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- Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...lt.gif|White House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ...r Roosevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United States|Americ...
5: ... called her the ''First Lady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human righ...
9: ...tions outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johannes branch and Frankl... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
7: ...New York Call'' entitled "What Every Girl Should Know." Distributing a pamphlet, ''Family Limitation''...
11: ...s followed in 1917 by ''What Every Mother Should Know''. That year, Sanger was sent to the workhouse f...
13: ...(renamed Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in her honor in 1940). That year, she also formed the Nationa...
15: ...h Control News''. From 1939 to 1942, she was an honorary delegate of the Birth Control Federation of A...
24: ... regulations requiring registration of people diagnosed with venereal diseases (which she contrasted w... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: '''Lise Meitner''' ([[November 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]...
4: ...oactivity, with her knowledge of physics and his knowledge of chemistry.
8: ...3]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger effe...
10: ... Roosevelt]] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]].
12: ...eft Germany with the bomb in my purse". She was honored as "Woman of the Year" by the National Women's... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
6: ...resbyterian Hospital|Presbyterian Hospital]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York]] from 1892-1921.
8: ...he [[Medaille de l'Hygiene Publique]] (Medal of honor for Public Health).
13: ...etery]]. [[Columbia University]] awarded her an honorary master of arts. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she is noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvi...
6: ...ding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Webb]]'s band, w...
10: ...[[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calyp...
12: ...the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics.
16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings with jazz legend [[Lo... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
3: ...est [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleanora Fagan''', she had a difficult childhood which a...
9: ...ank DeViese]]". Some historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital or governmen...
16: ...gularly at numerous clubs on [[52nd Street]] in [[Manhattan]].
24: ...and contemporaneous sources that she began intravenous use sometime around [[1940]].
34: ...thern trees bear strange fruit" gave her a place, not just in musical history, but in American history... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...[1908]] – [[October 6]], [[1989]]), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] ...
5: ...vis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne]]'s Manhattan Civic Repertory because she was considered insinc...
7: ...Bondage]]''. The Motion Picture Academy failed to nominate Davis for this ''tour de force'', and such ...
9: ... ([[1950]]), for which she received another Oscar nomination, put her back on top.
11: ...ord]], earned her another [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nomination. The film, which was the only time that D... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...rway|Norwegian]] [[Martin Edward Mortensen]], was not her true biological father. The most likely cand...
8: ...riously considered adopting her, which they could not have done without Gladys's consent.
10: ...tal near [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]].
12: ...rwise she would have had to return the orphanage. Norma Jeane had come to think little of herself, yet...
16: No other actor has reached the spectacular heights o... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
5: ...Best Supporting Actress—making her the most-nominated actor of all time, surpassing [[Katharine ...
7: ...re some days when even I think I'm overrated, but not today."
9: ... first and only action film to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ...pearing in ''[[Marvin's Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart...
13: ...Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. That same year, Manhattan Borough President [[C. Virginia Fields]] proclaim... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...ix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6-0]] [[GWR 6800 C...
3: ...ce or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
12: ... a new one. Failure of the motive power unit does not require taking the whole train out of service.
13: * ''Efficiency'' - idle trains do not waste expensive motive power resources. Separat...
14: ...omotives have become obsolete when their cars are not, or vice versa. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
8: | preceded=None
14: ...ace of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
16: | party=None
19: ...r of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United States|American]] g...
24: ... on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
28: ...'<td>Hawaii<td>[[Hawaii]]<td>[[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]</tr>
30: ...'''<td>Ill.<td>[[Illinois]]<td>[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]</tr>
53: ...NC'''<td>N.C.<td>[[North Carolina]]<td>[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]</tr>
54: ...'ND'''<td>N.D.<td>[[North Dakota]]<td>[[Bismarck, North Dakota|Bismarck]]</tr>
74: For a complete list of non-state dependent areas and other territory under ... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Kathleen Sebelius]]|
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
42: ...nnexed to the [[United States]] in [[1803]] as [[unorganized territory]]. Kansas then became part of t...
69: ...ernor]] [[Kathleen Sebelius]] and Lieutenant Governor [[John E. Moore]]. Both are elected on the same...
78: [[List of Governors of Kansas]]; [[U.S. Congressional Delegations f... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Phil Bredesen]] |
39: ...own was located on a river of the same name (now known as the [[Little Tennessee River]]).
43: ...med the third county to be established in what is now [[Middle Tennessee]] "Tennessee County". When a ...
46: ...ettlement and the time of European contact are unknown, but several distinct cultural phases have been...
48: ...erritory]] west of [[Arkansas]]. This came to be known as the [[Trail of Tears]], as an estimated 4,00... - American Psycho (168 bytes)
3: ... a novel by [[Bret Easton Ellis]] about a young [[Manhattan]]ite [[serial killer]]. A film adaptation was rel... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
3: ...tings or tabular information for quick reference, not narrative articles.
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26: *Not included here:
49: **[[List of anonymously published works]]
50: **[[List of books by award or notoriety]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ...onglomerate of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
7: ... died. The [[Edison and Ford Winter Estates]] are now open to the public.
10: ...sted and nearly hanged. He and his family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British go...
14: ...ir seventh child, [[Thomas Alva Edison]]. The economic success in Milan was soon over, though, and se...
18: ...ed him with his telegraphy work as it blocked out noises and prevented Edison from hearing the telegra... - World War II (58065 bytes)
4: ... [[7 July]] [[1937]] (the start of the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese...
8: ...aft]], and [[RADAR]] are only a few of many [[Technology during World War II|war-time inventions]].
10: ...|spheres of influence]], the former undergoing economic reconstruction under the [[Marshall Plan]] and...
18: ...ntries did not have a profound impact on the war, nor did they supply the Axis powers with any great a...
22: ...Canada, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Greece, and Denmark were also counted among ... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
7: ...tish]] [[colonies]] along the Atlantic Coast of [[North America]], began meeting in Philadelphia, Penn...
13: ...tion]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Conf...
21: ...ritish Parliament's attempt to raise taxes on the North American colonists raised fears among the Amer...
23: ...uth or Newfoundland and Nova Scotia at the north, nor French-speaking Quebec. The first [[Continental ...
27: ...to the outskirts of Boston. The appearance of cannon on Dorchester heights, above the city, led the B... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...egorian calendar as promulgated in [[1582]] did ''not'' specify that January 1 was to be either [[New ...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes pla...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered by [[Giu...
22: *[[1818]] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern...
30: ...of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, [[Manhattan]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Queens]], and [[The Bronx]], a...
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