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INSIDE YAHOO! Join a Chat Post a Message Headline News CATEGORIES All Listings  |   Singapore Listings Only Top Categories By Country (47) Additional Categories Korean War@ Vietnam War@ World War I@ World War II@ SITE LISTINGS Alphabetical  |  By Popularity    (What's This?) Jospin, Lionel@ Clinton, Hillary Rodham@ - Find sites for Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Secretary of State and former First Lady. Sites feature biography, career profile, White House days, memoirs, photoessay, and policies. Ford, Henry (1863-1947)@ Yunus, Muhammad@ - Information on Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker and economist, who developed the concept of microcredit. Yunus is also the founder of Grameen Bank. In 2006, Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Frank, Anne (1929-1945)@ - Find sites about Anne Frank, the diarist during the Holocaust. Sites provide articles, bio, pictures, essays, and book excerpts from The Diary of a Young Girl. Truman, Harry S (1884-1972)@ - Learn about Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States whose presidency was eventful in foreign affairs. Sites offer life, career, presidency, museum exhibits, photos, documents, speeches, and personal letters of one of the few U.S. Presidents who had to face too many domestic challenges marked by economic shortages, strikes, and more. Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973)@ - Find out about Lyndon B. Johnson, who became the 36th President of the United States following John F. Kennedy's assassination. Sites offer biography, oral history interviews, photos, audio archives, obituary, and essay about the U.S President who designed social reforms called Great Society. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)@ - Find sites for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States who was elected to four terms in office. Sites offer biography, history, timeline, election results, political speeches, military and foreign policy, and records repository for the U.S. President whose legacies include the social security system and the regulation of the Wall Street. Putin, Vladimir@ Prime Minister John Howard M.P.@ Nixon, Richard (1913-1994)@ - Learn about Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, the only person to be elected twice as both Vice President and President. Sites offer biography, history, political career, museum exhibits, notable events, bibliography, declassified documents, and the Watergate scandal which led to the impeachment of the only American President to have resigned from office. Clinton, William Jefferson@ - Find sites for William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States. Sites feature biography, political career, speeches archive, audio clips, photos, economic policies, impeachment, and presidential tenure of the U.S. President who started his political career as the youngest elected Governor of Arkansas. Sihanouk, Norodom@ Gandhi, Mohandas K. (1869-1948)@ Carter, Jimmy@ - Find sites for Jimmy Carter, the39th President of the United States and the 2002 Nobel Laureate. Sites offer biography, family, history of his presidency, online exhibits, manuscript collection, documentary film, and humanitarian services of the U.S President whose major international initiatives include the negotiation of SALT II Treaty and the historical Camp of David Accords. Johnson, John H. (1918-2005)@ Churchill, Sir Winston (1874-1965)@ Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil (1867-1951)@ Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945)@ Feynman, Richard (1918-1988)@ King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)@ - Learn about Martin Luther King Jr., the renowned American Civil Rights Movement leader who won Nobel Peace Prize for peacemaking and for promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races. Sites offer bio, political career, writings, historical speeches, letter archives, interviews, and online library resources about the political activist and Baptist minister who is regarded as one of America's great orators. Lukashenko, Alexander@ Nader, Ralph@ Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950)@ - Learn about George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), the Nobel Prize-winning playwright, novelist, critic, essayist, and politician. Sites offer biography, plays, novels, essays, quotes, speeches, and letters of the socialist spokesman known for his caustic tongue. Mandela, Nelson@ Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)@ - Explore the sites for Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), the American inventor of electric bulb and many more who was one of the first to apply mass production to the process of invention. Sites feature biography, family mementos, inventions, numerous patents, photos, motion pictures, sound recordings, and commemoration of Fort Myers' most famous citizen who was dubbed as "The Wizard of Menlo Park." Bush, George H. W.