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- Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
27: *''Medusa'' (1949) With [[Jean Erdman]] - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: ...The following year she won Best Actress for ''[[Gaslight]]'' ([[1944]]). She received a third consecut...
7: In [[1949]] Bergman met [[Film director|director]] [[Robert...
15: Bergman was honored posthumously with an [[Emmy Award]] for Best Actress in [[198...
40: * [[Gaslight]] (1944)
48: * [[Under Capricorn]] (1949) - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
19: ...30 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo Talks." The movie was a huge success, ...
27: ...[[Ernst Lubitsch]], which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo Laughs."
35: ...assed without her agreeing to do another film. In 1949, Garbo filmed a [[screen test]] as she considered... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
47: * [[The Bribe]] (1949)
48: * [[The Great Sinner]] (1949)
49: * [[East Side, West Side]] (1949) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
7: ...d for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as ''[...
38: ...suits and disdaining makeup. She also had a famously difficult relationship with the press, turning d...
54: ... back entrances to studios and hotels and assiduously avoiding the press. They were undeniably a coup...
66: ...that even months after she returned home the famously-vigorous actress was still ill. The trip and th...
84: ...n the [[1988]] television movie ''[[Laura Lansing Slept Here]]''. - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
8: ...s death, Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not ha...
20: ...t convinced of her potential to become a star she slowly began to change his mind with scene stealing ...
34: ...," Dougherty *[http://www.familyforest.com/captainslog/64.html ]confirms that they were in love and wo...
40: ...was also said to have been disgusted by Marilyn's sloppiness and poor hygiene. DiMaggio biographer Ri...
46: ... reportedly placed in the ward for the most seriously disturbed. He got her out six days later, and to... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: '''Meryl Streep''' (born [[June 22]], [[1949]]) is an American [[actor|actress]] who has recei...
9: However, by 1990, her habit of performing marvelously without fail began to have an unusual effect, in... - Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
17: ...100 and 200 m, which were both won by [[Stanislawa Walasiewicz|Stanisława Walasiewicz]]. Man...
29: ...erman press was excited, as the record had previously been owned by an English team. Months later, she...
35: ...ning shortly afterwards. The Championships were a slight disappointment. In the 100 m semi-finals...
37: ...lympics]] in [[London]]. After her experience in Oslo, she decided not to take part in all events, but...
41: ...nish line, and the two finished almost simultaneously. When the British national anthem was played, th... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
26: ...uilding was constructed in [[New York City]] in [[1949]] and [[1950]] beside the East River on land purc...
30: ...f [[collective security]]. Those hopes have obviously not been fully realized. From about [[1947]] unt...
48: ...sessments at these lower rates and has sought legislation from the [[Congress of the United States|U.S...
73: ...ery|United Nations Convention on the Abolition of Slavery]] and [[Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Chil...
111: ...al documents, in [[print]] or [[online]], are translated in all six languages. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...f State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [[Michigan]] [[List of Governors of ...
16: ...should he have succeeded to the Presidency previously and served less than two years completing his pr...
19: ...ally elected officials in the United States. (Legislators are elected on a state-by-state basis; other...
35: ...l. In addition, the president has important [[legislative]] and [[judicial]] powers.
278: | [[January 19]], [[1949]] || $100,000 - Canada (35540 bytes)
52: ... Edward Island]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
92: ...-1791)|Province of Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] (created 1769). To accommodate the Loyalists...
96: ...es of [[British Columbia]] in 1848 and Vancouver Island in 1849. By the late-1850s, politicians in the...
98: ... [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], which joined in [[1949]].
100: ...udicial Committee of the Privy Council]] ended in 1949. Patriation of the [[Constitution of Canada]] occ... - Jordan (20715 bytes)
1: ...nd the [[Dead Sea]]. Jordan's main religion is [[Islam]] and its main language is [[Arabic language|Ar...
69: ...ia]]ns, [[Iran|Persia]]ns, Greeks, Romans, Arab Muslims, Christian Crusaders, [[Mameluks]], [[Ottoman ...
