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1. www.britannica.com › money › Standard-OilStandard Oil | History, Monopoly, & Breakup | Britannica Money

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   6 days ago · Standard Oil, American company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller of the famed Rockefeller family, controlling almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States.

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3. www.yahoo.com › news › behind-michael-rockefellerBehind the Michael Rockefeller Death Mystery - Yahoo

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   Sep 17, 2024 · Michael Rockefeller, the 23-year-old son of prominent political figure Nelson Rockefeller, went into the jungle of Netherlands New Guinea in 1961 and never returned. Here's the story.

4. finance.alot.com › personal-finance › richest30 Richest Founding Families in American History

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   Oct 4, 2024 · Rockefeller Family - $10.3 Billion America’s first billionaire was oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller. He co-founded Standard Oil in 1870, and the company dominated the oil industry, generating immense wealth.

5. www.britannica.com › topic › Council-on-ForeignCouncil on Foreign Relations - Encyclopedia Britannica

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   Sep 21, 2024 · The CFR also includes the David Rockefeller Studies Program, a think tank made up of adjunct and full-time fellows and scholars as well as resident fellows who contribute to the foreign-affairs discussion through various publications. The CFR is funded by private and institutional donations.

6. libguides.rccc.edu › gildedageindustrialists › barronsGilded Age Industrialists: Gilded Age & Robber Barons

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   Sep 27, 2024 · President Franklin D. Roosevelt, responding to a large-scale bank panic in early 1933, mandated a four-day bank holiday on March 6, just two days after his inauguration.

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7. www.the-tls.co.uk › politics-by-region › northNelson Rockefeller’s Dilemma by Marsha E. Barrett | Book review

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   5 days ago · Rockefeller thought the party ought to return to its nineteenth-century roots and support Black civil rights, while most of his fellow Republicans did not. Over time he abandoned this cause, hoping in vain to appease the powerful right wing of his party.

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   Who was Michael Rockefeller?

   • Michael Rockefeller, the 23-year-old son of prominent political figure Nelson Rockefeller, went into the jungle of Netherlands New Guinea in 1961 and never returned. Here's the story.

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   What is the David Rockefeller Studies Program?

   • The CFR also includes the David Rockefeller Studies Program, a think tank made up of adjunct and full-time fellows and scholars as well as resident fellows who contribute to the foreign-affairs discussion through various publications. The CFR is funded by private and institutional donations.

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   Did Rockefeller own Standard Oil Company?

   • John D. Rockefeller. In 1899, however, the company renamed its New Jersey firm Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) and incorporated it as a holding company. All assets and interests formerly grouped in the trust were transferred to the New Jersey company. One of Standard Oil Company's first tank wagons. Credit: Bettmann—Bettmann/Getty Images

   Standard Oil | History, Monopoly, & Breakup | Britannica Money

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   Why did Rockefeller try to swim through crocodile-infested waters?

   • Rockefeller had decided to try to swim to shore through crocodile -infested waters to seek help. His final words to Wassing were: "I think I can make it." For 50 years, the belief was that he didn't make it, likely because he drowned or was eaten by crocodiles in the long swim to shore.

   Behind the Michael Rockefeller Death Mystery

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   Why did Hoffman investigate Rockefeller's disappearance?

   • When Hoffman began investigating Rockefeller's disappearance, he realized that after the initial search party failed to find Rockefeller in 1961, no one had really given it a good look. There was never closure for his family nor the millions of people who wondered what happened to the wealthy son of one of America's most powerful families.

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   What was Rockefeller's last word?

   • Anthropologist René Wassing heard Rockefeller's last known words as the young man jumped from their catamaran, which had overturned in the Betsj River 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the shore of West Papua. Rockefeller had decided to try to swim to shore through crocodile -infested waters to seek help.

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9. untappedcities.com › 2023/02/27 › radio-city-demolitionHow a Dancer and Singer Helped Save Radio City from Demolition

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   4 days ago · Two figures who were instrumental in the fight to save Radio City were former Dance Captain of the Radio City Music Hall Ballet Company, Rosemary Novellino, and her...