Search results for "President of the United States" - New World Encyclopedia
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- American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat ... He received the Medal of Honor, although very late in his career. ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- By Executive Order of the President of the United States, Herbert Hoover ... is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member ...23 KB (3,569 words) - 00:25, 3 December 2022
- Détente is a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term ... signed by Leonid Brezhnev and President of the United States Jimmy Carter ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- Washington Post, The The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C., ...14 KB (2,023 words) - 17:49, 30 April 2023
- Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone arches—the ... The area, administered by the National Park Service, was originally ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 06:16, 12 August 2023
- The Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847), also known as the Battle ... helped him win election as President of the United States in 1848. Santa ...9 KB (1,403 words) - 03:51, 2 January 2022
- The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington ... Geographic Magazine has, through its use of photojournalism and quality ...17 KB (2,345 words) - 04:11, 11 March 2023
- The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty ... Moscow on May 26, 1972, by the President of the United States, Richard Nixon ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 06:19, 31 July 2023
- – October 4, 1944) was elected Governor of New York four times, and was ... Catherine Mulvihill and initially grew up in the multiethnic Lower East Side ...19 KB (2,817 words) - 07:17, 20 July 2023
- lawyer and amateur poet. While watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry ... because there were no schools nearby. At the age of ten he was sent to ...9 KB (1,528 words) - 04:51, 9 April 2024
- 24, 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist of Parsi-Zoroastrian heritage ... in Bombay (now Mumbai), in 1909. He was one of two sons. His father was a ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched the celebration of "Negro ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- to 1973 and as the 41st vice president of the United States of America from ... to 1973 and as the 41st vice president of the United States of America from ...23 KB (3,392 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2022
- *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- and politician who was for many years the voice of the young nation ... Born in South Africa, he excelled as a student of foreign languages ...12 KB (1,691 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- |Country || United States |- |University type || Private women's ... The Seven Sisters are seven highly prestigious, historically women ...12 KB (1,555 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- | location_country = United States | location = Reston, Virginia, United States | area_served = United States ...15 KB (2,010 words) - 04:19, 11 March 2023
- of Independence, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. The house is of Jefferson's own design ...14 KB (2,117 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- in Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman's suffrage ... requirements. In 1872, the President of the United States was not elected ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 06:00, 8 May 2020
- 1957), older sister to Grace Abbott, both of Grand Island, Nebraska, began ... Edith Abbott was born into a family that believed in the ideals of ...7 KB (1,082 words) - 18:12, 12 February 2024
