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=== PEOPLE
-1
George Bernard Shaw
1856 0
1950 0
1
10
-2
Sigmund Freud
1856 0
1939 0
4
2
-3
William II
1859 0
1941 0
4
6
-4
Claude Debussy
1862 0
1918 0
2
12
-5
Sun Yat-sen
1866 0
1925 0
President of provisional republic
11
1
-6
H. G. Wells
1866 0
1946 0
1
10
-7
Nicholas II
1868 0
1918 0
6
6
-8
Mohandas Gandhi
1869 0
1948 0
Developed principles of satyagraha -- non violent
resistance
9
5
-9
VladimirIlyich Lenin
1870 0
1924 0
6
1
-10
Bertrand Russell
1872 0
1970 0
1
3
-11
Sergei Rachmaninoff
1873 0
1943 0
6
12
-12
Herbert Hoover
1874 0
1964 0
3
1
-13
Winston Churchill
1874 0
1965 0
1
1
-14
Maurice Ravel
1875 0
1937 0
2
12
-15
Albert Einstein
1879 0
1955 0
4
2
-16
Josef Stalin
1879 0
1953 0
6
1
-17
Pablo Picasso
1881 0
1973 0
5
11
-18
James Joyce
1882 0
1941 0
7
10
-19
Franklin D Roosevelt
1882 0
1945 0
3
1
-20
Benito Mussolini
1883 0
1945 0
8
1
-21
Franz Kafka
1883 0
1924 0
Prague
20
10
-22
John Maynard Keynes
1883 0
1946 0
1
20
-23
Marc Chagall
1887 0
1985 0
6
11
-24
Chaing Kai-shek
1887 0
1975 0
11
1
-25
Eugene O'Neil
1888 0
1953 0
3
10
-26
T. S. Eliot
1888 0
1965 0
1
10
-27
Adolf Hitler
1889 0
1945 0
4
1
-28
Jawaharlal Nehru
1889 0
1964 0
9
1
-29
Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889 0
1951 0
4
3
-30
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1890 0
1969 0
34th President, Supreme Allied Commander, WWII
3
4
-31
Charles de Gaulle
1890 0
1970 0
2
1
-32
Sergei Prokofiev
1891 0
1952 0
6
12
-33
Francisco Franco
1892 0
1975 0
5
1
-34
Mao Zedung
1893 0
1976 0
11
1
-35
Nikita Khrushchev
1894 0
1971 0
6
1
-36
William Faulkner
1897 0
1962 0
3
10
-37
William O. Douglas
1898 0
1980 0
Supreme Court justice, environmentalist
3
3
-38
George Gerswhin
1898 0
1937 0
3
12
-39
Berthold Brecht
1898 0
1956 0
4
10
-40
Al Capone
1899 0
1947 0
3
19
-41
Ernest Hemingway
1899 0
1961 0
3
10
-42
Martin Heidegger
1899 0
1976 0
4
3
-43
Aaron Copland
1900 0
1991 0
3
12
-44
Ayatolah Khomeini
1901 0
1989 0
20
7
-45
Hirohito
1901 0
1989 0
Emperor
20
6
-46
John Dillenger
1902 0
1934 0
Bank robber & 'public enemy #1'
3
19
-47
George Orwell
1903 0
1950 0
1
10
-48
Salvador Dali
1904 0
1989 0
5
11
-49
Jean-Paul Sartre
1905 0
1980 0
2
3
-50
Lillian Hellman
1905 0
1984 0
3
10
-51
Samuel Beckett
1906 0
1989 0
7
10
-52
Hsuan-t'ung
1906 0
1967 0
'Last Emperor' of China, 1908-12
11
6
-53
Lyndon B. Johnson
1908 0
1973 0
3
1
-54
Ronald Reagan
1911 0
1992 1
3
1
-55
Tennessee Williams
1911 0
1983 0
Playwright: 'Streetcar Named Desire', 'Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof'
3
10
-56
Richard M. Nixon
1913 0
1992 1
3
1
-57
Albert Camus
1913 0
1960 0
2
10
-58
Jimmy Hoffa
1914 0
1975 1
Teamster president, presumed murdered
3
20
-59
John F. Kennedy
1917 0
1963 0
3
1
-60
Indira Gandhi
1917 0
1984 0
9
1
-61
Leonard Bernstein
1918 0
1991 0
3
12
-62
Jack Kerouac
1922 0
1969 0
'On the Road'
beat
3
10
-63
Jimmy Carter
1924 0
1992 1
3
1
-64
George Bush
1924 0
1992 1
3
1
-65
Fidel Castro
1926 0
1992 1
10
5
-66
Elizabeth II
1926 0
1992 1
1
6
-67
Che Guevera
1928 0
1967 0
Guerilla leader; killed in Bolivia
10
5
-68
Martin Luther King
1929 0
1968 0
3
5
-69
Andy Warhol
1930 0
1987 0
3
11
-70
Mikhail Gorbachev
1931 0
1992 1
6
1
-71
Elvis Presley
1935 0
1977 0
3
20
=== EVENTS
-1
Dreyfus
1894 0
1906 0
Political and social upheaval in France
5
2
4
-2
X-rays
1895 0
1895 0
Discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen
4
4
4
-3
Radioactivity
1896 0
1896 0
Discovered by Henri Becquerel
4
2
2
-4
Manila Bay
1898 0
1898 0
US captures Manila, winning Spanish American War,
and launching US into more active role in world.
