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1 day ago · Recorded January 4, 1980. James Earl Carter Jr.(born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United Statesfrom 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 76th governor of Georgiafrom 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senatorfrom 1963 to 1967.
7 hours ago · Website. Campaign website. Jill Ellen Stein(born May 14, 1950) is an American physician and activist. She is the Green Party's nominee for president of the United Statesin the 2024 election, and was previously its candidate in the 2012and 2016elections. She was the Green-Rainbow Party's candidate for governor of Massachusettsin 2002and 2010.
7 hours ago · Theodor Herzl was the founder of the modern Zionist movement. In his 1896 pamphlet Der Judenstaat, he envisioned the founding of a future independent Jewish state during the 20th century. Zionism[ a ] is an ethnocultural nationalist [ 1 ][ b ] movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of a Jewish ...
7 hours ago · John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed when Kennedy's private plane crashes off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in July 1999. Debate on assisted suicide , highly publicized by Michigan doctor Jack Kevorkian , surfaces when Kevorkian is charged with multiple counts of homicide of his terminally ill patients through the decade.
7 hours ago · At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, five workers suffered anoxia due to pure nitrogen atmosphere in the aft engine compartment of Space Shuttle Columbia during a countdown demonstration test for the STS-1 mission. 51-year-old John Bjornstad died at the scene; 50-year-old Forrest Cole went into a coma and died two weeks later, and Nick Mullon died 14 years later from complications of injuries ...
7 hours ago · Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on April 3, 1948. The labeling used on aid packages created and sent under the Marshall Plan. General George C. Marshall, the 50th U.S. Secretary of State. The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western ...
1 day ago · Whiskey Rebellion. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
