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  1. Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
    1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1970]] to [[1989]]'''.
    3: === [[1970s]] ===
    4: *[[1970]] - [[Environmental Protection Agency]] enacted
    11: *[[1974]] - [[Gerald R. Ford]] becomes President (by [[succession]] rather than [[e...
    13: *[[1977]] - [[Jimmy Carter]] becomes President

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  1. History of China (45919 bytes)
    2: ...inese civilization. Politically, China alternated between periods of political union and disunion, and...
    7: ...late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, wher...
    14: ...pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
    18: ...found on pottery and shells, have been alleged to be ancestors of modern [[Chinese character]]s, but s...
    22: ...bone writings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of th...
  2. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[le...
    4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
    7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwe...
    9: ...nd|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
    10: ...om of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
  3. List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
    10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
    29: *[[S.Y. Agnon|Agnon, S.Y.]], (1888-1970), [[Nobel]] prizewinning author
    32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
    53: *[[Ruben Aguirre|Aguirre, Ruben]], (born 1934), Mexican actor
  4. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
    1: ...]], [[1964]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
    4: ...ctress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastemaker and the o...
    6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved to England where i...
    8: ... take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chose...
    10: ... as his replacement. Her son [[David Astor]], who became editor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, w...
  5. Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
    3: ...327;ाँधी)''' (born [[December 9]], [[1946]]), is an [[Italy|Italian]]-born [[I...
    7: ...couple had two children, [[Rahul Gandhi]] (born [[1970]]) and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She a...
    11: ...gress Party. With the charisma of the family name behind her, she was able to draw large crowds and ne...
    13: ...nal Democratic Alliance]]. She had been tipped to be the next [[Prime Minister of India]] following he...
    15: ...ly accepted by the lawmakers, despite pleas by members of the Congress party for Gandhi to reverse her...
  6. Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
    1: ...[Finland|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
    7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[...
    9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[19...
    10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]...
    18: ...anisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[1974]]. She joined the Social Democrati...
  7. Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
    1: ...he cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''Eine t?che Liebe'']]
    2: ...d in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
    4: ...[American University]] ([[Washington, DC]]), in [[1970]].
    6: ...ing at the [[European Commission]] ([[Brussels]], Belgium, [[1971]]-[[1983]]), she participated in num...
    8: ...ty]]. Between [[1983]] and [[1990]], she was a member of the [[Bundestag]] (West German Parliament) fo...
  8. Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
    16: |[[November 14]], [[1954]]
    27: '''Condoleezza "Condi" Rice''' (born [[November 14]] [[1954]]), is the second [[United States Se...
    29: In [[November 2004]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as...
    31: ...rican (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
    37: ... determination against adversity, and the need to be "twice as good" as non-minorities [http://www.rac...
  9. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    3: ...e is credited by many as having revitalised and liberalised a previously conservative political office...
    10: ...:'''</td><td>[[3 December]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td></tr>
    11: <tr><td>'''Number of Terms:'''</td><td>1</td></tr>
    23: ...born into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and servants of the Queen.
    25: ... Professor of Law]] in the college, considered to be a prestigious appointment made to accomplished la...
  10. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    7: &ndash; [[28 November]] [[1990]]
    16: |[[13 October]] [[1925]]
    27: ...on Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), a...
    29: ...eral election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[2...
    33: ...cher'''; since then her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of th...
  11. The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
    1: ... question, "Are women persons?" The case came to be known as the '''Persons Case'''.
    3: The women, all of whom were from [[Alberta]], were:
    6: ...ctivist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
    7: ...ng]] (a famous [[suffragist]] and member of the Alberta legislature);
    11: ...every Person so summoned shall become and be a Member of the Senate and a Senator."
  12. Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
    2: ...d took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising was carrie...
    6: ... the fifth child of the [[Jew]]ish wood trader/timber trader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (m...
    8: ...death and the party was broken up. Some of its members managed to meet in secret; Rosa joined one of t...
    12: ...espite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament focused more and more on gaining ...
    14: ...Russia]]. She maintained that the struggle should be against [[capitalism]] itself, and not for an ind...
  13. Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
    1: ...an and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
    3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
    4: ...[1942]]) is a [[Chile]]an writer whose books have been translated into many languages. She is one of t...
    6: ...dor Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated...
    8: ... a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete...
  14. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    2: ...''Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood''' (born [[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[novelist]], [[poetry|poet...
    4: ...h [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
    10: ...me Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', champ...
    12: ... She has said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
    22: :''[[Life Before Man]]'' ([[1979]])
  15. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    4: ...Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who found freedom, but killed her infant...
    6: ...terature. Her efforts during the [[1960]]'s and [[1970]]'s helped break down the segregation of literatu...
    8: ...th of [[brotherly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first Afr...
    10: She is currently the [[Robert F. Goheen]] Professor of the Humanities at [[Pr...
    15: *''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970)
  16. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    10: ...ng (genre)|swing]] singer, she also encompassed [[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova...
    12: ...with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[Johnny...
    16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings ...
    20: She married twice. In 1941 she married Benny Kornegay, but the marriage was later annulled....
    22: ...leg]]s in [[1993]], and in [[1996]] she died in [[Beverly Hills, California]], after having made some ...
  17. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ..., The state of [[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Gr...
    6: ...e 14. She signed with [[Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond...
    8: ...rned the nickname ''"The Queen of Soul"'', having become an internationally famous artist and a symbol...
    10: ...in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''...
    12: ...unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added t...
  18. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    1: ...;䴠q&#305;z&#305; &#286;?dullina''') (born [[October 24]], [[1931]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[com...
    5: ...her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alterna...
    7: In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument i...
    9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s champ...
    21: *''Vivente - Non Vivente'' for electronics (1970)
  19. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    2: ...[[January 19]], [[1943]] &ndash; [[October 4]], [[1970]]) was an American [[blues]]-influenced [[rock an...
    4: ..., though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends....
    6: ...rinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
    8: ...f success of their early singles led to the album being withheld until after their subsequent success....
    14: ...the ''a capella'' "[[Mercedes-Benz]]", written by beat poet [[Michael McClure]].
  20. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    3: ... to [[Rock and roll|rock music]] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[singer-son...
    5: ...e a distinctive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since the age of nine, which...
    9: ... many songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, both in terms...
    11: ...nd then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selling single to this day.
    13: ...sional style replaced by a series of vignettes of 1970s women, from nightclub dancers ("Edith and the Ki...

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