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- Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
3: ...c image of the Great Depression in the United States]]
7: *[[1931]] - [[Japan]] invades [[Manchuria]]
10: *[[1932]] - [[Bonus Army]] marches on DC
11: *[[1932]] - [[Amelia Earhart]] flies across [[Atlantic Ocean]]
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...e of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin Ame...
21: ...[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
26: | '''[[President of Costa Rica|President]]'''
30: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 125th]] <br /> [[1 E10 m2|51,100 k...
32: ...'[[Population]]'''<br /> - Total ([[2004]] [[Estimation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|D... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ..., the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...inese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: ...''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...r known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...ts, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]].
5: ...ns, while others regard them as solely philosophies of life.
7: ...oncepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
9: ...ese have also believed in such practices as [[Chinese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geom...
11: ..., but rather someone who mediated between the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[dyna... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title ...
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
20: ... Richard Ainger|Ainger, Nicholas Richard]], (born 1949), British Labour MP
26: ...Aiswarya, Queen]], (died 2001), non-reigning Nepalese queen - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
1: [[image:MargaretChaseSmith.jpg|right|Margaret Chase Smith]]
3: ...tion at her party's convention (1964 [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]).
5: ...s instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: ...s defeated for reelection in 1972 by [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[William Dodd Hathaw...
9: ...ived the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[198... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...ril 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Ath...
4: ...hs and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas Co...
7: ...ble-reading at public schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Lif...
9: ...ses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." ...
11: ...church and state in violation of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son ... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
7: Her most famous novel is ''A Hora da Estrela'', or ''The Hour of the Star'', where the li...
13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949)
15: *La篳 de Fam�a (1960) - Family Ties
16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961) - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
9: ... reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ... star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and ...
13: ...plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with...
15: ...tress's life. Before he died, he sent Pickford a message saying simply, "By the clock." Upon hearing o... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...74]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|femin...
13: ...rted by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
17: ...returned to France and volunteered to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by t...
19: ...eight, she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature ...
21: ...o "wives" to chat. Alice was four foot eleven inches tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn ... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...also known for her unconventional and Bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs with both men and w...
3: ...r. Cora divorced Millay's father for financial irresponsibility in 1900, when Millay was about eight. ...
7: ...r and took primary care of domestic responsibilities. They lived in Austerlitz, New York, at a farmhou...
11: Eugene died in 1949 from lung cancer. Edna St. Vincent Millay died ab...
13: Her best known poem might be "First Fig" (1920): - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ...s and driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department ...
6: ...ed Press]] named her "''Woman of the Year in Business''."
8: ...ho recognized the value of publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics "''Wings''," she ...
10: ... adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...r in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
5: In [[1943]] she joined the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] and was assigned to work with [[Howard Aike...
7: ...[[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]]-[[John Mauchly|Mauchly]] Compu...
9: ...lish rather than in [[machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assembler]]s...
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at the end of [[19... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
8: In [[1923]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectro...
10: ...ein|Einstein]], who had the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, ...
12: ...e Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949.
17: ...t Frisch, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physics: Essays Dedicated to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von...
19: ...n Physics'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ISBN 0520089065 - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...for her research into [[globular cluster]]s, but best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran f...
9: ...Louis Priestley) ([[1905]]–[[1988]]), a professor emeritus of English at the [[University of Tor...
11: ...n the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
21: ===Obituaries=== - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: ...kerBurlesque.JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...can American]] dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France...
7: ...llar. The leopard frequently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding...
9: ...ul films, among them ''Zouzou'' (1934) and ''Princesse Tamtam'' (1935).
11: ...y binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'ai deux amours''" (1931) and becam... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...lie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
3: ... Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleano...
7: ... be raised largely by her mother and other relatives. A hardened and angry child, she dropped out of s...
9: ...t was hardly a responsible father. In the rare times Billie did see him, she would shake him down for ...
11: ==First success==
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