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5 hours ago · Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈlɪndənˈbeɪnz /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.
5 hours ago · Richard Bruce Cheney (/ ˈtʃeɪni / CHAY-nee; [ a ] born January 30, 1941), known universally as Dick Cheney, [ b ] is an American retired politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush.
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.
5 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 · The election of John Kennedy as U.S. president sped up preparations for the invasion; [95] Kennedy had specifically denied any support for Batista supporters: "Batista murdered 20,000 Cubans in seven years – a greater proportion of the Cuban population than the proportion of Americans who died in both World Wars, and he turned Democratic Cuba into a complete police state – destroying every ...
5 hours ago · Ohio (/ oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ / ⓘ oh-HY-oh) [ 14 ] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area.
1 day ago · Ronald Wilson Reagan[ a ] (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement, and his presidency is known as the Reagan era.
