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- Timeline of United States history (1970-1989) (5473 bytes)
1: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1970]] to [[1989]]'''.
6: *[[1972]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1972]] (including [[Watergate]] burgla...
12: *[[1976]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1976]]
24: *[[1980]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1980]]
31: ...tts [[Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...igration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ... store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civil...
14: ...inherited rulership was established during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in...
16: === Xia Dynasty ===
18: ... BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - George H. W. Bush (1569 bytes)
5: | date1=[[20 January ]], [[1989]]
19: ...der President [[Ronald Reagan]] ([[1981]]–[[1989]]). He is the father of the current president [[G... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
5: ...ty of peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most cons...
9: ...]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [...
11: ...ions gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus as an icon of their he...
13: ...garding this. His name in [[Italian language|Italian]] is ''Cristoforo Colombo'', in [[Spanish langua... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich ...
9: ... of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...nt (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...shington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...ist of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-1998)
5: ...varisto Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
15: ...k Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
20: ...ah of Persia)|Abbas I]], (1557-1629), shah of Persia
32: *[[William Abbot|Abbot, William]], (1798-1843), British actor - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...hn A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
26: ...as Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
39: ... Adams|Adams, Bryan]], (born 1959), [[Canada|Canadian]] singer
49: ...y Adams|Adams, Gerry]], (born 1948), Irish politician & [[Sinn F驮]] leader - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...is the daughter of General [[Aung San]], who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] ...
10: ...r. In that year, the long-time leader of the [[socialist]] ruling party, General [[Ne Win]], stepped d...
12: ...atisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if she would leave the...
16: ...her husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the B...
18: ...2002]], following secret confidence-building negotiations led by the [[United Nations]], she was relea... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...] using the [[8th Amendment]] to dissolve the parliament and allowing for re-elections within 90 days....
6: ...tates included active participation in various social causes.
8: During her time at Oxford, she was the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Union]], a...
11: ...n Pakistan until the death of General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]].
21: ...jail and engaged in extra-judicial killings, especially against the [[MQM]] in [[Karachi]]. Her foremo... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ... is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[physician]], and an international leader in [[sustainable ...
5: ...[[Harvard University]] in [[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs 1974-79, and ...
9: ... terms - from May 9, [[1986]] until October 16, [[1989]] and from November 3, [[1990]] until October 25,...
15: In 2004 the British newspaper [[The Financial Times]] listed her the 4th most influental Europ...
20: ... | before=[[Odvar Nordli]]| title=[[List of Norwegian Prime Ministers|Prime Minister of Norway]] | yea... - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...943]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since...
7: *Member of the [[Finland's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
8: *Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]]
11: *Minister of Social Affairs and Health [[1987]]–[[1990]] - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
1: '''Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo''' ([[January 18]],[[1930]]-...
3: ...in the [[European Parliament]] from [[1987]] to [[1989]]. - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
34: ...n of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Columbia University]], writes, "Birmingham had one notably...
35: ...y of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a directi...
37: ...[[1963]]. Rice states that growing up during [[racial segregation|segregation]] taught her determinati...
41: ...an classes with the goal of becoming a concert [[pianist]]. Her plans changed when she attended a cour...
43: ...uage|English]], she speaks [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish lan... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ... the office's history not to have the support of Fianna Fᩬ. She is credited by many as having revita...
17: ...''Other candidates:'''</td><td>[[Fianna Fᩬ]]: Brian Lenihan, TD<br>
23: ...zabeth II]] after a career as a judge in the Colonial Service; while another relative was a [[Catholic...
25: ...bortion campaigner [[William Binchy|Professor William Binchy]], and, the current holder of the positio...
27: ...close links to the [[Church of Ireland]], her marriage to a [[Protestant]] student caused a rift with ... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ... [[Maine]], and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be...
7: ...nate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|Bill Cohen]]).
9: ...resident [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...ff. Her speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of the end for McCa...
16: ..."30%" align="center"|'''Succeeded by:'''<br>[[William Dodd Hathaway|Bill Hathaway]] - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
29: ...foreign relations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and ...
31: ...-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands of [[northern England]], and increase...
36: ... politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent', i...
38: ...rman of the [[Oxford University Conservative Association]] in [[1946]], the third woman to hold the po...
41: ...r|Mark]] were born. On returning to work, she specialised in tax issues. - Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
1: ...[Salvador Allende]], see [[Isabel Allende (politician)]]''
8: ...Bolivia]] and then to [[Lebanon]]. While in Bolivia, Allende attended an [[United States|American]] p...
10: ...nited Nations]]' [[FAO]] in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], and later in [[Brussels, Belgium]], and else...
12: Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff for ''Paula'' magazine, and from 1973 to 1...
14: ...3, Allende's play ''El embajador'' debuted in Santiago. On [[September 11]] that same year, her uncle ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various...
4: ...ed work. She has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...anks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[19...
8: ...ders know Atwood for her tale of a future [[dystopia]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handma...
10: ... championed by [[Toronto]] City Councillor [[Olivia Chow]] in [[2005]]. In addition, the [[French lan... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
11: ...vels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability and independence l...
19: ... message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named herself ...
22: Initially, Rand struggled in [[Cinema of the United Stat...
24: ...[[Rome]], despite resistance from the [[Italy|Italian]] government under [[Benito Mussolini]]. These f... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
7: ...st two years later, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 ...
13: Stein, a [[lesbian]], met her life-long companion [[Alice B. Toklas...
19: ...dgments in literature and art were highly influential.
21: ... tall, and Gertrude was five foot one inch (Grahn 1989).
23: ...anners and manner of speech she was Victorian, socially was more liberal than not, with developed indi... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
3: ...ucted experiments in [[life sciences]] and [[material sciences]], and was co-investigator in the [[Bon...
5: ...|Chemical engineer]], scientist, [[medicine|physician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide ran...
7: ...ctice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
11: ... a medical clerkship in [[Thailand]] at a [[Cambodia]]n refugee camp. She completed her internship at ...
13: ...students ages 12 to 16, that utilizes an experiential curriculum.
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