@ - Learn about George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. Sites offer biography, political career profile, audio and video clips, CIA directorship, and the presidential tenure of the only President to have headed the American liasion office in the People's Republic of China. Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937)@ - Explore Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), the Italian Nobel laureate physicist and inventor of wireless telegraphy system called radio. Sites feature biography, work, museum exhibits, and the scientific contributions of the physics nobelist which laid the foundation for modern communications. Hofmann, Albert@ - Find sites about Albert Hoffman, the Swiss scientist whose research in lysergic acid led to the synthesis of LSD-25. Sites feature biography, career profile, articles, interviews, and books written by the chemist, author, and philosopher known mostly as the father of LSD. Malcolm X (1925-1965)@ - Find sites for Malcolm X, the American Black Muslim minister and a one-time spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Sites offer biography, political and religious profile, ideology, quotes, interviews, historical clips, and chronicles of life and assassination of the politico-religious leader who was called 'Satan' for his vitriolic hatred for bible, God, and religion in general before his conversion to Islam. Rove, Karl@ Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938)@ Guevara, Ernesto Che (1928-1967)@ Randolph, A. Philip (1889-1979)@ - Know about Philip Randolph, the African American civil rights leader and founder of the first black labour union in the United States. Sites provide biography, articles, interviews, museum archives, obituary, and the civil rights and trade union work of the labour activist and civil rights pioneer. Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004)@ - Learn about Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States whose economic and foreign policies have formed the base of American conservatism since 1980. Sites feature biography, movie roles, video archives, speeches, photo gallery, obituaries, and trivia about the America's oldest ever elected President who was called "The Great Communicator" for his persuasive speaking style. Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)@ Abdullah II@ Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890-1969)@ - Learn about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and the first supreme commander of NATO. Sites feature biography, historical documents, audiovisuals, musuem exhibits, speeches, and reference material for the President who ended the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, launched the space race, enlarged the social security system, and built the interstate highway system. Weber, Max (1864-1920)@ Gingrich, Newt@ Marshall, Thurgood (1908 - 1993)@ - Find sites for Thrugood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Sites provide biography, education, law career, opinions, interviews, speeches, and obituary for the jurist most remembered for his jurisprudence in civil rights and criminal procedure. Luce, Henry (1898-1967)@ Meiji (1852-1912)@ - Find sites for Meiji (1852-1912), the 122nd imperial ruler of Japan who brought about a revolution to Japan's political and social structure. Sites feature biography, images, memorial shrine to the emperor and his consort, guide to the memorial, and articles about political and cultural events during the Meiji Era. Annan, Kofi@ Hussein I (1935-1999)@ Parks, Rosa (1913-2005)@ - Read about Rosa Parks, the African American activist who was called the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement. Sites offer biography, political life, video clips, news coverage, historical milestones, archived interviews, remembrances, and chronology of Rosa Parks' historical boycott which triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Lindbergh, Charles (1902-1974)@ Hussein, Saddam@ - Read about Saddam Hussein, the former President of Iraq executed by Iraqi Special Tribunal. Sites offer biography, political career, interview, trial and execution, photographs, and music videos. Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)@ Earhart, Amelia (1898-1937?)@ - Find about Amelia Earhart, the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Sites include her biography, achievements, as well as urban legends surrounding her life and mysterious disappearance during a flight across the Pacific Ocean. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich@ Ford, Gerald R. (1913-2006)@ - Learn about Gerald R. Ford, who became the 38th President of the U.S. with the resignation of Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Sites feature biography, political career, history of administration, museum exhibits, speeches, vice-presidency, and political events which led him to the power and the legacy of his Presidential tenure. Keller, Helen (1880-1968)@ Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856-1915)@ - Learn about Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), one of the intellectual leaders whose dynamic "Taylorism" ideas highly influenced the Progressive Era in the U.S. history. Sites feature biography, career profile, time-and-motion studies for improved worker productivity, and other organisational psychology approaches initiated by the American engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. Schröder, Gerhard@ Tito, Josip Broz (1892-1980)@ Castro, Fidel@ - Learn about Fidel Castro, the former communist leader who became the President of the Republic of Cuba, from websites that offer a biography, his political views, foreign policy, speeches, interviews, a documentary film, photos, U.S. relations, and political reforms achieved by the former Cuban leader. Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)@ Berlusconi, Silvio@ Blair, Tony@ Queen Noor@ bin Laden, Osama@ Rumsfeld, Donald@ Chirac, Jacques@ Tibbets, Paul@ McCarthy, Joseph (1908-1957)@ - Discover Joseph McCarthy, the U.S. Senator and anti-Communist campaigner, through sites featuring history, photos, interviews, archives, audio files, life, and legacy of the American politician whose activities led to the coinage of word and concept, McCarthyism. Peres, Shimon@ Queen Rania@ Baden-Powell, Robert (1857-1941)@ - Find sites for Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the British Lieutenant-General and founder of the world's Scouting Movement. Sites feature his biography, genealogy, military career profile, as well as scouting and military books written by Baden-Powell. Thatcher, Margaret@ Hayek, Friedrich (1899-1992)@ Seale, Bobby@ Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel@ Sharon, Ariel@ Pahlavi Dynasty (1925-1979)@ Disney, Walt (1901-1966)@ - Find about Walt Disney, the producer, director, and animation pioneer who created cartoons like Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White, Donald Duck, and many more. Sites feature biography, filmography, trivia, fan sites, obituary, and more. Szilard, Leo (1898-1964)@ Aung San Suu Kyi@ Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)@ Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923)@ Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor@ - Learn about Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the First Lady of the United States from 1933-1945 . Sites feature biography, quotes, photos, quotes, political activities and writings, radio and TV appearances, and the humanitarian contributions of the former First Lady who used her stature to promote her husband's New Deal and Civil Rights. Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich@ al-Saud, King Fahd@ Raskin, Jef (1943-2005)@ ten Boom, Corrie@ Clark, Wesley@ - Retired General and former candidate for the 2004 Democratic nomination. Queen Elizabeth II@ Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868-1963)@ Mubarak, Hosni@ Perón, Eva (1919-1952)@ Arafat, Yasser@ Scott, Robert Falcon (1868-1912)@ - Learn about Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the Royal Naval officer and Antarctic explorer who came second to the Norwegian Roald Amundsen in the historical 'Race to the South Pole.' Sites offer biography, vital stats, and expeditions of the legendary "Scotts of the Antarctic" who died while attempting to return from the historic Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913. Flynt, Larry@ Bohr, Niels (1885-1962)@ Capone, Al (1899-1947)@ Nansen, Fridtjof (1861-1930)@ Nutting, Wallace (1861-1941)@ Moreorless - Provides short biographies and background notes on selected world heroes and killers of the 20th Century. Goebbels, Joseph (1897-1945)@ Leopold, Nathan and Loeb, Richard@ Hefner, Hugh@ Hughes, Howard (1905-1976)@ Rockefeller, John D. (1839-1937)@ Tarbell, Ida (1857-1944)@ Barton, Clara (1821-1912)@ Murphy, Audie (1924-1971)@ Patton, George S., Jr.@ Byrd, Richard (1888-1957)@ Murrow, Edward R. (1908-1965)@ - Find out about Edward R. Murrow, the pioneering radio and television journalist best known for his reporting from London during WWII. Sites offer biography, audio and image archives, personal rememberances, obituary, and some of the famous radio broadcasts by the American broadcast journalist whose daring critiques contributed to the downfall of Senator McCarthy. Milosevic, Slobodan (1941-2006)@ Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto@ Carver, George Washington (1861?-1943)@ - Learn about George Washington Carver, the African American African American botanist and chemist. Sites provide biography, articles, and pictures of the inventor whose work led to advances in agriculture, chemistry, and textiles. Chávez, César (1927-1993)@ - Learn more about Cesar Chavez, the labour leader, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the United Farm Workers, through sites providing biography and articles. Richthofen, Manfred von - The Red Baron (1882-1918)@ Schindler, Oskar (1908-1974)@ Mosley, Oswald (1896-1980)@ Paul, Alice (1885-1977)@ Ritter, Scott@ Cavell, Edith (1865-1915)@ Marshall, George C. (1880-1959)@ Turing, Alan@ Zelle, Margaretha Geetruida - Mata Hari (1876-1917)@ Ho, Chi Minh (1890?