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- Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
48: *[[1935]] - [[Fair Labor Standard Act]] - sets [[minimum wage]] and hours
59: *[[1938]] - [[Fair Labor Standards Act]]
88: *[[1944]] - [[D-Day]]
96: *[[1945]] - [[Potsdam Conference]]
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...t. Figueres also abolished the [[military]] and today, Costa Rica has only a national [[police]] force...
16: ... colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meaning "Pure life!")''</smal...
39: <br /> - Date
69: ...ence have marred its democratic development. In [[1949]], [[Jos順igueres Ferrer]] abolished the [[army]...
71: ...tural country, has achieved a relatively high standard of living. Land ownership is widespread and [[t... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...hed the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in [[1949]] which has since then governed [[mainland China]...
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
41: ...an]]), [[History of People's Republic of China]] (1949-Present)''
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
11: ...ad lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]...
28: ...genous religion. Its primary written work, the [[Dao De Jing]] is attributed to [[Lao Zi]], who may o...
60: ==Judaism==
62: ''Main article: [[Judaism in China]]''
64: ...dney Shapiro]], were Jewish. Also, the study of Judaism and Jews in China as an academic subject began... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
38: *[[Johann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853)
43: ...Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775)
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
3: ==Ada==
4: === Adac - Adal ===
5: *[[Adachi Hatazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and ...
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
6: *[[Saint Aidan|Aidan, Saint]], (died 651)
8: *[[Danny Aiello|Aiello, Danny]], (born 1933), US actor
17: *[[Alvin Ailey|Ailey, Alvin]], (1931-1985), dancer, choreographer
19: *[[Danny Ainge|Ainge, Danny]], (born 1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, ...
20: ... Richard Ainger|Ainger, Nicholas Richard]], (born 1949), British Labour MP - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]...
2: ...nly man in the Cabinet." She is the first (and to date only) female [[Prime Minister of Israel]], the ...
6: ...ld. Her sisters' names were Shayna and Zipke. Golda looked up to Shayna. Her father left for the Unit...
10: ... Beginning when she was only eight years old, Golda oversaw the store for a short time each morning a...
12: ...up school for work and to marry an older man. Golda rebelled and ran away. She went to Denver, where... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...garet Chase Smith''' ([[December 14]], [[1897]] – [[May 29]], [[1995]]) was a [[United States Re...
5: ...]. She served in the House until [[January 3]], [[1949]]. She served on the House Armed Services committ...
7: .... Senate in 1948. She served in the Senate from [[1949]] to [[January 3]], [[1973]]. She was defeated f...
9: She received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Wal... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: '''Madalyn Murray O<nowiki>'</nowiki>Hair''' ([[April 13]...
4: ...hs and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas Co...
7: ...[[Life magazine|''Life'' magazine]] referred to Madalyn Murray as ''the most hated woman in America''.
9: Following the Supreme Court decision Madalyn founded [[American Atheists]], "a nationwide m...
11: ...[[born again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church in [[Dallas, Texas]]. - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
5: ...cer in [[1977]] just one day before her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of...
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the...
13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949)
22: *Felicidade Clandestina (1971)
23: *A imita磯 da rosa (1973) - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: '''Mary Pickford''' ([[April 8]], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion pict...
5: ...odramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the st...
15: ...p in front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funer...
18: ... and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
54: ...means value, in the sense of overall lightness or darkness of a painting, Stein using a high proportio...
58: ...ere gay there, they were regularly gay there everyday," of which he contends that the, "effect would b...
60: ...te in long hand, typically about half an hour per day. Alice B. Toklas would collect the pages, type t...
61: Today, most manuscripts are kept in the [[Beinecke Lib...
63: ...ul of mundane tasks and Alice Toklas managed everyday affairs. - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...t. Vincent Millay''' ([[February 22]], [[1892]] – [[October 19]], [[1950]]) was a lyrical poet a...
3: ..., when Millay was about eight. Cora and her three daughters, Edna (who was called "Vincent" by her clo...
9: Her reputation was damaged by poetry she wrote in support of the Allied...
11: Eugene died in 1949 from lung cancer. Edna St. Vincent Millay died ab... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ... age 14 left her home in [[DeFuniak Springs, Florida]], working as a hairdresser until she wound up in...
12: ...ished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]].
16: ... She is the only woman to ever receive the Gold Medal from the [[Federation Aeronautique International...
18: ..., [[California]], Jacqueline Cochran flew a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[F-86 Sabre]] jet at an average speed...
20: ...ity in support of an Eisenhower presidential candidacy. The rally was documented on film and Cochran p... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
7: In [[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper ...
9: ...]] and its compiler. COBOL was defined by the [[CODASYL]] committee which extended her FLOW-MATIC lang...
14: ...n over in the 1980s by the National Bureau of Standards, now [[NIST]].
18: ...oodwill ambassador, lecturing widely on the early days of computers, her career, and on efforts that c...
25: ...sociation of Information Technology Professionals|Data Processing Management Association]]. - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: '''Lise Meitner''' ([[November 7]], [[1878]]–[[October 27]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austria]]n [...
10: ... completely unexpected; it took some study of the data and creative thinking to free her mind from the...
12: ...e Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949.
17: ..., Max von Laue on the Occasion of their 80th Birthday''. New York: Interscience.
18: *Patricia Rife, ''Lise Meitner and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age'' Birkh䵳er, 1999 - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ... Battles Sawyer Hogg''' ([[August 1]], [[1905]] – [[January 28]], [[1993]]) was a prolific [[ast...
7: ...oved to [[Ontario]] where she took a job at the [[David Dunlap Observatory]], where Frank Hogg became ...
9: ...]] (Francis Ethelbert Louis Priestley) ([[1905]]–[[1988]]), a professor emeritus of English at t...
11: ...n the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
13: ...8]] she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]]. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...sephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The ...
5: .... Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], the daughter of Eddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she en...
7: ...tarred at the [[Folies Berg貥]], setting the standard for her future acts. Already a star, she perfor...
17: ...ces helped to integrate shows in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. Nevertheless, her career was on a do...
29: ... stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life.” —Josephine Baker - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...lie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
3: ...]], [[1959]]), also called '''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest...
7: ...r [[Fletcher Henderson]], was fifteen. Billie Holiday's parents married when she was three, but they s...
9: ... to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
14: Settling in [[Harlem]], Holiday began singing informally in numerous clubs. Arou...
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