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1 hour ago · Alpha Kappa Alpha was awarded a $4 million grant (equivalent to $38.7 million in 2023) to operate the Cleveland Job Corps on February 12, 1965, becoming the first sorority to operate a federal job training center. [42] [60] Beginning in 1965, the Cleveland Job Corps trained female high school dropouts, aged 16 to 21, with job and educational ...
1 hour ago · The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
1 day ago · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [ a ] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865. Grant was born in Ohio and graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1843.
1 day ago · AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. [5] It is the world's third largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest wireless carrier in the United ...
1 day ago · Tennessee is the 36th-largestby area and the 15th-most populousof the 50 states. Tennessee's population as of the 2020 United States censusis approximately 6.9 million. [11] Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisionsof East, Middle, and West Tennessee.
1 day ago · The Bowie High School Counseling Department is hosting our annual college and career fair at our main campus from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Wednesday October 16th. There will be over 50 Colleges and Employers here.
1 day ago · Ninfa Segarra, New York City Council member; president of the New York City Board of Education, 2000–02 [343] Victoria Leigh Soto , educator who emerged as a hero in the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut , when she hid students and died trying to protect them from alleged shooter Adam Lanza ; her father is Puerto Rican [ 344 ]