-1969)@ Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich (1894-1971)@ Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935)@ Brandt, Willy (1913-1992)@ Rustin, Bayard (1912-1987)@ - Explore the sites for Bayard Rustin, one of the most influential African American civil rights leaders and gay rights activist. Sites offer biography, political profile, articles, and documentary film on the civil rights and labour activist who counseled Martin Luther King Jr., on the techniques of nonviolent resistance. Carson, Rachel (1907-1964)@ Dausset, Jean Baptiste (1916- )@ Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951)@ Ceausescu, Nicolae (1918-1989)@ Romanova, Anastasia (1901-1918?)@ Fox, Vicente@ McNamara, Robert S.@ Hariri, Rafiq@ Kissinger, Henry@ Tutu, Desmond@ Boyington, Gregory "Pappy"@ Dole, Bob@ Amin, Idi (1925-2003)@ Collins, Michael (1890-1922)@ Eichmann, Adolf (1906-1962)@ Giuliani, Rudolph@ - Browse sites about Rudolph Giuliani, the lawyer, businessman, and former Mayor of New York City. Sites feature career profile, articles, blog, audio and videos, and news related to the 2001 Time Person of the Year. Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov) (1870-1924)@ Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889-1964)@ Schweitzer, Albert (1875-1965)@ Selassie, Haile (1892-1974)@ Catt, Carrie Chapman (1859-1947)@ Goldman, Emma (1869-1940)@ Qadhafi, Muammar@ Walesa, Lech@ Gandhi, Indira (1917-1984)@ Moses, Bob@ - Find sites for Bob Moses, the pivotal civil rights movement organiser and developer of the mathematics literacy programme, Algebra Project. Sites provide biography, political career, articles, and projects started by the political leader who is also an Harvard-trained educator. Oakley, Annie (1860-1926)@ Oswald, Lee Harvey@ - Read about Lee Harvey Oswald, the man considered responsible for the assassination of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Sites offer biography, chronology, interviews, research articles, bibliography, investigation documents, and conspiracy theories about Oswald's involvement in the assassination of JFK. Pauling, Linus (1901-1994)@ Rabin, Yitzak (1922-1995)@ Whitlam, Gough@ Ride, Sally (1951- )@ Wallace, George (1919-1998)@ Hoveyda, Amir Abbas (1919-1979) - Late Prime Minister of Iran. Begin, Menachem (1913-1992)@ Reagan, Nancy Davis@ - Learn about Nancy Davis Reagan, the wife of Ronald Reagan and the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Sites provide biography, interview, photo gallery, personal accounts, news archives, articles, filmography, and TV appearances of the former First Lady who was an actress prior to her marriage. Ziegfeld, Florenz (1869-1932)@ Le Pen, Jean-Marie@ Mao, Zedong (1893-1976)@ Boutros-Ghali, Boutros@ Chávez, Hugo@ Coleman, Bessie (1896-1926)@ - Learn about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to hold international pilot's license. Sites include biography, achievements, and more about the aviator popularly known as '"Queen Bess". George V (1865-1936)@ Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967)@ al-Assad, Hafez (1930-2000) - Tribute site for the former President of Syria. Kennan, George F. (1904-2005)@ Kim, Jong Il@ Vo, Nguyen Giap (1911?-)@ Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich (1931-2007)@ - Find biographical and informational sites about the late former President of Russia, Boris N. Yeltsin. Allende, Salvador (1908-1973)@ Henson, Matthew (1866-1955)@ King, Coretta Scott (1927-2006)@ - Find sites for Coretta Scott King, the civil rights leader and wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Sites provide biography, political profile, civil rights activities, obituary, and bibliography of works by and about the politician and recipient of Congessional Gold Medal. Nkrumah, Kwame (1909-1972)@ Ruby, Jack (1911-1967)@ Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915)@ Mitterrand, François (1916-1996)@ Agnew, Spiro T. (1918-1996)@ Atlee, Clement (1883-1967)@ MacDonald, James Ramsay (1866-1937)@ Marcos, Ferdinand (1917-1989)@ Taylor, Charles@ Chamberlain, Arthur Neville (1869-1940)@ Mawson, Douglas (1882-1958)@ Netanyahu, Binyamin@ Pol Pot (1925-1998)@ - Read about Pol Pot, leader of the communist movement and former Prime Minister of Cambodia. Sites provide biography, political changes, and crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge reign. Dillinger, John (1902?-1934)@ Bridges, Ruby@ - Read about Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to attend a formerly segregated school and hence endure hostility and ostracism from segregationists. Sites offer bio, background information, speeches, online resources, interviews, and pictures of the girl who became a civil rights icon in 1960 and grew to be an education activist. Hirohito (1901-1989)@ Deng, Xiaoping (1905-1997)@ Diem, Ngo Dinh (1901-1963)@ Heydrich, Reinhard (1904-1942)@ Lloyd George, David (1863-1945)@ George VI (1895-1952)@ Laurier, Wilfrid (1841-1919)@ McAuliffe, Christa (1948-1986)@ Parker, Bonnie and Clyde Barrow@ Sukarno, Achmad (1901-1970)@ Hassan Bin Talal - Profile of HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal, the brother of the late King Hussein. Official site. Albright, Madeleine@ Ben-Gurion, David (1886-1973)@ Hearst, Patty@ Hoffa, Jimmy (1913-1975?)