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- Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
9: ...old Andrews he didn't feel she packed the gear to play in My Fair Lady. After beating Hepburn for the ...
11: ...]]'', and ''[[S.O.B.]]'', in which she appeared topless, she was seen very rarely on screen during the...
13: ...haracter of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in [[New York City]]. In [[2004]], she...
15: ...s|USA]] at the end of [[2002]] with [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Charlotte Church]], [[Max Howard]], and...
17: ... and, perhaps most notoriously, in ''S.O.B.'' she plays a character very similar to herself, who agree... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
2: ... [[Commonwealth Games]] medals. In [[October]] [[1962]] she became the first woman to swim the 100 metr...
4: ...rom swimming, after the Australian Swimming Union placed her under a 10 year ban. Things had come to a...
22: *[[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1962 Perth Commonwealth Games]]
32: ...10 yards freestyle: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964
33: ...ds freestyle: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: '''Jackie Joyner-Kersee''' (born [[March 3]], [[1962]]) is generally considered as the best all-around...
4: ...mes]]). She was inspired to compete in multi-discipline events after seeing a 1975 television movie ab...
6: ...lympic gold medalist, having won the Olympic [[triple jump]] in [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]. [[Sport... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...vakia]]) is a former World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected...
5: ...Her parents divorced when she was three, and in [[1962]] her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who...
21: ...(Navrátilová was ranked the World No. 1 doubles player for a period of over three years in the 1980s...
25: ...ks and 331 total weeks as the World No. 1 singles player.) In [[1988]], Graf truly eclipsed Navratilo...
31: ...ged 47 years and 8 months, to make her the oldest player to win a professional singles match in the Op... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
28: ...ly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term as president.
39: ...ore this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board of War and Ordinance...
46: ...rens played a minor role, Jay, Adams and Franklin played the major part in the negotiations. Overrulin... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
20: ...Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]], saying, "I think this is the most extraordinar...
30: ...84]], Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. In...
32: ...Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pleased with the quantity and quality of wine now be... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...scientists working in this area. In the theory of plate tectonics the outermost part of the [[Earth]]'...
3: ...ing, and [[oceanic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called ...
5: Plate tectonic theory arose out of two separate geol...
6: ...mage:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half o...
7: == Key principles == - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: '''The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria''', or ''...
15: ...ion): The Revolution by the people and for the people''</small>
38: | From [[France]]<br>[[July 5]], [[1962]]
64: ...or a slow conquest of Algeria, not technically completed until the early 1900s when the last [[Tuareg]...
66: ...rnment's confiscation of communally held land. People of European descent in Algeria (the so-called ''... - Samoa (9435 bytes)
37: | From [[New Zealand]]<br>[[January 1]], [[1962]]
57: ...urn of the 20th century, the Samoan islands were split into two sections. The eastern islands became t...
59: ...m Western Samoa to Samoa. Samoa had been known simply as Samoa in the [[United Nations]] since joining...
64: ...resigned due to health reasons. Tofilau Eti was replaced by his deputy, Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi.
66: ... Progressive Conservative Party, the Samoa All Peoples Party, and the Samoa Liberal Party. - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
65: ...eform quickened. Following general elections in [[1962]], full internal self-government was granted in [...
73: ...renda. In late 2001 and early 2002, The Gambia completed a full cycle of presidential, legislative, an...
78: ... politicians from deposed President Jawara's [[People's Progressive Party]] (PPP) and other senior gov...
80: ...dential [[Elections_in_the_Gambia|election]] took place in [[September]] [[1996]], in which retired Co...
112: ...nts for 29% of gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 75% of the labor force. Within agriculture, pe... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
9: ... arrived from South America in the third wave, displacing both the Arawak and the Salodoid-Barrancoid....
11: ...dos and used them as [[Slavery|slave labor]] on [[plantation]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving ...
15: ...ica, most notably [[South Carolina]]. To work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[...
17: Local politics were dominated by plantation owners and merchants of British descent. ...
21: From [[1958]] to [[1962]], Barbados was one of 10 members of the [[West I... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ... was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the [[Platt Amendment]] (revoked in [[1934]]), after which...
