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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...sted: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer ...
2: ...of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
3: ==The Arthur of history==
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ... [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]...
10: ...t Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom o...
13: ...ic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...ne]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
17: ...d]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...ountry is land-locked, much of its western border is adjacent to [[Lake Tanganyika]] where it enjoys a...
3: ...t faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the...
13: ...ndi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
37: established_events = - Date |
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]... - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
8: *[[Ben Affleck|Affleck, Ben]], (born 1972), US actor
9: ... Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]] - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...f great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...rinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...n was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eig...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afte...
16: ...ard VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...toria Mary of Teck'''), (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]],...
5: ... Mary was known for setting the tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality ...
9: ...ustria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsburgs]], the once ...
11: ...[Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]...
13: ... week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aun... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...ed countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ...eens. She was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a d...
35: ...d in political science at the [[University of British Columbia]] and at [[Vancouver Community College]...
39: ...party. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federal election, ... - Elisabeth Domitien (1229 bytes)
1: ... – died [[26 April]] [[2005]]) was prime minister of the [[Central African Republic]].
3: ...ion. She was the first woman to serve as prime minister of an [[Africa]]n nation.
5: ...er tenure as prime minister. She served a brief prison term, after which she was prohibited from retur... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
8: ! Date of Demise:
14: ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Prime Minister of India]]
17: | 3rd Prime Minister
51: ... – [[October 31]], [[1984]]) was [[Prime Minister of India]] from [[January 19]], [[1966]] to [[...
55: ...ild of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of India]]. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ... one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to bot...
5: ...l in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: ...]], [[1973]]. She was defeated for reelection in 1972 by [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[...
11: ... the [[Senate Republican Conference]], [[1967]]-[[1972]]. - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...rah Ann Stabenow''' (born [[April 29]], [[1950]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] [...
5: ...Abraham by a narrow margin (his wife Jane Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow...
7: She is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget...
9: ...ed in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
11: ...mocratic caucus. As caucus secretary, she will assist [[Senate Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]], D-Nev... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...men's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
5: ...io]]. Her father was an antiques salesman. With his family in tow, he traveled in a trailer all aroun...
9: ...orters. After two years she landed a job as an assistant editor of ''Help!'' magazine and also freelan...
11: == Political Awakening and Activism ==
12: ...her notable feminists to the foreground. During this time she toured the country with the brilliant la... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...e she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gib...
4: ... has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
10: ...ed by former [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx an...
20: :''[[Surfacing (novel)|Surfacing]]'' ([[1972]]) - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...er''' ([[June 28]], [[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?rt in [[Katowice]] (then in [...
3: ... G?rt married Dr. [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. The couple moved to the [[Un...
5: ...ed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work she received a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1...
7: ...he Earth spinning on its axis as the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea...
9: ...; some twirl clockwise, others twirl counterclockwise." - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ...''[[La Vestale]]'' to late [[Verdi]] and the [[verismo]] operas of [[Puccini]].
7: ...retations with an increasingly unstable higher register that wobbled uncontrollably at times.
9: ...h the tenor [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster due to Callas's almost-completely destroyed ...
11: ...later, when Onassis left Callas for [[Jackie Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]], widow of assassinated US pr...
13: ...r]], and her ashes were buried in the [[P貥 Lachaise]] cemetery. After being stolen and later recover... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...oted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singin...
4: ...ort News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her ...
6: ...t was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
10: ...e]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...rcer]] (the only songbook devoted soley to a lyricist) the Kern and Mrcer songbooks also scored by Rid... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...he is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets...
6: ...She signed with [[Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In...
8: ... American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat m...
10: ...ic recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK po...
12: ...ormance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ...Orleans, Louisiana]] and began singing in a [[Baptist]] church. She moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] ...
3: ...uccess came an inevitable backlash from gospel purists who felt she had watered down her sound for pop...
5: ...when she returned, she made one of her final television appearances on ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]''. J... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...rt Macleod, Alberta|Fort Macleod]], [[Alberta]]), is a Canadian musician and painter. Initially worki...
5: ...he instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distinctive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a ...
7: ...g her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
9: ...k Cavett Show]]''.) Also of interest, "For Free" is the first of Mitchell's many songs focusing on th...
11: ...ffen]]). It remains her best selling single to this day. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
7: ...f the finest musicians around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]],...
9: ... and a string section--a musical environment that is radically different from any found on her recordi...
11: ...studio, dropped by for an almost inaudible guest visit. Hammond was not pleased with the result, prefe...
13: ...ling from a concert in Memphis to Clarksdale, Mississippi along [[United States Highway 61]]. She wa...
17: ...ance....She died some eight or ten hours after admission to the hospital. We gave her every medical at... - Ulrike Meinhof (1853 bytes)
3: ...anguage|German]]: ''Rote Armee Fraktion''), which is also known as the ''Baader-Meinhof gang''.
5: ...e married [[Klaus Rainer R?], a [[communism|communist]], in [[1961]] and had twin girls, Bettina and R...
7: ...an and the imperialism of the [[capitalism|capitalist]] system.
9: ...ile on a trial that would have given her life imprisonment, she was found dead in her cell on [[May 9]... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...ersial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[pove...
