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- Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: '''Billie Jean King''' ([[n饝] Moffit) is a professional [[tennis]] player. Born on [[November 22...
5: ... 6-3 before 30,492 spectators in the [[Houston Astrodome]] (reportedly the largest ever live audience ...
9: ...g currently resides in New York and Seattle. Her brother, [[Randy Moffitt]], was a pitcher for the [[S... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
2: ...command more than 1,000 men and provided them as troops for the [[Battle of New Orleans (1815)]]. Foll...
4: ...e engaged in [[smuggling]] and [[privateer]]ing, from his "Kingdom of Barataria" (in what is now [[Lou...
6: ... years. In the 1950's the journal was translated from the [[French language]] and published. The origi...
8: ... by a poem of [[George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron|Byron]]:
17: ... battle and the final resting place for soldiers from the [[Civil War]], [[Spanish-American War]], [[W... - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
10: ...rst time brought together from various parts of Europe, at the exhibition of the [[French Primitives]]...
12: ...wing in [[crayon]]; whilst an authentic portrait from his brush is in the Liechtenstein collection.
14: ... on the Berlin wing of the [[Melun altarpiece]]. From Fouquet's hand again are eleven out of the fourt...
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...r the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema b...
5: ...thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|state]] and a city in southeastern [[Braz...
9: ...area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 mi... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ... [[empiricism]] (through observation), and even through [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and inh...
7: ...hich includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th centur...
10: ...onia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, who was active around 585 B.C. and left us the opaque dictum, "All i...
12: ...and for teaching people to argue fallaciously to prove whatever conclusions they wished). This whole m...
14: ...influence the [[Athenian Assembly]], and thereby grow wealthy and respected. Since winning debates led... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
3: ...Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [[...
4: ...e as an ancient masterpiece that had been carved around the year [[130 BC]]. He immediately arranged ...
6: ...[[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperrey]], and brought home a very fine collection of animals and pl...
8: ...the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]].
16: ...ville was killed with his wife and son in a [[railroad]] accident near [[Meudon]], France. He is burie... - Treasury (1846 bytes)
7: ...Finance Minister is responsible for government [[procurement]], policy guidelines for [[commonwealth]]...
15: * [[Aerarium]] in Ancient Rome
27: *[[Provincial Treasurer]] - 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: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...a, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
5: ...1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752)
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952) - 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]]. - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
5: ...nault]] and through his first wife of [[Henry of Grosmont]], [[Duke of Lancaster]] and his wife [[Isab...
8: ...ilippa of Lancaster]], daughter of John of Gaunt from his first wife [[Blanche of Lancaster]]. Her fin...
10: ... Portugal, Grand Master of Santiago]], who was a brother of [[Henry the Navigator]], and his wife [[Is...
30: *[[Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros|Cardinal Cisneros]], Isabella and Ferdinand's famous and powerful ...
37: | width="30%" align="center" rowspan="2" | Preceded by:<br>'''[[Henry IV of Casti... - 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... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [...
9: ...y I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]])...
14: ...that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionabl...
15: ...ed the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mar...
17: ... of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reig... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...at''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novembe...
5: ...nths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by C...
9: ...-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up ...
11: ...e status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catheri...
13: Catherine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[P... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...e:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: ...ngres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Ag...
5: Diderot also contributed to [[literature]], notably with...
7: ...743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs with the writer Mad...
10: - 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... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ... to her divorce in [[1996]] she was styled '''Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales'''. She was al...
13: ...oneering [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-...
15: ...To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there were eve...
22: ...Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being n...
24: ... Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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13: | [[Brian Mulroney]]
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ...woman in history to sit at the table of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
3: ...an-B餥l Bokassa]] formed a new government and introduced the post of prime minister, appointing Domit...
5: ...rom returning to politics, though she remained a prominent figure, both as a former politician and as ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
1: [[Image:RosaLuxemburg.jpg|right|frame|Rosa Luxemburg]]
2: ...y, [[1919]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the mo...
6: ...his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her ...
8: ...aged to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of these groups.
10: ...flying colours. After fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Z... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ... his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and selling. The fa...
9: ...3]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover exp...
12: ... also brought other notable feminists to the foreground. During this time she toured the country with ...
14: ...e feminist magazine ''[[Ms. Magazine|Ms.]]'' and wrote for the magazine until it was sold in [[1987]]....
21: ...her' figure to many young women who recognize the role she played in changing the outcome of their liv... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...r 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the arts.
4: ...r at an early age. In 1632 her father was exiled from France after a duel, and when her mother died te...
6: ...was really only an aspect of the clear idea that drove her actions: she was determined to remain unmar...
8: ... a nine-year old named [[Voltaire|Fran篩s Marie Arouet]] so he could buy books.
10: ...former queen of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ninon's behalf and a...
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