71: ...Israel. The armistice agreements of [[3 April]] [[1949]] left Jordan in control of the West Bank and pro...
75: ...rael allowed for a continuing Jordanian role in Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. The U.S...
88: ...n by the king. Of the 80 seats, 71 must go to [[Muslim]]s and nine to [[Christian]]s. The 40-member [[... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...nd boundaries with [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]], and [[Albania]] to the...
50: ...[Mediterranean]] basin, feature a vast number of islands.
72: ...century progressed, much of Greece was overrun by Slavic peoples from the north, and a period of uncer...
74: ...d [[Asia Minor]] were brought in as settlers. The Slavs were either driven out or assimilated. By the ...
82: ...died fighting on the walls and was buried anonymously along with his troops. The empire had been for c... - Thailand (14276 bytes)
1: ...s the country's official name until [[May 11]], [[1949]]. The word ''Thai'' (ไทย) mean...
60: ...me to Thailand in [[1939]], and definitively in [[1949]] after reverting to the old name post-[[World Wa...
103: See also: [[List of islands of Thailand]]
112: ... the beautiful Southern and Eastern seasides and islands, the Northern waterfalls and botanic gardens,...
119: ...he south of the country there are some [[Islam|Muslim]] areas, and small minorities of [[Christianity... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...a state in [[East Asia]]. Since its founding in [[1949]], it has been led by the [[Communist Party of Ch...
4: ...never controlled [[Taiwan]] and some neighboring islands, which are controlled by the [[Republic of Ch...
13: ...outlying islands of [[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of...
34: ...[Mao Zedong]] declares the founding of the PRC in 1949]] <!-- This picture should really go in the histo...
36: ...more left-leaning communists. It appears China is slowly becoming [[capitalist]]. - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
12: ...nguage|Mongolian]]: the [[Khan]]'s [[city]]); translated to [[Chinese language|Chinese]] as Dā¤Ļamp;#3...
83: ... [[Chiang Kai-Shek]] retreated to [[Taiwan]] in [[1949]].
87: ...f the [[Republic of China]] (on [[Taiwan]]) since 1949 - Germany (46412 bytes)
36: ...843]])<br>[[January 18]] [[1871]]<br>[[May 23]] [[1949]] <br>[[October 3]] [[1990]]
62: ...This was the second German ''Reich'', usually translated as "empire", but also meaning "realm".
89: ...[Enabling Act]] gave Hitler's government full legislative power. A centralised [[totalitarian]] state ...
95: ... [[Bohemia]] and [[Moravia]] were annexed and a [[Slovakia]]n independent [[state]] was created. To av...
97: ...lion more [[Roma (people)|Roma]], [[Slavic people|Slavs]], [[homosexual]]s, [[communist]]s, [[Jehovah'... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
24: ...r [[5th century]] (the [[Bantu expansion]]). They slowly moved south and the earliest ironworks in mod...
26: ...Madagascar]], and [[India]]. Descendants of these slaves, who often married with Dutch settlers, later...
40: ...ndela]] from prison after 27 years. Apartheid legislation was gradually removed from the statute books...
42: ...ive in [[poverty]]. A series of voluntary and legislative moves under the controversial [[Black Econom...
52: ...l levels of government all have [[legislature|legislative]] and [[executive]] authority in their own s... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...re than four million. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as [[Northern Ireland]] an...
58: ...d Kingdom]] of the state as per the [[Ireland Act 1949]]. Today while ''Republic of Ireland'' is an acce...
67: ...mon in contrast to the more agrarian rest of the island. (Any tariff barriers would, it was feared, mo...
71: ...one's surprise. The remaining 26 counties of the island became the [[Irish Free State]], a [[constitut...
81: ...ct declared a republic, with the functions previously given to the King given instead to the President... - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
55: ... [[New Zealand]], or [[Niue]], a small Pacific [[island]] (independent but associated with New Zealand...
60: ...e was frequent canoe voyaging between the nearer islands.
62: ...ate 1800s, European traders began to live on the islands hoping to profit from local resources. Europe...
64: ...er [[Kiribati]]). The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu....
73: == Atolls, islands or districts ==
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