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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... named U.S. Secretary of State Andrew Mellon named Secretary of the Treasury Former President William Howard Taft named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Boies Penrose , senator from Pennsylvania , political boss , d . ( b . 1860 ) ...
... named U.S. Secretary of State Andrew Mellon named Secretary of the Treasury Former President William Howard Taft named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Boies Penrose , senator from Pennsylvania , political boss , d . ( b . 1860 ) ...
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... named President of France Franz von Papen named Ger . Chancellor Oliviera Salazar elected Premier of Portugal Ger . Reichstag elections : Nazis 230 seats , Socialists 133 , Center 97 , Communists 89 Hitler refuses Hindenburg's offer to ...
... named President of France Franz von Papen named Ger . Chancellor Oliviera Salazar elected Premier of Portugal Ger . Reichstag elections : Nazis 230 seats , Socialists 133 , Center 97 , Communists 89 Hitler refuses Hindenburg's offer to ...
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... named U.S. Secretary of State ( -1944 ) and Sumner Welles Undersecretary Nikolai Yudenich , White Russ . general , d . ( b . 1862 ) Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected Mayor of New York City , defeating Tammany Hall Henry Morgenthau , Jr ...
... named U.S. Secretary of State ( -1944 ) and Sumner Welles Undersecretary Nikolai Yudenich , White Russ . general , d . ( b . 1862 ) Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected Mayor of New York City , defeating Tammany Hall Henry Morgenthau , Jr ...
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