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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: ...ng2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in th...
5: ...]] [[Chinese dynasty|dynastic]] change. The [[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a ...
7: ...orld War II. Since then the ROC has maintained control over Taiwan and the [[Pescadores]], islands off...
14: ...e centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ...although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded territorially, and... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
9: *[[Julius Aamisepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
14: ...aronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her...
7: ...[head of state]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]],...
9: ...ate in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving curren...
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of State. Her reign has s...
15: ...re and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
6: ...me mistress of [[William IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named after her mother and ...
10: ...th King of France and [[Dukes of Aquitaine family tree|Duke of Aquitaine]]. Thus, her holdings would n...
12: ... her every whim. Eleanor supported her sister [[Petronilla of Aquitaine]] when she illegally married R...
14: ...logical tactical decisions. The French army was betrayed by [[Manuel I Comnenus]], [[Byzantine Emperor...
16: ...re the crusade, Eleanor and Louis were becoming estranged, as vigor and piety clashed. The city of Ant... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ictoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
9: ...absburgs]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[...
11: ... avoid their [[creditor]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various ...
13: ...se to her aunt, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (n饠[[Princess Augusta of Cambridge]]). May...
17: ...een Victoria]]'s fondness of May, as well as her strong character and sense of duty. Albert Victor was... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
47: ...tudies]], conducting research in developments and trends in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
51: ...Russia]]n foreign policy, and [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]]an politics, and was re...
56: ...etary-General|UN Secretary-General]] [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]].
76: ...e and her parents moved to the United States in [[1950]] via [[United Kingdom|Britain]], having fled the... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[February 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[Un...
15: ... Populist [[Louisiana]] politician [[Huey Long]] travelled to Arkansas on a 9-day campaign swing to c...
25: Hattie Caraway suffered a stroke in early [[1950]] and died in [[Falls Church, Virginia]]. She is... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
9: |[[February 26]] [[1950]]<br>in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New...
43: ...Helen Elizabeth Clark''' (born [[February 26]], [[1950]]) has served as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]...
47: ...f the Opposition during the National Party administrations of [[Jim Bolger]] and [[Jenny Shipley]] dur...
49: ...on Foreign Affairs and on Disarmament and Arms Control, both of which were combined with Defence in 19... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
5: ... establishing bases across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between states, loc...
11: ...ctics of Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]]. On June 1, 1950, she gave her [[Declaration of Conscience]] [http... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: '''Deborah Ann Stabenow''' (born [[April 29]], [[1950]]) is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat...
5: ...entatives]] in [[1996]] from Michigan's Eighth District and served two terms. She did not seek reelect...
7: ...[[U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging]]. She introduced the [[Medical Equity and Drug Savings Act]]... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...mme of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed...
31: ...ge-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands of [[northern England]], and increa...
36: ...hen the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was no...
38: ...|Oxford]] from [[1944]] where she studied [[chemistry]]. She became Chairman of the [[Oxford Universit...
40: ==Political career between 1950 and 1970== - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: ...iu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950]]
4: ... often transformed the subject into a powerful abstract image.
12: ...in ill health, was uncomfortable with travel. Her trips west gave her the solitude she required to pur... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ...ce" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|American]] [[philosopher]...
19: ... Party of the Soviet Union|Communist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There i...
22: ...er basic living-expenses. While working as an [[extra]] on [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''[[King of Kings]]'...
26: ...mpany]] publishing house. Despite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringi...
31: ...]] of egoism and individualism. Rand also had a strong dislike for [[mysticism]], [[religion]], and c... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: '''Gertrude Stein''' ([[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27...
3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
9: ...in_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 supp...
15: ...Picasso]] (who became a friend and painted her portrait), [[Henri Matisse]], [[Andre Derain]] plus oth... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...irst woman to receive the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]. She was also known for her unconventional and...
3: ...y.com/131/1.html Renascence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholarship to [[Vassar ...
5: ...was attained. She won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] in 1923, for ''The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poem...
9: Her reputation was damaged by poetry she wrote in support of the Allied war effort du...
22: ... two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ...t contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of [[coal]], [[DNA]] and [[viruses]].
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ...he basis of her doctoral degree in physical chemistry that she earned in 1945.
9: ...re and earned an international reputation on the structure of carbons. Indeed on several occasions aft...
14: ===Discovery of the structure of DNA=== - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ... moved to the [[United States]], Mayer's home country.
5: ...Here she developed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work she received a Nobel Prize i...
7: ...is like a series of closed shells and pairs of neutrons and protons like to couple together in what is...
9: ...wise while circling counterclockwise. The same is true of those that are dancing around clockwise; som...
11: ... "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure". Maria was quoted as saying, "winning the ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: ... hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. She...
8: ...e new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...oice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...s with the famous Ellington's hit "[[Take the 'A' train]]", of which she was one of the few to sing - ...
14: ..., [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" ... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
2: ...and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theolo...
8: ...hodox Christian churches, are based on [[faith]], traditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpre...
13: ...there they found shelter in the inn provided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded,...
17: ...present at the inauguration of Jesus' public ministry when, at the marriage in [[Cana]]; her intercess...
19: ...t is held by many Christians that she is again portrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelati... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ... [[1997]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [...
11: ... help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She was a me...
13: ...o provide education for girls. After a few months training at the Institute of the [[Blessed Virgin Ma...
22: In October [[1950]] Teresa received Vatican permission to start her...
24: ...ace), and an orphanage. The order soon began to attract both recruits and charitable donations, and by...
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