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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
24: ... in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] from [[1936]] to [[1942]], where he demonstrated early leadership, capta - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Ameri...
3: ...nd. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out...
5: ...Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472...
9: ...]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacter...
11: ...est Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and c... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: '''Steel''' is a [[metal]] [[alloy]] whose major component is [[iron]], with [[carbon]] bei...
8: ...a]] and their excretion of [[oxygen]] into the atmosphere, iron can be found in the crust only in comb...
11: ... making quality steel. At room temperature, the most stable form of iron is the [[body-centered cubic...
13: ...tructure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little ther...
15: ...formation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower activation energy. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under...
14: ...arty|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecut...
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman gove...
23: ...28]] - [[Arnold Rothstein]], [[New York City]]'s most notorious gambler, is shot dead over a [[poker]]...
24: ...esident [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Customs Service... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
10: ...rd|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
27: *[[Gary Ackerman|Ackerman, Gary Leonard]] (born 1942)
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
21: ...gard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
37: ...icola|Agricola, Martin]], (1466-1506), German composer - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: ...oming King George IV. Though she occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taug...
20: ...was not clear what his surname was, because like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, h...
29: ...hat he could not govern under the restrictions imposed by the Queen, and consequently resigned his com...
33: ... on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stamp.]]
39: ...ued to secretly correspond with Lord Melbourne, whose influence, however, faded away as that of Prince... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
13: ...rganise parties and social events. May was also close to her aunt, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-St...
17: ...of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambr...
19: ...uke of York]], to propose to May. George duly proposed and May accepted. Despite its being an arranged...
31: ...<td>[[20 December]] [[1902]] <td> [[25 August]] [[1942]]<td> married [[Princess Marina of Greece and Den...
56: ...and Princess of Wales ascended the throne. May choose the regal name of Mary for her reign. George and... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...trol]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support of the pub...
5: ...ried William Sanger. Although stricken by tuberculosis, she gave birth to a son the following year, fo...
9: ...on by mail. Sanger fled to [[Europe]] to escape prosecution. However, the following year, she returned...
15: ...ew'' and ''The Birth Control News''. From 1939 to 1942, she was an honorary delegate of the Birth Contro...
23: ==Philosophy== - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...ranslated into many languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling ov...
16: ...]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn Close]] and [[Antonio Banderas]].
20: ... to her daughter Paula, who lay in a coma in the hospital (she died of [[porphyria]] in 1992). In addi... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...r [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serving w...
9: ...ther works simultaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also wrote a...
15: ...907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
16: ...907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola)
21: * ''Winter's Tales'' (1942) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
2: ...folklorist]] and author. Her best-known work is most likely ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]''.
22: ...ement]] struggle was demonstrated by Hurston's opposition to the [[Supreme court#United States|Supreme...
25: ...Morrison]] and [[Alice Walker|Walker]] herself, whose works are centered in a Black American experienc...
32: *''[[Moses, Man of the Mountain]]'' ([[1939]])
33: *''[[Dust Tracks on a Road]]'' ([[1942]]) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objectivism]]|
11: ...he [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability and independence leads others to reject ...
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
14: ... seek values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force.
19: ... which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typewriter. - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
7: ... the [[Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]] in [[1942]] with her as a squadron commander. In [[1943]] ... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
9: ...ists of the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artist...
11: ...emotional motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chronology. ...
13: ...maginative and symbolic narrative encompassing almost entire English history.
15: ...best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness... I can't fight it any longer, I ...
22: In [[2002]], ''[[The Hours]]'', a film loosely based on Woolf's life and her novel ''[[Mrs. D... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...wn to town in search of work. As a child, Bessie possessed an unusual amount of drive and ambition and...
6: ...e 25 outstanding businesswomen in America by the Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954...
8: ... publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics "''Wings''," she flew her own airplane arou...
10: ... at home in the Bendix [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] race b...
12: ...liary. Following America's entry into the War, in 1942 she was made director of women's flight training ... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...]], [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[gospel]], and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan...
6: ...ll rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...'' a much more soulful and impassioned song than most of her earlier work. By the late 1960s, Frankli...
10: ...r a double LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never ma...
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Cha...
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