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- History of China (45919 bytes)
14: ...riod Sima Qian relates that a system of inherited rulership was established during the [[Xia Dynasty]]...
28: ... the Shang. The Zhou appeared to have begun their rule under a semi-feudal system. Nevertheless, power...
36: ...s soon as the Qin reign ended, the Qin imperial structure collapsed. The [[Qin Dynasty]] is well know...
44: ...n the midst of land acquisitions, invasions and struggles of [[consort clan]]s and [[eunuch]]s. The [[...
63: ...Northern Dynasties]], a sequence of local regimes ruling over regions north of [[Yangtze River|Yangtze... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...ing." Early texts refer to him as ''[[dux]] bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh tex...
25: ... of sufficient intensity to outsmart the temporal ruler, Arthur. Similar incidents are described in th...
37: ... the tradition of his exploits was preserved, and rudely embellished, by the obscure bards of [[Wales]...
39: ...ng a unified cultural icon under which the Norman rulers and the native Welsh could rally against thei...
49: ... [[1165]] with the unexplained depiction of ''Arturus Rex'' bearing a [[sceptre]] and riding a [[goat]... - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...s, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and increasingly characterizes itsel...
30: ...he written language in China and gave the supreme ruler of China the title of "Emperor", hence, the su...
45: ...by the ceding of state-like authority to warlords ruling small states; eventually, in the [[Spring and...
49: ...were ever suspicious of [[Han Chinese]], the Qing rulers put into effect measures aimed at preventing ...
55: ...— the Warlord Era, the [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civi... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailov...
28: ...viet Union|Soviet]] troops invade [[Hungary]] to crush the [[Hungarian Revolution, 1956|Hungarian revo...
49: ...74]] - [[Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak]], [[Russia|Russian]] military commander (d. [[1920]])
63: *[[1937]] - [[Loretta Swit]], [[United States|American]] ...
89: *[[1968]] - [[Michel Kikoine]], Belarusian painter (b. [[1892]]) - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
41: *[[Russ Abbott|Abbott, Russ]], (born 1947), British comedian
44: *[[Abd-ar-rahman I]], (died 788), Muslim Spain ruler
47: *[[Abd-ar-rahman IV]], (circa 1017), Muslim Spain ruler
48: *[[Abd-ar-rahman V]], (1023-1024), Muslim Spain ruler
86: *[[Abgarus of Edessa|Abgar V Ukkama bar Ma'nu]], (fl. early... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
45: ..., (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
102: *[[Alfred Adler|Adler, Alfred]], (1870-1937), father of Individual Psychology
110: *[[Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg]], (ruled 1292-1298), German emperor - List of people by name: Ah (925 bytes)
16: *[[Martti Ahtisaari|Ahtisaari, Martti]], (born 1937), UN diplomat & president of [[Finland]] - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...eth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impatience by ...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|...
18: ...l-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker be...
20: ...abeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she ...
27: ...d; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsely rumoured to be pregnant, Elizabeth was allowed to re... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
19: | [[May 15]], [[1937]]
35: ...''' ''n饧' '''Marie Korbel''' (born [[May 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now in the [...
40: ...ins University]], received a Certificate from the Russian Institute at [[Columbia University]], and he...
51: ...international affairs, U.S. [[foreign policy]], [[Russia]]n foreign policy, and [[Central Europe|Centr...
56: ...s inaugurated, presenting her credentials on [[February 9]], [[1993]]. During her tenure at the UN, sh... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
5: ...laration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady of the World'', ...
35: After World War II, she was instrumental along with [[John Peters Humphrey]] and oth...
39: ... [[1956]] presidential elections. When President Truman backed New York [[Governor]] [[W. Averell Harr...
41: ... International Park] on [[Campobello Island, New Brunswick]] in [[1964]] following a gift of the Roose...
43: ...ne of the organizing artifacts of the Community Forum Collection of the Smithsonian Institution. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ... support of the public and the courts and was instrumental in opening the way to universal access to b...
11: ...ded basic information about such topics as [[menstruation]], but also acknowledged the reality of sexu...
13: ...rved as its president of until its dissolution in 1937 after birth control under medical supervision was...
15: ...irth Control International Information Center. In 1937, Sanger became chairperson of the Birth Control C...
19: ...es in the US. It was the apex of her fifty-year struggle. - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
5: ...orn into a [[Unitarian]] aristocratic family in [[Rungsted]], and was schooled in art at [[Copenhagen]...
11: She died in Rungsted, apparently from malnutrition. She had suf...
18: * ''The Revenge of Truth'' (1926, published in Denmark)
20: * ''[[Out of Africa]]'' (1937 in Denmark and England, 1938 in USA) - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
15: ...es]], were aligned with Wright's vision of the struggle of Black Americans, and did not sink into obs...
17: ...study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Haiti]] in 1937, and presuming a scientific basis for tales of [[...
22: ...the [[Supreme court#United States|Supreme Court]] ruling in the [[Brown v board of education|Brown v B...
25: ...ludes, but does not necessarily focus on racial struggle.
30: *''[[Tell My Horse]]'' ([[1937]]) - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
15: ...nd" and later a bandleader, whom she married in [[1937]]; they had two adopted children, Roxanne and Ron...
33: * [[1937]]: Pickford founds Mary Pickford Cosmetics, a bea... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: '''Gertrude Stein''' ([[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an ...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
9: ...n_by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
13: ...Toklas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was suppo...
19: By the [[1920s]] her salon at ''27 Rue de Fleurus'', with walls covered by avant-garde paintings, ... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...rhart''' ([[July 24]], [[1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[avia...
10: ... the Atlantic crossing. They were married on [[February 7]], [[1931]]. Earhart referred to the marriag...
14: ...], [[1932]], she took off from [[Saint John, New Brunswick]] with a copy of the local newspaper. She t...
20: On [[March 17]], [[1937]] they flew the first leg, [[Oakland, California]...
22: On [[July 2]], [[1937]], at midnight [[GMT]], Earhart and Noonan took o... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
1: '''Nancy Harkness Love''' ([[February 14]], [[1914]] - [[October 22]], [[1976]]) was...
5: In [[1937]] and [[1938]] she was a [[test pilot]] for [[Gwi... - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...[[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[poet]] and [[writer]].
5: ...ctory schools of [[Acmeist poetry|Acmeism]] and [[Russian Symbolist poetry|symbolism]].
8: ...hly literate woman. She was also volatile and a (frustrated) concert pianist, with some [[Poland|Polis...
12: ... the impressionable Marina. The children began to run wild. This state of affairs was allowed to conti...
14: ...ing within Russian poetry: the flowering of the [[Russian Symbolist movement]], and this movement was ... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
13: ... the lighthouse; also, one of the themes is the struggle in the creative process that beset painter Li...
37: *''The Years'' ([[1937]]) - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
6: In 1937 she was posted to the [[Luftwaffe]] testing cente...
12: ...ld not allow it. She escaped Berlin through heavy Russian anti-aircraft fire.
18: ...ndia by the Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], where she founded a sports gliding network. In...
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