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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...2]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozhars...
12: ...ard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican...
15: ...ility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
35: ...[[Diane Julie Abbott|Abbott, Diane Julie]], (born 1953), British Labour MP
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]],...
11: ... mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
17: ... to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edwar...
20: ...rchbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost thr...
10: ...cotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...y disappointed that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last chi...
17: ... with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either F...
19: ...with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts t... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...gland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Someti...
9: ... VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, in...
11: ...he number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...s addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives...
18: Elizabeth's first governess was Lady Bryan, a baroness whom Elizabeth called "Muggie". At the age of... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ... May]], [[1867]] – [[March 24|24 March]], [[1953]]) was the [[Queen consort]] of [[George V of the...
5: .... She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she su...
9: ...Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambrid...
11: ...]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying i...
13: ...d War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]]. - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...pg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...]] scandals by the then President of Pakistan [[Farooq Leghari]] again using his discretionary powers ...
6: ...e for her, in that watching her father in action brought her out of academia and showed her the ways o...
8: ...istration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
24: ... She and her government have said that they only provided moral support and nothing more. The Taliban ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
3: |style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:t...
25: ...der of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ...d the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[comm...
29: ...]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...stained economic growth occured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporte... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
6: ...r three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953.
10: ...ater in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 196...
12: ...lodita''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13.
14: ...whether from murder or suicide is a matter of controversy). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile i...
16: ...tor [[Bille August]]. The movie starred [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Glenn ... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...edom, but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: ... helped break down the segregation of literature from small minority subsets ([[African-American Liter...
8: ...ciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize i...
10: She is currently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Princeton University...
12: ...one-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas." - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
7: ..., she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 followed by two ye...
12: ...rom 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
13: ... life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
15: She and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubi...
19: ...she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...t) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bess...
6: ...merica by the Boston Chamber of Commerce and in [[1953]] and [[1954]] the [[Associated Press]] named her...
8: ...sed his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstick.
10: .... Cochran would go on to win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite,...
12: ...In Britain, she volunteered her services to the [[Royal Air Force]]. For several months she worked for... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
1: [[Image:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Rosalind Franklin]]
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - ...
4: ==Background==
5: .... Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...charcoal and how to use them most efficiently, a problem affecting the war. Her work helped spark the ... - Virginia Apgar (394 bytes)
1: ... in [[anesthesia]] and childbirth. She graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1933.
3: In 1953, she introduced the first test, called the [[Apgar Score]], ... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]], [[folk music|folk]], and [[country music]] s...
4: ...ller Williams]]. Her father worked as a visiting professor in [[Mexico]] and [[Chile]] as well as diff...
6: ...] and [[Houston, Texas]], concentrating on a folk-rock-country blend. She moved to [[Jackson, Mississi...
8: ...about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among music inside...
10: ...rded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song beca... - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
7: ... A first marriage, at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On [[Novembe...
9: ...f the Polish courier missions was the smuggling across the Tatras of a secret, unique Polish [[anti-ta...
11: ....) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]] and [[Turkey]].
13: ... organization called the "[[Musketeers]]." This group had been formed in [[October]] [[1939]] by engi...
15: ...visas through French-mandated [[Syria]] from the pro-[[Vichy]] [[France|French]] [[consul]]. Only Ger... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
4: ... with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ...s later, she witnessed , Warner, a friend of her brother's get shot, severing the spinal cord, due to ...
7: ...wood circles as "the B-Movie queen", sharing the "royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was des...
9: ... philandering and drinking caused problems right from the start. When he was drafted to the [[Army]] i...
11: ...u]] production company, so the Arnazes toured the road in a [[vaudeville]] act with Lucille as the zan... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: '''Tallulah Brockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[De...
4: ...John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
6: ... won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm.
8: ...ugh as screenwriter [[Anita Loos]], another minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we t...
12: ...hat she was generally outclassed by Dietrich, [[Carole Lombard]], et al. - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
3: ...ter]] in Stockholm and had a small role in [[Munkbrogreven]] ([[1934]]), her first movie. After a doze...
7: ...an's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...nate between performances in [[American]] and [[European]] films. She received her third Academy Award...
49: * [[Stromboli (movie)|Stromboli]] (1950)
51: * [[Journey to Italy]] (1953)
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