@ Till, Emmett (1941-1955)@ - Read about Emmett Till, the 14-year old African American boy whose brutal murder in 1955 is cited as one of the key events that triggered American Civil Rights Movement. Sites provide background information, abduction and murder details, investigation reports, news articles, photos, and documents of the murder of the boy after he reportedly whistled at a white woman. Toguri, Iva Ikuko@ Eban, Abba (1915-2002)@ Havel, Václav@ Fox, Terry (1958-1981)@ Pankhurst, Emmeline (1858-1928)@ Reno, Janet@ Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954)@ Robeson, Paul (1898-1976)@ Stalin, Joseph (1879-1953)@ Basma Bint Talal - Biography of HRH, Princess Basma Bint Talal of Jordan, sister to the late King Hussein. Official site. Bunche, Ralph (1903-1971)@ - Learn about Ralph Bunche, the American political scientist and diplomat who won Nobel Peace Prize for his 1940s mediation in Palestine. Sites provide biography, political and historical achievements, photos, documentary film, and obituary for the civil rights advocate. Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)@ Hopper, Grace (1906-1992)@ Ishi (1860?-1916)@ MacArthur, Douglas (1880-1964)@ Rosenthal, Joe (b. 1911)@ Wallenberg, Raoul (1912-?)@ Chiang, Kai-shek (1887-1975)@ Suharto, Mohamed@ Yeager, Chuck@ - Learn about Chuck Yeager, the noted test pilot and Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, who in 1947 became the first pilot to travel faster than sound in level flight and ascent. Sites feature biography, photographs, his exploits in World War II, and retelling of the events leading up to the first supersonic flight. McClellan, Scott - User-created biography of the former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush. Rice, Marion McCune (1882 - 1955 ) - Depicting the story of the WW I Red Cross nurse. Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)@ - Find sites for Cleaver Eldridge, one of the prominent American civil rights leaders and a dominant member of the Black Panther Party. Sites provide biography, political profile and interview of the former Minister of Information for the BPP. Kroc, Ray (1902-1984)@ Perón, Juan Domingo (1895-1974)@ Adair, Red (1915-2004)@ Hart, Gary@ Brezhnev, Leonid Ilych (1906-1982)@ Hoover, J. Edgar (1895-1972)@ Humphrey, Hubert (1911-1978)@ Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984)@ Kaiser Wilhelm II@ Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917)@ Ture, Kwame (Stokely Carmichael) (1941-1998)@ - Read about Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), the Trinidadian American black activist in the 1960s American Civil Rigths Movement. Sites offer life, political legacy, pictures, quotes, speech transcript, and obituaries to the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party. Connolly, James (1896 - 1916)@ Mondale, Walter@ Cabrini, Frances Xavier (1850-1917)@ Ferdinand, Franz, Archduke (1863-1914)@ Fujimori, Alberto@ Hammarsjköld, Dag (1905-1961)@ Keating, Paul@ York, Alvin (1887-1964)@ Edward VIII (1894-1972)@ Senghor, Léopold Sédar (1906-2001)@ Farnsworth, Philo Taylor (1906-1971)@ - Read about Philo T Farnsworth, the inventor of the fusion device called fusor. Sites offer biography, timeline, galleries, and articles on the inventor of the electronic television. Goering, Hermann (1893-1946)@ Zhao, Ziyang (1919-2005)@ Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero (1917-1980)@ Barak, Ehud@ Baldwin, Stanley (1867-1947)@ Douglas, Tommy@ Ness, Eliot (1903-1957)@ - Read about Eliot Ness, an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois. Sites offer biography, relationship with the FBI, writing credits, photos, articles, and trivia about the federal agent who led a group of eleven law-enforcement agents called The Untouchables. Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza (1919-1980)@ Subcomandante Marcos@ Bose, Subhash Chandra (1897-1945)@ Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925)@ Waldhiem, Kurt@ Aquino, Benigno Simeon Jr. (1932-1983)@ Liddy, G. Gordon@ Omar, Mullah Mohammed@ Bridges, Harry (1901-1990)@ Robinson, Mary@ Taft, William Howard (1857-1930)@ Macy, Anne Mansfield Sullivan (1866-1936)@ Berkman, Alexander (1870-1936)@ Franz Josef I (1830-1916)@ McCorvey, Norma (Jane Roe)@ Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich (1890-1986)@ Chisholm, Shirley (1924- )@ - Read about Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. Sites provide biography, political profile, quotes, speech, and documentary of the 1972 presidential campaign by the Democratic Presidential Nomination candidate, educator, and author. Devi, Phoolan (1963-2001)@ Frank, Leo (1884-1915)@ Hess, Rudolph (1894-1987)@ Mead, Margaret (1901-1978)@ Teller, Edward@ Gbagbo, Laurent@ O'Hare, Butch (1914-1943)@ Trudeau, Pierre Elliot (1919-2000)@ Pinchot, Gifford (1865-1946)@ Weinberger, Caspar (1917-2006) (2) White, Byron R. (1917-2002)@ Hussein, Uday@ - Browse sites about Uday Saddam, son of Saddam Hussein, former dictator of Iraq, Sites offer biography, articles, and photographs. Sanger, Margaret (1883-1966)@ Woodhull, Victoria (1838-1927)@ al-Zawahiri, Ayman@ Peshev, Dimitar - Bulgarian official who opposed the deportation of Jews to death camps. Andropov, Yuri (1914-1984)@ Westmoreland, General William C.