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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)
1: ...eginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...e existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last...
5: ...decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...some islands in the South China Sea. The PRC does not recognize the ROC, as it claims to be the sole s...
9: ==Terminology== - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
9: *[[Julius Aamisepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
10: *[[Kjetil Aamodt|Aamodt, Kjetil]], (1971-), Norwegian skier
14: ...nson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
23: ...sed to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without...
27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[...
6: ...''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
10: ...[[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ...ent started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. She insisted on taking part in the [[... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...on of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
11: ..., was the product of [[morganatic marriage]], had no inheritance or wealth, and carried the lower roya...
13: ...cess May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and...
24: <tr bgcolor=cccccc><th>Name<th>Birth<th>Death<th>Notes. - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
22: | [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] <br>now the [[Czech Republic]]
35: ... 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|Amer...
37: She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Presid...
40: ... Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with honors in [[Political Science]], she studied at the [[...
65: ...re children than died in [[Hiroshima]]. And, you know, is the price worth it?'' - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[February 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[Un...
11: [[Arkansas]] [[Governor of Arkansas|Governor]] [[Harvey Parnell]] appointed Caraway to serve ...
13: Caraway made no speeches on the floor of the Senate but built a r...
15: ...e Senate she took advantage of the situation to announce that she would run for reelection. Populist ...
23: ...lin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s economic recovery legislation. - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
9: |[[February 26]] [[1950]]<br>in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New...
15: |None
18: |[[Agnosticism|Agnostic]]
40: |[[27 November]] [[1999]]<br> to the present
43: ...Helen Elizabeth Clark''' (born [[February 26]], [[1950]]) has served as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...he was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at her party's convention (1964 [[United ...
11: ...gie" from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
1: [[Image:Debbie Stabenow.jpg|right|Debbie Stabenow]]
3: '''Deborah Ann Stabenow''' (born [[April 29]], [[1950]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat...
5: ... is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection).
9: ...Senators were selected by the state legislature). No former Michigan state legislator had served in th...
11: ... Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second-ranking spot. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcherism]], which involves reduced gove...
31: ...ccured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher a...
33: ...ical approach to [[European Union|European]] [[Economic and Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was chall... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: ...iu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950]]
2: '''Georgia O'Keeffe''' ([[November 15]], [[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]...
4: O'Keeffe is chiefly known for her landscapes and paintings of desert flow...
20: ...omen/georgia-o-keeffe.shtml Biography at FemBio - Notable Women International] - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: ...e_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[philosophy]] of [[Objectivist philoso...
11: ...ational self-interest]]", and [[capitalism]]. Her novels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Rand...
13: ... his own sake, neither sacrificing self to others nor others to self; and
14: #That no one has the right to seek values from others by p...
19: ...me from the name of a Finnish writer whom she had not read, but whose name she liked and adopted. The... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
7: ...n [[Pittsburgh|Allegheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [...
17: ...e supplies to French hospitals; they were later honored by the French government for this work.
23: ...borative Vichy government, but by the end she did not, having witnessed firsthand the hardship it brou...
29: ...ked Toklas, "What is the answer?" When Toklas did not answer, Stein said, "In that case, what is the q...
34: ...to Paris in 1903 she started to write in earnest: novels, plays, stories, librettos and poems. Increas... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ... the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]. She was also known for her unconventional and Bohemian lifestyle a...
3: ...alled "Vincent" by her close friends and family), Norma, and Kathleen then moved to [[Camden, Maine]]....
9: ...d war effort during [[World War II]]. Merle Rubin noted: "She seems to have caught more flak from the ...
13: Her best known poem might be "First Fig" (1920):
16: It will not last the night; - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
5: ...ate of Palestine]]. Her aunt Helen was married to Norman Bentwich who was Attorney General in the Pale...
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ...t to 500 (10% of the student body) and women were not entitled to a degree from the University. She pa...
12: ...oject had been taken over by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went prog...
15: ... commented that 'Strictly speaking, our model was not finally ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or s... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...]) and became one of the few women to receive a [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].
3: ...e in the fall. Among her professors were three [[Nobel prize]] winners: [[Max Born]], [[James Franck]...
5: ...ear shell structure. For this work she received a Nobel Prize in Physics in [[1963]] together with [[E...
7: She was awarded the Novel for discovering the reasons as to why if there...
9: ...many dancers by having one pair go clockwise and another pair go counterclockwise. Then add one more v... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she is noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvi...
6: ...ding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Webb]]'s band, w...
10: ...[[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calyp...
12: ...the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics.
16: ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' is the most notable of her many recordings with jazz legend [[Lo... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...r [[Gospels]], and the [[Book of Acts]], although not by name in the [[Gospel of John]].
8: ...and their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
13: ...ing (Luke 1:46-56; comp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three months ...
15: ...ly also during this period Joseph died, for he is not mentioned again.
21: Her death is not recorded in Scripture. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...[September 5]] [[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and fo...
6: ...[[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [[1996]] (o...
9: ...[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] province of [[Kosovo]] (now [[Skopje]] in the [[Republic of Macedonia]]), wh...
11: Little is known of Teresa's early life except from her own remi...
13: ... there, choosing the name Sister Mary Teresa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux...
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