11: ...], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...n honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], a...
15: ...]] Mother Teresa taught [[geography]] and [[catechism]] at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, becomin...
17: ...utta and found temporary lodging with the Little Sisters of the Poor. She then started an open-air sch... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
2: ...3]]) is a [[France|French]] actress, born in [[Paris]], [[France]].
4: ...]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman Polanski]]...
8: ... been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer [[David Bailey]].
14: *1994 - ''Ma saison préférée''
28: * ''[[Le dernier métro]]'' ([[François Truffaut]]), (1980) - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...f [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wife, actress [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
5: ...the cast and crew. The [[divorce]] came as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking...
7: ...opted]] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in [[1979]].
9: ...aving somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage...
11: ...s active in agencies that encourage adoptions and is a [[UNICEF]] Special Representative. By [[1994]]... - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
2: ...Jodie" Foster''' (born [[November 19]], [[1962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Actor|actress]] a...
7: ...ies. She starred as Addie Pray in the 1974 [[television series]], ''[[Paper Moon]]''. In film, at the ...
9: She is fluent enough in the [[French language]] that she...
11: ...r as such, but since the book is unauthorized, it is highly suspect.
15: <!--Foster is a member of [[Mensa International]]. - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
6: ...Miguel Dominguin]] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Scott]]...
8: ... nominated. [[Grayson Hall]], as the hysterical Miss Judith Fellowes, however, was nominated, albeit ...
14: Ava Gardner is interred in the Sunset Memorial Park, [[Smithfiel...
16: Gardner is portrayed by [[Kate Beckinsale]] in ''[[The Aviat...
24: * [[This Time for Keeps]] (1942) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...Sophia Loren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]...
7: ...ty contests, were she won several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Car...
11: ... with [[Paramount Studios]]. Among her films at this time: ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' with [[Anthon...
13: ...ry [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language performance.
15: ...in her career. Some of her best-known films of this period are [[Peter Ustinov]]'s ''[[Lady L]]'' wit... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...[October 1]], [[1935]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress]], [[singer]], and [[author]], best ...
5: ..., she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of ''[[Cinderella]]''.
7: ...Andrews as [[Eliza Doolittle]] opposite [[Rex Harrison]]'s [[Henry Higgins]] in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (...
9: ... she said "I would like to thank Jack Warner for his faith in me". At the [[Grammy Awards of 1965]] sh...
11: ...n the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in [[1972]]-[[1973]], but the greatest critical acclaim acc... - Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
1: ... on [[March 17]], [[1972]] in [[Selma, Alabama]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[soccer]] player. ...
3: ...r. She later moved to [[Northern Virginia]] to finish her high school career, living with relatives un...
5: ...Conference|her conference]] in goals with 103, assists with 72, and total points with 278.
11: ...argest building on their corporate campus after this star, and that same year she, Chastain, [[Kate Ma...
13: ...rett, an [[Amerasian]] who died of a bone marrow disease shortly after the 1996 Olympics. - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
1: ...e greatest tennis players and female athletes in history.
5: ...st ever live audience for tennis) as well as television viewers in 37 countries. She scooped winner-ta...
7: ...ational Tennis Hall of Fame]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] in [[1987]]. In [[1990]], [[Life magazine]]...
9: ...Randy Moffitt]], was a pitcher for the [[San Francisco Giants]].
11: The [[Elton John]] song "Philadelphia Freedom" is a tribute to her. - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...]. During her career she won 18 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles titles and 40 Grand Slam do...
5: ...ried Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then took the name of her stepfath...
7: ===Tennis career===
9: ...avrátilová won the Czechoslovakian national tennis championship. In [[1973]], aged 16, she turned pr...
11: ... reach the top of the game saw her embark on a punishing routine to get herself into shape that eventu... - Bess Truman (3712 bytes)
5: ... whose family moved to town in 1890, always kept his first impression of her -- "golden curls" and "th...
9: ...lic had come to expect a candidate's wife to do. His election to the [[United States Senate|Senate]] i...
11: ...man found the [[White House]]'s lack of privacy distasteful. As her husband put it later, she was "no...
13: ... corps assigned to her. The press conference consisted of written questions in advance of which the r...
15: ...gleton]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]-[[Missouri]]). - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ... [[square mile|mi²]]) including its adjacent islands, it covers 20.3 percent of the total land ar...
8: ...al [[Carthage]], corresponding to modern-day [[Tunisia]].
16: ...k is datable to about the [[first century]], so this cannot really be the origin of the name.
18: ...] as [[Prime Meridian]] and made the [[Suez Canal|isthmus of Suez]] and the [[Red Sea]] the boundary b...
24: ...40 [[square mile|mi<sup>2</sup>]]), including the islands. - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
13: ...neral]]<br>[[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] |
27: established_events=-[[Commonwealth of Australia Constituti...
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 J...
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. --> - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...nce of a nineteenth-century truce between the British and some Arab [[sheikh]]s. It borders [[Oman]] a...
19: ...le="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: none''</small>
29: | '''[[List of countries by area|Area]]'''
32: | '''[[List of countries by population|Population]]'''<br>&n...
