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- Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
1: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1950]] to [[1969]]'''.
3: === [[1950s]] ===
4: ...seph McCarthy]] gains power, and [[McCarthyism]] (1950-1954) begins
5: *[[1950]] - [[McCarran Internal Security Act]]
6: *[[1950]] - [[Korean War]] begins
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- 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... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
3: ...a, Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
4: ...Aagesen|Aagesen, Andrew]], (1826-1879), Danish jurist
5: *[[Jeppe Aakj沼Aakj沬 Jeppe]], (1866-1930), Danish writer
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|Unite...
9: ...he Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state ...
11: ...is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...yon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named a... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
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8: She was raised in one of Europe's most cultured courts, the bi...
10: ... month of their marriage, [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France...
12: ...es dressed as [[Amazons]] is disputed by serious historians. However, her testimonial launch of the [[...
14: ...tive. This did nothing for her popularity in [[Christendom]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...toria Mary of Teck'''), (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]],...
5: ... Mary was known for setting the tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality ...
9: ...ustria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsburgs]], the once ...
11: ...[Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]...
13: ... week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aun... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
13: | [[Warren Christopher]]
37: ...n turn made her the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government ([[Condoleezza Rice]] ...
40: ...l Science]], she studied at the [[Johns Hopkins SAIS|School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[J...
42: ...] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator [[Edmund Muskie]].
63: ...er 5]], [[1996]], for the ''[[60 Minutes]]'' television program. On the theme of US sanctions against ... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[February 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[Un...
11: ...raway to serve out the rest of her husband's unfinished term. She was sworn in to office on [[Decembe...
15: ...that she would run for reelection. Populist [[Louisiana]] politician [[Huey Long]] travelled to Arkan...
21: ...inted to the [[Federal Employees Compensation Commission]] and to the [[Employees Compensation Appeals...
23: ...lt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s economic recovery legislation. - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
9: |[[February 26]] [[1950]]<br>in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New...
12: ...[[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]]
18: |[[Agnosticism|Agnostic]]
29: |37th Prime Minister
43: ...February 26]], [[1950]]) has served as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] since December [[1999]]. - 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.
11: ...manent ire and the nickname "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce i... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...rah Ann Stabenow''' (born [[April 29]], [[1950]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] [...
5: ...Abraham by a narrow margin (his wife Jane Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow...
7: She is a member of the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Budget...
9: ...ed in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], when [[Francis B. Stockbridge]] died.
11: ...mocratic caucus. As caucus secretary, she will assist [[Senate Minority Leader]] [[Harry Reid]], D-Nev... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]...
31: ...ism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
36: ...lected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
38: ...degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Ly... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: ...iu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950]]
2: ...orn in [[Sun Prairie, Wisconsin|Sun Prairie]], [[Wisconsin]].
4: O'Keeffe is chiefly known for her landscapes and paintings of...
8: ...by the drawings, Stieglitz began negotiations to display her work and she allowed him to exhibit some ...
10: ...fe and Stieglitz fell in love, and Stieglitz and his wife divorced. In [[1924]], O'Keeffe and Stieglit... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philosophy|Objectivism]]|
11: ...nevertheless to achieve his values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of...
12: #That man must choose his values and actions by reason;
13: #That the individual has a right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor ...
19: ... name is said to have come from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name she... - 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)
1: ...February 22]], [[1892]] – [[October 19]], [[1950]]) was a lyrical poet and playwright and the firs...
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." - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...pril 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[crystallographer]] who made important co...
5: ...ish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ... the basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...y about her decision to leave and refused to put his name on the papers she was writing, even though h... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ... G?rt married Dr. [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. The couple moved to the [[Un...
5: ...ed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work she received a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1...
7: ...he Earth spinning on its axis as the Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea...
9: ...; some twirl clockwise, others twirl counterclockwise."
11: ...arded the Nobel Prize for [[Physics]] "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure". Mari... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...oted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singin...
4: ...ort News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her ...
6: ...t was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
10: ...e]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...rcer]] (the only songbook devoted soley to a lyricist) the Kern and Mrcer songbooks also scored by Rid... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...area of [[Christian]] [[theology]] concerning her is '''[[Mariology]]'''.
4: ==Historicity==
6: ...ls. Mary ([[Miriam]] in Hebrew, Mariam in Greek) is mentioned by name in three of the four [[Gospels]...
8: ...derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], traditions ... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...ersial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[pove...
11: ...], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ...n honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], a...
15: ...]] Mother Teresa taught [[geography]] and [[catechism]] at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, becomin...
17: ...utta and found temporary lodging with the Little Sisters of the Poor. She then started an open-air sch...
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