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The Iraq Crisis - Timeline
This page provides an overview of Iraqi history and the history of the conflict between Iraq, the US and the UN, Iraqi production of weapons of mass destruction, obstruct... |
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John Paul II, The Traveling Pope
Karol Jzef Wojtyla known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow in Poland, on May 18,... |
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Composition Red Blue Yellow, Mondrian
The 20th century is distinguished in art history for one invention above all: abstraction. The Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was a pioneer in this development. H... |
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George Mackay Brown, Bard of Orkney
George Mackay Brown was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist, whose work has a distinctly Orcadian character. Born in Stromness in the Orkney Islands, Mackay Brown is co... |
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Karel Appel
Karel Appel was born on April 25, 1921, in Amsterdam. From 1940 to 1943 he studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. In 1946 his first solo show wa... |
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Tomb of Tutankhamen Discovered
In Nov. 1922, the English archaeologist Howard Carter opened the virtually intact tomb of a largely unknown pharaoh: Tutankhamen.
In 1907, Carter met Lord Carnarvon,... |
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Simeon ten Holt, Dutch Composer
Simeon ten Holt is a Dutch composer. Ten Holt studied with Jakob van Domselaer, eventually developing a highly personal style of minimal composition. Ten Holt generally u... |
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Maria Callas, Opera Singer
Maria Callas was an American born, Greek dramatic coloratura soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. She combined an impressive b... |
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Idi Amin, President Uganda
Idi Amin Dada Oumee 'Butcher of Africa' seizes power in a coup in January 1971. Amin has become the subject of many bizarre rumours and myths. There are stories of cannib... |
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Mein Kampf, Hitler
Hitler, although extremely evil, was possibly one of the best orators of all time. He could move crowds like no one else with his powerful speeches and yet virtually noth... |
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Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe became Zimbabwe's first president after the establishment of majority rule and the official granting of independence from Britain in 1980. He still holds th... |
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Jimmy Carter, 39th US President
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977-1981). His one-term presidency is remembered for the events that overwhelmed it -— inflation, energy crisis, war i... |
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George H. W. Bush, 41st US President
George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989-1993), belongs to a political dynasty; he sits in the middle of three generations of politicians, in... |
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James Baldwin, Writer
Baldwin was a groundbreaking African-American author known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain. He dealt with social taboos such as racism and homosexuality at a tim... |
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher's political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. Born in October 1925 at Grantham, a small market town in eastern England, she ro... |
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