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  1. Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
    44: * [[Singapore]] (1947)
    45: * [[The Hucksters]] (1947)
    48: * [[The Great Sinner]] (1949)
    71: * [[Vienna: The Years Remembered]] (1968) (short subject)
  2. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    5: ...helped to found the organization that became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunch p...
    7: ...ow eighties, and reaching the semi-final of the Connecticut Young Women's Golf Championship. She woul...
    12: A banner year for Hepburn, 1928 also marked her nuptuals...
    30: ... press attention, would wear overalls and ratty tennis shoes instead of glamorous clothing fit for a s...
    48: ...''. Behind the scenes the pair fell in love, beginning what would be one of Hollywood's most famous r...
  3. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    2: ...oks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] and later a [[pop icon]].
    4: ...t celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the least.
    10: ...d or kissed her, or even smiled. One day, Gladys announced that she had bought a house for them. A few...
    20: ...e again she was dropped. At this point she met Johnny Hyde, one of Hollywood's top agents. He got her ...
    23: ... [[plot]] and focused on Marilyn and her unique connection with the [[camera]]. From this point on, au...
  4. Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
    5: ... age, appearing in [[London]]'s [[West End]] in [[1947]]. She graduated through radio (on the show ''[[...
    9: ...1967]]), with [[Mary Tyler Moore]] and [[Carol Channing]].
    17: .... For this last performance, late night king [[Johnny Carson]] thanked Andrews for "showing us that th...
    19: Julie received [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in [[2001]]. She also appears...
  5. Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
    1: [[Image:FBK1948hurdles.jpg|thumbnail|right|Fanny Blankers-Koen speeding towards the gold medal in...
    3: ...] [[athletics|athlete]]. She is most famous for winning four gold medals at the [[1948 Summer Olympics...
    11: ...imming]], [[gymnastics]], [[ice skating]] and [[running]]. It soon became clear she was a sports talen...
    13: ..., although as a sprinter, not a middle distance runner. The following year, only eighteen years old, s...
    17: ...nal medals. At the European Championships in [[Vienna]], she won the bronze in both the 100 and 200&nb...
  6. Laura Serrano (2835 bytes)
    7: ...ard in [[Mexico City]], until an ordinance from [[1947]] was found, disallowing women to engage in [[box...
  7. Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
    9: ...hortened her career in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S....
    11: ...ading the money-list. She was the leading money-winner again in 1951 and in 1952 took another major wi...
  8. Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
    2: ...Hillary Rodham Clinton''' (born [[October 26]], [[1947]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]] as '''Hillary Diane Ro...
    41: ...ws that had been passed in the wake of [[Robert Kennedy]]'s appointment as Attorney General limited he...
    47: ...'s death was not a suicide and that it had some connection to Whitewater. However, Starr's investigat...
    60: ...ime New York Senator [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]] announced his intent to retire, speculation began ove...
    62: ...out precedent in New York, however: [[Robert F. Kennedy]] was elected to the Senate in 1964 under simi...
  9. Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
    4: ... Robinson]] his biography ''Dark Companion'' in [[1947]].
  10. United Nations (29685 bytes)
    26: ...encies located in [[Geneva]], [[The Hague]], [[Vienna]], and elsewhere.
    28: ... offices occupy a portion of this complex in [[Vienna]]]]
    30: ...e obviously not been fully realized. From about [[1947]] until [[1991]] the division of the world into h...
    37: ...fic disarmament matters. In turn, the conference annually reports on its activities to the General Ass...
    52: ...ize|Peace]]. In 2001 the United Nations and Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the UN, won the Nobel Pea...
  11. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    20: ...[[John F. Kennedy]] welcomed 49 [[Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]], saying, "I...
    125: There was grace, nevertheless, in his manners; and his frank and earnest address, his quick ...
    141: ...n — [[Rhode Island]], [[Delaware]], and [[Pennsylvania]] never having had established religion.
    145: ...First Amendment]] (see Letter to the [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]] [[Baptist]] Association, [[1802]...
    151: ....S. at 164, [[1879]]); Everson (330 U.S. at 59, [[1947]]); McCollum (333 U.S. at 232, [[1948]]).
