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1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). 1919 - Events. 1919 - January. January 1 - Iolaire sinking disaster January 1 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 - Spartacist uprising - Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution January 9 - Spartacus revolutionary council folds – Friedrich Ebert orde ...

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• 1919 - January
• 1919 - February-April
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• 1919 - July-November
• 1919 - December
• 1919 - Unknown dates
• 1919 - Births
• 1919 - January-April
• 1919 - May-August
• 1919 - September-December
• 1919 - Deaths
• 1919 - Nobel Prizes

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1919 - January-April. January 1 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist January 5 - Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan Trotskyist theoretician January 13 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003) January 14 - Andy Rooney, American journalist January 23 - Hans Hass, Austrian zoologist January 23 - Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (d. 1962) January 25 - Edwin Newman, American journalist and writer January 26 - Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer (d. 19 ...

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1919, 1919 - Events, 1919 - January, 1919 - February-April, 1919 - May-June, 1919 - July-November, 1919 - December, 1919 - Unknown dates, 1919 - Births, 1919 - January-April, 1919 - May-August, 1919 - September-December, 1919 - Deaths, 1919 - Nobel Prizes

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May 18 - 1048 to 1899. 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1123) 1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) 1474 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539) 1610 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664) 1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. 1667) 1662 O.S. - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) 1692 O.S. - Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752) 1711 - Ruđer Josip Bo ...

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May 18, May 18 - Events, May 18 - Births, May 18 - 1048 to 1899, May 18 - 1900 to 1999, May 18 - Deaths, May 18 - 1450 to 1899, May 18 - 1900 to 1999, May 18 - 2000 onwards, May 18 - Holidays and Observances

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Adolph Friedrich Rupp (September 2, 1901 - December 10, 1977) was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball. Rupp is the second winningest men's college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching, and set a remarkable standard of excellence. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 13, 1969. Born in Halstead, Kansas, he played college basketball for the University of Kansas under the great coach Dr. Forrest "Phog" Allen from 1919 to 1923. Rupp went on ...

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• Adolph Rupp - External link

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General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Власов; alternative transliterations of his names appear as Andrei Andreievich and as Vlassov or (in German) Wlassow) (September 14 (September 1 O.S.), 1900, Lomakino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast - August 2, 1946, Moscow) was a Soviet Army General who later worked for the Germans during World War II. Andrey Vlasov - Early career. Originally a student at a Russian seminary, he quit his study after the Rus ...

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• Andrey Vlasov - Early career
• Andrey Vlasov - Defection
• Andrey Vlasov - German client
• Andrey Vlasov - Final days
• Andrey Vlasov - Literature
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June 7 - 1529 to 1899. 1529 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (d. 1615) 1761 - John Rennie, Scottish engineer (d. 1821) 1778 - Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (d. 1840) 1811 - James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (d. 1870) 1831 - Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892) 1845 - Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930) 1848 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903) 1862 - Philipp Lenar ...

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June 7, June 7 - Events, June 7 - Births, June 7 - 1529 to 1899, June 7 - 1900 to 1999, June 7 - Deaths, June 7 - 1329 to 1899, June 7 - 1900 to 1999, June 7 - 2000 onwards, June 7 - Holidays and observances

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In 1922, with the help of the Kansas City Democratic machine led by boss Tom Pendergast, Truman was elected judge of the County Court of Jackson County, Missouri — an administrative, not judicial, position. Although he was defeated for reelection in 1924, he won back the office in 1926 and was reelected in 1930. Truman performed his duties in this office diligently, and won personal acclaim for several popular public works projects, including an extensive series of fine roads for the growing use of the automobiles, building of a new County Court building, and a series of 12 Madonna of the Trail monuments to pioneer ...

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Harry S. Truman, Harry S. Truman - Early life, Harry S. Truman - Political career, Harry S. Truman - Presidency, Harry S. Truman - Israel, Harry S. Truman - Civil rights, Harry S. Truman - Cabinet, Harry S. Truman - Supreme Court appointments, Harry S. Truman - Major legislation signed, Harry S. Truman - Post-presidency, Harry S. Truman - Scholarly Secondary Sources, Harry S. Truman - Primary Sources, Harry S. Truman - Truman's middle initial, Harry S. Truman - Memorials, Harry S. Truman - Media, Harry S. Truman - Notes

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). 1836 - Events. January - Book by Maria Monk claims that she was sexually exploited in a Canadian convent February 3 - United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York. February 23 - The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. February 24 - Samuel Colt receives a pat ...

