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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...in]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could r...
3: ...ated by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the ea...
5: ... the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...iversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...Scandinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the ex... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
29: *[[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
32: ... Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
47: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm]], (1896-1962), mathematician - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...ada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing h...
7: ...om|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ds of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but her title, ...
14: ...lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929,...
15: ...n Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...|dropped out]]. This would have normally made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classified 1-...
10: ... Pittsburgh that many of Limbaugh's trademarks developed, such as a claim to use a "golden microphone"...
14: == Talk radio and television career ==
16: ...casting Network", or "E-I-B"; however, this is merely an on-air signature, as there is no organization...
18: ...er audiences. ''The Rush Limbaugh Show'' was largely responsible for the shift in [[mediumwave|AM]] [... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...s]], spawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...dmirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there were even calls ...
22: ... Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the...
24: ...]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist]], excelled in [[sports]] and reportedly longed to be a [[...
28: ...ger Lady Fermoy, was a longtime friend of [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] . [[Charles, Prince of ... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ..., and an international leader in [[sustainable development]] and [[public health]].
7: ...dtland Commission]] provided the momentum for the 1992 [[Earth Summit]] / [[UNCED]], that was headed by ...
9: ...he [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
11: Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland was elected Director-General of the [[World Health Organ...
17: ...s, "Married to Gro" (ISBN 8251616476) and the sequel, "Still married to Gro" (ISBN 8205307261). - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior...
7: Maria Cantwell was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis...
9: ...mi University of Ohio]], where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After ...
13: ...gement Act of 1990]], which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiated ... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
1: [[Image:Kelly&Bastian.jpg|220px|thumb|Petra Kelly on the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''Eine t?...
2: ...[November 29]], [[1947]] – [[October 1]], [[1992]]), German peace activist and [[German Green Part...
4: ...y]] and [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] in the [[1968]] US elections. She graduated from the School of Internat...
6: ...ng at the [[European Commission]] ([[Brussels]], Belgium, [[1971]]-[[1983]]), she participated in nume...
8: Petra Kelly was one of the founders in [[1979]] of ''Die Gr... - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Helena, Arkansas|Helena]], [[Arkansas]]
18: ...rkansas]]. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate.
20: Lincoln was born in [[Helena, Arkansas|Helena]], [[Phillips County, Arkansas|Phillips County...
22: ... was [[pregnancy|pregnant]], and in [[U.S. Senate election, 1998|1998]] ran for the US Senate seat vac...
24: ...e Finance Committee; Special Committee on Aging; Select Committee on Ethics; Senate Agriculture, Nutri... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...he [[Irish Labour Party|Labour Party]], the first elected president in the office's history not to hav...
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23: ...orn into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and servants of the Queen. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
1: ...te House portrait|thumb|right|175px|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
3: ... [[1933]]-[[1945]]. An active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promoting the [[New De...
5: ...ady of the World'', in honor of her extensive travels to promote [[human rights]].
9: ...side marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ork|Hyde Park]] branches of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor is descended from the Johannes branch and Fr... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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27: ... of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...gn relations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and forme...
31: ...eurial culture. She also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour mar...
33: ...ly due to inadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created '''Baroness Thatcher'''; since ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
5: ...d in Toledo, Gloria cared for her ill mother and helped to support them both.
9: ...agazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infam...
12: After a series of celebrity interviews, Steinem was eventually able to ...
21: ...a great sense of satisfaction at the changes she helped bring about, Ms. Steinem encourages people to...
31: * ''Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions'' (1983) - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...n and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...f the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 d...
6: ... In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where t...
8: ...ucation, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...rsity]] in [[1955]]. Her novel [[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [...
6: ...Her efforts during the [[1960]]'s and [[1970]]'s helped break down the segregation of literature from ...
8: ...h of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first Afri...
14: ==Novels==
16: *''[[Sula (novel)|Sula]]'' (1973) - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ... [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into s...
3: ...he [[Bone]] Cell Research experiment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA...
5: ...n to her extensive background in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies...
7: ...d [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her medical practice, working with...
11: ...ee camp. She completed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] in 1982. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...rammer]] for the [[Mark I Calculator]] and the developer of the first [[compiler]] for a computer prog...
3: ...i Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in [[1928]]...
5: ...rom the Navy, but she continued to work on the development of the Mark II and the Mark III Calculators...
7: ... first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-...
12: ... was promoted to Captain in [[1973]] by Admiral [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...s a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ...er studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternat...
7: ...reja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomo...
9: ...orium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual ma...
15: * "I am a religious person...and by 'religion' I mean re-ligio, the re-tying of a bond...r... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...ngers such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
21: ...ldren's television show ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'', shot in Ottawa, her hometown. Morisse...
23: ...nd a relentless desire to succeed, Morissette traveled with Howe to [[New York City]] to meet with rec...
32: ...rissette flew to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to appear on the show, but lost after one rou...
36: ...on the Canadian charts. The subsequent singles "Feel Your Love", "Walkaway" and "Plastic" were also mo... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
4: ...isiting professor in [[Mexico]] and [[Chile]] as well as different parts of the American South, before...
8: ...' The single "Changed the Locks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country ...
10: ...Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992, and the song became a smash country hit for whic...
12: ...reason, she's completely out of the loop. And I feel strongly that that's country music's loss."
14: ...ding; six years would pass before her next album release, though she appeared as a guest on other arti...
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