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1. Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
   1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1930]] to [[1949]]'''.
   3: [[Image:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Dorothea Lange]]'s "Migrant Mother," an iconic image o...
   11: *[[1932]] - [[Amelia Earhart]] flies across [[Atlantic Ocean]]
   15: *[[1933]] - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] becomes President
   28: *[[1933]] - [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] withdraw from [[League of Nations]]

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1. Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
   1: ...outh-southeast. Since the civil war of 1948 that brought [[List of Presidents of Costa Rica|President]...
   5: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
   8: | style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2 |
   35: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' ([[Purchasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br...
   40: | From [[Spain]]
2. History of China (45919 bytes)
   2: ...dentity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves o...
   7: ...opulation, the ability to store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and admini...
   9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
   11: ...anxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
   14: ...oral examplars, and one of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all C...
3. China (38909 bytes)
   1: ...g in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
   5: ... behind, and was too weak militarily to repel [[Europe]]an interference or [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]es...
   7: ...formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and i...
   14: ...ion of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
   16: ...y distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that continued well into...
4. Religion in China (12456 bytes)
   1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
   5: ... as either a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problematic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism]] and [...
   7: ...tor worship]] rituals. A Buddhist would have no trouble viewing [[Jesus]] as a [[Bodhisattva]] and in...
   9: ...ieved in such practices as [[Chinese astrology|astrology]], [[Feng Shui]], and [[geomancy]].
   11: ...could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]].
5. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
   3: ...a, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
   5: ...1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
   21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
   31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752)
   44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
6. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
   10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
   20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
   25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
   37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
   41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
7. List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
   16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
   20: ... Richard Ainger|Ainger, Nicholas Richard]], (born 1949), British Labour MP
   22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strate...
   24: ...orge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer
8. Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
   2: ...9]] to [[April 11]][[1974]]. Golda Meir was the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epith...
   6: ...up the front door in response to rumors of a [[pogrom]]. Her life there was tough; she and her two sis...
   10: ... carpenter in [[Milwaukee]] and her mother ran a grocery store. Beginning when she was only eight yea...
   14: ...gan speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
   16: She eventually graduated from teachers' college and taught in the public schoo...
9. Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
   3: ...ty|Republican]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Maine]], and one of the most successful politi...
   5: ...he War Department in rapidly establishing bases across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving c...
   7: .... Senate in 1948. She served in the Senate from [[1949]] to [[January 3]], [[1973]]. She was defeated f...
   9: ...e received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in...
   11: ...from his staff. Her speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of the ...
10. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
    4: ...yn Murray. In [[1949]] she obtained a Law degree from [[South Texas College of Law]] but never practic...
    11: ...d also produced an [[atheism|atheist]] [[radio]] program in which she criticized [[religion]] and [[th...
    16: ... of only $500,000. No further communication came from any of the O'Hairs and in 1996 William Murray fi...
    18: ...iolent crimes (along with one for stealing funds from the organisation). Police concluded he and accom...
    21: ...atheists and various efforts have been made to introduce a new term into common use.
11. Clarice Lispector (1743 bytes)
    5: ... in at the Israeli Cemetery of Caj? [[Rio de Janeiro]].
    7: ...a poor woman in Rio de Janeiro, is written called Rodrigo S.M, a fictional writer.
    13: *A Cidade Sitiada (1949)
    16: *A Ma磠no Escuro (1961)
    21: *Uma Aprendizagem ou O Livro dos Prazeres (1969)
12. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
    5: ...ed seven, was cast in Toronto's Princess Theatre production of ''The Silver King'', as Baby Gladys Smi...
    7: ...Mille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she ...
    9: ...that reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
    11: ...olism, and Pickford became secretly involved in a romantic relationship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883...
    13: ...'s second marriage was also plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairban...
13. Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
    7: ..., she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 followed by two ye...
    12: ...rom 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her brother Leo, who became an accomplished art critic.
    13: ... life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business.
    15: She and her brother compiled one of the first collections of Cubi...
    19: ...she had a large circle of friends and tirelessly promoted herself. Her judgments in literature and art...
14. Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
    3: ... Kathleen then moved to [[Camden, Maine]]. Millay rose to fame with her poem "[http://www.bartleby.com...
    9: ...Rubin noted: "She seems to have caught more flak from the literary critics for supporting democracy th...
    11: Eugene died in 1949 from lung cancer. Edna St. Vincent Millay died about ...
    20: Her finest poems, however, are probably "[http://www.bartleby.com/131/1.html Renasce...
    25: ...utenberg.org/catalog/world/authrec?fk_authors=70 Project Gutenberg e-texts by Millay]
15. Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
    4: ...t) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bess...
    6: ... and an affinity for business and the investment proved a lucrative one. Later, in [[1951]], she would...
    8: ...sed his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstick.
    10: .... Cochran would go on to win the event. With her growing fame, and association with the wealthy elite,...
    12: ...In Britain, she volunteered her services to the [[Royal Air Force]]. For several months she worked for...
16. Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
    1: ...veloper of the first [[compiler]] for a computer programming language.
    3: ...ssar in 1931; by [[1941]] she was an [[associate professor]].
    5: ...or it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work on the devel...
    7: In [[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper ...
    9: ...lent, the COMTRAN. However, it was her idea that programs could be written in a language that was clos...
17. Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
    6: In [[1918]], they discovered the element [[protactinium]].
    8: ...ess transition known as the [[Auger electron spectroscopy|Auger effect]], which is named for [[Pierre ...
    10: ...] a warning letter, which led to the [[Manhattan Project]].
    12: ...e Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949.
    17: *Otto Robert Frisch, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physic...
18. Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
    3: ...t remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from [[1951]] until [[1981]].
    5: ...clusters. She received her doctorate in [[1931]] from [[Radcliffe College]].
    9: ...ssor emeritus of English at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myoca...
    11: ...ward in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
    13: ...de an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in [[1976]].
19. Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
    7: ...ently escaped into the orchestra pit, where it terrorized the musicians, adding yet another element of...
    9: ... [[United States|U.S.]], she would have suffered from the [[racism|racial]] prejudices common to the e...
    13: ...was awarded the [[Croix de Guerre]] for her underground activity.
    15: ... personal life similarly suffered, and she went through six marriages, some legal, some not.
    17: ...other expatriate American entertainer living in Europe.
20. Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
    1: ...lie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</small>]]
    3: ...sh; [[July 17]], [[1959]]), also called '''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of...
    7: ...n early age and, allegedly, began working as a [[prostitute]] with her mother. This preceded her move ...
    9: ...se]]". Some historians consider this an anomaly, probably inserted by a hospital or government worker ...
    14: ...Around [[1932]] she was "discovered" by [[record producer]] [[John Hammond]] at a club called Monette'...

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