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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: ... another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view, m...
5: ...d outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes....
7: ..., the ROC, while never formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as th...
10: :''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...al State". It literally means "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China a... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
9: ...misepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player
14: *[[Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...m|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...e world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
15: ...[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and...
17: ...d VIII of the United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...ways been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
6: ...oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
8: ...hunting. She became heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the largest and richest of the provinces that would beco...
10: ...existence, a [[rock crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre. Within a month of their marriage,...
12: ...imonial launch of the [[Second Crusade]] from V麥lay, the rumored location of [[Mary Magdalene]]'s bu... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...50px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] ...
3: ...s also the [[Empress of India]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princ...
9: ...her was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younge...
11: ...elled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], for ...
17: ...nce Albert Victor died of [[pneumonia]] six weeks later. - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
40: ...e from Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government.
42: ...om [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator [[Edmund Muskie]].
44: ...t the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] following an...
45: role of the press in political changes in [[Poland]] during the early [[1980s]]. - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[February 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[Un...
7: ...their children and home and her husband practiced law and started a political career.
11: ... [[United States Senate]]. (''see also: [[Rebecca Latimer Felton]]'').
17: ... ran again for reelection against [[John L. McClellan]] and was victorious after receiving support fro...
23: ...|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s economic recovery legislation. - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
2: |+ <font size=+1>'''Helen Clark'''</font>
4: |colspan=2 bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=center|[[Image:hclark.jpg]]
9: ...r>in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New Zealand]]
12: |[[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]]
32: |[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...nate]]. She was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 ...
11: ...speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of the end for McCarthy. He ...
14: ...h="30%" align="center"|'''Preceded by:'''<br>[[Wallace H. White, Jr.]] - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...ator [[Spencer Abraham]] (whom [[George W. Bush]] later named [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secr...
5: ...ity]] in [[1972]] and an [[M.S.W.]] ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from Michigan State University in [[1975]]...
9: ...state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in the U.S. Senate since [[1894]], ...
11: ...ts' agenda and priorities. Reid was elected to replace Minority Leader [[Tom Daschle]], who lost a re-...
15: ...ressional Delegations from Michigan|U.S Senator (Class 1) from Michigan]] | years=2001- | after=Incumb... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
1: ...t" style="margin: 0em 1em 0em 1em; clear: right" class="toccolours"
2: |+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]] - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: ...iu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950]]
4: O'Keeffe is chiefly known for her landscapes and paintings of desert flowers, which ar...
8: ...ally impressed with O'Keeffe's interpretations of landscapes in the American West.
10: ... O'Keeffe to move to New York City and secured a place for her to live. Over the next few years O'Keef... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...and her novels ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' and ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''. Her philosophy and her fiction bot...
19: ...o has a quotation from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name R...
22: ...e The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...] [[writer]], [[poet]], [[feminism|feminist]], [[playwright]], and catalyst in the development of mode...
3: ...|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
7: ...n she was three. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduatin...
13: ...bian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude ...
17: ... to drive supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by the French government for this work... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...[[October 19]], [[1950]]) was a lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the [[Pulit...
3: ...912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholarship to [[Vassar College]]. After her graduation ...
5: ...reenwich Village, during which time her great popularity in America was attained. She won the [[Pulitz...
7: ... also married 43-year-old widower of [[Inez Milholland]], [[Eugene Jan Boissevain]], who greatly suppo...
9: ...erle Rubin noted: "She seems to have caught more flak from the literary critics for supporting democra... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
5: ...College, where her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe...
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
9: ... seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ...by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill.
15: ...y ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so years later'. Rosalind Franklin never did work on the B fo... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...[Katowice]] (then in [[Germany]], now part of [[Poland]]) and became one of the few women to receive a...
5: ...]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. Here she developed a model for the...
7: ...umbers are called "[[Magic Numbers]]". Maria postulated, against the received wisdom of the time, that...
11: ...ensen]], worked with Maria to produce a book in [[1950]] called ''Elementary Theory of Nuclear Shell Str...
13: During the 1940s and early 1950s, she computed equations on [[opacity]] for [[Edw... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], ...
2: ...e and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...e [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tisket A Tasket]]" that launched her to stardom.
8: ...the band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ... hilarious imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marily... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...#945;ρια''', '''Maria'''; [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''Maryem''', '''مر&#...
8: ...ther. Some insight into traditions concerning her later life, e.g., that she died between three and 15...
13: ... as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
19: ...ortrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelation 12.1).
25: ...ary|Blessed Virgin Mary]]'' or ''Our Lady'' (this latter, in French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...hose work among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
9: ...native tongue was [[Albanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]...
11: ...kopje and join the [[Sisters of Loreto]], an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[C...
13: ...me Sister Mary Teresa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final ...
15: ...Calcutta, becoming its principal in [[1944]]. She later said that the poverty all around left a deep i...
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