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21Reagan, Ronald W. — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full Ronald Wilson Reagan born February 6, 1911, Tampico, Illinois, U.S. died June 5, 2004, Los Angeles, California 40th president of the United States (1981–89), noted for his conservative… …
22People's Liberation Army Navy — 中国人民解放军海军 People s Liberation Army Navy Active since September 1950 …
231952 steel strike — on essentially the same terms the union had proposed four months earlier. [Marcus, Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power, 1977, p. 253.] Wage control policy during the Korean WarOn February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph… …
24KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT — The kibbutz, or kevuẓah (plural: kibbutzim, kevuẓot) is a voluntary collective community, mainly agricultural, in which there is no private wealth and which is responsible for all the needs of the members and their families. The kibbutz movement… …
25Japan–United States relations — The relationship between Japan and the United States of America is one of very close economic and military cooperation coupled with extensive cultural exchange.Historical backgroundThe earliest interactionsThe indirect exchange of trade goods… …
261926 Lithuanian coup d'état — The 1926 Lithuanian coup d état (Lithuanian: 1926 ųjų perversmas ) was a military coup d etat in Lithuania that resulted in the replacement of the democratically elected government with a conservative authoritarian government led by Antanas… …
27Tanks (1919–1939) — The First World War established the validity of the tank concept. Between the two world wars, many nations needed to have tanks, but only a few had the industrial resources to design and build them. During and after World War I, Britain and… …
28History of Russia — The history of Russia begins with that of the East Slavs. The first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus , adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, [cite web|title=Kievan Rus and Mongol Periods|url=http://www.shsu.edu/ his… …
29Cochabamba protests of 2000 — The Cochabamba protests of 2000, also known as The Cochabamba Water Wars, were a series of protests that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia s third largest city, between January and April 2000 because of the privatization of the municipal water… …
30Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
