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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: ...[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to p...
5: ...cond Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...itical disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ...ions. During the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states politically des...
18: ...ng]], and [[Tibet]], and the ROC now governs [[Taiwan]] (also claimed by the PRC), these regions are a... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
9: *[[Julius Aamisepp|Aamisepp, Julius]], (1883-1950), Estonian plant breeder
14: *[[Marc Aaronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: ...ent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...e]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her two middle nam...
17: ... United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: ...ion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of Engla...
23: ...acuated]] to [[Windsor Castle]], Berkshire. There was some suggestion that the princesses be sent to [... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...l women in Europe during the [[Middle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[Engla...
6: ...iam IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named after her mother and called ''Ali鮯r'', w...
8: ...e time, and knew how to read, how to speak Latin, was well versed in music and literature, and enjoyed...
10: ...is today the southwest of France. However, there was a catch: the land would remain independent of Fr...
12: ...rried Raoul of Vermandois; the incident started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. S... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...SH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...d the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events...
9: ... Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide ...
11: ...he Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid the...
13: ... her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from ... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
13: | [[Warren Christopher]]
37: ...ry of State on [[January 23]], [[1997]]. Albright was the first female Secretary of State, which in tu...
40: ... graduated from Kent Denver high school in 1955. Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with honors...
42: ...well as a [[White House]] staff member, where she was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From...
44: ...rom [[1981]] to [[1982]], Secretary Albright was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Internatio... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...bruary 1]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[United S...
3: [[image:Caraway_hattie.jpg|left|Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to US Senate]]
5: Hattie Caraway was born near [[Bakerville, Tennessee]] in [[Humphre...
7: Hattie Caraway married [[Thaddeus H. Caraway]] and moved with him to [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] ...
9: ... and served in that office until [[1921]] when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] where he... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
9: |[[February 26]] [[1950]]<br>in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New...
26: |Mt Albert, Owairaka
43: ...Helen Elizabeth Clark''' (born [[February 26]], [[1950]]) has served as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]...
47: ...of Health and later as deputy Prime Minister. She was Leader of the Opposition during the National Par...
49: ...arliament. During her first term (1981-1984) she was a member of the Statutes Revision Committee. In... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...e]] and the [[United States Senate| Senate]]. She was the first woman to have her name placed in nomin...
5: ...rapidly establishing bases across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between stat...
7: ... (Hathaway only served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|B...
9: ...edal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...r seat, the Maine voters rejected the effort. She was the first (and as yet only) woman chair of the [... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...igan elected to the U.S. Senate, and along with [[Washington]]'s [[Maria Cantwell]] the first woman to...
5: ...he [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. Stabenow was considered the underdog for much of the Senate r...
9: ...uses of the [[United States Congress]]. The first was [[Thomas W. Ferry]]. Stabenow is also the first ...
11: ...[South Dakota]]. Senator [[Dick Durbin]], D-Ill., was elected [[Minority Whip]], the Democrats' second... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|...
29: ...d Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
33: ...nadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created '''Baroness Thatcher'''; since then her ...
36: ... control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which ...
38: ...develop methods for preserving [[ice cream]]. She was a member of the team that developed the first so... - Georgia O'Keeffe (2572 bytes)
1: ...iu, New Mexico, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1950]]
2: ...mber 15]], [[1887]] – [[March 6]],[[1986]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[art]]ist born in...
8: ...he allowed him to exhibit some of them. Stieglitz was especially impressed with O'Keeffe's interpretat...
12: ...ears older than O'Keeffe and often in ill health, was uncomfortable with travel. Her trips west gave h...
14: ...xico|Santa Fe]] until her death in 1986. Her home was in [[Abiquiu, New Mexico]]. - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
11: ..., born '''Alissa "Alice" Zinovievna Rosenbaum''', was a popular and controversial [[United States|Amer...
19: ...udy screenwriting; in late [[1925]], however, she was granted a [[Visa (document)|visa]] to visit Amer...
24: ...ese films were re-edited into a new version which was approved by Rand and re-released as ''We the Liv...
26: ...pite these initial struggles ''The Fountainhead'' was successful, bringing Rand fame and financial sec...
31: ...helped foster a crippling culture of resentment towards individual human happiness, flourishment, and ... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...[[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet...
7: ...hree. After returning almost two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Ra...
13: ...nd Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael'...
17: When England declared war on Germany in [[World War I]], Stein and Toklas were visiting with [[Alfre...
19: ...reat artists and writers including [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[Thornton Wilder]], [[Sherwood Anderson]] an... - Edna St. Vincent Millay (2636 bytes)
1: ...to receive the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]]. She was also known for her unconventional and Bohemian l...
3: ...nascence]" (1912), and on the strength of it was awarded a scholarship to [[Vassar College]]. After he...
5: ...during which time her great popularity in America was attained. She won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetr...
7: ...s an [[open marriage|open]] one; among her lovers was the poet [[George Dillon]], fourteen years her j...
9: ...n support of the Allied war effort during [[World War II]]. Merle Rubin noted: "She seems to have caug... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
2: ... ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [[1958]]) was a British [[physical chemist]] and [[crystallogr...
5: ...as Attorney General in the Palestine. Dr Franklin was educated at St Paul's Girls' School where she ex...
7: ==Cambridge and early career 1938-1950==
8: ...spark the idea of high-strength carbon fibres and was the basis of her doctoral degree in physical che...
9: ...ave and refused to put his name on the papers she was writing, even though he had been equally involve... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
1: ...[June 28]], [[1906]] - [[February 20]], [[1972]]) was born Maria G?rt in [[Katowice]] (then in [[Germa...
3: ...indaus]]. In [[1930]] G?rt married Dr. [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. The cou...
5: ...1931]]-[[1939|39]], but since she was a woman she was not allowed to work on scientific projects. In [...
7: She was awarded the Novel for discovering the reasons as to w...
9: :"Think of a roomful of waltzers. Suppose they go round the room in circles,... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...[[singer]]s, and the winner of thirteen [[Grammy Award]]s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she...
4: ...s|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She was left on her own as an orphan at age 14.
6: ... Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Tiske...
10: ...s imitations of other singers: in particular, she was able to render quite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]...
12: ...ch she was one of the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics. - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept nothing...
8: It is generally agreed that she was a young woman when she first became a mother. So...
13: ...ided for strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the...
15: ... [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years of age, where he was found among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41...
17: Mary was also present at the inauguration of Jesus' publi... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
4: ...ty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...nited States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul ...
9: ...thnically [[Albania|Albanian]]. Her native tongue was [[Albanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and ...
11: ...ed to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She was a member of the youth group in her local parish ...
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