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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: ...t|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shie...
5: ...Cornwall]], or the west of what would become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power...
7: ... a shadowy figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led ...
15: ...son called Artuir and whose life was somewhat similar to Arthur's.
19: ...ith Arthur, chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember." - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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9: ... England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
12: ...es|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ... States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of ...
15: ...pia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...s name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirundi]].
3: ...es in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the grow...
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10: ...tto = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: ... = [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.| - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
8: *[[Ben Affleck|Affleck, Ben]], (born 1972), US actor - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...uring a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ... misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She gr...
11: ...y Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...in the line of succession after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succ... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...50px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] ...
3: ...s also the [[Empress of India]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princ...
9: ...her was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younge...
11: ...elled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], for ...
17: ...nce Albert Victor died of [[pneumonia]] six weeks later. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
31: ... [[November 4]], [[1993]]. Though she was not popularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only ...
33: She was never particularly fond of any of her given names, and consequent...
35: Campbell married [[Nathan Divinsky]] in [[1972]]. During their marriage, Campbell lectured in po...
39: ...rty. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federal election, 19... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
3: ... being appointed vice president of the party in [[1972]]. On [[January 2]], [[1975]], the dictator [[Jea...
5: ...lf as emperor. When Domitien openly rejected the plans, she was promptly fired and her cabinet was dis... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
11: ! Place of Birth:
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
31: | [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]].
59: ...ister in the cabinet of Congress Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. Shastri died in office in [[1... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...nate]]. She was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 ...
7: ...]], [[1973]]. She was defeated for reelection in 1972 by [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[...
11: ... the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]].
14: ...h="30%" align="center"|'''Preceded by:'''<br>[[Wallace H. White, Jr.]] - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ator [[Spencer Abraham]] (whom [[George W. Bush]] later named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secr...
5: ...ity]] in [[1972]] and an [[M.S.W.]] ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from Michigan State University in [[1975]]...
9: ...state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], ...
11: ...ts' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re-...
15: ...ressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumb... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
8: ...es and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s campaign. She graduated in [[1956]...
9: ...her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
12: ...is time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy | Florynce Rae ("Flo")...
14: ... Caucus]] and the [[Women's Action Alliance]]. In 1972 she founded the feminist magazine ''[[Ms. Magazin...
16: In [[1974]] Steinem founded the [[Coalition of Labor Union Women]]. In [[1977]] she participated in... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ollege]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she ret...
10: ...ion of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the co...
12: ...as said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
20: :''[[Surfacing (novel)|Surfacing]]'' ([[1972]])
21: :''[[Lady Oracle]]'' ([[1976]]) - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...[Katowice]] (then in [[Germany]], now part of [[Poland]]) and became one of the few women to receive a...
5: ...]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. Here she developed a model for the...
7: ...umbers are called "[[Magic Numbers]]". Maria postulated, against the received wisdom of the time, that...
11: ...ey had published their results Maria sought to collaborate with them. One of German team, [[Hans Jense...
17: After her death in [[1972]], an award was set up by the [[American Physical... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ...of Donizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
3: ...spare Spontini|Spontini]]'s ''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] operas of [[Pucci...
5: ... of [[Tullio Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many bel can...
7: ...ly unstable higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...eppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed voice. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], ...
2: ...e and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...e [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ...the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ... hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marily... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won ...
6: .... In the early [[1960s]], Franklin had a few popular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with...
8: ...in said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat me down at the piano and the h...
10: ...of her most influential full-length releases, the latter a double LP of live gospel music recorded in ...
12: ...awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in ... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...n the history of the genre. She grew up in the "Black Pearl" section of the [[Carrollton, Louisiana|C...
3: ...s who felt she had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...]]. The late [[1960s]] saw a downturn in her popular success. She ended her career with a concert in... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...st highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
5: ... her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
9: ... [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]] and...
11: ...for her new label Asylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of ...
13: ...e Rolling Thunder Revue tour headlined by [[Bob Dylan]]. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...hattanooga, Tennessee]], [[USA]] was the most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and...
5: ...an developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta]]'s "81" Theatre and by [[1920]] she had gaine...
7: ...lroad car), Bessie Smith became the highest-paid black entertainer of her day. Her recorded accompanim...
9: ...ver, never stopped performing. While the days of elaborate shows were over, she continued touring and ...
11: ...de" and "Gimme a Pigfoot", are among her most popular recordings.
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