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- Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
9: *[[1932]] - [[Norris-Laguardia Act]]
12: *[[1932]] - [[Norris LaGuardia Anti Injunction Bill]]
17: *[[1933]] - [[Civil Works Administration]]
19: *[[1933]] - [[Farm Credit Administration]]
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...l]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stabl...
21: ...age|Spanish]] (Official), ([[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast...
30: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 125th]] <br /> [[1 E...
33: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 122nd]]<br /> ...
36: | [[List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)|Ranked 73rd]]<br /> $3... - History of China (45919 bytes)
1: {{History_of_China}}
2: ...lternated between periods of political union and disunion, and was occasionally conquered by external ...
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...c]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first vil...
13: == Ancient history == - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...rs to a number of states and cultures that have existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another...
5: ...wever the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chi...
7: ...[[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...eans "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known...
16: ...ly and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that co... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...stituent components, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]].
5: ...atic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]] as religions, while others regard them as sol...
7: ...hristian concepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
9: ...gion]], [[Confucianism]], [[shamanism]], and [[Taoism]]. Most Chinese have a conception of [[heaven]] ...
11: Historically, the [[Chinese sovereign|emperor]] was r... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challen...
16: *[[Amy Acker|Acker, Amy Louise]] (born 1976)
32: ...t Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
33: ... Christian Benedict Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
8: ...Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
21: ...waetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
25: ..., Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
9: ...(1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
14: ...thur]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
15: *[[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
20: ...nger|Ainger, Nicholas Richard]], (born 1949), British Labour MP - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: ...ght|Golda Meir was the fourth [[Prime Minister of Israel]]]]
2: ...elphia]] when he was a teenager; he moved back to Israel after graduate school and was never a U.S. ci...
6: ...ed in [[1906]]. They settled in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].
12: ...der sister, Sheyna, was living. Here she met Morris Myerson, a sign painter, who would later become h...
14: ...8. She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ... one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to bot...
5: ...l in resolving conflicts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: .... Senate in 1948. She served in the Senate from [[1949]] to [[January 3]], [[1973]]. She was defeated f...
11: ...manent ire and the nickname "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce i... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[American Atheists]] and campaigned for the [[separation of church...
4: ...hs and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas Co...
6: ==An American atheist==
7: ...amalgamated with the similar ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]'') reached the [[United States ...
9: ...the separation of church and state, and addresses issues of [[First Amendment to the United States Con... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: '''Clarice Lispector''' ([[December 10]] [[1920]] - [[December 9...
3: ...(Close to the Wild Heart). When the novel was published, many claimed that her stream-of-consciousness...
5: ...re her 57th birthday and she was buried in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
7: ... life of Macab顬 a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949) - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: Pickford was born '''Gladys Louise Smith''' in [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]] (fo...
7: ...he play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name '''Mary Pickfor...
9: ...d from films four years later, after a series of disappointing roles and the public's inability to acc...
11: ...and Fairbanks was discussing the recent death of his mother, the clock stopped.
15: ...g "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funeral. - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...|American]] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the developme...
7: ...]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and then [[Paris]] when she was three. After returning almost two ...
11: ...2 she moved to [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]].
12: ...aris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
15: ...me a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus other young painters. - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
7: ...ld widower of [[Inez Milholland]], [[Eugene Jan Boissevain]], who greatly supported her career and too...
9: ...cracy 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)
6: ...kly became enamored and offered to help her establish a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of educat...
8: ...ting her products. Years later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] t...
10: ...ling with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family.
12: ...d the [[Distinguished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]].
14: ...on to set numerous records. She still holds more distance and speed records than any pilot living or d... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...rst woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her dissertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Cri...
5: ...a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work o...
7: In [[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper ...
9: ... code, such as the [[assembler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on her...
14: ...1980s by the National Bureau of Standards, now [[NIST]]. - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lise_Meitner.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lise Meitner]]
2: ...]], [[1968]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studied [[radioactivity]] and [[nuclear ph...
4: ...her knowledge of physics and his knowledge of chemistry.
6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
8: ... [[Pierre Victor Auger]], a French scientist who discovered the effect two years later. - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
7: ...ere Frank Hogg became director in [[1946]] until his death in [[1951]].
9: ...05]]–[[1988]]), a professor emeritus of English at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[...
11: ...n the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
15: The asteroid [[2917 Sawyer Hogg]] is named after her. - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ... toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
7: On [[October 2]], [[1925]], she opened in [[Paris]] at the Th颴re [[Champs-Elys饳]], where she be...
9: ...tes|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the era. The write...
11: ... a publicity stunt and not legally binding). At this time she also scored her greatest song hit "''J'a...
13: ...lizing that the wine he forced her to drink was poisoned, she managed to excuse herself and escaped fr... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...lie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
3: ...9]]), also called '''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]]...
7: ...an working as a [[prostitute]] with her mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother...
9: ...ing to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
14: ... the first to hear and publicise her, although it is generally agreed that Hammond was the first). Ham...
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