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- Vietnam (18265 bytes)
6: ...l but ultimately failed. The [[Geneva Conference (1954)|Geneva Accords]] partitioned the country into [[...
10: ...nam."'' Refugees continued fleeing from Vietnam through the rest of the decade, and into the next.
17: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is governed through a highly centralized system dominated by the ...
39: ... [[monsoon]]al; [[humidity]] averages 84 percent throughout the year. Annual rainfall ranges from 120 ...
47: ...ing economy. Simultaneously, [[investment]] grew three-fold and [[domestic savings]] quintupled. On th... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
3: ...blic's present borders were only established in [[1954]]. It became independent once more following the ...
39: | '''[[Currency]]''' || [[Hryvnia]]
68: ...g the foundation for Ukrainian national identity through subsequent centuries.
86: ...e Russian Federation.) This decision of [[Nikita Khrushchev]], intended to commemorate the 300th anniv...
124: * [[Kirovohrad Oblast |Kirovohrad]] - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
23: ...the league average. He won 23 games, lost 12 and threw nine shutouts, still the best mark for a left h...
29: ...arry Frazee]] had paid relatively large salaries throughout the war years. However, the team's failur...
39: ...nkees in New York. Yankee pitcher [[Carl Mays]] threw a pitch that hit Indian shortstop [[Ray Chapman...
47: ...nd Ruth's aggressiveness would see him suspended three more times in 1922, for arguing with umpires.
51: ...r [[John McGraw]] had instructed his pitchers to throw Ruth nothing but curve balls, and Ruth never ad... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...es granted by the [[Province of New Hampshire]], through their [[Green Mountain Boys]] militia, eventu...
44: ...ic center is [[Washington, Vermont|Washington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont|Roxbury]].
54: ...west recorded temperature was –50 degrees Fahrenheit (–46 degrees Celsius), at [[Bloomfiel...
72: ...nies|British colonies]] easier than ever before. Three colonies laid claim to the area. The Province o...
90: ...ously staged an [[Robbery|armed robbery]] of the three banks in the town. They announced that they wer... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
124: * [[1657]]: [[Pendulum clock]]: [[Christiaan Huygens]]
128: ... [[Seed drill]]: [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]]
133: ...14]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
154: * [[1784]]: [[Shrapnel shell]]: [[Henry Shrapnel]] - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
66: *[[Karen Ann Quinlan|Quinlan, Karen Ann]], (1954-1985) - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
120: *[[Jean-Christophe Yoccoz|Yoccoz, Jean-Christophe]], mathematician
157: ...Francis Brett Young|Young, Francis Brett]], (1884-1954), British novelist - History of science (41710 bytes)
13: ...hn]], who argued that scientific knowledge moves through "[[paradigm shift]]s" and is not necessarily ...
29: ... astronomical information in a systematic manner through simple observation. Though they had no knowl...
40: ...ophic school of [[scholasticism]]. The rise of [[Christianity]] saw a strange paradox: classical Greek...
61: ...y observations. For example, an [[arrow]] flying through the air after leaving a bow contradicts with ...
65: ... made during this time by [[Galileo Galilei]], [[Christiaan Huygens]], [[Johannes Kepler]], and [[Blai... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
83: *[[Leonard Bahr]] ([[1905]]-[[1990]])
167: *[[Aaron Bohrod]] ([[1907]]-[[1992]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
263: *[[Anthony Christian]] ([[1945]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
51: ...ur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
52: *[[Christopher Cockerell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) &md...
112: *[[John Harrison]], (1693-1776) — marine chronometer
164: ...7) — reflecting telescope (which reduces [[chromatic aberration]])
192: *[[August Schrader]], [[Schrader valve]] for [[Pneumatic tire]] - Cold War (18329 bytes)
7: ...ernments in [[Iran]] ([[1953]]), [[Guatemala]] ([[1954]]), and [[Chile]] ([[1973]]) were some of the occ...
12: ...ence theory]]). It also involved covert conflict through acts of [[espionage]]. Beyond the actual kill...
