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- Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
4: ...h Carolina|Grabtown]], [[Johnston County, North Carolina]], the last of seven children of poor [[tobac...
6: ...w]] from 1945 to 1946, and to [[Frank Sinatra]] from 1951 to 1957. She was regarded as one of the mo...
8: ...gambo]]''. She lost to [[Audrey Hepburn]] in ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Many thought Gardner's greatest ...
12: After a [[stroke]] in 1989, which left her partially paralyzed a...
14: ...n the Sunset Memorial Park, [[Smithfield, North Carolina]]; the town of Smithfield now has an Ava Gard... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
5: ...ames|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing|sculler]], and her brother "Jack" followed in that tradition. ''Kelly Dr...
7: ... ([[1952]]), a generally praised but somewhat controversial [[Western movie|western]] starring [[Gary ...
9: ...award went to [[Donna Reed]] for her role in ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films wit...
11: ...co-star [[Bing Crosby]], which was kept quiet to protect both their reputations.
13: ...t|In the 1956 film The Swan, Kelly starred in the role of a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Loui... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...te daughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicol...
7: ...s and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Carlo Ponti]].
9: ...n meeting [[Vittorio De Sica]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]] in [[1954]].
11: ...l]] play), ''[[Houseboat (movie)|Houseboat]]'' (a romantic comedy again co-starring Cary Grant), and [...
13: ...re freely expressed herself, although she gained profiency in the [[English language]]. In [[1960]], h... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [...
6: ...he studio where Marilyn's mother, Gladys Pearl Monroe Baker, worked as a film-cutter. However in later...
12: ...[1941]], Grace took her in again. She was then introduced to a neighbor's son, James Dougherty, who wo...
16: ...d the spectacular heights of fame that Marilyn Monroe has. Her [[face]] was certainly her fortune and ... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...er]], and [[author]], best known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ...
5: .... During her run in the musical, she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of '...
7: ...ot]]'' opposite [[Richard Burton]] and newcomer [[Robert Goulet]]. As was her previous show, it was a ...
9: ...]'' ([[1967]]), with [[Mary Tyler Moore]] and [[Carol Channing]].
11: ...rk was for her [[variety show]] specials with [[Carol Burnett]]. In [[1983]], she was chosen as the [[... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
2: ... is a former World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player from Germany. She is widely considered to be one of t...
6: ...ts with regularity, and in [[1982]] she won the European Championships 12s and 18s.
8: ...82]] at Filderstadt, Germany, and lost her first professional match 6-4, 6-0 to [[Tracy Austin]]. Afte...
10: ...e tour in her early years, but led to a steady improvement in her play.
12: ...e in April [[1986]] at [[Hilton Head]], [[South Carolina]], defeating [[Chris Evert]] in the final. Sh... - Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
4: ...ics]], at the age of eleven. During the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rink seve...
6: ...he following year. She also won six consecutive European championships.
10: ...d in a revised edition in [[1954]]. She retired from acting in [[1958]] with the film ''Hello, London...
12: ...married three times, with [[Dan Topping]], [[Winthrop Gardner]], and finally the shipowner [[Niels Ons...
14: ...he died in [[1969]] of [[leukemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered by most as the gre... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
3: ...st Lady of the United States]] from [[1945]] to [[1953]].
5: ...They attended the same schools from fifth grade through high school.
7: ...World War I]] altered a deliberate courtship. He proposed and they became engaged before Lieutenant Tr...
9: ... DC. Upon [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s death on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman ...
11: ...iality which, as we had learned..., inevitably surround the family of the President." Though she consc... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
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25: | [[Cairo]]
40: ...r />[[28 February]], [[1922]]<br />[[18 June]], [[1953]]
45: | '''[[Time zone]]'''<br/> - in [[European Summer Time|summer]] - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...a]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but non...
16: ...e served two full terms: [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. Incumbent Pre...
19: ...e person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of elector...
21: ...mendment XII]] in [[1804]] changed the electoral process by directing the electors to use separate bal...
25: ...ess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: ...axhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
18: ... first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associat...
22: ...rust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favor...
24: ...egan to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state militi... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
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48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br>
69: ...]]ns, [[Babylonia]]ns, [[Iran|Persia]]ns, Greeks, Romans, Arab Muslims, Christian Crusaders, [[Mameluk... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...and South Holland in [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the Netherlands.<!--
40: established_dates = [[Eighty Years' War|From Spain]]<br/>[[May 23]], [[1568]]<br/>[[January 3...
41: currency = [[Euro]] <sup>2</sup> |
43: time_zone= [[Central European Time|CET]] |
45: time_zone_DST= [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ... of the Ural River is located in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People...
3: ...w.stat.kz/en/info/stat-bul/stbr&e0303.pdf], down from 16,464,464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dy...
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1: ...he country's young [[democracy]] showed relative promise under the leadership of former President [[As...
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37: established_dates = From the [[Soviet Union]]<br> [[31 August]] [[1991]]<...
52: ... the [[8th century|8th]] centuries. They spread across what is now the [[Tuva]] region of the [[Russia...
54: ... in [[1876]]. The Russian takeover instigated numerous revolts against [[tsar]]ist authority, and many... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
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22: | '''[[President of Zimbabwe|President]]''' || [[Robert Mugabe]]
44: === Iron Age === - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ...[Guanajatabey]]) came under [[Spain|Spanish]] control in the [[15th century]] and who were wiped out s...
8: Cuba's economy prospered for the next fifty years. To the point that...
10: ...arrying out the economic reforms that Castro had promised. Among other things, [[healthcare]] and [[ed...
12: ... Pigs)on April 17,1961 where they were met by castro's army, and fought valiantly for more than three ...
14: ...to the U.S., mostly aboard vessels that departed from the U.S. Eventually the U.S. stopped the flow o... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
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28: | '''[[Crown Prince]]''' - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ...ribes, or noting the 'glitter of the sun rising across the lake' (as seen in its flag).
35: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[July 6]], [[1964]] |
38: time_zone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |
51: ...tury]]. In [[1878]], a number of traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], formed the [[African Lakes Company]...
53: ...first through associations, and after [[1944]], through the [[Nyasaland African Congress]] (NAC). - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
8: image_coat = UK_Royal_Coat_of_Arms.png |
10: national_motto = [[Dieu et mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and...
46: ...nal language|(regional) languages]] under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]]....
52: ...and'' in 1927.<br><sup>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]...
54: ...a [[Commonwealth Realm]], and a member of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as...
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