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  1. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    2: ...ni" Riefenstahl''' ([[August 22]], [[1902]] - [[September 8]], [[2003]]) was an actress, a director, a...
    7: ...esmerized by his powers as a public speaker. In [[1933]] she directed a [[short film]] about a [[Nazi]] ...
    15: ... to make other films after the war, but each attempt was met with resistance, protests, sharp criticis...
    17: ... in [[1974]] and [[1976]]. She survived a [[helicopter]] crash in the Sudan in [[2000]].
    25: Leni Riefenstahl died in her sleep on [[September 8]], [[2003]], at her home in [[P?ng]], [[Ge...
  2. Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
    7: ...igarettes]] girl. She moved to [[Hollywood]] in [[1933]] to appear in films. She appeared in many small ...
    18: ...ch had a hectic performing schedule which often kept them apart.
    24: ... shades ranging from white to medium gray) were kept on set to 'paint out' innappropriate shadows and ...
    50: ...Speeeeeeed it Up a little!!") Lucy and Ethel attempt to get jobs — for which they are demonstrab...
  3. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    24: ...us behavior -- fueled by a two-bottle-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- contin...
    93: *1933 [[Forsaking All Others]]
  4. Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
    3: '''Greta Garbo''' ([[September 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]...
    14: [[Image:Temptress1.jpg|frame|Greta Garbo in 1926]]
    31: ...ich made the word 'want' sound like 'vont'. Except at the very beginning of her career, she granted ...
    33: ..." A follow-up film, ''[[Two-Faced Woman]]'', attempted to capitalize upon this by casting Garbo in a r...
    35: ... appear as the Duchess de Guermantes in a film adaptation of "[[Remembrance of Things Past]]," but thi...
  5. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    2: ...her 13th nomination for ''[[Adaptation (movie)|Adaptation]]''. Hepburn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[197...
    12: ...e to S. Ogden Ludlow, so she would not have to adopt the "too ordinary" name of "Mrs. Smith." Hepburn...
    30: ...tead of glamorous clothing fit for a starlet, prompting RKO executives to confiscate her overalls when...
    32: ...hat same year, Hepburn played Jo in the screen adaptation of ''[[Little Women]]'', which broke box-off...
    60: ...le. Blanchett, who thanked Hepburn during her acceptance speech, carried one of Hepburn's silk gloves ...
  6. Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
    3: ...tended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in [[Roehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[M...
    5: ...gh Holman, and they had a daughter, Suzanne, in [[1933]].
  7. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    12: ...d States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have been a ...
    21: ...enate|Senate]], respectively, as necessary. Since 1933, with the ratification of [[Twentieth Amendment t...
    52: ...er 24]], [[1784]], before the Constitution was adopted).
    188: || [[1929]] || [[1933]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republic...
    191: || [[Image:FDR in 1933.jpg|50px]]
  8. Antarctica (14761 bytes)
    6: ...nd") go back to antiquity, the first commonly accepted sighting of the continent occurred in [[1820]] ...
    32: ...]] assert the right to do so. All claim areas except Peter I Island (see below) are sectors extending ...
    35: ...142?02' E and 136?11' E to 44?38' E; claimed in [[1933]] as the [[Australian Antarctic Territory]], one ...
    43: ...between 90 degrees west and 150 degrees west, except for the Norwegian claim to Peter I Island (see ab...
    140: * [[Diamond dust]], an Antarctic optical phenomenon
  9. Andorra (11532 bytes)
    38: | '''[[National Day]]''': || [[8 September]]
    77: In 1933 France occupied Andorra as a result of social unr...
  10. Germany (46412 bytes)
    66: ...d the [[Hanseatic League]]. In [[1530]], the attempt of the [[Protestant Reformation]] of Catholicism ...
    73: ... power, rejected crown and constitution. This prompted violent rollbacks by the monarchs, and the demi...
    75: ...lm I]] and the increasingly liberal parliament erupted over military reforms. The king appointed [[Ott...
    83: ===Weimar Republic (1919-1933)===
    89: ... of the [[Weimar Republic]]. On [[30 January]], [[1933]], [[President of Germany|President]] [[Paul von ...
  11. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    62: ...l around [[10 BCE]]. To the south, this kingdom captured [[Sindh]] and extended to the coast of the [[...
    76: ...nah]] a British-educated Indian Muslim leader, adopted the cause, and later earned the title of Quaid-...
