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| ARTICLES RELATED TO 1912 - December | | | | |  1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - McCarthyismAlthough Chaplin had his major successes in the United States and was a resident from 1914 to 1952, he retained his British nationality. During the era of McCarthyism, Chaplin was accused of "un-American activities" as a suspected communist; and J. Edgar Hoover, who had instructed the FBI to keep extensive files on him, tried to end his United States residency. FBI pressure on Chaplin grew after his 1942 campaign for a second front in the war, and reached a critical level in the late 1940's, when Congressional figures threatened to call him as a witness in hearings. This was never done, probably because of fear of Chaplin's abi ...
See also:Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin - Birth, Charlie Chaplin - Childhood, Charlie Chaplin - Stage, Charlie Chaplin - America, Charlie Chaplin - Auteur, Charlie Chaplin - United Artists, Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin - Politics, Charlie Chaplin - McCarthyism, Charlie Chaplin - Academy Award, Charlie Chaplin - Marriages, Charlie Chaplin - Mildred Harris, Charlie Chaplin - Lita Grey, Charlie Chaplin - Oona O'Neill, Charlie Chaplin - Knighted, Charlie Chaplin - Death, Charlie Chaplin - Misinformation, Charlie Chaplin - Legacy, Charlie Chaplin - Media, Charlie Chaplin - Trivia, Charlie Chaplin - Filmography, Charlie Chaplin - Short films as actor, Charlie Chaplin - Feature films, Charlie Chaplin - Notes Read more here: » Charlie Chaplin: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - McCarthyism |
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| | | | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Charles Taze Russell - Death aftermath and legacy During his return from a ministerial tour of the western and southwestern United States, the already ill Pastor Russell died from the result of multiple ailments on the night of October 31, 1916 in a train car as it approached Pampa, Texas. His death was a major front-page headline in many newspapers across the globe. He was buried in Rosemont United Cemetery, Pittsburgh. The gravesite is marked by both a headstone, and an eight-foot tall pyramid memorial gifted f ...
See also:Charles Taze Russell, Charles Taze Russell - Early life, Charles Taze Russell - Ministry, Charles Taze Russell - Beginnings, Charles Taze Russell - Split with Barbour, Charles Taze Russell - Russell's marriage, Charles Taze Russell - Major publications, Charles Taze Russell - Death aftermath and legacy, Charles Taze Russell - Theology and teachings, Charles Taze Russell - Criticisms and controversies Read more here: » Charles Taze Russell: Encyclopedia II - Charles Taze Russell - Death aftermath and legacy |
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| | | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Turquoise - Imitations The Egyptians were apparently the first to produce an artificial imitation of turquoise, in the glazed earthenware product faience. Later glass and enamel were also used, and in modern times more sophisticated ceramics, porcelain, plastics, and various assembled, pressed, bonded, and sintered products (composed of various copper and aluminium compounds) have been developed: examples of the latter include "Viennese turquoise", made from precipitated aluminium phosphate coloured by copper oleate; and "neolith", a mixture of bayerite and copper ...
See also:Turquoise, Turquoise - Properties, Turquoise - Formation, Turquoise - Occurrence, Turquoise - Iran, Turquoise - Sinai, Turquoise - United States, Turquoise - Other sources, Turquoise - History of use, Turquoise - Imitations, Turquoise - Treatments, Turquoise - Valuation and care Read more here: » Turquoise: Encyclopedia II - Turquoise - Imitations |
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| | | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Government The capital of Massachusetts is Boston and the current governor is His Excellency Mitt Romney (Republican). All governors of Massachusetts are given the title His Excellency, a carry-over from the Commonwealth's British past, despite titles being uncommon in American political traditions. The state does not maintain an official governor's residence. Massachusetts's two U.S. senators are Edward Kennedy (Democrat) and John Kerry (Democrat); as of the 2001 redistricting, Massachusetts has ten seats in the United States House of Represent ...
See also:Massachusetts, Massachusetts - Name, Massachusetts - Mass-adchu-et, Massachusetts - Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Geography, Massachusetts - History, Massachusetts - Early settlement, Massachusetts - Europeans: Pilgrims Puritans and Yankees 1620-1686, Massachusetts - Colonial Maturity 1686-1765, Massachusetts - Revolutionary Massachusetts 1765-1780, Massachusetts - Federalist Era 1780-1815, Massachusetts - Leader in industrialization 1815-1860, Massachusetts - Civil War and Gilded Age 1860-1900, Massachusetts - Prosperity decades 1900-1929, Massachusetts - Depression and war 1929-1945, Massachusetts - Economic changes: decline of manufacturing 1945-1980, Massachusetts - Modern economy and society 1980-2006, Massachusetts - Other notable history, Massachusetts - Economy, Massachusetts - Demographics, Massachusetts - Population, Massachusetts - Race and Ancestry, Massachusetts - Religion, Massachusetts - Government, Massachusetts - Legal holidays observed, Massachusetts - Politics, Massachusetts - Banned in Boston, Massachusetts - Liberal reputation, Massachusetts - Defamation of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Contemporary political issues, Massachusetts - Famous politicians and public figures, Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities towns and counties, Massachusetts - Education and research, Massachusetts - The central role of education, Massachusetts - Public schools, Massachusetts - Professional sports, Massachusetts - Trivia Read more here: » Massachusetts: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Government |
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| | | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - New York Yankees - Controversy It is a heated debate whether the Yankees' free-spending is positive or negative for baseball, and whether a strict salary cap would make the sport fairer and increase parity among the large-market and small-market teams. The following are arguments for and against these spending practices:
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The Yankees are "America's Team" They give the casual, or "bandwagon," baseball fan someone to root for when he/she does not have a local favorite, or when their local team is playing poorly.
