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Ahmed Riza, (1859-1932) Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1919-1926
After having played an important role in the Ottoman peace negotiations with the Entente, he became the leader of the Liberal Party of the Ottoman Empire. Even thought the Empire lost the Levant and Mesopotamia, Riza is usually credited for saving the empire by convincing the Entente powers to let the Ottomans keep all of Anatolia, parts of Thrace and the Hatay and Mosul areas. Riza became the first Grand Vizier of the Third Constitutional Era, and the democratization of the empire can be added to his achievements. He introduced universal suffrage for both men and women, much to the dismay of the Islamists and Nationalists. Riza lead the Liberal Party to electoral victory in 1922 and survived a coup attempt by the army in 1925. In 1926 the Liberals lost the elections, and Riza stepped down from the position as Grand Vizier.

Riza's foreign policy was directed towards friendship with Britain and France, as well a support for decolonization in the Islamic world. When the Kingdom of Iraq was made independent from Britain, the Ottoman Empire was the first nation to recognize it.
 

Roslin's Wig

Yeah, yesterday I bought the ugly painting of some obscure Austrian painter called Adolf Hitler. I bought it mainly because I felt a bit bad for the guy, who obviously had few screws loose in his head.
 

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Ronald Reagan (1911-2011): Republican US President (1969-1993). He is most Known for these feats:

  • Winning WWIII (1977-1983) against The People's Republic of France (Communist) without the use of nuclear weapons
  • The longest period of economic growth in Us history (1971-1998)
  • Elimination of the Capital Gains Tax (1971)
  • Institution of a flat tax (1973)
  • Leaving the US government with a $3,000,000,000,000 surplus when he left office in 1993
After his death in March of 2011 a bill was proposed by Sen. George W. Bush (R-TX) and Sen. Michelle Obama (D-IL.) to place the former president on the $ 20 Bill.
 

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Alexei Kosygin. Leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Nikita Khrushchev in 1971. Made several reforms to the Communist Parties in the Warsaw Pact, and was forced to send in the army after some Stalinist leaders refused to step down. former deputy Premier and economist. Died in 1983, and was succed by his foreign minister, Anatoly Dobrynin.
 

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Paul von Hindenburg 1847-1923

One of the important German leaders during WW1, headed the so called Berlin government during the German Civil War. He dismissed the Ebert government in early 1920 due to it's incompetence in handling the Communist uprising, and installed a military junta. He died when the People's Army stormed Berlin in February 1923 (or so it is believed, he disappeared during the battle), and thus Paul Emil von Lettow Vorbeck assumed the role as head of the German national government in East Prussia.
 

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Ronald Reagan (1911-2011): Republican US President (1969-1993). He is most Known for these feats:

  • Winning WWIII (1977-1983) against The People's Republic of France (Communist) without the use of nuclear weapons
  • The longest period of economic growth in Us history (1971-1998)
  • Elimination of the Capital Gains Tax (1971)
  • Institution of a flat tax (1973)
  • Leaving the US government with a $3,000,000,000,000 surplus when he left office in 1993
After his death in March of 2011 a bill was proposed by Sen. George W. Bush (R-TX) and Sen. Michelle Obama (D-IL.) to place the former president on the $ 20 Bill.
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Come on, do we really want a Mary Sue-like Reagan?

Iossif Wissarionowitsch - A Georgian comedian, commonly known as "Joseph Vissario", who started as a comedy actor in Georgian theatres. He later imigrated to the United States, as he felt too repressed by the Georgian authorities. Wissario played the character of the dorky imigrant who, despite everything seemingly going against him, still has a heart of gold. His movies were highly grossing at his time, and he managed to earn some money. He used it to fund the democracy movement in Georgia, which was vital for overthrowing the regime in the 1950's. But Vissario couldn't witness the liberation of his home land, as he died of a heart attack in the 1950's.

Vladimir Lenin - A political theorist, who was an influential voice in the Russian exile community. His theories were about his imaginations of a communist revolution in Russia. Even though the Tsarist government was overthrown in 1918, he still was critical of the new Menshevik government. But the Mensheviks were successful, and Lenin was a bitter man until his death in 1928.