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• 1836 - Events
• 1836 - Unknown dates
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Although 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 ...

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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

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Chinese astrologers refer to the Moon's Nodes as the Dragon's Head and Tail and give it tremendous attention as to the placement in the natal chart. Sadly, practical modern astrologers tend to ignore its very existence and in the process, lose a wealth of valuable information. To my knowledge, the Dragon, in itself, holds as much, if not more, facts and power than the entire complexity of a whole astrological chart! This article give you the knowledge to understand the Dragon in your personal horoscope.

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Nikolai Vavilov - Works in English. Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants (translated by Doris Love). 1992. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0521404274 Five Continents (translated by Doris Love). 1997. IPGRI, Rome; VIR, St. Petersburg ISBN 9290433027 ...

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Nikolai Vavilov, Nikolai Vavilov - Timeline, Nikolai Vavilov - Works, Nikolai Vavilov - Works in English, Nikolai Vavilov - External link

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During the war Atlee served in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia , where he was badly wounded at El Hanna. He recovered back in England, and was sent to France in 1918 and served on the Western Front for the last few months of the war. By the end of the First World War he had reached the rank of major. After the war, he returned to teaching at the London School of Economics and became involved in local politics, becoming mayor of the London borough of Stepney in 1919. At the 1922 general election Atlee became the MP for the constituency of Limehouse in Stepney. He was Ramsay MacDonald's parli ...

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Clement Attlee, Clement Attlee - Birth and Early Life, Clement Attlee - Early Political Career, Clement Attlee - Opposition, Clement Attlee - Deputy Prime Minister, Clement Attlee - Prime Minister, Clement Attlee - Return to Opposition and Retirement, Clement Attlee - Attlee's Cabinet 1945-1950, Clement Attlee - Changes, Clement Attlee - Attlee's Cabinet 1950-1951, Clement Attlee - Changes

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The traditional festivals of the Indian diaspora all reflect the ancient concept of the Utsav Mela, which encouraged everyone to congregate, meet and mix amid festivity and pageantry. In fact, the word mela (fair) is derived from the word mil , meaning 'to meet'.

Baisakhi epitomises the mela notion of convergence for it brings together people of all castes and communities on the first day of Vaisakha, the beginning of the traditional Indian New Year. Basically a harvest festival, Baisakhi marks the ripening of the Rabi harvest, especially in the Punjab. It is called the Naba Barsha celebrations in Bengal, Rongali Bihu in Assam, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu and Pooram (Vishu) in Kerala.

(See also: Baisakhi , Indian Festivals, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

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1991 - January-February. January 5 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b. 1922) January 8 - Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (b.1960) January 11 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905) January 17 - King Olav V of Norway (b. 1903) January 29 - Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian (b. 1907) January 30 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908 January 30 - John McIntire, American actor (b. 1907) ...

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1991, 1991 - Events, 1991 - January, 1991 - February, 1991 - March, 1991 - April, 1991 - May, 1991 - June, 1991 - July, 1991 - August, 1991 - September, 1991 - October, 1991 - November, 1991 - December, 1991 - Undated events, 1991 - Births, 1991 - Deaths, 1991 - January-February, 1991 - March-May, 1991 - June-December, 1991 - Nobel Prizes, 1991 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

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Chen Duxiu - Chronological life. Oct 1879 to Oct 1901: Early life and education. Oct 1910 to Sep 1915: Planned the 1911 Revolution. Sep 1915 to Apr 1920: Became an influential figure in the May Fourth Movement. Apr 1920 to Jan 1924: Established the Communist Party of China. Jan 1924 to Jul 1927: Worked for the revolution and reformation in China. Jul 1927 to Oct 1932: Dismissed from leadership of party, Changed from supporting Liquidationism to Trotskyism. < ...

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Chen Duxiu, Chen Duxiu - Biography, Chen Duxiu - Chronological life, Chen Duxiu - Early Life., Chen Duxiu - The Founding of the Chinese Communist Party., Chen Duxiu - A Party in Turmoil., Chen Duxiu - Literary Work, Chen Duxiu - Media Experience, Chen Duxiu - Crisis with Cai Yuanpei, Chen Duxiu - Crisis with Hu Shih, Chen Duxiu - Anti-Confucianism, Chen Duxiu - Chen's contribution to Chinese journalism, Chen Duxiu - Reference

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From 1911 to 1916 Cummings attended Harvard, from which he received a B.A. degree in 1915 and a Master's degree for English and Classical Studies in 1916. While at Harvard, he befriended John Dos Passos. Several of Cummings' poems were published, beginning in 1912, in the Harvard Monthly, a school newspaper on which Cummings worked with fellow Harvard Aesthetes Dos Passos and S. Foster Damon, and in 1915 in the Harvard Advocate. From an early age, Cummings studied the classical languages of Greek and Latin. His affinity ...

