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- History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
11: ...uclear explosion. The ads were a response to Goldwater's advocacy of tactical nuclear weapons use in ...
13: Johnson crushed Goldwater in the general election, winning 64.9 percent ...
17: ==The War on Poverty and the Great Society==
18: ''Main articles: [[War on Poverty]] and [[Great Society]]''
20: ...esident [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s ([[1963]]-[[1969]]) "War on Poverty." Although some of these programs enc... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ...e nation's most populous state in [[1964]]). By [[1980]], the population of the Sun Belt had risen to ex...
6: ...s political climate strengthening conservatism. Always more conservative than many other regions of th...
10: ...of liberal social programs, a potent theme in the 1980 presidential race and the [[1994]] mid-term elect...
12: ...eat Society]] and [[civil rights movement]], gave way to conservative urban politicians in the 1970s a...
14: ...widely discussed demographic phenomena of the mid-1980s: [[homelessness]]. And despite the achievements ...
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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
11: ...ton]] opens in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
12: * [[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate St...
15: ...ajority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
16: ... first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway opens between [[King William Street]] and [[Stoc... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai...
45: ...ams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez... - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
49: ...[[Christina Aguilera|Aguilera, Christina]], (born 1980), US singer - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ... Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United S...
7: ...resentative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: ...then moved to Seattle suburb [[Mountlake Terrace, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded h...
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
13: ...ell became the youngest woman ever elected to the Washington State Legislature at the age of 28. She h... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
39: | [[January 14]], [[1980]]
51: ...[March 24]], [[1977]], and from [[January 14]], [[1980]] until her [[assassination]] in [[1984]].
55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime Minister of Indi...
57: ... at that time, a very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passive leader, but her actions...
59: ..., and thus Prime Minister of India. Initially she was dubbed as ''goongi gudiya'' ([[Hindi]] for dumb ... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
3: ...n-law partner, Dr. [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
18: Tarja Halonen was born on [[24 December]] [[1943]] in [[Helsinki]]...
20: ...elected president. In [[1990]]–[[1991]] she was the minister of justice and in [[1995]] until he...
22: == The way to presidency ==
24: ...who then was the [[minister of foreign affairs]], was significantly more popular than [[Paavo Lipponen... - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[January 18]],[[1930]]-[[July 10]],[[2004]]) was the first woman (and the only to date) to serve ...
3: ...ving as Prime Minister in [[1979]]-[[1980]]. Afterward she [[Portuguese presidential election, 1986|ra... - 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]].
31: ...creased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured th...
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 ... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
1: ...nowiki>Hair''' ([[April 13]] [[1919]] - [[1995]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[atheist]], found...
4: ...Murray Jr. and bore him a child (William). Murray was a married [[Roman Catholic]] and refused to divo...
7: ... schools in the [[United States]]. Public opinion was such that in [[1964]] [[Life magazine|''Life'' m...
11: ...[[Christianity]] and became [[born again]] at Gateway [[Baptist]] Church in [[Dallas, Texas]].
18: ... to withdraw the missing funds and murdered them. Waters eventually pled guilty to reduced charges and... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...raeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...male dissatisfaction, predates issues of [[second-wave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her d...
10: ...'The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the competitio...
14: ...an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was promoted to Companion in 1981.
24: ...1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
1: ...' ([[May 11]], [[1906]] - [[August 7]], [[1980]]) was a pioneer [[United States|American]] [[aviatrix]...
4: Bessie Lee Pittman was born in [[Muscogee, Florida]], the youngest of t...
8: ...dlum, whom she married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recog...
10: ...fame, and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made...
12: ...ing of more than a thousand women pilots. For her war efforts, she received the [[Distinguished Servic... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
6: ...whom he was rumoured to have fathered a child. It was Augusta who encouraged Byron to marry to avoid s...
8: ...an]]. An active member of [[London]] society, she was a member of the [[Bluestockings]] in her youth.
11: ... full name and title for most of her married life was '''The Right Honourable Augusta Ada, Countess of...
19: At her own request, Lovelace was buried next to the father she never knew at the ...
23: ... concepts behind programming Babbage's engine, or was more of a figurehead used by Babbage for [[publi... - 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. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...competitive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as...
6: ...s talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ... the 1960s, including ''"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)",'' a much more soulful and impassio...
10: ...e Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"), [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''...
12: ...ded three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: Gubaidulina was born in [[Chistopol]], in the [[Tatar Republic]]...
5: ...tion of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], ...
9: In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through [...
11: ...on of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)|Johannes-Pa...
35: ...urigkeiten'' for flute, viola, harp and narrator (1980) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...ly working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk music]] sc...
5: ...ay explain the unique texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...iting credit to hit the charts, "Urge for Going", was a success for country singer [[George Hamilton I...
9: ... the [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]]...
11: ... On, I'm a Radio". ''[[Court and Spark]]'' (1974) was a huge success, producing the international hit ... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ...ith's first album, ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]'', was a photo by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]].]]
2: ...ates]] [[musician]], [[singer]] and [[poet]]. She was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] and raised in ...
6: By [[1974]], however, she was performing [[Rock and roll|rock music]] herself,...
10: ... round of physical therapy, during which time she was able to reassess, re-energise and reorganise her...
12: ...970s]]. ''[[Easter (album)|Easter]]'' ([[1978]]) was her most commercially successful record, contain... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
2: ...writer. A three-time [[Grammy Award]] winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by ''Time'' ma...
4: ...showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
6: ...untry and [[blues]] covers. She followed it up in 1980 with ''Happy Woman Blues'', which consisted of he...
8: ...owing and a critical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that [[Rough Trade Records]] rele...
10: ...untry hit for which Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994. - 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 ... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...elder sister, [[Françoise Dorléac]], 1942-1967, was a popular actress before dying in a car crash). ...
6: ...Indochine]]'' and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performance.
10: She was also nominated for a César Award for her roles in:
28: ...[Le dernier métro]]'' ([[François Truffaut]]), (1980)
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