  12. John Tyler (18019 bytes)
    27: ...e United States|Vice President]] in [[1840]] as running mate to [[William Henry Harrison]]. Their camp...
    29: ...Vice President to assume the Presidency in this manner. He acceded to the Presidency upon the death of...
    40: *Anne Contesse Tyler ([[April 5]], [[1825]] - [[July]]...
    52: ...arl Tyler ([[June 20]], [[1860]] - [[June 30]], [[1947]]).
    69: ... grievances which their constituted authorities cannot, for any length of time resist, if properly app...
  13. Canada (35540 bytes)
    39: |align=left|[[Manitoba]]||[[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]]||-6 (Central)
    123: ... -63°C, at Snag, [[Yukon Territory|Yukon]] in 1947. Coastal British Columbia is an exception: it enj...
    130: ...ht| Her Excellency The Right Honourable '''[[Adrienne Clarkson]]'''<br>[[Governor General of Canada]]]...
    222: ... years prior to and following the [[Canadian Centennial]] in [[1967]], and also due to a focus by the ...
    239: ...n|previous]] flags, the [[penny (Canadian coin)|penny]], and on the [[Coat of Arms of Canada|coat of a...
  14. Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
    159: ...[[Rome]]. Italy agreed to return the obelisk in [[1947]].
    176: | Genna
    277: ...es/Country_Specific/Ethiopia.html University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Ethiopia] direc...
  15. Madagascar (29377 bytes)
    55: Beginning in the 1790s, [[Merina]] rulers succeeded in e...
    61: In [[1947]], with French prestige at low ebb, a [[Madagasca...
    70: ...sing of restrictions on political expression, beginning in the late 1980s, the Ratsiraka regime came u...
    76: ...visions preventing the incumbent president from running again. The text of the new Constitution was pu...
    182: ...the lessons learned in the world of business to running the government. Some recent concerns have ari...
  16. Greece (54754 bytes)
    72: ...id not extend far beyond the coast. From about [[Anno Domini|AD]]&nbsp;[[600]] the old cities of Greec...
    82: ... been for centuries the centre of Christendom, spanning the period from the ancient classical world of...
    87: ...om [[Mani Peninsula|Mani]] of [[Peloponnese|Peloponnesus]] were the most resilient mountain clans thro...
    90: ...ation until reaching its present configuration in 1947.
    95: ...Asia Minor. Soon afterwards, the [[Treaty of Lausanne]] was signed, fixing the borders to this date. A...
  17. Romania (19812 bytes)
    62: ...e fourth century, when it was included in the [[Hunnic Empire]]. The [[Gepids]] and the [[Avars]] rule...
    70: ... recognised by the [[1946]] Treaty of Paris. In [[1947]], King Michael I was forced by the communists to...
    166: ...and currently GDP growth is forecast at 5.5% per annum. The economy grew by 8.3% in [[2004]], the fast...
  18. Hungary (18459 bytes)
    57: ...up under [[Attila the Hun|Attila]] the powerful Hunnish Empire. The name &#8220;Hungary&#8221; is infl...
    59: ...by [[?pᤝ], who led the [[Magyars]] into the [[Pannonian plain]]s at the end of the [[9th century]]. ...
    63: ...ary that were not conquered by the Ottomans were annexed by [[Austria]] (the rulers of which were Hung...
    73: ...evolution|1956 Hungarian Revolution/revolt]] and announced withdrawal from the [[Warsaw Pact]] were me...
    145: ..., humid winters and warm to hot summers. Average annual temperature is 9.7?C. Temperature extremes are...
  19. Argentina (30219 bytes)
    63: ... number of unionized workers. In [[1947]], Per󮠡nnounced the first 5-year plan based on the growth o...
    65: ...irst time in 10 years. Per󮠷as prevented from running, but voters elected his stand-in, Dr. [[H飴or...
    73: ...t a new president within 3 months. Rodr�ez Saᠡnnounced immediately that Argentina would default on...
  20. Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
    67: ... Struggle|Indian independence]] was achieved in [[1947]], political motivations caused it to be divided ...
    81: ...the Independence Day of Bangladesh. First [[M A Hannan]] on [[26 March]] and later on [[27 March]] [[Z...

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