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E. E. Cummings, E. E. Cummings - Education and early career, E. E. Cummings - Poetry, E. E. Cummings - Criticisms, E. E. Cummings - Cummings as a painter, E. E. Cummings - List of shows, E. E. Cummings - Cummings as a playwright, E. E. Cummings - The final decade, E. E. Cummings - Awards, E. E. Cummings - Personal life, E. E. Cummings - Marriages, E. E. Cummings - Bibliography, E. E. Cummings - Notes

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Born in 1900 in Salida, Colorado, to a peripatetic civil engineer, White lived first in Kansas and then Louisiana. He enrolled to fight in the First World War, but saw only the tail end of it, spending a year in the US Navy before matriculating at Louisiana State University in 1919. In 1921 he transferred to Columbia University where he studied psychology, taking a BA in 1923 and an MA in 1924. Although at the same university as Franz Boas, Leslie White missed the founding father of American anthropology altogether. However, his interests ev ...

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Leslie White, Leslie White - Biography, Leslie White - White's anthropology, Leslie White - Selected publications

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Wilhelm Reich was born in Dobrzanica, a village near Lemberg, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in the Ukraine. His parents, Leon Reich, a prosperous farmer, and Cecilia Roniger, were Jewish. Shortly after his birth, the family moved south to a farm in Jujinetz, near Chernivtsi, Bukovina. He attributed his later interest in the study of sex and the biological basis of the emotions to his upbringing on his father's farm where, as he later put it, the "natural life functions" were never hidden from him. He was taught at home until he was 13 when his mother committed suicide after be ...

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Wilhelm Reich, Wilhelm Reich - Early life and career, Wilhelm Reich - The early development of orgone therapy, Wilhelm Reich - The bion experiments, Wilhelm Reich - T-bacilli, Wilhelm Reich - Orgone accumulators and cloudbusters, Wilhelm Reich - Orgone experiment with Einstein, Wilhelm Reich - The Brady articles and the FDA, Wilhelm Reich - Imprisonment and death, Wilhelm Reich - Status of Reich's work, Wilhelm Reich - Bibliography

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It may be worth noting here that during the period when Korea was closed to foreigners there was an extremely high number of martyrdoms of Koreans who were helping Catholic missionaries.One of the most famous is Andrew Kim, who was beheaded at the age of 25. Christianity in Korea - Academic sympathy—the Shilhak school. Some scholars were, however, more sympathetic to Christianity. Members of the Shilhak (실학; "practical learning") school were greatly attracted to what they saw as the egalitarian value ...

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Christianity in Korea, Christianity in Korea - Early failures: 1593-1784, Christianity in Korea - Underpinnings of Christian growth, Christianity in Korea - Academic sympathy—the Shilhak school, Christianity in Korea - Lay leadership, Christianity in Korea - Parallels in Korean tradition, Christianity in Korea - Use of the Korean alphabet, Christianity in Korea - Protestantism and the founding of modern educational institutions, Christianity in Korea - Idenfication with Korean nationalism, Christianity in Korea - The impact of Christianity on Korean society, Christianity in Korea - Education and literacy, Christianity in Korea - Economic effects, Christianity in Korea - Social relationships, Christianity in Korea - Minjung theology and the human rights struggle, Christianity in Korea - Summary, Christianity in Korea - Looking ahead, Christianity in Korea - Sources, Christianity in Korea - Numbered references, Christianity in Korea - Bibliography

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1835 - Month/day unknown. The Toledo War was fought between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory over the city of Toledo and the Toledo Strip. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, Copernicus' book on the motion of the Earth, is removed from the Index of Prohibited Books. Samuel Colt patents the first revolver Civil war erupts in Uruguay between supporters of Blanco and Colorado parties Cachar Levy, forerunner of Assam Rifles, is founded in India ...

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1835, 1835 - Events, 1835 - Month/day unknown, 1835 - Births, 1835 - Deaths

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