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- Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1970]] to [[1989]]'''.
6: *[[1972]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1972]] (including [[Watergate]] burglary)
11: ...ecomes President (by [[succession]] rather than [[election]])
12: *[[1976]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1976]]
22: ...ton]] kills 57 (see [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]])
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigratio...
7: ...es, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages w...
14: ...shed during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|...
18: ...Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood.
28: ...ntil [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
5: | date1=[[20 January ]], [[1989]]
19: ...der President [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1981]]–[[1989]]). He is the father of the current president [[G... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...in]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could r...
3: ...ated by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the ea...
5: ... the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...iversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...Scandinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the ex... - 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]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
17: ...e|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara - 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 - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...reedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
8: ...le in [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. ...
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 e...
16: ...e would be denied re-entry. When her husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[pro... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...nd, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]...
6: ...r father, as [[Pakistan]]'s foreign minister, travelled to the [[United Nations]] to resolve the issue...
8: ...canvassing. Her entire undergraduate career was fuelled by controversy, coming in the middle of a peri...
10: ==Imprisonment, Elections and Exile==
11: ...y, but was unable to make her political presence felt in Pakistan until the death of General [[Muhamma... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ..., and an international leader in [[sustainable development]] and [[public health]].
7: ...g the broad political concept of [[sustainable development]] in the course of extensive public hearing...
9: ... terms - from May 9, [[1986]] until October 16, [[1989]] and from November 3, [[1990]] until October 25,...
11: Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland was elected Director-General of the [[World Health Organ...
17: ...s, "Married to Gro" (ISBN 8251616476) and the sequel, "Still married to Gro" (ISBN 8205307261). - 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]]
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
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... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ...in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
13: |[[Colin Powell]]
27: ...Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
29: ...ovember 2004]], Bush nominated Rice to succeed Powell as Secretary of State. On [[January 26]] [[2005]...
31: ...rm. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to ...
34: ...1014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Colin Powell.) - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...he [[Irish Labour Party|Labour Party]], the first elected president in the office's history not to hav...
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18: [[Fine Gael]]: Austin Currie, TD</table>
23: ...orn into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and servants of the Queen. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...s in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the [[United States House of Represe...
7: ...[[William Dodd Hathaway|Bill Hathaway]], the only election she ever lost in the state of Maine. (Hath...
9: ...resident [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...cCarthy. He had successfully intervened in Senate elections defeating key Democrats, but in 1954, when... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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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: ...eurial culture. She also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour mar...
36: ... Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which affected hi... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...n and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...f the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 d...
6: ... In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where t...
8: ...ucation, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Fr�, whom she married in 1962. - 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... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[ph...
11: ...l of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
13: ...neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
19: ...icials). There is a story told that she named herself after the [[Remington Rand]] [[typewriter]], but...
22: ...[We The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...eminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent mos...
13: ... was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
19: ...rge circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art were highly...
21: ... tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn 1989).
23: ...rian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed individualism coupled with democratic values ... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...he [[Bone]] Cell Research experiment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA...
5: ...n to her extensive background in science, she is well-versed in African and [[African-American Studies...
7: ...d [[Liberia]] in West Africa. Returning to Los Angeles, she resumed her medical practice, working with...
11: ...ee camp. She completed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] in 1982.
13: ... projects include: Alpha, (TM) a satellite based telecommunication system to improve health care in We...
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