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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...ate !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...[[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
124: | [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]
141: | [[1920]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (office tower & wing)
215: * http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap01.htm - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...g by the Qin emperor ([[2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, C...
7: ...s, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In la...
18: ...nnect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] province, where a bronze smelter from...
28: ...mi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power became decentralized during the [[Spring and Autumn Period]] whe...
30: ...aoning]], and governed under the new local administrative system of [[commandery]] and [[prefecture]] ... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player
14: ...aronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
67: ...1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: *[[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
24: ...elli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
7: *[[Mohamed Farrah Aidid|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
9: *[[ɴienne Aignan|Aignan, ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright...
16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
22: ...|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strategist
24: ...eorge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
5: ...enter>[[Image:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by S颡stien Bourdon stor.jpg|center|185px|Chr...
6: <tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1...
8: <tr valign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]]...
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11: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal House'''<td>[[House of Va... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: '''Gloria Steinem''' (born [[March 25]], [[1934]]) is a [[US]] [[feminism|feminist]] and [[journa...
5: ...lesman. With his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all around the United States, buying and sel...
12: ...e foreground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant lawyer [[Florynce Rae Kennedy...
23: ...and personal set backs. In 1994, she contracted [[trigeminal neuralgia]]. She became a newlywed at an ...
25: She made famous a phrase that was coined by Australian author [[Irina Dunn]]: "A woman without a ma... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
9: ...s'' (a collection of short stories) in English in 1934. She would go on to publish several other works s...
11: ... had suffered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
18: * ''The Revenge of Truth'' (1926, published in Denmark)
19: * ''Seven Gothic Tales'' (1934 in USA, 1935 in Denmark) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
9: Dialogue in Hurston's work is roughly transcribed so as to mimic the actual speech of the ...
15: ...hes]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into ob...
17: ...ong the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Haiti]] in 1937, and presuming a sci...
22: ...-1954)|civil rights movement]] struggle was demonstrated by Hurston's opposition to the [[Supreme cour...
25: ...cludes, but does not necessarily focus on racial struggle. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...ce" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|American]] [[philosopher]...
19: ... Party of the Soviet Union|Communist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There i...
22: ... the play, ''[[The Night of January 16th]]'' in [[1934]] and published two novels, ''[[We The Living]]''...
26: ...mpany]] publishing house. Despite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringi...
31: ...]] of egoism and individualism. Rand also had a strong dislike for [[mysticism]], [[religion]], and c... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: '''Gertrude Stein''' ([[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
9: ...in_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
13: ... Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supp...
15: ...Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus oth... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
2: ...January 5]], [[1941]]) was a famous English [[aviatrix]] who was born in [[Kingston upon Hull]].
4: ...[[London]] as secretary to a solicitor. She was introduced to flying as a hobby, gaining a pilot's lic...
6: ...this, she went on to qualify as the first British-trained woman ground engineer.
8: ...ence Museum in London]]. She received a [[Harmon Trophy]] in recognition of this achievement.
18: ...DH.88|De Havilland Comet]] in the England to [[Australia]] air race. Johnson was to divorce Mollison i... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
9: Benedict wrote poetry under the name "Anne Singleton" until the early ...
11: Her ''Patterns of Culture'' ([[1934]]) expresses [[cultural relativism]] in describin...
15: ...ar-related research and consultation after U.S. entry into
18: ...tary efficiency, approvals needed for its full distribution did not come.
20: ... were alive, and conquered Asian peoples' neither treating the Japanese as their liberators from Weste... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...''', [[November 7]] [[1867]] – [[July 4]] [[1934]]) was a [[Polish]] chemist and pioneer in the ea...
5: ...ister, she moved to [[Paris]] and studied [[chemistry]] and [[physics]] at the [[Sorbonne]], where she...
7: ...gical explanation: that the pitchblende contained traces of some unknown radioactive component which w...
9: ... they named [[polonium]] after Marie's native country, and the other was named [[radium]] from its int...
11: ... in Physics]], [[1903]]: "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joi... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...ree in the same two subjects in [[1930]] and in [[1934]] became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in ma...
9: ...e with some ideas from the IBM equivalent, the COMTRAN. However, it was her idea that programs could b...
14: ... vendors. These tests, and their official administration, were taken over in the 1980s by the Nationa...
22: ...e Murray Hopper Park]]'', located on South Joyce Street in Arlington, Virginia, is a small memorial pa...
34: ... and irreverent speaking style, as well as a rich treasury of early "war stories". - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...Donald''', was an [[African American]] dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venu...
7: ...ar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding y...
9: ... several successful films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ... successfully as a Sicilian [[count]]—Baker transformed her stage and public persona into a soph...
13: ...owed Baker to show her loyalty to her adopted country by participating in the [[French Resistance|Unde... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ... hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She...
8: ...e new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...oice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s with the famous Ellington's hit "[[Take the 'A' train]]", of which she was one of the few to sing - ...
14: ..., [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" ... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...r house was the first on their street to have electricity. Her mother, Sadie Fagan, was just thirteen ...
9: There is controversy regarding Holliday's paternity. This stems ...
16: ...performing regularly at numerous clubs on [[52nd Street]] in [[Manhattan]].
20: ...s like that". Even when she was young and singing trivial pop songs, her unique tone and emotional com...
24: ...ians and contemporaneous sources that she began intravenous use sometime around [[1940]]. - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: '''Ulrike Meinhof''' ([[October 7]], [[1934]], [[Oldenburg]] - [[May 9]], [[1976]], [[Stuttga...
7: ...g" by the German press. Meinhof wrote many of the tracts and manifestos that the group produced, inclu...
9: ...s", sentenced to 8 years imprisonment. While on a trial that would have given her life imprisonment, s...
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