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- Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
3: ... an iconic image of the Great Depression in the United States]]
14: ...- [[Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution|20th Amendment]]
19: *[[1933]] - [[Farm Credit Administration]]
21: *[[1933]] - [[Tennessee Valley Authority]]
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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ... the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''
32: ...ation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
35: ... Domestic Product|GDP]]''' ([[Purchasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> ... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ... into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as...
7: ...times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first village...
11: ...ological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilizat...
14: ...asty|Shang]] and [[Zhou Dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties. It is during this period of the ''Three Dynasties'' ...
18: ...Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...]]ese invasion. Imperial monarchy in China ended with the establishment of the [[Republic of China]] i...
7: ... extent of ''China'' is the subject of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwa...
14: ...e (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, sur...
16: ...l political influence expanded territorially, and its culture assimilated alien influences.
18: ...gh acceptance or denial of such claims remains politically controversial, especially where Zhongguo me... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ... is [[Chinese traditional religion]] and its constituent components, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]...
5: ... [[God]], classifying a Chinese belief system as either a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problema...
7: ...ciples and participating in [[ancestor worship]] rituals. A Buddhist would have no trouble viewing [[...
9: Major belief systems that developed within China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese ...
11: ...e annual rituals. He was not believed to be a [[deity]], but rather someone who mediated between the f... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
4: ...chel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
7: ...d|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
9: ..., ɴienne]], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e...
15: ...[Lucy Aikin|Aikin, Lucy]], (1781-1864), English writer
20: ...Ainger|Ainger, Nicholas Richard]], (born 1949), British Labour MP - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [...
2: ...srael after graduate school and was never a U.S. citizen).
6: ...da looked up to Shayna. Her father left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family ...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
14: ... She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
1: ...age:MargaretChaseSmith.jpg|right|Margaret Chase Smith]]
3: ...in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]).
5: ...ts between states, local jurisdictions and the military.
7: .... She was defeated for reelection in 1972 by [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[William Do...
11: ...cow Maggie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the begin... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...''' ([[April 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[atheist]], founder of [[Ame...
4: ...hs and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas Co...
7: ...er and Bible-reading at public schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[196...
9: ... | First Amendment]] public policy." She acted as its first [[CEO]] before later handing the office on...
11: ... [[1980]] her son William converted to [[Christianity]] and became [[born again]] at Gateway [[Baptist... - Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
1: ...cember 9]] [[1977]]) was a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] writer.
3: ...ia Woolf]] or [[James Joyce]], but she had read neither of these authors.
7: ...iro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949)
23: *A imita磯 da rosa (1973) - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], known as "America's Sweetheart" and "the girl with the curl." She became one of the [[Canadian pion...
5: ...oduction of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and...
7: ...]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. D...
9: ...ies of disappointing roles and the public's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her o...
11: ...ame secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbank... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...nd catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her love...
7: ...legheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]] and the...
9: ...image:Stein_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
11: ...o [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity gathering in [[Montparnasse]]. - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...and Bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs with both men and women.
3: ...er her graduation in 1917, she moved to New York City.
5: ...ularity in America was attained. She won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] in 1923, for ''The Harp-Wea...
7: ...r junior, for whom a number of her sonnets were written.
9: ...eems to have caught more flak from the literary critics for supporting democracy than [[Ezra Pound]] d... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]].
4: ...]]. There, she used her looks and driving personality to obtain a job at a prestigious salon in [[Sak...
6: ...ucation, Ms. Cochran had a quick mind and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucrati...
8: ... savvy marketer who recognized the value of publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics ...
10: ...about being adopted to avoid dealing with the reality of her estranged and impoverished family. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...ssertation was on ''New Types of Irreducibility Criteria''. Hopper began teaching mathematics at Vass...
5: .... She was the first person to write a program for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from t...
7: ...r versions were released commercially as the [[ARITH-MATIC]], [[MATH-MATIC]] and [[FLOW-MATIC]] compi...
9: ...ine code, such as the [[assembler]]s of the time. It is fair to say that COBOL was based very much on ...
12: ...for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She was promoted to Captain in [[19... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lise_Meitner.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lise Meitner]]
2: ...]]n [[physics|physicist]] who studied [[radioactivity]] and [[nuclear physics]].
4: ...ner collaborated closely studying radioactivity, with her knowledge of physics and his knowledge of ch...
8: ...n [[1923]], she discovered the radiationless transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Aug...
10: ... Einstein|Einstein]], who had the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning le... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
5: ...n she went on to [[Harvard Observatory]] to work with [[Annie Jump Cannon]] and [[Harlow Shapley]]. o...
9: ..., a professor emeritus of English at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of ...
11: ...n the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
21: ===Obituaries===
22: ...25''' (1993) 1497] (a simple reference to JRASC obituary) --> - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
1: ....JPG|thumb|Josephine Baker in a [[burlesque]] outfit]]
3: ...e Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [[1937]].
5: ...] as a teen, gradually heading toward [[New York City]] during the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing ...
7: ...d the musicians, adding yet another element of excitement to the show.
9: ...he most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in... - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...lie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
7: ...r mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
9: ...ISBN 0306811367). Clarence Holiday accepted paternity, but was hardly a responsible father. In the rar...
14: ...irst). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was ...
16: ... Theater]] to glowing reviews. The performance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], di...
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