@ Barnes, Florence (Pancho) (1901-1975)@ - Learn about Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes, one of the legendary women pioneers in aviation history. Sites include her biography, achievements, and a book about the aviatrix. Debs, Eugene V. (1855-1926)@ Evers, Medgar (1925-1963)@ - Find sites for Medgar Evers, the African American civil rights leader and field secretary for the NAACP who was assassinated at the age of 37. Sites offer biography, publications, media productions, essays, and articles about the legacy of civil rights leader and army veteran. Stauffenberg, Claus von (1907-1944)@ Davis, Angela@ - Learn about Angela Davis, the American communist organiser, professor who was linked to the murder of Judge Harold Halet during an attempted Black Panther prison break. Sites feature biography, articles, interviews, transcripts, and critique of the leftist activist and founder of the anti-prison grassroots organisation Critical Resistance. Marcos, Imelda@ Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940)@ Cohn, Roy (1927-1986)@ - Learn about Roy Cohn, the ambitious American lawyer who was the right-hand man of Senator Joseph McCarthy, through sites featuring biography, articles, biopics, and the political career of the controversial Jew lawyer known for his prosecution of several Communist leaders. Ford, Elizabeth Bloomer (Betty)@ - Find sites for Elizabeth (Betty) Ford, the wife of the American President Gerald R. Ford. Sites feature biography, photographs, humanitarian activites, and resources for the former First Lady Betty Ford who was a model and fashion designer who also organised her own dance group. Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro (1934-2002)@ Cook, Frederick (1865-1940)@ Hinckley, John, Jr.@ Patten, Christopher Francis@ Sendler, Irena@ al-Sadat, Mohamed Anwar (1918-1981)@ Jiang, Zemin@ Mabo, Edward (1936-1992)@ Hull, Cordell (1871-1955)@ Kelly, George - Machine Gun Kelly@ Robertson, George@ Rockefeller Family, The@ Root, Elihu (1845-1937)@ Chiang, Madame Kai-shek (1897-2003)@ Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (1927-2003)@ Diefenbaker, John George (1895-1979)@ Huerta, Dolores@ - Read about Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of United Farm Workers. Sites provide biography and info on the Dolores Huerta Foundation, a nonprofit organisation. Petain, Henri-Philippe (1856-1951)@ Abel, Rudolf (1903-1971)@ Acheson, Dean (1893-1971)@ Archer, Jeffrey@ - Jeffrey Archer, former politician and author of the best-selling novels Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less and Kane and Abel. Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1828-1914)@ Graham, Katharine (1917-2001)@ Maillart, Ella (1903-1997) - Traveller, writer, and explorer. Includes a bibliography and her photographs from throughout Central Asia and the Middle East. Calment, Jeanne (1875-1997)@ Davison, Emily Wilding (1872-1913)@ Land, Edwin Herbert (1909-1991) - American physicist and inventor of the Polaroid Land Camera in 1947. Floyd, Charles Arthur - Pretty Boy Floyd@ Pulitzer, Joseph (1847-1911)@ - Learn about Joseph Pulitzer, the American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and for originating yellow journalism. Toledo, Alejandro@ Alinsky, Saul@ Callaghan, James (1912-2005)@ Himmler, Heinrich (1900-1945)@ Irving, Clifford@ Balfour, Arthur (1848-1930)@ Khatami, Mohammad@ Mitchell, William "Billy" (1879-1936)@ Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910)@ Fuchs, Klaus (1912-1988)@ Parker-Bowles, Camilla@ Rockefeller, Nelson A. (1908-1979)@ Chadwick, Sir James (1891-1974)@ Fleischer, Ari@ Kim, Il Sung (1912-1994)@ Korczak, Janusz (1878?-1942?)@ Tambo, Oliver (1917-1993)@ Woodsworth, James Shaver (1874-1942)@ Meese, Edwin@ Mengele, Josef (1911-1979)@ Stein, Edith (1891-1942)@ Díaz, Porfirio (1830-1915)@ Hayes, Ira Hamilton (1923-1955)@ Kuchma, Leonid@ Nagy, Imre (1896-1956)@ Newton, Huey P. (1942-1989)@ Bao Dai (1913-1997)@ Durruti, Buenaventura (1896-1936)@ Massoud, Ahmad Shah (1953-2001)@ Latimer, Lewis Howard (1848-1928)@ McClung, Nellie (1873-1951)@ Pershing, John "Blackjack" (1860-1948)@ Sugihara, Chiune (1900-1986)@ Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959)@ Gillis, Lester M. - Baby Face Nelson@ Gompers, Samuel (1850-1924)@ Landon, Alfred M. (Alf) (1887-1987)@ Stevenson, Adlai (1900-1965)@ Crater, Joseph Force (1889-1930?)