The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's KulturfahrplanThe Timetables of History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. |
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... elected president of Fr. provisional government Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals begin Nobel Peace Prize : Amer . Secretary of State Cordell Hull Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed ; Tito chief of state Karl Renner ...
... elected president of Fr. provisional government Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals begin Nobel Peace Prize : Amer . Secretary of State Cordell Hull Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed ; Tito chief of state Karl Renner ...
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... elected Prime Minister of Israel René Coty elected President of France Churchill named Knight of the Order of the Garter Nobel Peace Prize : Gen. George C. Marshall Robert A. Taft , U.S. Senator and public servant , d . ( b . 1889 ) B ...
... elected Prime Minister of Israel René Coty elected President of France Churchill named Knight of the Order of the Garter Nobel Peace Prize : Gen. George C. Marshall Robert A. Taft , U.S. Senator and public servant , d . ( b . 1889 ) B ...
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... elected President of France Imre Nagy executed in Hungary after secret trial Alaska becomes 49th state of the U.S. Khrushchev visits Peking U.S.S.R. grants a loan to the United Arab Republic for building Aswan Dam Ayub Khan elected ...
... elected President of France Imre Nagy executed in Hungary after secret trial Alaska becomes 49th state of the U.S. Khrushchev visits Peking U.S.S.R. grants a loan to the United Arab Republic for building Aswan Dam Ayub Khan elected ...
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