As "America's Team ...
See also:New York Yankees, New York Yankees - Origins, New York Yankees - The Highlanders, New York Yankees - The Ruth and Gehrig era, New York Yankees - The DiMaggio era, New York Yankees - The 1950s and 1960s, New York Yankees - Return to glory, New York Yankees - A new dynasty, New York Yankees - The 21st century, New York Yankees - Controversy, New York Yankees - Quick facts, New York Yankees - Baseball Hall of Famers, New York Yankees - Current roster, New York Yankees - Minor league affiliations Read more here: » New York Yankees: Encyclopedia II - New York Yankees - Controversy |
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| | | | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Film industry - Animation Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model unit (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result with a special animation camera. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed at a speed of 16 or more frames per second, there is an illusion of continuous movement (due to the persistence of vision). Generating such a film is very labour intens ...
See also:Film industry, Film industry - History of film, Film industry - Origins of motion picture arts and sciences, Film industry - Protean developments, Film industry - The silent era, Film industry - The Sound Era & The Golden Age of Hollywood, Film industry - The 1940s: the war and post-war years, Film industry - The 1950s: Widescreen 70mm Stereo and even 3D, Film industry - The 1960s, Film industry - The 1970s, Film industry - The '80s: sequels blockbusters and videotape, Film industry - The Digital Age, Film industry - The '90s and new Millenium: technical advances, Film industry - Film theory, Film industry - History, Film industry - Specific theories styles and movements in film, Film industry - Film criticism, Film industry - The motion picture industry, Film industry - Stages of filmmaking, Film industry - Development, Film industry - Preproduction, Film industry - Production, Film industry - Post-production, Film industry - Distribution, Film industry - Film crew, Film industry - Production Team, Film industry - Primary Production Artists, Film industry - Camera and lighting, Film industry - Production sound, Film industry - Postproduction picture, Film industry - Postproduction sound, Film industry - Independent filmmaking, Film industry - Animation, Film industry - Film venues, Film industry - Development of film technology, Film industry - Endurance of films, Film industry - Wikibooks, Film industry - Basic types of film, Film industry - Lists, Film industry - Other Read more here: » Film industry: Encyclopedia II - Film industry - Animation |
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| | | | | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Qing Dynasty - Qing government and society
Qing Dynasty - Society.
Manchu males had the custom of braiding hair into a pigtail known as a queue. During the Qing Dynasty, the Manchus enforced this custom onto the Han population, and any male who was seen without pigtail outdoors was to be beheaded.
Emperor Kangxi commanded the most complete dictionary of Chinese characters ever put together at the time, and under Emperor Qianlong, the compilation of a catalogue of the important works on Chinese culture was made. Thousands of books viewed by Manchu rulers as politically unacceptable were destroyed when compiling the cata ...
See also:Qing Dynasty, Qing Dynasty - Formation of the Manchu state, Qing Dynasty - The conquest of China, Qing Dynasty - Kangxi and Consolidation, Qing Dynasty - The Yongzheng & Qianlong emperors, Qing Dynasty - Rebellion unrest and external pressure, Qing Dynasty - The Rule of Empress Dowager Cixi, Qing Dynasty - Qing government and society, Qing Dynasty - Society, Qing Dynasty - Politics, Qing Dynasty - Bureaucracy, Qing Dynasty - Military, Qing Dynasty - Fall of the Dynasty, Qing Dynasty - Legacy, Qing Dynasty - External link Read more here: » Qing Dynasty: Encyclopedia II - Qing Dynasty - Qing government and society |
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| | | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - 1912 - Events
1912 - January-March.
January 1 - Establishment of Republic of China.
January 5 - Prague Party Conference
January 6 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
January 17 - British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the second expedition to reach the South Pole.
January 23 - The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
February 8 - Mexican Revolution - Military rebellion against the rule of F ...
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| | | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - 1912 - Births
1912 - January-February.
January 1 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
January 3 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
January 6 - Jacques Ellul, French philosopher (d. 1994)
January 7 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
January 8 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992)
January 19 - Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
January 21 - Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel ...
See also:1912, 1912 - Events, 1912 - January-March, 1912 - April-September, 1912 - October-November, 1912 - December, 1912 - Unknown dates, 1912 - Births, 1912 - January-February, 1912 - March-April, 1912 - May-July, 1912 - August-November, 1912 - December, 1912 - Deaths, 1912 - Nobel Prizes Read more here: » 1912: Encyclopedia II - 1912 - Births |
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