1
3
7
-5
Boer War
1899 0
1902 0
British vs Dutch colonists in South Africa
3
1
20
-6
Port Arthur
1904 0
1904 0
Major Japanese victory over Russia
1
5
8
-7
Relativity
1905 0
1905 0
Einstein proposes Special Theory of Relativity,
departing from Newtonian physics
4
4
4
-8
Northwest Passage
1906 0
1906 0
Roald Amundsen becomes first European to traverse
the northwest passage by ship
13
20
20
-9
Mexican revolution
1911 0
1917 1
Diaz overthrown by Madero
3
12
3
-10
South Pole
1911 0
1911 0
Amundsen reaches South Pole, Dec 14. Scott's
party reaches it 35 days later, but die on return.
13
20
1
-11
Titanic
1912 0
1912 0
Sinks on its maiden voyage
20
1
3
-12
Nicaragua I
1912 0
1925 0
US Marines occupy Nicaragua, to quell unrest
3
3
12
-13
WWI
1914 0
1918 0
World War I
1
1
4
-14
Verdun
1916 0
1916 0
German attack fails, but 1 million casualties
result
1
2
4
-15
Russian Revolution
1917 0
1922 0
Revolution & Civil War, including interventions
from Western powers
3
8
1
-16
19th Amendment
1919 0
1919 0
Extending the vote to women
5
3
3
-17
Sacco-Vanzetti
1920 0
1927 0
Controversial trial & execution, arousing concerns
about ethnic origins & anarchist political beliefs
3
3
3
-18
Indian Independence
1920 1
1948 0
Gandhi sparks and leads the non-cooperation and
other actions, eventually achieving independence
3
10
1
-19
Chinese Revolution
1921 0
1949 0
Several movements, revolutions and civil war.
3
9
5
-20
Ulysses
1922 0
1922 0
11
11
11
-21
King Tut
1922 0
1922 0
Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen
12
1
20
-22
Teapot Dome
1923 0
1929 0
Major scandal, involving members of the Harding
administration
5
3
3
-23
Australopithecus
1924 0
1924 0
Louis & Mary Leakey discover A. africanus,
revolutionizing theories of human evolution
4
1
1
-24
Nicargua II
1927 0
1933 0
Second major period of occupation by US
3
3
20
-25
Crash!
1929 0
1929 0
Stock Market crashes
2
3
3
-26
St. Valentine's
1929 0
1929 0
St. Valentine's massacre -- gangland killing by
Capone
20
3
3
-27
Lindbergh kidnapping
1932 0
1932 0
20
3
3
-28
3rd Reich
1933 0
1945 0
Hitler takes control of Germany and brings
on WWII
5
4
1
-29
Spanish Civil War
1936 0
1939 0
Harbinger of WWI
3
7
4
-30
WWII
1939 0
1945 0
World War II
1
1
4
-31
Stalingrad
1942 0
1942 0
Turning point of the European war
1
4
8
-32
Midway
1942 0
1942 0
Turning point of the Pacific War
1
3
5
-33
Fission
1942 0
1942 0
Fermi & colleagues produce first controlled
fission chain reaction
4
3
3
-34
Hiroshima
1945 0
1945 0
Beginning of the nuclear age with the first
use of nuclear weapons in combat.
1
3
5
-35
Vietnam I
1945 1
1954 0
Vietnamese under Ho Chi Minh resist the French
attempt to re-colonize after WWII
1
2
6
-36
United Nations
1945 0
1945 0
Charter founds international organization
5
20
20
-37
Korean War
1950 0
1953 0
1
3
9
-38
DNA
1953 0
1953 0
Watson & Crick propose the double helix model for
the structure of genetic material
4
1
3
-39
Rosenbergs
1953 0
1953 0
Executed as spies at the height of McCarthy era
anti-communist hysteria.