Leon Trotsky - He was the head of the "Russian Armed Forces" that led Russia to victory in the second Russo-Japanese War from 1937 to 1941. Even though he implemented an unpopular draft, this helped him to build a large army that brought Russia its victory. Trotsky was released from command in 1946 and he spent his remaining years as a consultant to the military. He would die peacefully in 1955.

Walt Disney - He was the first senator from the "Socialist Farmer-Labor Party", who won his californian seat in 1940. He became known for bringing in some legislation that were aimed at helping the American farmers. One of them became known as the "1947 Disney act", that implemented import tariffs on certain agricultural goods, such as corn or sugar. Disney was also a key factor in the moderatisation of the SFLP, which eventually helped them winning the Presidential Elections in 1968. Disney would die in 1969, after a long disease.
 

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Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) (US President 1921-28)

When World War I began in August 1914, Hoover helped organize the return of 120,000 Americans from Europe: tourists, students, executives, etc. For the duration of WWI, Hoover worked administered the distribution of over two and one-half million tons of food to millions of war victims. After the war, as a member of the Supreme Economic Council and head of the American Relief Administration, Hoover organized shipments of food for millions of starving people in throughout Europe.

He was elected Vice President in 1920, then assumed the Presidency upon President Lowden's assassination the next year. His Presidency was known as a prosperous time for America, with a booming economy and a growing US presence on the world diplomatic stage as the European powers began to falter -- due, in no small part, to the United States' entry into the League of Nations following his election. His policies looked to ease America out of the "Progressive excesses of the past", primarily with lower taxes. His time in the White House was also known for his early efforts at securing Civil Rights for African Americans, notably with the Anti-Lynching Act, and for immigrants.
 
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Catherine Breshkovsky 1844-1934

Was an influencial member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, which became an important support party for the Menshevik regime in the Republic of Russia (and later Soviet Union, after the Union Proclamations 1928). Despite her age she served in the Council of the Republic as Women's Secretary 1923-26, and in the Council of the Union as Labour Secretary 1929-30. Always called the Babushka of the Russian Revolution. She died 90 years old in 1934. It is said that because of the strong personalities of the Socialist Revolutionary Party the Mensheviks were never able to make the USSR a one party dictatorship, which is what happened in Germany. Both Bolsheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries were thus able to gain high offices in the Politiburo and in the People's Assemblies.
 

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Lavrentiy Beria 1899-1947, Chairman of the Council of the Georgian SSR 1941-47
Beria was a Bolshevik politician in the Georgian SSR in the USSR, and was the leader of the Georgian People's Militia during the 30s. He favored central planning and a stronger centralized rule. After the death of Noe Zhordania, the Menshevik leader in Georgia, Beria was able to grab power in 1941, with the help of allies in the NKVD and the Georgian People's Militia. Thus Georgia became the first Soviet Republic not ruled by the Mensheviks. Beria's Georgia was brutal, and he used his power to get rid of all his political enemies. In Russia he came to be called Stalin, the man of steel, and his ideology of strong centralization was usually called Stalinism, an followers of that ideology had a lot of influence over Soviet politics in the 50s. Beria himself was assassinated by an Georgian Menshevik activist in 1947.
 
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Col. Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager, USAAF (Ret.) - (1923 - ) Commander of the first manned mission to land on the moon (Selene 3) in 1962, and the first man to step foot on the moon's surface. Notably reclusive, he dropped out of public view from 1963 to 1992 when he published a memoir entitled All I Did Was Go To the Moon. He embarked on a publicity tour for the book which was cut short when knocked talk-show host Tony Blair unconscious with a punch to the jaw during an on-air interview.

Tony Blair - former host of the popular BBC7 late night talk show Late Night Talk Show from 1990 to 2001. Left the show to enter policits and a disastarous run for public office. Remembered mostly for havin been knocked unconscious by astronaut Chuck Yeager on the air in 1992.
 
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Michelle Bachmann: Recently convicted of embezzling over $8 million, mail fraud and money laundering during her 10 years as CEO of Mall of America, Bachmann faces a sentence of 65 years to life in prison. Mall of America is currently run by bankruptcy trustee and former US Attorney Amy Klobuchar.

