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- music. Critic Claude Rostand, in a July 1950 Paris-Presse article, described ... Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the post World War II era, de Kooning painted ... of Gorky, De Kooning embarked on a series of male figures, including ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- * New York Yankees (1950-1967) |highlights= * 8x All-Star selection ... 1950 World Series Ford did not start until game 4, but earned the victory ...20 KB (3,113 words) - 18:40, 4 May 2023
- decade of Formula One racing. He won five World Championship titles—a record ... Argentine National Champion. Following World War II, Fangio, then 36, ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 02:02, 8 September 2022
- Asa "Al Jolson" Yoelson (May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950 ... Signing with the Warner Brothers studios for a series of "talkies ...14 KB (2,198 words) - 04:22, 17 June 2023
- the impact behavior in the physical world has on human beings only ... By 1950, Lashley had distilled his research into two theories: ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 07:17, 5 October 2022
- After joining the Celtics in 1950, Cousy became the world's premier ... driver who had served in the German Army during World War I. ...19 KB (2,900 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- his films with Brackett, from 1938 through 1950. He followed Ninotchka with ... critically acclaimed Sunset Boulevard in 1950, which paired rising star ...22 KB (3,248 words) - 17:40, 31 October 2023
- and also played the lead in a popular television series. ... flier with the Air Transport Command during World War II. From 1940 to 1956 ...12 KB (1,776 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- The battle began on September 15, 1950, and ended around September ... one of the political hot spots in the world, and a dividing line between ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- the same time, beginning with a comedy series pairing him with silent film ... Durante made his television debut on November 1, 1950, though he kept ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 13:22, 1 August 2022
- made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later ... became escapist fare among GIs fighting in World War II. The image was taken ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 14:44, 23 July 2022
- Century" by the Associated Press in 1950. He was inducted into the ... In addition, Mikan also stunned the basketball world by his unique ...19 KB (3,019 words) - 16:27, 15 August 2021
- could push the maximum flow of the dam, a series of emergency spillways have ... than many other dams built around the world for the same purposes. ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 18:40, 19 August 2023
- during the Third Reich. Following the post-World War II division of Germany ... and remained in captivity until the end of World War II. At the end of the ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- national recognition for her role in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story ... in 2004. In 2003, she and Davis narrated a series of Works Progress Administration ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 21:03, 21 December 2022
- following year. He had become one of the world's leading performers ... Nikisch. This concert, followed by a series of American tours from 1901 ...12 KB (1,707 words) - 07:05, 15 April 2024
- pioneering the idea that in today's world a think tank whose mission ... zch,zgp,zru&proj=zdrl,zme,znpp,zusr series of events] on February 5 ...7 KB (1,074 words) - 00:34, 29 November 2023
- laid the groundwork for the emergence of world music as a popular genre. and appreciation of our multicultural world. Lomax served as consultant ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- he then enlisted in the Navy to fight in World War II, saying, "I don ... seat for the NBC western television series, The Deputy (1959–1961 ...20 KB (3,018 words) - 15:04, 16 July 2022
- Marcel Mauss (May 10, 1872 – February 10, 1950) was a French sociologist ... The years of World War I were devastating for Mauss. Many of his friends ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 03:05, 6 November 2022
- of cultures from different parts of the world. Although he did not do extensive ... social anthropology at Oxford. The Second World War, however, prevented him ...15 KB (2,175 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- #039;s books. Blyton is noted for numerous series of books based on recurring ... She is probably best known for several book series, including those ...16 KB (2,376 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- It was use by the United States military during World War I that brought ... word jeep. R. Lee Ermey, on his television series Mail Call, disputes this ...24 KB (3,439 words) - 04:31, 31 July 2022
- Margaret Chase Smith (1949), Women's World Group Margaret Chase Smith ... on the House Naval Affairs committee during World War II. Her efforts to encourage ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 08:31, 10 March 2023