@ Adenauer, Konrad (1876-1967)@ Kumaratunga, Chandrika@ Barbie, Klaus@ Kennedy Family, The@ Lumumba, Patrice (1925-1961)@ Bennett, Richard Bedford (1870-1947)@ Borden, Robert (1854-1937)@ Kenyatta, Jomo (1890-1978)@ Luciano, Charles "Lucky" (1897-1962)@ Ludendorff, Erich von (1865-1937)@ Meredith, James@ - Read about James Meredith, the civil rights activist and author of Three Years in Mississippi. Sites provide biography, photos, participants' accounts of the Meredith March, and details of the civil rights activism of the first African American student of the University of Mississippi. Woods, Granville T. (1856-1910)@ Kohl, Helmut@ Powers, Francis Gary (1929-1977)@ Ribbentrop, Joachim von (1893-1946)@ Stassen, Harold (1907-2001)@ Haig, Douglas (1861-1928)@ Simpson, Wallis (1896-1986)@ Ebadi, Shirin@ Regan, Donald (1918-2003)@ Rickey, Branch (1881-1965)@ Singh, Bhagat (1907-1931)@ Warren, Earl (1891-1974)@ Dwyer, R. Budd (1939-1987)@ Franco, Francisco Bahamonde (1892-1975)@ Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997)@ Benson, Lloyd (1921-2006)@ Bly, Nellie (1864-1922)@ Gusmão, Xanana@ Montgomery, Bernard Law (1887-1976)@ Aziz, Tariq Mikhail@ - Learn about Tariq Aziz, the former foreign minister and deputy Prime Minster of Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s rule. Sites feature biography, interview, news articles, trial, and photographs. Bonner, Neville (1922-1999)@ Eshkol, Levi (1895-1969)@ Ferraro, Geraldine@ Benga, Ota@ Chief Joseph (1840-1940)@ Dunlop, Edward "Weary" (1907-1993)@ Mallory, George (1886-1924)@ de Gaulle, Charles (1890-1970)@ Goering, Albert - Younger brother of Hermann Goering who risked his career, fortune, and reputation to save the lives of many Jews. Hartenstein, Werner (1908-1943) - Commander of German submarine U-156. Chrétien, Joseph Jacques Jean@ Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich (1909-1989)@ Obasanjo, Olusegun@ Biko, Stephen (1946-1977)@ Lummus, Jack (1915-1945)@ Eisenhower, Mamie Geneva Doud (1896-1979)@ - Find sites for Mamie Doud Eisenhower (1896-1979), the wife of General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Sites feature biography, photos, and her million dollar fudge recipe. Solana, Javier@ Fry, Varian (1908-1967)@ Heath, Sir Edward@ Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr. (1920-2000)@ Monash, John (1865-1931)@ O'Neill, Thomas P. (Tip) (1912-1994)@ Rayburn, Samuel T. (1882-1961)@ Rubin, Jerry (1938-1994)@ Zhukov, Georgi (1896-1974)@ Hindenburg, Paul von (1847-1934)@ Assata Shakur@ Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire (1852-1931)@ Macmillan, Harold (1894-1986)@ Morita, Akio@ Ryan, Leo (1925-1978)@ Shigenobu Okuma (1838-1922)@ Blackmun, Harry (1908-1999)@ Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah (1902-1989)@ Abdullah, Crown Prince@ Cochran, Jacqueline (1908-1980)@ - Know about Jacqueline Cochran, the American pioneer pilot who broke records all along her distinguished aviation career. Guinier, Lani@ King Albert I (1875-1934)@ Murphy, Emily (1868-1933)@ Quimby, Harriet@ - Learn about Harriet Quimby, the first American woman pilot to become a licensed pilot and the first woman to cross the English Channel. Vajpayee, Atal Behari@ Maybach, Wilhelm (1846-1929)@ Vance, Cyrus (1917-2002)@ Goeth, Amon (1908-1946)@ Musharraf, General Pervez@ Nidal, Abu (1937-2002)@ Nu, U (1907-1995)@ Wells, Ida B. (1862-1930)@ Bullwinkel, Vivian (1915-2000)@ Geddes, Patrick (1854-1932)@ Sisulu, Walter (1912-2003)@ Dayan, Moshe (1915-1981)@ Pearse, Padraig (1879 - 1916)@ Anielewicz, Mordechai (1919-1943)@ Hasan al-Majid, Ali (Chemical Ali)@ Kingsford Smith, Charles (1897-1935)@ Foch, Ferdinand (1851-1929)@ Franks, Tommy@ Mbeki, Thabo@ Sakharov, Andrei (1921-1989)@ Trimble, David@ Kimmel, Husband E. (1882-1958)@ La Guardia, Fiorello (1882-1947)@ Nyerere, Julius Kambarage (1922-1999)@ Cohen, Eli (1924-1965)@ Ross, Nellie Tayloe (1876-1977)@ Kalam, Abdul@ Goldstein, Vida (1869-1949)@ McCandless, Chris (1968-1992)@ Brady, James - Features a biography of the former White House Press Secretary, victim of the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, and gun control advocate. Black, Hugo L. (1886-1971)@ Botha, P.W.@ Dubcek, Alexander (1921-1992)@ Gorbachev, Raisa (1932-1999)@ Le, Duc Tho (1911-1990)@ Menzies, Robert (1894-1978)@ Schwarzkopf, H. Norman@ Salazar, Ruben (1929-1970) - Details of the journalist's life and tragic death. Part of the Heroes of La Raza series. Karzai, Hamid@ Zahir Shah, Mohammad@ Edison, Charles (1890-1969) - Examination of Edison's political philosophy and his attempts to reform state government while governor of New Jersey from 1941 to 1943.  Marshall, David (1908-1995) - Singapore's first Chief Minister, lawyer, and political player in early 1950s Singapore. Abdel-Nasser, Gamal (1918-1970)@ Abzug, Bella (1920-1998)@ Hiss, Alger (1904-1996)@ Nitti, Frank (1884-1943)@ - Learn about Frank Nitti, or Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, the American gangster and one of the top henchmen of Al Capone. Sites offer biography, crime profile, photos, and articles about the barber turned mobster who led the Chicago mafia after the arrest of Al Capone.  