5
3
8
-40
Algeria
1954 0
1962 0
Algerian war of independence from France
3
2
20
-41
Davy Crockett
1955 0
1955 0
12
3
3
-42
Suez
1956 0
1956 0
Egypt nationalizes the canal; invaded by Israel,
England, and France
1
1
13
-43
Vietnam II
1957 1
1975 0
US assumes the French role, then becomes more
deeply involved in a new guerilla war.
1
3
6
-44
Sputnik
1957 0
1957 0
Soviets launch 1st artificial satellite, sparking
space race ending with American moon landing, 1969
4
8
3
-45
Hula Hoop
1958 0
1958 0
Biggest toy fad in history
12
3
3
-46
Cuba
1959 0
1961 0
Castro's rebels oust Battista and install the
first communist government in western hemisphere
3
3
20
-47
Congo
1960 0
1963 0
Independence and civil war show the way for the
decades to come, as cold war heats up.
3
20
20
-48
Angola
1961 0
1989 0
War for independence from Portugal (1975)
Then civil war
3
20
20
-49
Missile Crisis
1962 0
1962 0
Concern over Soviet missiles in Cuba bring the
superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.
5
3
8
-50
Beatles
1964 0
1964 0
12
1
3
-51
Civil Rights Bill
1964 0
1964 0
Legislative end to racial discrimination
5
3
3
-52
Blackout
1965 0
1965 0
Ontario power failure throws entire NE US and
Canada into darkness
12
3
20
-53
Nigeria
1966 0
1970 0
Civil war and famine
3
20
20
-54
6 Day War
1967 0
1967 0
Israel takes Jerusalem and the West Bank
1
13
20
-55
Chad
1968 0
1984 0
Civil war
3
20
20
-56
Prague summer
1968 0
1968 0
Liberalization ends when Soviet tanks invade
Czechoslovakia
5
8
20
-57
Student Revolts
1968 0
1968 0
Student uprisings in Europe & America,
Paris, Democratic Convention, Chicago
5
3
2
-58
Watergate
1972 0
1974 1
Breakin at Democratic HQ sparks scandal and
investigations
5
3
3
-59
Roe v. Wade
1973 0
1973 0
US Supreme Court legalizes abortion
20
3
3
-60
Cambodia
1978 0
1990 0
Vietnam invades Cambodia in wake of Khmer Rouge
terror, then stay for a decade.
3
6
9
-61
Afghan Civil War
1979 0
1989 0
Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.
1989 -- final withdrawal
3
8
20
-62
Sandinista / Contra
1979 0
1990 0
Sandinistas overthrow Somoza, but US backs Contras
in Civil War. Ends with Chamorro's election, 1990
3
12
3
-63
Three Mile Island
1979 0
1979 0
Nuclear power plant accident at TMI.
2
3
3
-64
Zimbabwe
1979 0
1979 0
Southern Rhodesia achieves independence from UK
5
1
20
-65
Iran-Iraq war
1980 0
1989 0
1
20
20
-66
Teenage Mutant Ninja
1989 0
1989 0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
12
3
3
-67
Berlin Wall Falls
1989 0
1989 0
Eastern European democracies re-emerge
5
4
8
-68
Soviet Coup
1991 0
1991 0
Failed coup attempt by hardliners leads to
breakup and evaporation of USSR
5
8
8
=== FACTIONS
-1
English
6
-2
French
1
-3
American
7
-4
German
2
-5
Spanish
4
-6
Russian
3
-7
Irish
2
-8
Italian
7
-9
Indian
7
-10
Latin American
7
-11
Chinese
7
-12
7
-13
7
-14
7
-15
7
-16
7
-17
7
-18
7
-19
7
-20
Other
7
=== OCCUPATIONS
-1
Statesman
6
-2
Scientist
2
-3
Philosopher
6
-4
Military
4
-5
Activist
3
-6
Ruler
7
-7
Religious
3
-8
7
-9
7
-10
Poet/ author
2
-11
Artists
2
-12
Composer
2
-13
7
-14
7
-15
7
-16
7
-17
7
-18
7
-19
Outlaw
7
-20
Other
7
=== GROUPS
-1
Military
4
-2
Economic
6
-3
Revolution/Civil War
4
-4
Scientific
2
-5
Political
6
-6
7
-7
7
-8
7
-9
7
-10
Arts
3
-11
Literature
3
-12
Other cultural
3
-13
Exploration
2
-14
7
-15
7
-16
7
-17
7
-18
7
-19
7
-20
Other
7
=== NATIONS
-1
Britain
7
-2
France
1
-3
United States
3
-4
Germany
2
-5
Japan
5
-6
Vietnam
7
-7
Spain
4
-8
Russia/ USSR
4
-9
China
6
-10
India
7
-11
Ireland
2
-12
Latin American
3
-13
Israel
7
-14
7
-15
7
-16
7
-17
7
-18
7
-19
7
-20
Other
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