19]], [[1966]] to [[...
55: ...ild of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]]. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ... one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to bot...
5: ...l in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: ...]], [[1973]]. She was defeated for reelection in 1972 by [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[...
11: ... the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]]. - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...rah Ann Stabenow''' (born [[April 29]], [[1950]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] [...
5: ...Abraham by a narrow margin (his wife Jane Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow...
7: She is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget...
9: ...ed in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
11: ...mocratic caucus. As caucus secretary, she will assist [[Senate Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]], D-Nev... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...men's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
5: ...io]]. Her father was an antiques salesman. With his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all aroun...
9: ...orters. After two years she landed a job as an assistant editor of ''Help!'' magazine and also freelan...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism ==
12: ...her notable feminists to the foreground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant la... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...e she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gib...
4: ... has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
10: ...ed by former [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx an...
20: :''[[Surfacing (novel)|Surfacing]]'' ([[1972]]) - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...er''' ([[June 28]], [[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?rt in [[Katowice]] (then in [...
3: ... G?rt married Dr. [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. The couple moved to the [[Un...
5: ...ed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work she received a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1...
7: ...he Earth spinning on its axis as the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea...
9: ...; some twirl clockwise, others twirl counterclockwise." - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ...''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] operas of [[Puccini]].
7: ...retations with an increasingly unstable higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...h the tenor [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed ...
11: ...later, when Onassis left Callas for [[Jackie Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US pr...
13: ...r]], and her ashes were buried in the [[P貥 Lachaise]] cemetery. After being stolen and later recover... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...oted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singin...
4: ...ort News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her ...
6: ...t was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
10: ...e]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...rcer]] (the only songbook devoted soley to a lyricist) the Kern and Mrcer songbooks also scored by Rid... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...he is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets...
6: ...She signed with [[Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In...
8: ... American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat m...
10: ...ic recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK po...
12: ...ormance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...Orleans, Louisiana]] and began singing in a [[Baptist]] church. She moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] ...
3: ...uccess came an inevitable backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound for pop...
5: ...when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. J... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...rt Macleod, Alberta|Fort Macleod]], [[Alberta]]), is a Canadian musician and painter. Initially worki...
5: ...he instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distinctive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a ...
7: ...g her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...k Cavett Show]]''.) Also of interest, "For Free" is the first of Mitchell's many songs focusing on th...
11: ...ffen]]). It remains her best selling single to this day. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
7: ...f the finest musicians around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]],...
9: ... and a string section--a musical environment that is radically different from any found on her recordi...
11: ...studio, dropped by for an almost inaudible guest visit. Hammond was not pleased with the result, prefe...
13: ...ling from a concert in Memphis to Clarksdale, Mississippi along [[United States Highway 61]]. She wa...
17: ...ance....She died some eight or ten hours after admission to the hospital. We gave her every medical at...
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