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- Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
3: ...#1086;́ва}}; born [[March 6]], [[1937]]), is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astron...
9: ...force]] and the cosmonaut corps by presidential order. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ..." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]].
5: ...ddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she entered [[vaudeville]] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New ...
7: ... acts. Already a star, she performed in a skirt made only of [[banana]]s, often accompanied by her pet...
11: ...ime she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and became a muse for contempo...
13: ...ker was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...] [[gospel music|gospel]] [[singer]], widely regarded as one of the best in the history of the genre. ...
3: ... Trust in Jesus'' won a prize from the French Academy, while ''[[Silent Night]]'' was one of the best...
5: ...[[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[Th... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...[[April 15]], [[1894]] – [[September 26]] [[1937]]) in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], [[USA]] was the...
5: ...helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [[1913]], at [[Atlanta...
7: ...Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], and [[Fletcher Henderson]].
9: ...itle song accompanied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a ...
11: ...her old blues groove, but "Take Me For A Buggy Ride" and "Gimme a Pigfoot", are among her most popula... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: <!-- FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima...
4: ...r]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...ward, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [...
11: ...tion to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She w...
13: ...se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious title ''Mother Teresa'... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
6: ...nd briefly working in advertising again. Civic-minded, she volunteered with the [[American Red Cross]]...
8: ...ere she was mostly a file clerk but helped in the development of a [[shark]] repellant. She was posted...
10: ...the [[United States State Department | U.S. State Department]] assigned Mr. Child as an exhibits offic...
14: ...re. She joined the women's cooking club [[Cercle des Gourmettes]] where she met [[Simone Beck]] who, ...
16: ...h]] into [[American English]], making the recipes detailed, interesting, and practical. - Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
5: ...938]], while she was still teaching at the Air Academy.
7: ... She was the navigator of the crew that also included [[Polina Osipenko]] and [[Valentina Grizodubova]...
9: ...es ever to receive it and the only ones to be awarded it before World War II.
11: ...aining, the three regiments received their formal designations as follows:
13: ... combat missions (125 air battles and 38 kills) under Tamara Kazarinova and Aleksandr Gridnev. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...rockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[a...
4: ...Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: ...affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West E...
12: ...Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics ...
16: ...he cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight f... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...when she appeared in an advertising short for the department store where she worked. That led to anoth...
10: ...]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]].
12: ...me grew. He was fired by MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[1928]], where he died soon after. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ... She then went on to graduate from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
7: ...search" in which many popular actresses were considered for the role opposite [[Clark Gable]] includin...
11: ...s year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
13: ...ed to keep a framed photograph of him on her bedside table, even while living with her companion, acto...
24: *''[[Fire Over England]]'' ([[1937]]) - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
1: '''Dawn Fraser''' (born [[September 4]] [[1937]]) is an [[Australia]]n champion [[swimming|swimm...
4: ... after the Australian Swimming Union placed her under a 10 year ban. Things had come to a head when, a...
7: ...8]] [[1998]], was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] (AO). - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...ng the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach for di...
6: By the next Olympiad, she needed no such assistance. She won her first of ten con...
12: ...e basis for the [[Henie-Onstad Art Centre]] at H?dden, near [[Oslo]].
14: ...kemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered by most as the greatest female figure skater i...
20: *''[[Thin Ice]]'' ([[1937]]) - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...e [[Modern Age]]. The Renaissance is usually considered to have begun in the [[14th century]] in [[Ita...
5: ... by French historian [[Jules Michelet]], and expanded upon by [[Switzerland|Swiss]] historian [[Jacob ...
10: ...riod is now often replaced by the term "[[Early Modern]]". (See [[periodization|periodisation]], [[Lum...
12: ...e as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age.
17: ...del Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Flore... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ... January]] [[1324]]) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] trader and [[exploration|explorer]] who, together with ...
5: ...affio'') were prosperous merchants in the East trade. The two merchants set out to [[Asia]] in [[1255]...
7: ...ed prominence in Venice and are historically recorded as Venetians.
13: ... more advanced than similar contemporary European developments.
18: ...nt the few months of his imprisonment dictating a detailed account of his travels in the then-unknown ... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...he world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (30.03333, 31.21667). [http://earth-inf...
6: ...ere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
11: ...20040617.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focuse...
14: ...aks into three branches into the low-lying [[Nile Delta]] region.
16: ...ro is dominated by the government buildings and modern architecture, the eastern half is filled with h... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...he major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
20: ...ac.uk/ Digital Egypt for Universities], which was developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petri...
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107: ...for which there is also no direct contemporary evidence. - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...e signing of the [[Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abys...
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia'''</big><br>
5: <big>'''Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik'''</big><br>
9: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
22: ... capital of the [[Manchukuo]], a nominally independent [[puppet state]] set up by the [[Japan|Japanese...
83: ...ino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Japanese invasion in 1937]] of [[WWII]], and after the war until [[Chiang K...
107: ...he [[China Ancient Capital Society]] officially added [[Zhengzhou]] as an eighth thanks to archaeologi... - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...easternmost country of the [[Americas]] and it borders [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]], [[Bol...
8: ...|Dom Pedro II]] was deposed and a [[federation|federal]] [[republic]] was established on [[15 Novembe...
10: ...ls appointed by the military. Today Brazil is a [[democracy]].
15: ...ket by popular vote for four-year terms. The president has extensive [[executive]] powers and is both ...
17: ... there is the Chamber of Deputies or ''C⭡ra dos Deputados'' of 513 seats, whose members are elected ...
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