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- Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1970]] to [[1989]]'''.
7: *[[1972]] - [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]] with [[USSR]]
16: *[[1979]] - [[Three Mile Island]] nuclear accident
17: *[[1979]] - [[Iran hostage crisis]] begins
23: ...]] to protest [[1979]] [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]]
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- 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 == - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
5: | date1=[[20 January ]], [[1989]]
19: ...t [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1981]]–[[1989]]). He is the father of the current president [[George W. B...
22: ...s born to [[Prescott Bush]] and Dorothy Walker. His father served as a U.S. Senator from [[Connecticu... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could have been born in other pla...
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided b...
3: ... or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Amer...
5: ...own to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing pre...
7: ... anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]...
10: ...t Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom o...
13: ...ic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...ne]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
17: ...d]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria...
5: ...aristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (go...
9: ...ti]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist - 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 - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...[[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In [[1990]] she won the the [[Raft...
6: She is the daughter of General [[Aung San]], who negotia...
8: ... [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They ...
10: ...ng to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new mi...
12: ...atisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she would leave the... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...tto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ... of these scandals involve contracts awarded to Swiss companies during her regime and remain unresolve...
6: ...City]] and acted as a kind of assistant to him. This seems to have been a formative experience for her...
8: ... in the middle of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and abro...
10: ==Imprisonment, Elections and Exile== - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...arlem Brundtland''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[physician...
5: ...s renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers out of 18.
7: ...had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: ... terms - from May 9, [[1986]] until October 16, [[1989]] and from November 3, [[1990]] until October 25,...
11: ... addressing [[violence]] as a major public health issue. Brundtland was recognized in [[2003]] by [[Sc... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...orn [[December 24]], [[1943]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[Pres...
5: ...b|right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
8: *Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[197...
11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[...
12: *Minister of Nordic Cooperation [[1989]]–[[1991]] - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: ...woman (and the only to date) to serve as Prime Minister of [[Portugal]].
3: ...in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[African American]] [[woman]], the sec...
31: ...urity Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (...
34: ...er.com/fact/content/?021014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Colin Powell.)
35: ...the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www...
37: ...ptist Church]] by [[white supremacy|white supremacists]] on September 15, [[1963]]. Rice states that g... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
1: :Mary Robinson ''is also the name of an English poet, see [[Mary Robinson (poet)]]''
3: ...credited by many as having revitalised and liberalised a previously conservative political office. She...
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</td></tr>
23: ...nson was therefore born into a family that was a historical mix of rebels against the Crown and servan...
25: ...esident [[Mary McAleese]], Irish Human Rights Commissioner and anti-abortion campaigner [[William Binc... - 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.
9: ...resident [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...manent ire and the nickname "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce i... - 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... - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...ician and daughter of [[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ...ny languages. She is one of the most popular novelists in the world today, selling over 35 million cop...
8: ...hool, and while in Lebanon a [[United Kingdom|British]] private school in [[Beirut]]. She returned to...
12: ...su troglodita''. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 and 13. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...e she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gib...
4: ... has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
10: ...ed by former [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx an...
25: :''[[Cat's Eye (novel)|Cat's Eye]]'' ([[1989]]) - 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. - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...ae-jemison.jpg]]</td></tr></table>'''Dr Mae C. Jemison''' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttl...
3: ...eriment in the [[Spacelab]] laboratory module. Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.
5: ...d in African and [[African-American Studies]] and is trained in [[dance]] and [[choreography]].
7: ...o joining the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987, she worked as a general pr...
9: ...Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
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