- many Americans and people throughout the world, he was the embodiment of ... #039; radio shows and his later television series were among America's ...17 KB (2,459 words) - 20:50, 21 December 2022
- :::HOG Butcher for the World, :::Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, ... Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons, a series of whimsical, sometimes melancholy ...10 KB (1,491 words) - 12:48, 27 November 2023
- In 1950 Agnes joined Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, and Sir Cedric ... role as the witch Endora in the television series Bewitched. ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 16 June 2023
- to form. He reported his results in a series of papers until 1900, when ... research in this position until the outbreak of World War I. ...8 KB (1,235 words) - 00:34, 5 December 2023
- began to decline. Starting in 1951, a series of strokes followed. Williams ... laconic and focused on things in the world rather than abstractions ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 15:54, 7 May 2023
- made a notable contribution to the world of music while preserving ... quot;titans" of Soviet music, enjoying world-wide reputation as leading ...10 KB (1,319 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- famous for such films as Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai ... film festival in 1951, and opened the world to Japanese cinematography ...14 KB (2,260 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
- length feature film, Cronaca di un amore (1950), broke away from neorealism ... a conventional narrative, he presented a series of apparently disconnected ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 17:12, 9 November 2022
- to acknowledge the crimes of Stalinism. His 1950 collection of essays, The ... The Liberal Imagination, was published in 1950, followed by the collections ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 04:21, 29 October 2022
- of knowledge of objects in the external world, however, it is probable ... many philosophers in the English-speaking world from the 1930s through the ...13 KB (2,023 words) - 02:56, 24 November 2022
- Past, the wild strawberries trigger a series of flashbacks in which both ... to lose. The game is interrupted by a series of episodes, including the ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- early life in Malta, losing his father in World War I. He first appeared ... 50s and also opened bowling during the series, leading to him coming home ...9 KB (1,521 words) - 22:26, 3 May 2023
- to Europe two years later to fight in World War II as an infantry squad ... #039;l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950, by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 00:33, 5 December 2023
- writers published articles and held a series of memorial events in response ... Anti-Japanese Writers Federation. After World War II Lao She published ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- and its battle to maintain its values in a modern world. ... he began his journey to becoming one of the world's premier cartoonists. ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 04:21, 17 June 2023
- Nicolai Hartmann (February 20, 1882 – October 9, 1950) was one of ... of reality. Though Hartmann’s work was world-famous during his lifetime ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 23:34, 14 November 2022
- His fame peaked in the 1950s in a series of movies in which he co ... O'Connor was a favorite of millions of people around the world ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 17:21, 30 January 2024
- 1904 – January 20, 1984) was one of the world's best swimmers in the ... On July 9, 1922, Weissmuller broke Duke Kahanamoku's world record ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:44, 15 April 2023
- sports entertainment franchises in the world. Over the years, they have ... During the 1970s and 1980s, in addition to their world touring, the ...13 KB (1,878 words) - 09:11, 19 January 2024
- Ruth in 1948; Don Larsen's perfect World Series game in 1956; Roger ... ===The World Series=== Since its 1923 opening, 37 of 83 World Series ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- Deming is best known for his work in Japan after World War II, particularly ... Deming edited a series of lectures delivered by Shewhart at USDA, ...24 KB (3,501 words) - 22:00, 3 May 2023
- and measurement instruments. Nikon is the world's largest manufacturer ... Nikon is pronounced differently around the world. The Japanese pronunciation ...13 KB (1,838 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Patron of Christian Teachers by Pope Pius XII in 1950. ==Biography== ... began in 1904 when France began to enact a series of "secularization laws ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 19:49, 22 December 2022
- The second, at age 14, was the outbreak of World War I. Fromm witnessed many ... Henni Gurland. They moved to Mexico City in 1950 because of her health problems ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- In 1950, Kennan left the Department of State, except for two brief ... At the outbreak of the World War II in 1939, Kennan was assigned to ...39 KB (5,908 words) - 17:04, 10 April 2023
