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- Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
20: ... Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency.
52: ...orge H. W. Bush dies from complications resulting from Parkinson's disease. He lies in the state at th...
54: ...Washington bans all persons under 21 years of age from purchasing a semi-automatic rifle.
55: ...ernment shutdown in American history, which lasts from December 22, 2018 to *January 25, 2019 (35 days...
62: - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: ...or [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member...
15: ...ted to the United States House of Representatives from Washington's first congressional district in 40...
21: ... claimed in [[2000]] that RealNetworks was at the frontier of Internet privacy. However, Internet pri...
35: ...hough he won renomination, Slade Gorton got fewer votes than Cantwell and Senn's combined total. Cantwell... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: Halonen graduated from the [[University of Helsinki]] in 1968 and has ...
18: ...-class quarter. She obtained a [[Master of Laws]] from the [[University of Helsinki]] in [[1968]]. She...
20: ...tee of the parliament in [[1984]]–[[1987]]. From this position Halonen rose to the status of Min...
26: ...[[European Union]] in the autumn of 1999 was also fresh in people's memory.
28: ...irst round of the elections, Halonen got the most votes but failed to gain the 50% needed to win directly... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...moting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [[World War II]]. She was a [[Firs...
5: ...tes of America|United Nations Association]] and [[Freedom House]]. She chaired the committee that draf...
9: ...exual explorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information...
11: ...rom the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...f the Democratic Party, which Alice viewed as an afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Emmeline Pankhurst (1950 bytes)
1: [[Image:Emmeline_Pankhurst.jpg|frame|Emmeline Pankhurst]]
3: ... other, which is associated with the struggle for votes for women in the period immediately preceding [[W...
5: ...s included the notorious [[Annie Kenney]], the suffragette "martyr", [[Emily Davison]] and the compose...
7: ...ter seeing her most ardently pursued goal come to fruition: the right to vote for women in the United ... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
7: ...the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...laimed to have named the "Oscar", but only served from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned...
21: ...e Arts and Sciences. This was to protect an Oscar from commercial exploitation.
23: ...October 6]], [[1989]] in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[France]], following a long battle with [[breast canc... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ...1]]. She was [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]], as the wife of [[Presiden...
20: ...vices, and the Children's Defense Fund. She also, from 1986 to 1992, served on the Board of Directors ...
23: ...ecords indicated that $40,000 of her profits came from larger trades ordered by someone else and shift...
25: ...r her activity. He reportedly did so because her friend Blair was a good client. The firm was later ...
33: ...lt of the federal investigations. Webster Hubbell from Arkansas, who also played a key role, pled guil... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...t was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, m...
14: ...ciety. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because they were not born U.S. ...
19: ...d and the person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of el...
21: ... a candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes, or if no candidate receives a majority, the Pres...
25: ... concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising drive... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...e was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawren...
28: ==French and Indian War and afterwards==
31: ...nternational incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually became the...
33: ...ition]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
37: ...en. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] ... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...neration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in...
24: ...1758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing ...
35: ...of a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establis...
37: ... "these colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states," acting as champion of ...
39: ...a committee with [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Robert R. Livingston]] and [[Roger She... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
22: ...e]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was ele...
26: ...list]] to the [[United States Senate]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1803]], until [[June 8]], [[1808...
28: ...814]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]] to [[1817]]. During this time, Adams a...
30: ...cquisition of [[Florida]] and in keeping the U.S. from becoming dependent on [[England]]. He is someti...
37: ...val [[Andrew Jackson]]. Adams served as President from [[March 4]], [[1825]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]].... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...e first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associa...
22: ...trust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favo...
24: ...began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state milit...
32: ...a plurality of both the popular and [[electoral]] votes, but not a majority. The election was thrown into...
34: ...ackson's election represented a significant break from that past. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...;[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
29: ... of [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. I...
33: ... a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and ...
39: ...ion, where he opposed the grant of [[universal suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether...
43: ...oted for the measure in obedience to instructions from the New York [[State legislature|legislature]] ... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
3: | image name=Franklin Pierce.jpg
18: ... 14th [[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United Sta...
20: ...[[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
25: ...[[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionar... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
17: | [[Franklin Pierce]]
50: ...criticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American ...
53: ...uri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
55: ...nan then vowed to never marry. Buchanan was close friends with senator [[William Rufus King]], and for...
57: ...by the resignation of William Wilkins. He served from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[18... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
42: ...t of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican...
44: ...y and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small>]] from the [[United States]], formed the [[Confederate...
53: ... Offutt and accompanied by friends, he took goods from New Salem to [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orlea...
59: ...n a company of the [[Illinois]] [[militia]] drawn from New Salem during the [[Black Hawk War]], writin...
61: ...s House of Representatives]], as a representative from [[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon County]], ... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...as a member of the State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. ...
51: ...a|the Confederacy]], Johnson was the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in...
113: ...val from office by a single vote. There were two votes in the Senate: one on [[May 16]], [[1868]] for th...
121: ...a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from [[March 4]], [[1875]], until his death near [[E...
130: * Johnson's [[obituary]], from the [[New York Times]]: http://starship.python.... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...ging that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class...
34: ...[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr....
39: ...pultepec]]. On [[July 31]], [[1854]], he resigned from the army. Seven years of civilian life followed...
48: ... attack until the enemy surrendered or was driven from the field. Such tactics often resulted in heavy...
50: ...in which the destruction of an enemy's economic infrastructure that supplied its armies was as importa...
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