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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
15: ... formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neighbor [[Niter, fo...
25: ...esident [[Juscelino Kubitschek]] was elected in [[1955]] and took office in [[1956]] with a promise to b...
54: ...da Tijuca remains an area of accelerated growth, attracting mainly the richer sector of the population...
58: ...ed zones with residential skyscrappers. This has attracted businesses to move to the area to take adva...
100: *[http://transito.rio.rj.gov.br/ Rio De Janiero Webcams... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ldest continuous major [[civilization]]s, with written records dating back at least 3,500 years, and w...
14: ... of the Grand Historian|Historical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiogr...
15: ...s.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
18: ...but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle bones]] or ...
28: ...[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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11: ...of Washington]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
12: * [[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of Ame...
25: * [[1942]] - World War II: [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] - Disobeying a direct order by ...
38: * [[1995]] - After attending a peace rally in [[Tel Aviv]]'s Kings Squar... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
8: ...n Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
45: *[[Edwin Adams Cotto|Adams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was conv...
65: ...2-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
67: *[[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert...
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent an...
20: ...ork. Her [[governess]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C....
33: ...as simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten before being created [[Duke of Edinburgh]] befo...
35: ...lip should have the ''personal surname'' [[Mountbatten-Windsor]].
42: ...thy Laurence|Commander Timothy Laurence]] (born [[1955]]) - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
18: ...h's household before [[Anne Boleyn]]'s death. [[Matthew Parker]], her mother's favourite priest, took ...
27: ...cism|Catholic]] Mary persecuted Protestants. She attempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be R...
33: ...e. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accept...
35: ... Burghley|Sir William Cecil]] for advice on the matter. The [[Act of Uniformity 1559]] required the us...
41: ...s all of the estates and incomes Elizabeth inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers u... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
25: | [[Joseph Medill Patterson Albright]]
40: ...lbright graduated from Kent Denver high school in 1955. Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with h...
76: ...ndmother. Albright adopted the new name when she attended a Swiss boarding school. She and her parents...
78: ...he married newspaper journalist [[Joseph Medill Patterson Albright|Joseph Albright]], with whom she ha...
82: ...ds. For example, she wears an anchor brooch when attending Navy functions, and she wore a brooch resem... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
3: ...27]], [[1960]]) was a campaigner in the [[suffragette]] movement.
9: ...ia set up the [[East London Federation of Suffragettes]] (ELFS), which over the years evolved politica...
11: ...ritain]] (CPGB. However, such was the importance attached to being within the same movement as the Bol...
15: ...figure in the communist movement at the time and attended meetings of the International in [[Russia]] ...
17: ...ia, a Cultural History'' (London: Lalibela House, 1955). Having moved to Addis Ababa in [[1956]], with h... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
2: ...o give up a [[bus]] seat to a white man who was getting on the bus.
6: ...], [[Alabama]] branch of the [[NAACP]]. She also attended the [[Highlander Folk School]], an education...
8: On [[December 1]], [[1955]], in Montgomery, Parks refused to obey a public ...
10: ... against [[segregation]]. In helping in this boycott, Rosa Parks helped make her fellow Americans awar...
19: ...unts of Parks' act of [[civil disobedience]] in [[1955]] refer to her simply as a "tired seamstress." Pa... - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...of Arts]] degree from [[Cornell University]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the ...
6: Morrison was an important player in the battle to open the canon of English and comparative li...
31: ==Libretto==
42: * [http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1993/ The No...
43: * [http://wiredforbooks.org/tonimorrison/ 1987 audio int... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...tzerland]]. She later studied with [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]] and [[Stefan Askenase]]. In [[195... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ...] was at age 16 in [[1934]] at the [[Harlem, Manhattan|Harlem]] [[Apollo Theater]], [[New York]], in o...
12: ...ne of the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics.
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
130: ...ou needed an elevator to go from the top to the bottom. There's nobody to take her place." - [[David B...
133: ...ound as modern 200 years from now." - [[Tony Bennett]] - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ...me "Mary" recalled her to consciousness, and she uttered the joyful, reverent cry, "Rabboni". She woul...
12: Further attestation of Mary of Magdala and her role among som...
20: :"Peter also opposed her in regard to these matters and asked them about the Savior. "Did he then ...
23: *[http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/gospelmary.html...
24: *[http://reluctant-messenger.com/gospel-magdalene.htm '... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...[urologist]], and Katharine Houghton, a [[suffragette]] and [[birth control]] advocate who, along with...
12: ...ssman Ludlow Ogden Smith, whom she had met while attending Bryn Mawr and married after a short engagem...
21: ...urn became the talk of New York City, and began getting noticed by [[Hollywood]].
30: ...ficant press attention, would wear overalls and ratty tennis shoes instead of glamorous clothing fit f...
32: ...pburn played Jo in the screen adaptation of ''[[Little Women]]'', which broke box-office records. - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
11: In [[1955 in film|1955]], she was awarded the [[Academy Award for Best A...
17: ...r's mother and made her his heir [[Princess Charlotte of Monaco]].
19: Before Grace Kelly drew Rainier's attention, French film star [[Gis謥 Pascal]] had bee...
43: *''[[To Catch a Thief]]'' (1955)
48: *[http://www.familyforest.com/Prince_Albert_2.html Char... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ... to [[England]], where young Leigh grew up. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in [[Roehamp...
7: ...e until late [[1938]], when filming began. [[Paulette Goddard]] was close to be cast as [[Margaret Mit...
11: ...pic film ''[[Anna Karenina]]'', her illness was getting worse. In [[1952 in film|1952]], however, Lei...
15: ...on]] home. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered on the lake at [[Tickerage Mill pond]], near ...
35: *''[[The Deep Blue Sea]]'' ([[1955]]) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
1: ...phiaLoren55.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Sophia Loren''' in 1955.]]
9: ...]''), her acting career took off upon meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1...
11: ...nt]], the latter to whom she became romantically attracted for a time). Loren became an international ...
13: ...]]. In [[1960]], her acclaimed performance in [[Vittorio De Sica]]'s ''[[Two Women]]'' earned her a mu...
17: ... [[Richard Burton (actor)|Richard Burton]] and [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[A Special Day]]'' with Mastroian... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...er, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later years, more and more have gon...
8: ...utobiography, ''My Story'', [[ghostwriter|ghostwritten]] by [[Ben Hecht]], Marilyn said she thought Wa...
12: ... think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She...
18: ...s of becoming an actress, Norma Jean came to the attention of [[20th Century Fox]] by way of [[talent]...
20: ...ge his mind with scene stealing performances in Bette Davis's classic ''[[All About Eve]]'' in [[1950]... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
7: ... [[world record]]s. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became leader of the Dutch femal...
11: ...h as [[Rie Mastenbroek]]), and she would have a better chance to qualify for the Olympics in athletics...
23: ...not an unusual opinion at the time. However, his attitude towards female athletes changed after he fel...
27: ...ed officially, as she competed against men when setting the record. The closed out the season with a n...
29: ... women wore outfits with national symbols while setting the record. - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
33: **220 yards freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
35: **110 yards [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]]: 1960, 1962
38: **4 x 110 yards medley relay: 1955, 1964
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