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- Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1969]]'''.
3: === [[1950s]] ===
4: ...seph McCarthy]] gains power, and [[McCarthyism]] (1950-1954) begins
5: *[[1950]] - [[McCarran Internal Security Act]]
6: *[[1950]] - [[Korean War]] begins
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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...e [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...nding on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple c...
5: ...of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Jap...
7: ...utes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: *[[Pieter van der Aa|Aa, Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
9: ...misepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
14: *[[Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
9: ...f state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
14: ...eft|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
15: ... of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary...
17: ...t the time of her birth, she was third in the [[Order of succession to the British throne|line of succ... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]...
6: ...], [[Duke of Aquitaine]], and her mother was Ʈor de Chⴥllerault, the daughter of Aimeric I, Vicomte...
8: ... and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, d...
10: ...uld remain independent of France, and Eleanor's eldest son would be both King of France and [[Dukes of...
12: ...paign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...he tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially dur...
9: ... was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger d...
11: ...f Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid their [[credito...
13: ...odge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was close to her mother and acte...
17: ...May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Ad... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
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2: |+'''Madeleine Albright'''
4: ...n="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
6: | '''Order:'''
12: | '''Predecessor:''' - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[February 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[Un...
7: Hattie Caraway married [[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro,...
9: ...entatives]] as a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] in [[1912]] and served in that office unt...
11: ...unfinished term. She was sworn in to office on [[December 9]], [[1931]] and was confirmed by a specia...
13: Caraway made no speeches on the floor of the Senate but built ... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
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6: ...olspan=2 bgcolor=#DDDDDD align=center|'''Personal Details'''
9: |[[February 26]] [[1950]]<br>in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New...
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28: |'''Order:''' - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: '''Margaret Chase Smith''' ([[December 14]], [[1897]] – [[May 29]], [[1995]]...
5: ...that investigated problems encountered by the War Department in rapidly establishing bases across the ...
7: ...thaway only served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill ...
9: ...d the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]]...
11: ...ully intervened in Senate elections defeating key Democrats, but in 1954, when he attempted to challen... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: ...hington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator.
5: ...nate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the underdog for much of the Senate race, but rallied in t...
11: ...bin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ranking spot.
15: ...=[[Spencer Abraham]] | title=[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ... Kesteven" -->''', [[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Royal Socie...
29: ...he Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom ... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: ...iu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950]]
4: ...chiefly known for her landscapes and paintings of desert flowers, which are often interpreted as [[Yon...
6: ... and the [[Art Students League of New York|Art Students' League]] in [[New York City]]. She began teac...
12: ...le with travel. Her trips west gave her the solitude she required to pursue her art.
14: ...os or [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] until her death in 1986. Her home was in [[Abiquiu, New Mexico... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
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9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ... values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase...
14: ... values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...laywright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life ...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...sburgh|Allegheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]...
9: ...by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
13: ...klas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was support... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...February 22]], [[1892]] – [[October 19]], [[1950]]) was a lyrical poet and playwright and the firs...
3: ...cence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholarship to [[Vassar College]]. After her g...
9: ...ore flak from the literary critics for supporting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fa... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...apher]] who made important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DN...
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ...h carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945...
9: ...es Mering, her mentor, had been unhappy about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the...
15: ...t 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so years later'... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ... From a young age, Maria was surrounded by the students and lecturers from the University, intellectua...
5: ...at Sarah Lawrence College. Here she developed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work s...
7: ... is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
11: ...1963]] saw both [[Maria]] and [[Hans Jensen]] awarded the Nobel Prize for [[Physics]] "for their disco...
13: During the 1940s and early 1950s, she computed equations on [[opacity]] for [[Edw... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ...[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She recorded several hit songs with them, including "(If You ...
8: ...bb died in [[1939]], the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Or...
10: ... other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and t...
12: ...iddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pablo R...
14: ...scar Peterson]], [[Count Basie]] ("On the Sunny Side of the Street"), [[Joe Pass]] ("Speak love"), [[D... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chris...
11: ...t|250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by...
13: ... strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...rs only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years...
17: ... and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, calle... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
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4: ...r]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...ward, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [...
11: ...tion to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She w...
13: ...sa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]...
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