- term was commonly used up until the end of World War II. Zaibatsu were usually ... After Japan’s surrender (1945) in World War II, the breakup of the ...11 KB (1,482 words) - 05:20, 13 June 2023
- * 5x Pro Bowl selection (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) * 10x All-Pro selection (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 ...20 KB (3,076 words) - 04:46, 18 November 2022
- section, and participated as cellist in the world premiere of Verdi's ... his career in Italy, entrusted with the world premieres of Puccini's ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 17:43, 16 August 2023
- Henry Louis (Skip) Gates, Jr. (born September 16, 1950, Piedmont, ... viewpoints from societies around the world. Gates' approach has ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- freedom, and education throughout the world. It provided funding for ... Based on recommendations outlined in the 1950 Gaither report, the ...17 KB (2,437 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- October 19, 1862 – November 24, 1950), a former nurse, and James ... in Anthony Mann's western The Furies (1950) and made her TV debut in ...26 KB (3,842 words) - 18:10, 24 January 2024
- Bella. While Chagall was in Russia, World War I erupted. During the ... With the outbreak of World War II, the Nazi occupation of France led ...14 KB (2,115 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- The nation's entrance into World War II in 1941 marked the beginning ... In 1950, Williams began recording some sides as Luke the Drifter, ...23 KB (3,620 words) - 03:08, 28 January 2022
- to the "Country Music Capital of the World," Nashville, Tennessee ... accomplished. Rattling off a well-rhymed series of city names at an auctioneer ...7 KB (1,094 words) - 16:10, 22 January 2024
- the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox Church (1950-1977) and first and fourth ... a colony, as decolonization around then world gained momentum. His Presidency ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 05:34, 5 November 2022
- of the most important film festivals in the world, alongside the Venice Film ... War, in the city of Berlin divided after World War II. Over the years it ...34 KB (4,808 words) - 11:03, 28 September 2023
- first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times, ... in two rounds. In 1941, he defeated world champion Sammy Angott, future ...21 KB (3,404 words) - 13:45, 28 April 2023
- but escaped to join the Resistance. After World War II he was Finance Minister ... in a civilian capacity during the First World War and never wore a German ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- 15, 1966) was the founder and coach of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters ... Ambassadors that travel all over the world. He was inducted into the ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 04:45, 14 June 2023
- . The American League champion plays in the World Series against the National ... postseason play in 1903 with the inaugural World Series, won by the Boston ...19 KB (2,735 words) - 03:36, 24 July 2023
- Skelton also helped sell World War II war bonds on the top-rated show ... Skelton was drafted in March 1944, and the popular series was discontinued ...26 KB (3,902 words) - 02:29, 8 December 2022
- Buster Keaton was born into the world of vaudeville. His father was ... Although he did not see active combat, he served in World War I, during ...28 KB (4,366 words) - 18:53, 22 November 2023
- the Globes' viewership around the world. ==History== ... In 1950, the HFPA established a special honorary award to recognize ...36 KB (5,125 words) - 21:44, 6 January 2024
- and civilization museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation ... museum in Sibiu to replace the one in Cluj. World War II and the new communist ...14 KB (2,039 words) - 07:06, 13 June 2023
- interrupted in June 1941 when, with World War II looming, Hubbard joined ... The Modern Science of Mental Health (1950), a system of self-improvement ...33 KB (4,873 words) - 17:26, 25 January 2023
- Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. From 1945 to 1950, they did not appear on film ... the final short in the Laurel and Hardy series was 1935's Thicker than ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- actor who appeared in almost 170 post-World War II feature films. Born ... Aerial Photography (Ko-type) unit during World War II, teaching aerial photography ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 04:42, 1 May 2023
- of Arts degree and joined the Army. During World War II, Rawls served as an ... After earning his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1950, Rawls decided to teach ...20 KB (2,773 words) - 07:09, 3 August 2022
- teaching the younger players the way of the baseball world. ... in 1924 and 1925. He played in three World Series--in 1916, for the ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 14:22, 29 November 2023
