Tag: us presidents
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October 12, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Luciano Pavarotti
Born on this day in Modena, Italy, in 1935, Luciano Pavarotti, an operatic lyric tenor noted for his mastery of the highest notes of a tenor's range, is considered . . . more
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October 13, 2006 11:08 AM EDT --
Abraham Lincoln was elected U.S. president in 1860; John F. Kennedy in 1960. Both men were murdered, assassinated by men with 15 letters in their name. Both men were succeeded by a Southern Democrat named . . . more
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November 02, 2006 01:18 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 2
1976: Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president
Jimmy Carter, former Democratic governor of Georgia and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in . . . more
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October 04, 2006 06:10 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1957: Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R.
On this day in 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which orbited the Earth until 1958, inaugurated . . . more
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October 10, 2006 08:49 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1985: American motion-picture actor, director, producer, and writer Orson Welles died.
1973: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned from office and pleaded no contest to the charge . . . more
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October 11, 2006 07:37 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt, born this day in 1884, was a United Nations diplomat, a humanitarian, the wife (and distant cousin) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and, . . . more
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October 05, 2006 06:32 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Václav Havel
Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel, born this day in 1936, was known for his absurdist depiction of bureaucratic routines and later served as president . . . more
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October 20, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
This Day in History – October 20
1973: During the ongoing Watergate investigation, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations . . . more
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December 19, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
This Day in History –- December 19
1998: Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton
On this day in 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President . . . more
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September 06, 2006 11:33 PM EDT --
Quote of the Day
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"Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar."
- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's . . . more
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October 13, 2006 12:12 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Margaret Thatcher
British Conservativepolitician Margaret Thatcher, born this day in 1925, was Europe's first woman prime ministerand Britain's only prime minister in the . . . more
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October 30, 2006 11:00 AM EST --
This Day in History –- October 30
1974: Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle," regaining the world heavyweight boxing title.
1938: Orson . . . more
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November 22, 2006 10:54 AM EST --
This Day in History -- November 22
1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated
The most notorious political murder in recent American history occurred this day in 1963, when John F. Kennedy, the . . . more
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November 28, 2006 06:38 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 28
1943: Opening of Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference, attended by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet . . . more
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December 04, 2006 03:56 PM EST --
This Day in History –- December 4
1996: The unmanned space vehicle Mars Pathfinder was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in order to explore the surface of Mars.
1918: U.S. . . . more
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December 05, 2006 06:59 PM EST --
Biography of the Day -- Walt Disney
Walt Disney, born in Chicago this day in 1901, pioneered animated cartoon films, created such beloved characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and founded . . . more
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November 29, 2006 07:08 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 29
2001: George Harrison, formerly of the Beatles, died of cancer at the home of a friend in Los Angeles.
1997: In a ceremony that was broadcast around . . . more
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September 14, 2006 10:35 AM EDT --
Biography of the Day
Dante
Italian poet and philosopher Dante, best known for the epic poem The Divine Comedy—considered one of the world's great works of literature and divided into Hell (Inferno), . . . more
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