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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 States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967.
1 day ago · Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. [12] She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018 [13]), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, [14] having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader, after Björk was born.
1 day ago · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale ...
1 day ago · Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (June 25, 1966 – September 30, 2024) was a Congolese-American professional basketball player. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " Mount Mutombo " for his defensive prowess, he is commonly regarded as one of the greatest shot-blockers and ...
1 day ago · Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in a commercial building in Tampico, Illinois, as the younger son of Nelle Clyde Wilson and Jack Reagan. [10] Nelle was committed to the Disciples of Christ, [11] which believed in the Social Gospel. [12] She led prayer meetings and ran mid-week prayers at her church when the pastor was out of ...
4 hours ago · A 15-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the July killing of a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Chicago, authorities said Tuesday.
1 day ago · Giel Haenen, 90, Dutch footballer (MVV Maastricht, Rapid JC, national team). [ 15 ] (death announced on this date) Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, 82, French chef. [ 16 ] Dikembe Mutombo, 58, Congolese -American Hall of Fame basketball player (Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks), brain cancer.
