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- Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
3: ...rant Mother," an iconic image of the Great Depression in the United States]]
12: *[[1932]] - [[Norris LaGuardia Anti Injunction Bill]]
13: *[[1932]] - [[Reconstruction Finance Corporation]]
14: ...Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution|20th Amendment]]
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]...
16: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meanin...
18: | align=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationCostaRica.png]]
32: ...[[2004]] [[Estimation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
33: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 122nd]]<br /> 4,159,757 <br /> 81.40/km&s... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ell as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese c...
7: ... craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the ...
11: ...ou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...ou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|C...
18: ...0 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged ... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese invasion. Imperial monarchy in China ended with the estab...
7: ...ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...(or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, surro... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...[[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]].
5: ...me regard [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]] as religions, while others regard them as solely philosophi...
9: ...ism]], and [[Taoism]]. Most Chinese have a conception of [[heaven]] and [[yin and yang]]. The Chinese ...
11: ...andate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]].
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
25: ...kerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
61: *[[Julio Acosta|Acosta Garc� Julio]] (1872-1954)
64: ...la]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champion - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
19: ...Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
41: ...above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
12: ...rd Aiken|Aiken, Howard]], (1900-1973), computing pioneer
20: ... Richard Ainger|Ainger, Nicholas Richard]], (born 1949), British Labour MP
23: *[[Airto]], (born 1951), [[percussion]]ist - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ... coined for [[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cab...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
14: ...ocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
16: ...chools. She joined the Labor [[Zionist]] Organization in [[1915]]. She married Morris Myerson in [[19...
18: ==Emigration to Palestine, 1921== - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...r name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United States Republican Party|Republica...
5: ...esolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: ...liam Dodd Hathaway|Bill Hathaway]], the only election she ever lost in the state of Maine. (Hathaway ...
11: ...hy. He had successfully intervened in Senate elections defeating key Democrats, but in 1954, when he a... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...erican Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church and state]].
4: ...hs and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas Co...
7: ...blic schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Life magazine|''Life...
9: ...f [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution | First Amendment]] public policy." She acted as...
11: ...tion of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. In [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Ch... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
3: ...s published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness writing style was under heavy influence of ...
5: ... was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ... de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
9: == Bibliography ==
13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949) - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...en, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. S...
9: ...llars a year (the first male actor who made a million dollar deal was [[Charlie Chaplin]]), and one of...
11: ... Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" b...
18: ...h]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]], worked for $5 a day - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with...
15: ... and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubist art. She owned early works of [[Pablo...
19: ...rges Braque]]. She coined the term "[[Lost Generation]]" for some of these expatriate American writers...
23: ...gmatism; thus at the opening of the German occupation of France she favored collaborative Vichy govern... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...for Poetry]]. She was also known for her unconventional and Bohemian lifestyle and her many love affai...
3: ...holarship to [[Vassar College]]. After her graduation in 1917, she moved to New York City.
7: ...the poet [[George Dillon]], fourteen years her junior, for whom a number of her sonnets were written.
9: ...orting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] did for championing fascism."
11: Eugene died in 1949 from lung cancer. Edna St. Vincent Millay died ab... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...y 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ... driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store...
6: ...h a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of education, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity fo...
8: ...ears later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line o...
10: ...win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently inter... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
1: ...- [[January 1]], [[1992]]) was an early computer pioneer. She was the first [[programmer]] for the [[...
3: ...n to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her dissertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Criteria''....
7: ...iler and its first version was [[A-0]]. Later versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATI...
9: ...r returned to the Navy where she worked on validation software for the programming language [[COBOL]] ...
12: ...ive duty in August of [[1967]] for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She ... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
2: ...Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studied [[radioactivity]] and [[nuclear physics]].
4: ...Hahn and Meitner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of physics and his kn...
8: ...[[1923]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger...
10: ...], and [[Eugene Wigner]] together jumped into action, persuading [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], who ha...
12: ...e Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
5: ...aduate of [[Mount Holyoke College]], after graduation she went on to [[Harvard Observatory]] to work w...
7: ...gg]] in [[1930]], and in [[1935]] moved to [[Ontario]] where she took a job at the [[David Dunlap Obse...
9: ...ed in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1993.
11: ...n the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
13: ...the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]]. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
9: ... most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in s...
15: ...e was never really able to obtain the same reputation at home. Upon a visit to the United States in [[...
17: ...osephine Baker, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949]]Though based in France, she supported the [[Amer...
21: ... not legally binding), French sugar magnate Jean Lion (1937-1940, divorced), French orchestra leader J... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...lie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
7: ...] section of [[Baltimore]]. According to her autobiography, her house was the first on their street to...
14: ...mond was the first). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever ...
18: ... with impecable timing, nuanced phrasing, and emotional immediacy.
20: ...inging trivial pop songs, her unique tone and emotional commitment made her performances special.
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