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- Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1970]] to [[1989]]'''.
3: === [[1970s]] ===
4: *[[1970]] - [[Environmental Protection Agency]] enacted
5: ...nty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|26th Amendment]] ratified
6: *[[1972]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1972]] (including [[Watergate]] burglary)
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- 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 ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
17: ...n|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
20: ...ant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
29: *[[S.Y. Agnon|Agnon, S.Y.]], (1888-1970), [[Nobel]] prizewinning author - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...mes, serving until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman member to actually ta...
10: ...t of Hitler and led to much criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critica...
12: ...oiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, ...
17: # [[Robert Gould Shaw III]] (1898-1970) - Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
3: ...a]]n politician, the president of the [[Indian National Congress]] (Congress Party) and the widow of f...
7: ...couple had two children, [[Rahul Gandhi]] (born [[1970]]) and [[Priyanka Gandhi]] (born [[1971]]). She a...
11: ... politics just before the [[1998]] Lok Sabha elections, assuming the helm of the Congress Party. With ...
13: ... was unanimously voted to lead a 19-party [[coalition government]] which was subsequently named the Un...
15: ...ffice as the chairperson of the newly formed [[National Advisory Council]] with the status of a Cabine... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]]
16: == Biography ==
18: ...anisation of Finnish Trade Unions for the years [[1970]]–[[1974]]. She joined the Social Democrati...
20: ...inister of justice and in [[1995]] until her election as the president she served as the minister of f...
24: ... method to win the election. In the previous elections [[Elisabeth Rehn]] came very close to victory. ... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...d in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
4: ...[American University]] ([[Washington, DC]]), in [[1970]].
6: While working at the [[European Commission]] ([[Brussels]], Belgium, [[1971]]-[[1983]]), sh...
10: ...982]] ''"...for forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, so...
12: ...r_jones/JF93/hertsgaard.html], [http://peopleinaction.info/board/2/689.html]). - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
27: ...ted States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] ...
29: ... States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later t...
31: ...sh's [[United States National Security Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She ...
35: ...an]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/l... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ... of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
7: ...SON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</td>...
23: ...many who came to [[Ireland]] with the Norman invasion, it was said of the Bourkes that they ended up "...
25: ...]], and, the current holder of the position, abortion rights campaigner [[Ivana Bacik]].) - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...er vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...elations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a ...
31: ...lth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured that led to...
33: ...use of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...he [[Supreme Court of Canada]] to answer the question, "Are women persons?" The case came to be known...
11: Specifically the question was whether Section 24 of the [[British North America Act]], [[1867]...
13: ...pointed to the Senate. Among other reasons, until 1970 the Senate approved divorces.
20: ...r appeals from within the British Isles, the decision was non-precedental for the British House of Lor...
28: ...te their energies to increasing women's participation on legislative bodies with greater power: Two be... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...rmany]] and took part in an unsuccessful [[revolution]] in Berlin in January, [[1919]]. The uprising ...
10: ...er fleeing to [[Switzerland]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]],...
12: ...ts in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist members of parliament foc...
14: ...tions under [[socialism]], which later caused tensions with [[Vladimir Lenin]].
16: ...rging with Lithuania's social democratic organisation. Despite living in Germany for most of her adult... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
4: ...novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
6: ...dor Allende]], the President of [[Chile]] from [[1970]] to [[1973|73]]. In 1945, her parents separated...
8:
10: ...1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the [[United Nations]]' [[FAO]] in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], and...
12: ...''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...oria College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, s...
4: ...h [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...e]], [[extended metaphor]], as well as [[alliteration]] or [[assonance]] that is split up and put in s...
8: ... tale of a future [[dystopia]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into...
10: ...was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
2: ...ford''', [[February 18]], [[1931]] in [[Lorain, Ohio]].
4: ...novel)|Beloved]] won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] in [[1988]]. This story describes a slave who ...
6: ...]]'s and [[1970]]'s helped break down the segregation of literature from small minority subsets ([[Afr...
8: ...(novel)|Song of Solomon]], a tale of the renunciation of [[materialism]] and the strength of [[brother...
15: *''[[The Bluest Eye]]'' (1970) - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ... for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]...
10: ...certs were often enriched by some hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able t...
12: ...by Riddle, and [[Duke Ellington]], a later collection devoted to one composer occured during the [[Pab...
14: ...[[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" of... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...est female vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]]....
4: ==Biography==
8: ...can]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat me down...
10: ... the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer...
14: ...wer, and she continued the hugely successful relationship with Wexler and Mardin while beginning to ta... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...[[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
3: ...], in the [[Tatar Republic]]. She studied composition and piano at the [[Kazan]] Conservatory, graduat...
5: ...ostakovich]], who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken pa...
7: ...lina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vy...
9: ...ium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual mast... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ... [[R&B]], and [[soul music|soul]] singer and occasional [[songwriter]] with a distinctive voice. Jopli...
6: ...ation as a "[[Amphetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] user. She also used other [[psychoa...
10: ...album ''[[Cheap Thrills]]'' featured more raw emotional performances and together with the Monterey pe...
14: ... her biggest hit single, the definitive cover version of [[Kris Kristofferson]]'s "[[Me and Bobby McGe...
16: ...de it there, but it would be one of the last decisions of her life and it reportedly proved to be a ra... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...mid-[[1960s]] in [[New York City]]. Through the [[1970s]] she expanded her horizons, predominantly to [[...
5: ...yle of song writing. Personal and often self-consciously "poetic", her songs were strengthened by Mitc...
9: By her third album, ''[[Ladies of the Canyon]]'' (1970), maturity brought a record infused with the spir...
11: ... (1974) was a huge success, producing the international hit "[[Free Man in Paris]]" (inspired by stori...
13: ...rrior Drums]] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell als...
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