- The Bowring Treaty served as a model for a series of treaties with other Western ... Treaty later served as a model for a series of trade treaties with other ...12 KB (1,824 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- in America. As the United States entered World War II studios were reluctant ... led Burton Lane to describe him as, The world's greatest musical performer. ...26 KB (3,902 words) - 09:43, 11 April 2024
- was a member of two teams that won the World Series (1966 and 1970), and ... outfielder on Coach George Powley's 1950 American Legion team that ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 05:08, 9 April 2024
- The World Cup, sometimes called the FIFA World Cup, is an international ... The tournament's final phase is often called the World Cup Finals ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- and United States established at the end of World War II. The conflict began ... the most heavily fortified border in the world. There is a constant hope ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- with high quality books. He was honored in 1950, by the American Institute ... long activity in conservation issues. In 1950, he joined the Advisory Board ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 06:54, 20 July 2023
- and highest-paid entertainers during World War II. Other film successes ... the morale of the American public during World War II. Eager to lend their ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- This Gun for Hire (1942), and The Asphalt Jungle (1950). ... *The Asphalt Jungle (1950) d. Huston, with Sterling Hayden, Barry ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 19:47, 26 March 2024
- as it has come to be known, proposed a series of physical and psychological ... #039;s Purges, and the Polish massacres of World War II. He still resented ...26 KB (3,942 words) - 16:11, 13 February 2024
- Walt Disney Productions, and the Disney World and Disneyland entertainment ... magic, and joy to millions throughout the world. The subjects of his films ...23 KB (3,587 words) - 22:09, 3 May 2023
- In can be said that Cagney left the world a better place for having ... his name as a "tough guy" in a series of crime films. ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 22:37, 22 June 2022
- CBS was slow to move into television; as late as 1950 it owned only ... to the general public at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The FCC began ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 22:42, 7 January 2024
- came into contact with Stewart Culin on the World's Columbian Exposition ... beliefs—and through that interpreted the world around them. He did not regard ...10 KB (1,434 words) - 05:03, 9 April 2024
- was considered the religious center of the world, and many Yoruba believed ... The king was regarded as a representative of the spirit world. As ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- 1880s. At that time, the German-speaking world was engaged in the Methodenstreit ... * Broad, C. D. 1950. "Obituary: Dr. J. N. Keynes (1852-49)," ...9 KB (1,331 words) - 07:01, 3 August 2022
- *Led league in slugging percentage 1937 (.673) and 1950 (.585) ... *Led league in extra-base hits 1941 (84) and 1950 (75) *Led league ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 13:46, 1 August 2022
- from illegal distributorships and the fast world of gaming to being able to ... Martin's world began to crumble on March 21, 1987, when his son ...24 KB (3,934 words) - 08:56, 28 January 2024
- drawn from his wide range of experiences in World War I, the Spanish Civil ... from isolation and entry into the first World War created a new, faster ...19 KB (2,931 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- After World War I started in 1914, Bartlett became the "relief ... * Bartlett, Frederic C. 1950. Religion as experience, belief, action ...9 KB (1,276 words) - 10:25, 11 April 2024
- storm, where one earthquake will trigger a series of earthquakes each triggered ... Small earthquakes occur nearly constantly around the world in places ...23 KB (2,982 words) - 17:36, 12 February 2024
- only interrupted by military service during World War II. ... He went on to appear in a series of screwball comedies with varying ...25 KB (3,865 words) - 16:36, 30 January 2023
- 50 Poems (1940), 1 X 1 (1944), and Xaipe (1950), reflects not only the happiness ... for the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps in World War I. Due to an administrative ...20 KB (3,045 words) - 17:28, 12 February 2024
- Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name ... Stevie Wonder was born on May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan, United ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- ), which lasted from April 1927 to May 1950, was a war in China between ... by Japan. After Japan's defeat in World War II by the Allies in August ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- teens, and retired completely from films in 1950 at the age of 22. ... In January 1950, Temple met Charles Alden Black, a World War II United ...38 KB (5,692 words) - 14:21, 27 January 2023
- the work of the League of Nations. During World War II, she modified her ... When World War I broke out, Balch came to the conclusion that she ...10 KB (1,611 words) - 18:17, 13 February 2024
