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- Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1970]] to [[1989]]'''.
11: *[[1974]] - [[Gerald R. Ford]] becomes President (by [[succession]] rather than [[e...
13: *[[1977]] - [[Jimmy Carter]] becomes President
17: *[[1979]] - [[Iran hostage crisis]] begins
25: *[[1981]] - [[Ronald Reagan]] becomes President ([[Iran]] releases hostages)
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- 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... - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Herbert Walker Bush
5: | date1=[[20 January ]], [[1989]]
19: ...der President [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1981]]–[[1989]]). He is the father of the current president [[G...
22: George Herbert Walker Bush was born to [[Prescott Bush]] and D... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...r the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [...
3: ... the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...erde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first to reach the A...
7: ... [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the B...
9: ...[[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato... - 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]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
13: === Abba - Abbe ===
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
16: ...ge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
23: *[[Ernst Abbe|Abbe, Ernst]], (1840-1905), physicist
24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey|Abbey, Edwin Austin]], (1852-1911), artist, painter - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
11: *[[Adalbert of Prague]], (circa 956-997), saint
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
67: ...cott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert]] comic strip
98: *[[Isabelle Adjani|Adjani, Isabelle]], (born 1955), French actress
126: *[[Freddy Adu|Adu, Freddy]], (born 1989), soccer player - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ... married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and K...
12: ...atisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she would leave the...
14: ... Peace Prize in the following one. She used the Nobel Peace Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money to ...
16: ...t her family in the [[United Kingdom]], she would be denied re-entry. When her husband Michael Aris, a... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: [[Image:bbhutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was ...
3: ...icated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...as a kind of assistant to him. This seems to have been a formative experience for her, in that watchin...
8: ... of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abroad.
11: ...cution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been allowed in 1984, to go back to the [[United Kin... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
5: ...rway's first female Prime Minister February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned international...
7: ...y [[Maurice Strong]], who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda ...
9: ...d]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
15: ...h most influental European for the last 25 years, behind [[Pope John Paul II]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] ...
17: ... by her husband, Arne Olav Brundtland in his two bestsellers, "Married to Gro" (ISBN 8251616476) and ... - 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]]...
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]] - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ...in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - 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... - 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... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...ians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the [[United States House of Repr...
5: ...tion, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military...
7: She had been elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948. She served ...
9: ...resident [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...gh it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of the end for McCarthy. He had successful... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[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... - 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...
8: ... a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete...
10: ...tiago, Chile|Santiago]], and later in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Pa... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...''Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood''' (born [[November 18]], [[1939]]) is a [[novelist]], [[poetry|poet...
4: ...her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the...
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]]) - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist p...
11: ...al of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
19: ...ion from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name Rand from a typ...
22: ...e two were married in [[1929]]. In [[1931]], Rand became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the United State...
24: ...nce from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These films were re-edited into ... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
12: ... she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: .... She owned early works of [[Pablo Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri M...
21: ... tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn 1989).
23: ... of speech she was Victorian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled...
26: ...ecution probably because of their friendship to [[Bernard Faÿ]], a gay collaborator with the Vich... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...t aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woma...
7: ...ps]] Medical Officer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, sh...
9: ...the youngest of three children, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and rais...
15: ...g and implementing advanced technologies that may be employed advantageously to the development of les...
19: ...l of Fame (1993); People magazine's 1993 "50 Most Beautiful People in the World"; CORE Outstanding Ach...
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