Ong, Teng Cheong (1936-2002)@ Powell Jr., Lewis F. (1907-1998)@ Ruess, Everett (1914-1934)@ Salinas de Gortari, Carlos@ Shamir, Yitzhak@ Dostum, Abdul Rashim@ Hanssen, Robert@ Malkin, Peter Z. - Former Chief of Operations for Mossad and the agent who captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Demjanjuk, John@ Markov, Gerogi Ivanov (1929-1978)@ Mori, Yoshiro@ Sukarnoputri, Megawati@ Mendes, Aristides de Sousa - Photo and profile of the Portuguese consul in France who saved hundreds of Jews and other refugees from Hitler's Holocaust. Pilsudski, Jozef Klemens (1867-1935)@ Ahern, Bertie@ Douglas, William O. (1898-1980)@ Evatt, Herbert Vere "Doc" (1894-1965)@ Smith, Alfred E. (1873-1944)@ Luce, Claire Booth (1903-1987) - 1987 New York Times obituary for playwright and politician Clare Booth Luce. Deakin, Alfred (1856-1919)@ Rommel, Erwin (1891-1944)@ Crosby, Frances Jane "Fanny" (1820-1915) - Author of over 9,000 hymns during her life. Williams, Rob (1925 - 1996) - Companion site to the PBS documentary. Hume, John@ Mendes, Chico (1944-1988)@ Ocalan, Abdullah@ Zhou, Enlai (1898-1976)@ Hubbard, Mina - Includes background, biographies, and information about the centennial of her exploration of Labrador. Aquino, Melchora (1812-1919)@ Major, John@ Penkovsky, Oleg (1919 - 1963)@ Barton, Edmund (1849-1920)@ Hoffman, Abbie (1936-1989)@ Holt, Harold (1908-1967)@ McEwan, Grant (1902-2000)@ Mugabe, Robert@  Nathan, S.R.@ Noether, Emmy (1882-1935)@ Rasputin, Grigory (1869-1916)@ Sharett, Moshe (1894-1965)@ Speight, George@ Faisal, King (1906-1975)@ Hawke, Robert@ Narayanan, Shri Kocheril Raman@ Pearson, Lester B. (1897-1972)@  Said, Zubir (1907-1987)@ - Composer of Singapore National Anthem. al-Faisal, Saud@ Lynch, Lt. Col. Leonard P. - Lynch and 4,000 National Guard troops opened the road from Selma to Montgomery to enable Martin Luther King, Jr. and thousands to reach Montgomery on March 21-25, 1965. Belo, Carlos Filipe Ximenes@ Cranston, Alan (1914-2000)@ Carter, Rosalynn Eleanor Smith@ - Learn about Rosalynn Eleanor Smith Carter, the wife of President Jimmy Carter and a global human rights activist. Sites feature biography, photos, and related links for the first First Lady who was dubbed The Steel Magnolia by the White House press corps for her combination of Southern sweetness and tenacious drive. Kagame, Paul@ Wahid, Abdurrahman@ Kosygin, Aleksei Nikolayevich (1904-1980)@  Ishak, Yusof (1910-1970)@ Johnson, Sergeant Harry@ Fraser, John Malcolm@ Gorton, John Grey (1911- )@ Kostunica, Vojislav@ Moulin, Jean (1899-1943)@ Balch, Emily Greene (1867-1961) - 1961 New York Times obituary for Emily Greene Balch, International President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and co-winner of the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize. Kabila, Laurent (1939-2001)@ Ze'evi, Rehavam (1926-2001)@ Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. (1877-1970)@ Ecevýt, Bülent@ Forde, Francis@ Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965)@ Museveni, Yoweri@ Shaw, Anna H. (1847-1919) - 1919 New York Times obituary for suffragist and women's rights advocate Anna Howard Shaw. Carlson, Evans F. (1896-1947) - Founder of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion. Macapagal, Diosdado P. - Tribute, profile, inaugural address, and photos. Bhutto, Benazir@ Buthelizi, Mangosuthu Gatsha@ Hanoi Hannah (Ngo, Trinh Thi)@ Aristide, Jean-Bertrand@ Bandaranaike, Sirimavo (1916-2000)@ Chifley, Joseph Benedict (1885-1951)@ McGovern, George (1) McMahon, William (1908-1988)@ North, Oliver (1) Adams, Gerry@ Wilson, Harold (1916-1995)@ Cardoso, Fernando Henrique@  Chao, Tzee Cheng (1924-2000)@ Ramos, Fidel Valdez@ Grant, Jane (1892-1972) - User-created biograpy tracing the life and legacy of Jane Grant, the Twentieth Century feminist and Lucy Stoner, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, and co-founder of The New Yorker magazine. Includes background on Grant's husband Harold Ross. Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)@ De Klerk, F.W.@ Fischer, Joschka@  Kuo, Pao Kun (1939 - 2002)@ Unaipon, David (1872-1967)@ Beria, Lavrenty Pavlovich (1899-1953) - Brief biography of the Soviet police official.  Lim, Yew Hock (1914-1984) - Led an all-party delegation to win internal self-government from the British. Dewar, Donald (1937-2000)@ Guei, Robert (1941-2002)@ Sezer, Ahmet Necdet@ Haq, Abdul (1958-2001)@ Ivanov, Igor@ Joumblat, Kamal (1917-1977)@ Nicholas II (1868-1918)@ Wingate, Orde (1903-1944) - British general who served in the Sudan, Palestine, and the Burma Theatre in WWII. Macphail, Agnes (1890-1954)@ Glass, Carter (1858-1946)@ Aquino, Corazon@ Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie@ Bond, Julian@  Chee, Soon Juan@ Chernenko, Constantin Ustinovich (1911-1985)@ Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. (1912-2002)@  Durai, T. T.@ Estrada, Joseph Ejercito@ Gierek, Edward (1913-2001)@ Goldwater, Barry (1909-1998)@  Gomez, James@ Griffith, Arthur (1872-1922)@ Karimov, Islam Abdughanievich@ Kok, Wim@ Kropotkin, Peter (1842-1921)@ Mackenzie King, William Lyon (1874-1950)@ Mulroney, Martin Brian@ Nujoma, Sam@ Pronk, Jan@ Saidi, Adnan (1915-1942)@ Scullin, James (1876-1953)@ Sheppard, William Henry (1865-1927)@ Smith, Shirley "Mum Shirl" (1924-1998)@ Sun, Yat-sen (1866-1925)@ Suslov, Mikhail Andreyevich (1902-1982)@ Wilkins, Roy@ de Grave, Frank@ McCreary, James B. (1838-1918) - Twice governor of Kentucky, soldier, statesman, and patriot.

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