tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39127902011-07-30T10:21:03.714-05:00Henderson Prize for the Advancement of Libertyliberty prizeAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-55437558978739715982009-11-09T00:01:00.013-06:002009-11-09T00:13:42.536-06:00Demokratischer Aufbruch (Democratic Awakening)Christian Führer (1943-)Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927-)Initiative Freiheit und Menschenrechte (Initiative for Peace and Human Rights)Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1930-)Lothar de Maziére, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic (1940-)Neues Deutschland, official newspaper of the Socialist Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-87413730637056145302008-07-03T09:25:00.003-05:002008-07-03T11:51:50.796-05:00Henry I, King of England (1068-1135)Henry III, King of England (1207-1272)Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent (before 1180–1243)Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1150-1228)William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146-1219)Parliament of England, 1297Parties to the Magna Carta of 1215:Surety Barons: William d'Albini, Lord of Belvoir Castle; Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk; Hugh BigodAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-17862654237278394662007-05-01T06:35:00.000-05:002007-05-01T06:51:21.033-05:00Miklós Németh (1948-)Németh played a role in the overthrow of Communism in two separate nations. He was a major reform leader in the Hungarian Communist Party. During his term as Prime Minister, he allowed East Germans to pass through Hungary to flee to the West.RESOURCES:Wikipedia: Miklós NémethAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-83476609394530838302007-05-01T06:30:00.000-05:002007-05-01T06:42:22.721-05:00László Antal (?)József Antall (1932-1993)János Kádár (1912-1989)László Lengyel (?)Rezso Nyers (?)Imre Pozsgay (1933-) Márton Tardos (?)Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége (Federation of Young Democrats)Magyar Demokrata Fórum (Hungarian Democratic Forum)Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége (Alliance of Free Democrats)"This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" - T. S. Eliot, The Hollow MenAtAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-1123304345144041122005-08-28T00:35:00.000-05:002005-08-28T02:41:26.776-05:00J. Alleyne (?), Counsel for James SomersetSarah Banks (?)Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868)Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845)Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846)Quobna Ottobah Cugoano (?)Serjeant William Davy (?), Counsel for James SomersetJohn Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), Counsel for Thomas LewisOlaudah Equiano (c.1745-1797)Alexander Falconbridge (?)Serjeant John Glynn (?)Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-1085895104252935982004-05-30T06:00:00.001-05:002008-06-15T11:47:44.721-05:00The Apostles of Jesus Christ: Andrew, Bartholomew, James son of Alphaeus, James son of Zebedee, John son of Zebedee, Jude (aka Thaddeus), Matthew, Simon Peter, Philip, Simon the Zealot, Thomas, Matthias, Paul of TarsusThe Authors of the Gospels of Jesus Christ: John, Luke, Matthew, John MarkWith Matthias, who had been elected to replace Judas after the latter's death (Acts 1:12-26), Jesus' Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-1079766355309385352004-03-31T07:05:00.000-06:002005-08-24T19:02:48.153-05:00Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927-)Lech Walesa (1943-)The Catholic Church of Poland. Primate of Poland: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski (in office, 1949-1981), Józef Glemp (in office, 1981-)Komitet Obrony Robotnikow (Workers' Defense Committee)Komitet Obywatelski "Solidarność" (Citizens' Committee "Solidarity"), and other dissident groups involved in the Round Table TalksNiezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-2002216662003-05-01T06:05:00.001-05:002005-08-24T19:01:51.186-05:00Carlos Glidden (1834-1877)Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890)Samuel W. Soulé (?)In 1864, Wisconsin journalist Christopher Sholes and friend Samuel W. Soulé received a patent for a page numbering machine. Carlos Glidden, a mechanic and an inventor himself, proposed that the invention be improved upon to print letters, drawing inspiration from John Pratt’s unsuccessful “pterotype” printing Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-2000153222003-05-01T06:05:00.000-05:002005-08-24T19:00:40.116-05:00Alexander Dubcek (1921-1992) Václav Havel (1936-)Augustin Navratil (?)Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek, Archbishop of Prague (1909-2001)Charter 77 (Charta 77), signersCommittee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted (Výbor na obranu nespravedlivě stíhaných)Civic Forum (Občanské Fórum)Public Against Violence (Veřejnost Proti Násilí)On January 1, 1977, 243 Czech dissidents signed a Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-856401572002-11-05T01:04:00.000-06:002005-08-24T18:59:53.956-05:00Johannes Gutenberg (c.1400-1468)Seeking to improve on the printing technology of the time that used engraved wooden plates, in 1440 Gutenberg built the first printing press that used movable metal type. Metal was much more durable than wood, and type much more versatile than plates with entire texts engraved on them.In his book Free to Choose, Milton Friedman wrote:"Industrial progress, Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-856403332002-11-05T01:03:00.000-06:002005-08-24T18:59:14.760-05:00Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)This Scottish minister was no stranger to conflict with the British authorities. His book Exercitationes Apologeticae pro Divina Gratia took the Calvinist side in its ongoing debate with Arminianism; this earned him exile in Aberdeen for a time. In 1644 he wrote Lex, Rex: A Dispute For the Prerogative of King and People. Rutherford argued that the monarch was not the Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-856403342002-11-05T01:02:00.000-06:002005-08-24T18:09:17.530-05:00John Locke (1632-1704)This Oxford scholar, occasional physician, political aide, and economist was a prolific writer who explored many topics. His principle political writings were A Letter Concerning Toleration and Two Treatises of Civil Government. The former called for, among other things, interdenominational civility ("The toleration of those that differ from others in matters of religion is Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-856403352002-11-05T01:01:00.000-06:002005-08-24T18:00:19.700-05:00The First Continental Congress: Silas Deane, Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman (Connecticut); Thomas Keane, George Read Caesar Rodney, (Delaware); Samuel Chase, Thomas Johnson, William Paca, Matthew Tilghman (Maryland); Nathaniel Folsam, John Sullivan (New Hampshire); James Kinsey, William Livingston, Stephen Crane, Richard Smith (New Jersey); John Alsop, Samuel Bocrum, James Duane, William Floyd, Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912790.post-856403362002-11-05T01:00:00.000-06:002005-08-24T17:28:13.366-05:00Candidates for the Presidency of the United States of America, Election of 1800: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican), Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican), John Adams (Federalist), Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist), John Jay (Federalist)The Seventh Congress of the United States of America (1801-1803)Historians generally note two aspects of this historic election: that it marked a change from Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.com