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1. History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
   5: ...and led the nation in the number of black leaders elected. In [[1969]], [[Tennessee]] had a 92.1% turn...
   7: ==Election of 1964==
   9: [[Image:ElectoralCollege1964-Large.png|thumb|Electoral College 1964]]
   11: ... a little girl picking petals from a daisy in a field, counting the petals, which then segues into a l...
   13: ...rats, who had depended on the "solid South" as an electoralt base for a hundred years.
2. History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
   2: ...=Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt==
   4: ...te decline in their numbers. The rise of the Sun Belt continued a trend in the growth of suburbs since...
   6: ...mocratic]] candidates in federal, state and local elections while the South and West are now the solid...
   8: ...s, while tax bases declined. [[New York City]] barely averted bankruptcy in [[1975]].
   10: ... 1980 presidential race and the [[1994]] mid-term elections, when the GOP captured the U.S. House afte...

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1. November 4 (10686 bytes)
   7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwer...
   14: ...d States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Rep...
   15: * [[1889]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large maj...
   16: ...lliam Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
   19: ... 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]].
2. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
   19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
   27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
   38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
   46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
   61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
3. List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
   11: ...Alexander Emanuel Agassiz|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
   13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
   14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
   21: ...gmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
   24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
4. Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
   1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
   3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior...
   7: Maria Cantwell was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis...
   9: ...mi University of Ohio]], where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After ...
   13: ...gement Act of 1990]], which required cities to develop comprehensive growth plans, and she negotiated ...
5. Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
   1: {| align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid; margin-left...
   39: | [[January 14]], [[1980]]
   51: ...[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassination]] in [[1984]].
   59: ...ressured to take up a career in politics. She was elected as a member of Parliament in her father's [[...
   67: ...(after Soviet disintegration) as compared to its relations with the US. [[Image:Indira_and_Nixon.JPG|...
6. Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
   3: ...w partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
   9: *Member of the Helsinki City Council [[1977]]–[[1996]]
   18: ...ed a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She served as the social secr...
   20: ...the minister of justice and in [[1995]] until her election as the president she served as the minister...
   24: ... to win the election. In the previous elections [[Elisabeth Rehn]] came very close to victory. Halonen...
7. Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
   3: ...[[1980]]. Afterward she [[Portuguese presidential election, 1986|ran]] for President in [[1986]] and s...
8. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
   1: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="margin: 0em 1em ...
   27: ... of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
   29: ...gn relations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and forme...
   31: ...creased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured th...
   36: ... Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which affected hi...
9. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
   4: ... nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law d...
   7: ...eme Court]] which voted 8-1 in her favor, effectively banning 'coercive' public prayer and Bible-readi...
   9: ...ovement which defends the [[civil rights]] of nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and sta...
   11: ...[[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Christianity]] a...
   13: ...might have characterized as [[self-actualization|self-actualizing]].
10. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    2: ...ere she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood G...
    4: ...he [[ghost story]]. Some critics say her first novel, ''[[The Edible Woman]]'', which examined female ...
    6: ... [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
    8: ...an opera), or for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
    10: ...e Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', champi...
11. Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
    1: ...ittman''' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[avi...
    3: [[Image:JacquelineCochran.JPG|thumb|Jacqueline Cochran]]
    6: ...oyd Odlum quickly became enamored and offered to help her establish a cosmetics business. Despite her ...
    8: ...n began taking flying lessons at [[Roosevelt Airfield]] on [[Long Island]]. A natural, she was quickly...
    10: ...er growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press a...
12. Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
    1: [[image:AdaLovelace1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ada Lovelace]]
    2: '''Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace''' ([[December 10]], [[1815]] - [[November 27]...
    6: ...hose Annabella. On [[January 16]], [[1816]], Annabella left Byron, taking 1-month old Ada with her. On...
    8: ... art at an early stage of her life. She was privately schooled in [[mathematics]] and [[science]]; one...
    10: [[Image:Ada Lovelace.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Ada Lovelace]]
13. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]]...
    2: ...[[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jazz Royalty|Lady]] Ella''', was one of the most important [[jazz]] [[si...
    6: ...h she won, adding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Web...
    8: ..., the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
    10: ...arilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
14. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ... [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[gospel]], and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] ...
    6: ...ost notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted her as a jaz...
    8: ...[[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they j...
    10: ...uble LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it ...
    12: ...ded three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]].
15. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    1: ...s a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
    5: ...er studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternat...
    7: ...reja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomo...
    9: ...orium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual ma...
    15: * "I am a religious person...and by 'religion' I mean re-ligio, the re-tying of a bond...r...
16. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    1: ...es Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the cover of her album ''Both Sides Now'']]
    3: '''Joni Mitchell, [[Order of Canada|CC]]''' (born '''Roberta Joan...
    5: ...sly "poetic", her songs were strengthened by Mitchell's extraordinary wide-ranging voice (with a range...
    7: ...rst two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both Sides Now".
    9: ...Also of interest, "For Free" is the first of Mitchell's many songs focusing on the dichotomy between t...
17. Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
    6: ...e was performing [[Rock and roll|rock music]] herself, initially with guitarist and rock archivist [[L...
    8: ... proto-[[punk rock]] with spoken poetry and is widely considered one of rock's greatest debuts. The co...
    10: ...ng 15 feet into a concrete orchestra pit and severely damaging a number of neck vertebrae. The injury ...
    15: In the [[1980s]] she appeared to be in semi-retirement from mus...
    17: ...nce]]'s "When Doves Cry" and titled ''Land'' was released in 2002.
18. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    4: ...isiting professor in [[Mexico]] and [[Chile]] as well as different parts of the American South, before...
    6: ...untry and [[blues]] covers. She followed it up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of he...
    8: ...' The single "Changed the Locks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country ...
    10: ...up, ''Sweet Old World'' (Chameleon, 1992), was a melancholy album dealing with themes of suicide and d...
    12: ...reason, she's completely out of the loop. And I feel strongly that that's country music's loss."
19. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
    4: ...]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
    6: ...highest civilian award, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the Unit...
    11: ...Skopje and join the [[Sisters of Loreto]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[...
    13: ...ok her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious title ''Mother Teresa''.
    17: ...eless children. Soon she was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from chur...
20. Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
    4: ...]] masterpiece ''[[Belle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco-English production ''[[R...
    8: ...n 1972), by her four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from ...
    17: *1982 - ''Hôtel des Amériques''
    20: ===Filmography (selected)===
    28: ...[Le dernier métro]]'' ([[François Truffaut]]), (1980)

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