49: ...ted States), [[MI6]] (United Kingdom), [[Bundesnachrichtendienst|BND]] (West Germany), [[Stasi]] (East...
54: There have been three distinct periods in the western study of the Co...
60: ...action to cope with instability in Europe, which threatened to drastically alter the balance of power ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
33: ...accordance with an agreement reached at Geneva in 1954, or would remain indefinitely partitioned into th...
37: ...6 when the Vietnemese wrote their constitution to 1954 with the Geneva Peace Accord.) The fighting with ...
50: ... period, and since successive French governments threatened to become less cooperative in Europe if th...
61: ...without resistance. The Viet Minh sent telegrams throughout Tonkin announcing its victory, and local V...
69: ...ring at Fontainbleau, near Paris, and dragged on throughout the summer. Ho signed a modus vivendi (tem... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...]] laws. As civilisations emerged and formalised through written [[constitution]]s, some of the more i...
4: ....S. legislature subsequently addressed the issue through the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] Sec. 201. wh...
50: ...the right to free [[medical care]], then others (through the agency of the government) would be obliga...
57: The rights that evolve through history will be the product of the [[culture]...
61: ... to offer employment to all citizens. This is enshrined in the fundamental principle, [[freedom of co... - Timeline of United States history (1950-1969) (7885 bytes)
4: ...McCarthy]] gains power, and [[McCarthyism]] (1950-1954) begins
17: *[[1954]] - Joseph McCarthy discredited in [[Joseph_McCar...
18: *[[1954]] - [[Saint Lawrence Seaway Act]]
19: *[[1954]] - [[Baghdad Pact]]
21: *[[1954]] - [[Brown v. Board of Education]] - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...tive population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, ...
13: ...[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years.
15: Three [[United States Constitution|constitutional]] a...
23: ...Board of Education]] of [[Topeka]]'' 347 US 483 [[1954]] was one of the landmark 20th-century cases in w...
32: Conflicts with the Plains Indians continued through the Civil War. In 1876 the last serious Sioux... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
11: [[Image:Chrost.jpg|250px|thumb|The "Big Three" Allied leaders at Yalta: British Prime Minste...
17: ...us destruction of infrastructure and populations throughout Eurasia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ...
30: ...hinese Government of [[Chiang Kai-shek]] was overthrown by Communist leader [[Mao Tse-tung]], who proc...
45: ...e retaliation," which Dulles announced early in [[1954]], eschewing the costly, conventional ground forc...
47: ...ned, noncommunist states in the [[Third World]]. Khrushchev also increased Soviet power by developing ... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
27: ...hi Minh]]) defeated the French colonial army in [[1954]], the colony was granted independence and was la...
46: ...platform. Johnson's vice president, [[Hubert Humphrey]], also ran for the nomination, promising to co...
48: ...e Humphrey's support within the party elite. Humphrey won the nomination of his party, and ran agains...
66: ...rowth and inflation, known as "[[stagflation]]," through higher taxes and lower spending, which met st...
72: ...nt—were viewed as the greatest of economic threats, which could be counteracted by heavy governm... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
22: ...Timepiece Standards in North America: [[Railroad chronometers]].
36: ... but retained his claim to the [[King of Albania|throne]].
41: *[[1967]] - Dr. [[Christiaan Barnard]] performs the second successful [...
49: *[[1993]] - Leaders of the three warring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss ...
58: *[[1777]] - [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], German sculptor (d. [[1857]... - Josquin Des Prez (6810 bytes)
6: ...nes Ockeghem|Ockeghem]], whom he greatly admired throughout his life (on Ockeghem's death in [[1497]] ...
20: ...f which became very popular, and were circulated throughout Europe; many of them are sung regularly by...
26: ... the Renaissance''. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. ISBN 0393095304 - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
35: currency_code = KHR |
51: The country has three main political parties, of which the [[Cambodia...
63: ... i.e. "Kingdom of Cambodia". The etymology of Preahreachanachâ« is: Preah- ("'''sacred'''", cognate of...
67: ...e'' under the rule of the monarchy from [[1953]] through [[1970]];
96: ...f roads between his capital and provincial towns throughout the empire which would make it simpler for...
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