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- Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
10: She met author [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] at [[Oxford University]...
14: Ava Gardner is interred in the Sunset Memorial Park, [[Smithfield, North Carolina]]; th...
44: * [[Singapore]] (1947)
45: * [[The Hucksters]] (1947) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...[birth control]] advocate who, along with [[Margaret Sanger]], helped to found the organization that b...
7: ...nship. She would later be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed he...
12: ...ite businessman Ludlow Ogden Smith, whom she had met while attending Bryn Mawr and married after a sho...
17: ... During her last years at Bryn Mawr, Hepburn had met a young producer with a stock company in [[Baltim...
19: ...e on stage, flubbed her lines, tripped over her feet and spoke so rapidly that she was almost incompre... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...ma Jeane Baker''. Biographers used to differ on whether the man listed on her birth certificate, [[Nor...
12: ...Norma Jeane had come to think little of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a...
20: ...nge his mind with scene stealing performances in Bette Davis's classic ''[[All About Eve]]'' in [[1950...
23: ... was so powerful, [[movie]] critics seemed to forget about the [[plot]] and focused on Marilyn and her...
25: ...ile beauty in the magazine was up and coming starlet Marilyn Monroe, the media went into overdrive. Ma... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
5: ... age, appearing in [[London]]'s [[West End]] in [[1947]]. She graduated through radio (on the show ''[[...
7: ...site [[Richard Burton]] and newcomer [[Robert Goulet]]. As was her previous show, it was a smash hit.
9: ...pburn for the Oscar, Andrews got a measure of "sweet revenge". In her acceptance speech, she said "I w...
11: ...ar]] by the [[Harvard University]] theatrical society.
13: ... movies based on the character of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in [[New York Ci... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
3: ..., which was unheard of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her ...
5: ... was hampered by [[World War II]], Blankers-Koen set several world records during that period, in even...
7: ...entury" by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
11: ... better chance to qualify for the Olympics in athletics.
13: ...race, she set a new National Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, altho... - Laura Serrano (2835 bytes)
7: ... frontiers. Mexico had also proclaimed equallity between the sexes in [[1992]] (sort of a [[Mexican]] ...
11: Next came a world title try, and she met the great world champion [[Tracy Byrd (boxer)|Tra...
19: She is also a lawyer nowadays, and is set to marry her fiancee very soon. Her trainer is fr... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
1: ...ht|Babe Didrikson in the 1932 Olympic javelin competition]]
3: ...eved her greatest successes in [[golf]] and [[athletics]]. She was born Mildred Didriksen (her surname...
5: She first became known as an athlete, competing in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angel...
9: ...hortened her career in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S....
11: ...managed two wins which were her final ones in competitive golf. Cancer took its toll and Zaharias died... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ...Hillary Rodham Clinton''' (born [[October 26]], [[1947]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]] as '''Hillary Diane Ro...
6: Hillary Rodham was raised in a [[Methodist]] family in [[Park Ridge, Illinois]]. Her ...
10: ... Nixon|Richard M. Nixon]]. It was then that she met Bernard Nussbaum, who would become the future Whi...
23: ... $1,000 investment generated $100,000 (a 10,000% return) [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politic...
27: ...nd losses were common in the volatile futures market. - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
4: ... Robinson]] his biography ''Dark Companion'' in [[1947]].
8: ... Henson was reinterred in [[Arlington National Cemetery]] near Peary's monument. - United Nations (29685 bytes)
3: ... fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Secur...
13: *[[UN Secretariat]]
20: ...[[United States]], and the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] met to elaborate the plans at the [[Dumbarton Oaks|Du...
24: ...ash; [[Republic of China]], [[France]], the [[Soviet Union]], [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United Sta...
30: ...que position of global dominance, creating a variety of new challenges for the UN (See the [[United S... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...& Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own...
25: ...]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare th...
27: ...nitive book on the original buildings, or [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/grizzard Academical Vil...
29: ...ght|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]]
30: ...mon practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. Instead, he cut a wedge out of th... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
13: ...f the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1st wife)<br>
29: ... on [[April 6]]. The [[United States Cabinet|Cabinet]] and [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congre...
33: ...ried twice, firstly to [[Letitia Christian Tyler|Letitia Christian]] on [[March 29]], [[1813]]. They h...
36: ...ecember 3]], [[1877]]). He was married to [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] who served as [[First Lady of...
38: *Letitia Christian Tyler ([[May 11]], [[1821]] - [[Dec... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ... [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
8: ...archy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
52: ...]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: ...ry, Alberta]].<br> See [[List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada]], [[List of the 100 lar...
75: ...Iroquoian]] word ''Kanata'', meaning "village", "settlement", or "collection of huts" [http://www.cana... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...e [[Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia.
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10: ..." | [[Image:Ethiopia flag large.png|125px|Flag of Ethiopia]]
11: ...er" width="140px" | [[Image:Ethiopia_COA.png|90px|Ethiopia COA]]
13: ...="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Ethiopia|In Detail]]) - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
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53: ... island after his ship became separated from a fleet going to [[India]]. In the late 17th century, the...
55: ...h had been important in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and fina...
57: ...ench protectorate over Madagascar in [[1885]] in return for eventual control over [[Zanzibar]] (now pa... - Greece (54754 bytes)
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59: ...nish language|Spanish]] {{lang|es|''Grecia''}}, ''etc.'' In most Middle Eastern and Eastern languages...
65: ...ciated with the sea. After the internal struggle between Spartans and Athenians, all parts of Greece w...
72: ...tantinople. Furthermore, although the Byzantines retained control of the Aegean and its islands throug... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...outh along the [[Danube]] River. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the [[Black Sea]] and the easte...
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55: ''Main article: [[Etymology of Romania]]'' - Hungary (18459 bytes)
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57: ...81;grzy'', [[German language|German]] ''Ungarn'', etc.). After the empire of the Huns disintegrated, G...
61: ...xample the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. Together with [[Poland|Polish]] and [[Czech lands]], Hu... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
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48: ... country in southern [[South America]], situated between the [[Andes]] in the west and the southern [[...
57: ...s waged a lengthy conflict between themselves to determine the future of the nation. National unity wa...
63: ...nd early [[1970s]], the way was open for Per󮧳 return. - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
11: | ([[Flag of Bangladesh|In Detail]])
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28: ...es by area|Ranked 91st]]<br>144,000 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br>7.0%
57: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.bd]]
67: ... Struggle|Indian independence]] was achieved in [[1947]], political motivations caused it to be divided ...
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