10: ...ying to build [[socialism]] in Cuba, and opened diplomatic relations with the [[Soviet Union]]. A new ...
12: ...ntly led to the Cuban Missile crissis in October (1962), when Medium Range Nuclear Missiles were install...
16: ...cisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet people, our country could not have survived the confron...
18: ...rising steadily. Cuba's economy today is roughly split into three parts: [[agriculture]] ([[tobacco]],... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
39: established_dates = [[October 9]], [[1962]]|
61: The area was placed under the charter of the [[British East Afric...
78: ...nd [[Lake Edward]]. The country is located on a [[plateau]], averaging about 900 m above sea level. A...
80: ...f town'. The [[Kampala|city of Kampala]], for example, is in the [[Kampala (district)|district of Kamp...
85: ...]] is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force, with [[coffee]] ... - Rwanda (10946 bytes)
35: ...ished_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
46: ...at resulted in the deaths of up to one million people.
50: ...wanda was the site of one of the region's most complex monarchical systems. The earliest known inhabit...
52: ...s. They moved mainly to Congo but also to Ugandan plantations, looking for work.
54: ...more power until, upon Rwanda's independence in [[1962]], the Hutu held virtually all power. - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
13: ...| <small>''[[National motto]]: Out of Many One People''</small>
44: ...gdom|the UK]]</font size="-1"><br>[[August 6]], [[1962]]
65: ... to it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there arou...
71: ...eaving the federation in [[1962]] and is now a completely sovereign nation. Jamaica celebrated the tri...
80: ...n which the Queen and Governor-General would be replaced by a President. - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...ted coffee, tobacco, indigo, cotton, and sugar on plantations worked by African slaves. In [[1763]], S...
61: ...in [[1834]]; the resulting labor shortages on the plantations attracted Portuguese immigrants in the 1...
65: ... associate statehood status in 1969, giving it complete control over its internal affairs. Following a...
67: ...nd 1987, hurricanes devastated banana and coconut plantations; 1998 and 1999 also saw very active hurr...
91: ...l at introducing new industries, and a high [[unemployment rate]] of 22% continues. The continuing dep... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
59: ===European exploration and administration (1870–1960)===
61: ...]]'s novella ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' also takes place in Congo Free State. In 1908, the Belgian parl...
67: ... of the permanent committee of the All-African Peoples Conference (founded in [[Accra]], 1958) and pre...
72: ...arts of the world. See his ''Congo: My Country'' (1962) and ''Lumumba Speaks'' (ed. by Jean van Lierde, ...
74: The [[CIA]] had aided Mobutu and was pleased with the outcome, having viewed the [[Soviet... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
49: ...emains possess features resembling [[Bushman]] people.
51: ...ries]]. Other missionaries, traders, hunters, and planters soon followed.
57: ...constitutional conference in London in November [[1962]], the British Government agreed to give Nyasalan...
59: ...ok effect in May 1963, providing for virtually complete internal self-government. The Federation of Rh...
61: ...one-party state. On [[June 14]], [[1993]], the people of Malawi voted overwhelmingly in favor of multi... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
49: ...y the latter part of that century, the various peoples of Zambia were largely established in the areas...
51: ... mid-19th century, it was penetrated by Western explorers, missionaries, and traders. [[David Livingst...
57: ...two-stage election held in October and December [[1962]] resulted in an African majority in the legislat...
59: ...th Africa]] (ANC), and the [[South-West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO).
61: ...nia]]n port of [[Dar es Salaam]], built with [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] assistance, reduce... - Papyrus (5819 bytes)
2: ...f [[paper]] made from the [[pith]] of the papyrus plant, ''[[Cyperus papyrus]]'', a wetland [[Cyperace...
5: ...t used as a foodstuff and ''bublos'' for the same plant when used for non-food products, such as corda...
10: ...n strips of about 40 cm long. The strips are then placed side by side on a hard surface, with their ed...
13: ...l required, a number of such sheets were united, placed so that all the horizontal fibres parallel wi...
15: ...are still being found in Egypt; extraordinary examples include the [[Elephantine papyri]] and the famo...
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