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- History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
11: ...ed a little girl picking petals from a daisy in a field, counting the petals, which then segues into a...
13: ... Johnson's loss of most Deep Southern states signified an ominous electoral trends for Democrats, who ...
20: ...al parties. In addition, the [[Medicaid]] program finances medical care for low-income families. Durin...
29: In [[1956]] elections that may have reunified the country were cancelled because leaders in t...
33: At first the U.S. public largely supported the war but ... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...e nation's most populous state in [[1964]]). By [[1980]], the population of the Sun Belt had risen to ex...
6: ... the GOP's perceived [[anti-immigrant]], anti-[[affirmative action]] stances. Non-Hispanic whites are ...
10: ...of liberal social programs, a potent theme in the 1980 presidential race and the [[1994]] mid-term elect...
14: ... the decline of social services and effective [[affirmative action]] over the past two decades had red...
18: ...m War]] and the [[Watergate]] crisis shattered confidence in the presidency. International frustration...
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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
13: * [[1869]] - The first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is publi...
14: ...es G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
16: ...] - [[City & South London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway...
21: ...ish]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in ...
22: ...ellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer
80: *[[Joy Adamson|Adamson, Joy]], (died 1980), conservationist and author - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: ...Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
35: ...nnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
49: ...[[Christina Aguilera|Aguilera, Christina]], (born 1980), US singer
50: ...ilio]], (1869-1964), [[Philippines]] independence fighter - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
15: ...st congressional district in 40 years. During her first term, she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Adm...
21: ...et privacy. However, Internet privacy experts confirmed that RealNetworks software was sending person...
27: At the urging of party activists and officials, Cantwell formed an exploratory committee in...
31: ... Cantwell of hypocrisy because of the incident. "Fiddling with people's websites and calling it good ...
37: ... a veiled reference to Gorton's campaign theme in 1980, challenging incumbent [[Warren Magnuson]]'s age.... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
22: ! colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid" | First Term
24: ! Took Office:
27: ! Left Office:
38: ! Took Office:
39: | [[January 14]], [[1980]] - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...r and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
5: [[Image:Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Presid...
7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–...
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
18: ...tion as the lawyer of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: ...nuary 18]],[[1930]]-[[July 10]],[[2004]]) was the first woman (and the only to date) to serve as Prime...
3: ...e briefly serving as Prime Minister in [[1979]]-[[1980]]. Afterward she [[Portuguese presidential electi... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
31: ...creased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured th...
33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
9: ...d as its first [[CEO]] before later handing the office on to her son Jon Garth.
11: ...[[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Christianity]] a...
16: ...rom any of the O'Hairs and in 1996 William Murray filed a [[missing persons]] report.
18: ...s buried on a remote [[Texas]] ranch, later identified as those of O'Hair and her family.
21: ...eported to erroneously believe atheists are "by definition" amoral). By the time of her death the word... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
4: ...gs and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[non-fiction]] and edited work. She has also been associa...
6: ...nes to produce an echo effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of ...
8: ... her tale of a future [[dystopia]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made ...
14: She was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was pro...
46: :''[[Eating Fire: Selected Poems, 1965-1995]]'' ([[1998]]) - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...ittman''' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[avi...
4: ...to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.
6: ... education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucr...
8: ... married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recognized the valu...
10: ...ts to men only. Cochran pressed the issue until officials relented and allowed her and fellow aviatrix... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
13: ... [[Mary Somerville]], noted researcher and scientific author of the [[19th century]], who introduced h...
15: ...at "the Engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or e...
23: ...nd programming Babbage's engine, or was more of a figurehead used by Babbage for [[public relations]] ...
25: ...t of her contribution versus Babbage's remains difficult to assess based on current sources.
29: * On [[December 10]], [[1980]], the [[U.S. Defense Department]] approved the r... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 194...
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June...
8: ... band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
18: ...[Pete Kelly's Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]...
24: Ella Fitzgerald is referred to on the 1980' s hit "Ella , elle l' a" by French singer [[Fran... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...gan]]. On [[January 3]], [[1987]] she became the first woman to be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll ...
6: ...roit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed with [[C...
10: ... [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''Live at Fillmore West'''' and ''''Amazing Grace'''' were two...
12: ...ded three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]].
16: ...s (such as [[Luther Vandross]]). Her most notable 1980s hit was the dance song ''[[Freeway of Love]]'', ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...;на''', [[Tatar language|Tatar]] '''Sofia ijğ䴠qızı Ğ?dullina''') (bo...
5: ...by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down he...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [...
11: In 2000 Sofia Gubaidulina, along with [[Tan Dun]], [[Osvaldo G...
35: ...urigkeiten'' for flute, viola, harp and narrator (1980) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
7: ...sented a commercial breakthrough, containing her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Ch...
9: ...y songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, both in terms of ...
13: ...ecade producing largely jazz inflected music. The first such album, ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'...
17: ... died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band featuring Pastorius,...
19: The [[1980s]] saw Mitchell's lowest recorded output since th... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ...ark in its simplicity, the cover of Patti Smith's first album, ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'', was a ph...
4: ...h Smith contributed, including "Career of Evil", "Fire of Unknown Origin", "The Revenge of Vera Gemini...
6: ...lover [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] the band recorded a first single in [[1974]]. The A side of "Piss Factor...
8: [[1975]] saw the release of their first album ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'', produced ...
15: In the [[1980s]] she appeared to be in semi-retirement from mus... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
4: ...iversity of Arkansas]]. His daughter showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing gu...
6: ...untry and [[blues]] covers. She followed it up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of he...
8: In the 1980s Williams moved to [[Los Angeles, California]], w...
16: ...I Long for Your Kiss" from the [[Robert Redford]] film ''[[The Horse Whisperer]]'', the album received...
25: *''Happy Woman Blues'' - 1980 - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]],...
9: ...lbanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emig...
13: ... Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious ...
17: ...was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the ...
24: With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...crash). Her breakthroughs came with the [[musical film]] ''[[Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]]'' (''The Um...
6: ...or her starring role in the [[1992 in film|1992]] film, ''[[Indochine (movie)|Indochine]]'' and was no...
20: ===Filmography (selected)===
28: ...[Le dernier métro]]'' ([[François Truffaut]]), (1980)
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