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- Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...ı Ğ?dullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of dee...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s champio...
11: ...ommissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart project to write a piece for the Passion 2000...
70: *''Im Schatten des Baumes (В тени...
84: ...chestra]] conducted by Rostropovich. Gubaidulina attended the recording of both pieces. - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
5: ...s referred to as the [[public enemy era]] between 1931 and 1935, a period which led to the formation of ...
15: ... far outpacing the ten to fifteen bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow gang.
23: ...stham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake."
25: ...r his release in 1932, Clyde moved to [[Massachusetts]], purportedly to make a clean start. However, h...
27: ...o leave the "hot" area. The incident followed a pattern for Bonnie and Clyde that persisted until thei... - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
9: ...areer at the age of 13 in this context, writing letters to the newspaper defending [[evolution]], deba...
13: ...sionary from [[Ireland]], in December 1907 while attending a revival meeting at the urging of her fath...
15: ...1912, and they had a son, [[Rolf McPherson|Rolf Potter Kennedy McPherson]], born March 23, 1913.
27: ...1922 as itinerant Pentecostal preacher, finally settling with her mother in [[Los Angeles, California]...
29: ...e and her unashamed use of low-key sex appeal to attract converts, endeared her to her crowd of follow... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: ...her-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.j...
4: ...y]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
9: ...axhiu''' in [[ܳk?a town in the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] province of [[Kosovo]] (now [[Skopje]] in t...
11: ...rish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ... [[Darjeeling]] in India as a novice sister. In [[1931]], she made her first vows there, choosing the na... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
5: ...the turn of the [[20th century]], after a failed attempt to become a [[teacher]], a failed marriage, a...
7: ...rest in France was caused by the German military attach頩n Spain who radioed back a message to Berlin...
13: ...Harlot]], yes. But [[traitor]]ess? Never!" —attributed to Mata Hari, on trial.
15: The [[1931]] film of her final days, "Mata Hari", starred [[...
17: ...ning the hero's party during a botched terrorist attack in [[Shenyang_City|Fengtian]] in [[1913]]. - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
1: [[Image:Soe_sansom2.jpg|frame|Odette Sansom while in service of the SOE]]
3: '''Odette Sansom''' ([[April 28]], [[1912]] - [[March 13]]...
5: ...ply them with photographs of their home towns, Odette volunteered her family album which contained man...
9: ...[Gestapo]] at [[Fresnes prison]] in [[Paris]], Odette stuck to her cover story that Churchill was the ...
11: Odette was condemned to death in June 1943 and sent to ... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...de her truly happy. After injuring her knee, she attended a [[film]] showing on the topic of mountains...
7: ...e refused, suggesting that Hitler have [[Walter Ruttmann]] film it instead. Riefenstahl later consente...
15: ...pted to make other films after the war, but each attempt was met with resistance, protests, sharp crit...
35: ...[Der Weiߥ Rausch]]'' (''[[The White Flame]]'', [[1931]])
61: ...d ''[[Riefenstahl (compilation)|Riefenstahl]]'' [http://www.discogs.com/release/208963], featuring suc... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...II]] ([[1872]]-[[1946]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John ...
8: ...ther minor Roundtable member said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."
12: She returned to US in 1931 to be [[Paramount Picture]]'s "next [[Marlene Die...
14: ...t choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]].
16: ...Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight face). - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
17: ...ng at the altar when she changed her mind about getting married. The actress reportedly had several le...
25: ... over her movies. She exercised that control by getting her leading man, [[Laurence Olivier]], replace...
31: ...she granted no interviews, signed no autographs, attended no premieres and answered no fan mail.
33: ...ghs!" A follow-up film, ''[[Two-Faced Woman]]'', attempted to capitalize upon this by casting Garbo in...
38: ...he was awarded a special Academy Award for unforgettable performances in [[1954]]. In the mid-[[1950s]... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
9: To most scientists who give the matter any thought, and to many other observers, it se...
17: Fourteen centuries are omitted here.
31: ...ion; that is, that vision is by means of light emitted from bodies, not rays from the eye. Giving this...
40: ... stone to land some space away from the tower's bottom. This effect is not observed.
60: ...re. In this modern view, the world consisted of matter moving in accordance with the laws of physics. ... - North America (12844 bytes)
18: Since [[1931]], [[Rugby, North Dakota]], has officially been r...
26: ...nclude [[Vancouver Island]] and the [[Queen Charlotte Islands]] on the west, [[Prince Edward Island]],...
50: *[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
79: ... of their shared history, which includes several attempts at supranational integration in the region.
240: | [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] - Australia (39438 bytes)
7: national_motto =None (formerly Advance Australia)|
27: ...|Constitution Act]]<br>- [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]]<br>- [[Australia Act]]|
28: ...]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1901]]<br>[[11 December]] [[1931]]<br>[[3 March]] [[1986]]|
48: ...Great Britain|British]] in 1770, and officially settled as a British colony on [[January 26]], [[1788]...
56: ...A Voyage to Terra Australia" by the navigator [[Matthew Flinders]]. Despite its title (which reflected... - Canada (35540 bytes)
10: ...[[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.ht...
15: ... head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
52: ...nd]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: ...al, Quebec]]; [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]; [[Ottawa, Ontario]]; [[Edmonton, Alberta]] and [[Calgar...
75: ...village", "settlement", or "collection of huts" [http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
22: ...et up by the [[Japan|Japanese]] in Manchuria from 1931 to 1945: called Xingjing or Tsinking (新... - Spain (36498 bytes)
12: national_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Bey...
58: ... [[Iberian peninsula]] through the Pyrenees and settled throughout the peninsula, becoming the [[Celt-...
60: ..., [[Greeks]] and [[Carthaginians]] successively settled along the Mediterranean coast and founded trad...
95: ...d. A period of dictatorial rule ([[1923]]–[[1931]]) ended with the establishment of the [[Second S...
101: - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
1: ...gpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
27: ...arch鯬ogie orientale du Caire. (Reprinted Osnabr?tto Zeller Verlag, 1975). 75, 76.
36: *[http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ Theban Mapping P... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...tlw.jpg|thumb|Ancient Rome. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]'''An...
17: *[[Hittites]]
30: ==What is written ancient history?==
32: ...mb|Temple Acropolis Greece. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
33: ...y of Rome'' only 35 survive. Ancient history's written records are the product of human memory. The me... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
1: [[image:ruthbatting.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ruth batting for the Yankees]]
2: ...6]], [[1895]] – [[August 16]], [[1948]]), better known as '''Babe Ruth''' and also commonly know...
4: ..., ''The Babe: A Life in Pictures'', by Lawrence Ritter and Mark Rucker, it is more than mere statistic...
9: ...seball, working with him for countless hours on hitting, fielding and later, pitching.
12: ... pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, instead of getting his comeuppance, Babe shut the other team down... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 4<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 2]], [[1788]] |
38: ...ind]]'' by [[Hoagy Carmichael]] was originally written about a woman of that name, but after Georgia n...
52: ...ison]]. On [[February 12]], [[1733]], the first settlers landed in the ''[[HMS Anne]]'' at what was to...
54: ...ame the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the [[United States|Union]]. - Iowa (24205 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 29<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 28|Dec 28]], [[1846]] |
45: ...ch explorers [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Jacques Marquette]] are believed to be the first Europeans to visi...
47: *The first white settlers officially moved to Iowa in June [[1833]]. P...
50: ...pated in the war, 13,001 of whom died. A small battle fought at Athens, MO in 1861 resulted in a few ...
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