Donald Trump is looking to purchase Mall of America once it emerges from bankruptcy.

Dr. Ernesto Guevara: Argentinian neurosurgeon, interim Minister of Health in the government formed after the 1974-1976 Argentinian Civil War and first Socialist President of Argentina (1980-1988). First leader of a Latin American country to introduce universal health insurance. During his presidency, the number of hospitals increased by 1000 percent.

Edson Arantes "Pele" do Nascimento: Evangelical minister turned politician whose nonviolent methods led to passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1975 in Brazil. In 1982, Reverend Nascimento was elected the first black President of Brazil. Under his leadership, Brazil went from a $50 million budget deficit to a $200 million surplus and unemployment fell to 3 percent when he left office in 1992. Also during that time, Brazil won three World Cups in soccer (1982, 1986 and 1990).

Claude Pepper: Entrepreneur who founded the Pepper Fried Chicken Company (PFC) in 1929 when he opened the first restaurant in Miami, Florida. Appearing in public in his trademark white pants and suit with his necktie, PFC became a multi-international franchise with restaurants in every continent except Antarctica (there was even a PFC restaurant in Governors Island, New York when it served as a naval base).

In 1951, Governor George Smathers named Pepper the first Florida Colonel.

Colonel Pepper retired in 1980 as CEO and Chairman of the Board after selling the company to Chicago real estate mogul Hugh Hefner. He spent the remainder of his life raising money for the Claude Pepper Foundation which is building low cost housing all over the USA for the elderly.

When Pepper died in 1989, his estate was worth over $3 billion dollars.

Raymond Albert Kroc: An owner of 14 PFC franchises in San Diego County, Kroc was elected mayor of San Diego in 1960. After balancing the budget every year, Kroc was elected Governor of California in 1966. His coattails resulted in the Republicans winning control of the state Assembly and Senate. After two terms in office, Kroc retired from politics in 1974.
 

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Martin Luther 1483-1546
German theologian, Cardinal and chief advisor for Pope Gregory XIII (formerly Cardinal Cajetan), Luther was instrumental in Gregory's reforms of the Roman-Catholic church, clamping down on the rampant trade of letters of indulgence, as well as overseeing the ecclesiastical and dogmatic of Gregory's reforms.
Luther was canonized in 1743.
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I thought one of the rules was a PoD in 1900?
 

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James Danforth Quayle (1947-) - his comfortable childhood the casualty of a vicious divorce, Quayle responded by ably plunging himself into the world of politics at an early age. Ronald Reagan personally selected this rising Indiana star as his successor, although that relationship turned acrimonious after the horrific Financial Crisis of 1999-2001 ushered in a Democratic Administration for the first time in 32 years. To this day, Quayle is a regular on the Sunday talk circuit, angrily attacking Democratic policies while at the same time vowing that he was scapegoated by his predecessor.
 

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin(1870-1954) died at the age 0f 84

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, better known just simply as Lenin, was the supreme leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until his death in 1954. Famous for coming up with his own Communist theory, Marxism-Leninism, under his rule the German war machine was stopped dead in its tracks in the harsh snows of western Russia.

Further accomplishments he contributed to the Socialist world were:

-Turning Russia into a middle-of-the-road power through controlled industrialization and a brief stint at collectivization only lasting around two years, scrapped at Trotsky's behest after the peasants had begun to get unruly.

-Under his rule, Nazi Germany was not only defeated, but the entire nation was added to the list of Socialist states in the world. He also spread Communism to Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Italy, Albania and he held influence over Tito's Yugoslavia.

-He ordered the word's first atomic bomb detonated over Berlin, ending the long war in Europe in 1945 after the failed D-Day landings, sparing Europe another one or two years of war from an unrelenting opponent.

-In keeping with his letters and various writings, he ushered in a more liberal, democratic phase for the USSR following the success of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. Although not the wholly democratic state envisioned by the Russian proletarians in 1917, he had begun the slow but steady process of turning the USSR into the truly Socialist Democratic state the world knows today

 
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