    90: ...he [[Persian language|Persian]] language the concepts of "Pak" meaning "Pure" and "stan" for "land" or...
    130: ...73]] Pakistan itself had. The US also did not accept Bangladesh in favor of Pakistan until after the [...
    132: ...the war and the Chinese influence on Pakistan prompted USA to bolster ties with its distanced ally, bu...
  12. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...s of [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel ...
    73: ...of [[Nazism]] in [[1933]] and the subsequent attempted extermination of the Jewish people in the [[Sho...
    78: ...en-Gurion showed a willingness to essentially accept about 1/3 of the land that would ultimately be wo...
    83: ...ict over its status. Immediately following the adoption of the Partition Plan by the United Nations Ge...
    86: ... into ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''. In the news: Egyptian Air Force bombs Tel-Aviv, Transjordan shells J...
  13. Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
    66: ...), [[1929]] (abdication), [[1929]] (execution), [[1933]] (assassination), [[1973]] (deposition), [[1978]...
    68: ... period of stability in Afghanistan lay between [[1933]] and 1973, when the country was under the rule o...
    72: ... seized power in 1996. The Taliban were able to capture 90% of the country, aside from [[Northern Alli...
    74: ...on in support of the opposition following the [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks]] forced the grou...
    88: ...d in December 2003 when a new constitution was adopted creating a presidential form of government with...
  14. Portugal (61755 bytes)
    31: ...nding loss of independence to Castile was not accepted by the majority of the Portuguese people, which...
    40: In [[1418]] two captains of Prince Henry the Navigator, were driven by...
    57: ...e ''[[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]'' in [[1933]], led by [[Ant󮩯 de Oliveira Salazar]], which ...
    85: ...l Europe during Napoleon's era. The alliance is kept through [[NATO]], a military organisation in whic...
    93: ... mainland Portugal. Download an [http://www.igeoe.pt/downloads/500mil/500mil_24bits2.zip official map]...
  15. Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
    2: ...on the first [[cataract]] of the [[Nile]] in [[Egypt]].
    10: ...sed in two phases, 1907–1912 and 1929–1933.
    13: ...gnised the [[People's Republic of China]]. The Egyptian government intended to continue the project al...
    18: ...y 1998) and allowed for the connection of most Egyptian villages to electricity for the first time. Th...
    23: ...at is currently the largest source of fish for Egypt, and the subsidence of the [[Nile Delta]] will le...
  16. Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
    2: ...All-Star Game|All-Star]] team in [[1933 in sports|1933]]. In 1998, ''[[The Sporting News]]'' named Ruth ...
    9: ... their father would beat Babe in a desperate attempt to bring the boy into line, but to no avail. He w...
    12: ...ted mocking his own pitcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teac...
    47: ...into the seats to confront a heckling fan. The captaincy was stripped, and Ruth's aggressiveness woul...
    49: ...wn, lived on their farm near Boston with their adopted daughter, Dorothy. Free from the eyes of his wi...
  17. Iowa (24205 bytes)
    149: *5% "[[Baptist]]"
    175: Reptile = None |
    259: *[[Faith Baptist Bible College]]
    355: | [[Richard Louis Murphy]] || [[1933]] || [[1936]] || [[United States Democratic Party...
    357: | [[Smith W. Brookhart]] || [[1927]] || [[1933]] || [[United States Republican Party|Republican]...
  18. Vermont (39851 bytes)
    50: ...bed the "[[Northeast Kingdom]]") is known for exceptionally cold winters, often averaging more than te...
    54: ...field, Vermont|Bloomfield]] on [[December 30]], [[1933]].
    64: ...settlers from [[Albany, New York|Albany]] under Captain Jacobus de Warm established the De Warm Stocka...
    66: ...ey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst|Jeffrey Amherst]] captured the fort. The French were driven out of the a...
    78: ...ah West during a violent thunderstorm, and was adopted by the delegates after four days of debate. Thi...
  19. Tennessee (19096 bytes)
    39: ...that became ''Tennessee'' was first recorded by Captain Juan Pardo, the Spanish explorer, when he and ...
    43: ...w state out of the [[Southwest Territory]], it adopted "Tennessee" as the name of the state.
    50: ...]. After the [[American Civil War]], Tennessee adopted a new [[constitution]] that abolished [[slavery...
    56: ...hority]], the nation's largest public utility, in 1933.
    70: ...Tennessee joined the union, and the second was adopted in [[1834]].
  20. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
    36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
    40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
    41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
    51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]

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