33: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 139th]]<br> 3,... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...nds by size|4th largest island in the world]]. It is the home of five percent of the world's [[plant]]...
17: ... [[List of Prime Ministers of Madagascar|Prime Minister]] |
37: established_events = Date |
38: established_dates = From [[France]] <br> [[26 June]...
50: ==History== - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ... state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre]]'').<!--
14: ... [[Irish language|Irish]], [[English language|English]] |
20: ...tles = [[President of Ireland|President]]<br>[[Taoiseach]] |
38: sovereignty_type = [[History of Ireland|Independence]] |
39: ...lished_events = - Declared<br> - Recognised | - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...hina]] in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poorest countries in the world.
3: ...'''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afghanistan'''.
5: ...587;تان'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanestan...
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Afghanistan flag large.png|125px]]
11: ... align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:COA Afghanistan.png|110px]] - Nepal (22444 bytes)
1: ...]], is the world's only [[Hindu]] [[kingdom]]. It is in South Asia, sharing borders with the [[People'...
14: ...;ि<br />(transliteration: Ja'nani Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi Gariya'si)<br />[[Sanskrit]]: Mo...
27: | '''[[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|Prime Minister]]'''
31: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 94th]] <br /> [[1 E1...
34: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 40th]]<br /> 2... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
2: ... the northeast part of the continent. The capital is [[Khartoum]]. It borders [[Egypt]] to the north, ...
12: ...Al-Nasr Lana ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: Victory is Ours) |
19: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Sudan|President]] |
39: established_events = - Date |
40: established_dates = From [[Egypt]] and the [[United... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...Congo-[[Kinshasa]] (after its capital, to distinguish it from the Republic of Congo, or Congo-[[Brazza...
15: national_anthem = [[Debout Congolais]] |
20: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of the Democratic Republic of the ...
40: established_events = - Date |
41: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[June 30... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: ...the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'' <sup>4</sup> |
17: ...r>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] |
35: sovereignty_type = [[Act of Union 1800|Establishment]] |
36: established_events = |
37: established_dates = 1801<sup>5</sup>| - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...a]], and then, [[Northern Rhodesia]], the country is named after the [[Zambezi River|Zambezi]] river.
11: official_languages = [[English language|English]] |
15: leader_titles = [[List of Presidents of Zambia|President]] |
35: established_events = - Date |
36: established_dates = [[October 24]], [[1964]] | - Flag of Mississippi (1142 bytes)
1: ...mage:Mississippi_flag.jpg|thumb|right|Flag of Mississippi. Image provided by[http://classroomclipart.c...
2: The '''[[flag]] of [[Mississippi]]''' echoes the [[Confederate States of Amer...
6: ==Pledge to the Mississippi State Flag==
8: ...lag (from Miss. Code Ann., Section 37-13-7(1972)) is:
10: ...eign state for which it stands with pride in her history and achievements and with confidence in her f... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
2: ...tificial means, has retained its physical form. This can be achieved by exposing the body to extreme d...
12: ...mmified their kings and nobility in wax, though this practice has never been documented in Egypt.)
15: ...t from Ancient Egypt. [[Mus�e du Louvre]], [[Paris]]]]
16: ...fterlife. The mummified individual was placed at his/her final resting place through a set of [[Egypti...
18: ...ds of the religion or gods from that time, and it is not known if it was the intention of the ancient ... - Iron Age (8996 bytes)
1: [[image:Axe of iron from Swedish Iron Age, found at Gotland, Sweden.jpg|thumb|200...
3: ... agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles.
5: ...ion even occurs within Europe where the Iron Age distinction was first identified; the [[Nordic]] Iron...
7: ...tal. The arrival of iron use in various areas is listed below, broadly in chronological order.
10: ...ers of [[smelting|smelted]] iron objects (distinguishable from meteoric iron by the lack of nickel in ... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
2: [[Aswan]] is a city on the first [[cataract]] of the [[Nile]] ...
3: Two [[dam]]s straddle the river at this point: the newer '''Aswan High Dam''', and the ol...
7: == Construction history ==
10: ... to be inadequate and the height of the dam was raised in two phases, 1907–1912 and 1929–1...
12: ...rflowed in 1946 it was decided that rather than raise the dam a third time a second dam would be built... - Conflict (3579 bytes)
2: ... or groups of people, which is sometimes characterised by physical [[violence]]. Military conflict bet...
9: ...situations, in which two or more parties have consistent goals, because the manner in which one party ...
14: ...onflict can exist at a variety of levels of analysis:
15: *intrapersonal conflict (though this usually just gets delegated out to [[psychology]]...
23: ...ict. [[John Paul Lederach]] has also written on this.) - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
1: ...s name '''Okla.''' As of [[2000]], the population is 3,450,654.
35: ISOCode = US-OK |
40: :''See also: [[List of Oklahoma counties]], [[List of Oklahoma townships]], [[Lakes in Oklahoma]]''
42: ...pi watershed)|Red River]]), and on the east by [[Missouri]] and [[Arkansas]].
44: [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] is the capital and largest city. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
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