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- 1946 to 1952 he was the first official Secretary-General of the United Nations ... A very significant role that Lie played as Secretary General was through ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 18:30, 2 May 2023
- The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris after the ... In its original form, the Pact of Paris was a renunciation of war ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- | title=United States Secretary of War | term_start=August 1, 1831 ... | title=United States Secretary of War | before=John Henry Eaton ...9 KB (1,272 words) - 22:19, 25 October 2022
- diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham ... Hay was born in 1838, in Salem, Indiana, of Scottish ancestry, raised ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- The Radical Republicans were members of the Republican Party who were ... easy" terms for reuniting the United States following the end ...11 KB (1,485 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- The Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814, in Ghent, Belgium ... The war had become a stalemate and the treaty returned the two countries ...5 KB (803 words) - 14:55, 2 May 2023
- | title=United States Secretary of War | term_start=September 12, 1789 ... assumed the same duties as the United States Secretary of War in Washington ...13 KB (1,896 words) - 15:24, 25 January 2023
- politician. He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- | order=45th United States Secretary of War | title=54th United States Secretary of War | order2=46th ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- an Egyptian diplomat who was the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations ... not responding quickly enough in the face of tragedies like the genocide ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 19:59, 20 November 2023
- U.S. political figure who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President ... One of his policy contributions was what became known as brinkmanship ...14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States ... It ranks fifth in the precedence of military awards behind the Medal ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- A Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States ... The Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are generally ...10 KB (1,549 words) - 19:21, 15 May 2020
- | title2=United States Secretary of War | term_start2=January 20, 1862 ... title= United States Secretary of War | years= January 20, 1862 – ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- journalist in the country during much of his life. He had a brilliant ... Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War and his aggressive political ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... Arguably the single most important piece of legislation passed by ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court ... Austria. His family emigrated to the United States when he was twelve ...8 KB (1,184 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2024
- was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations ... As a devout Buddhist and practitioner of meditation, Thant brought ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States (1841). He ... When Harrison took office in 1841 at the age of 68, he was the oldest ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
- was an American statesman and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State ... ruler Joseph Stalin to conclude that the United States would not intervene ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
