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94 matches to Marshall Plan
Marshall, George. 1880-1959. US general. Marshall Plan.
Marshall Plan. 1948-52. European Recovery Program. US supplied $12B goods, loans, grants. Rejected by COMECON as ’dollar imperialism’.
Marbury vs Madison. 1803. First US Supreme court ruling an Act of Congress unconstitutional. Marshall.
Marshall, James. 1810-85. Discovered gold 1848. California Gold Rush 1849.
Marshall, John. 1755-1835. US Chief Justice. Marbury-Madison.
Marshall, Thurgood. 1908-93. First black on US Supreme Court 1967-92.
McLuhan, Marshall. 1911-80. Canadian author on effect of media on society. Gutenberg Galaxy. -“Global Village”.-“Medium is the message”.
Nauru. 1798 Sighted. 1888 Germany (Marshall Is). 1914 Australia. 1920 Britain/Ausralia/New Zealand mandate. 1942 Japanese occupy. 1947 Australian trust. 1968 Independent republic.
Abercrombie, Patrick. 1879-1957. British architect: Greater London town plan, 1943.
Ader, Clement. 1841-1926. French aviation engineer. 1890 first plane.
Alphonsine Tables. 1252. Incorrect astronomical data on planets, based on geocentric system.
Anaximander. c611-547BC. Miletan (Greek) philosopher. First Greek maps. Attempted systematic explanation of Universe. Named zodiac signs 560BC.
Angevin Dynasty. Descendants of French House of Anjou. France -1480. Plantagenet Kings of England 1154-1485. Charles I of Anjou.
April Theses. 1917. Lenin’s plan for Soviet takeover of state power from provisional government.
Ayala Plan. 1911. Zapata to renew Mexican Revolution, return land to communal ownership.
Barnard, Christian. 1922-2001. South African surgeon-first human heart transplant 1967.
Bevin, Ernest. 1881-1951. British labour leader, statesman. TUC. Initiated Colombo Plan.
Blériot, Louis. 1872-1936. French aviator. First plane to cross Channel, 1909.
Bode, Johann. 1747-1826. German astronomer: Laws of planetary distances, 1766.
Brown, Robert. 1773-1858. Scottish botanist: Brownian movement. Plant cell nucleus.
Carrel, Alexis. 1873-1944. French/US surgeon. Pioneered transplants.
Catesby, Robert. 1573-1605. Planned Gunpowder Plot.
Champs-Élysée. Paris boulevard. (=Elysian Fields.) Trees planted by Le Nôtre 1667. Named 1709.
Charlottetown Conference. 1864. Canadian provinces plan Confederation.
Chernobyl. 1986. Ukraine nuclear power plant disaster.