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  • America,  Presidential history

    One Term Presidents Voted Out

    November 25, 2020 /

    One Term Presidents : for further reading on this topic This list of presidents, who served only one term, DOES NOT include those who left office for a reason other than losing the election. John Adams, 1797-1801 John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 George H.W. Bush, 1989-1993

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  • America,  Firsts in History

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg has Died at Age 87

    September 18, 2020 /

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court. After Sandra Day O’Connor, she was the second woman to serve. Ruth Bader Ginsburg died from metastatic pancreas cancer today, Friday, September 18, 2020. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish was, to quote her, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Ruth Jane Bader was born on March 15, 1933 in Brooklyn. She went on to live an amazing life, where she overcame numerous hurdles and achieved many firsts. A true heroine of our time who is greatly revered and she will continue to be a powerful…

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    John Miles Lewis Remembered

    July 30, 2020 /

    Congressman and civil rights leader, John Lewis, was remembered today, Thursday, July 30, 2020, at his longtime place of worship, Ebenezer Baptist church. Congressman Lewis, the son of sharecroppers, was born on February 21, 1940 in Pike County, Alabama. Before his service in the House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District of Georgia (1987-2020), he was a civil rights icon. In 1961 Lewis became one of the original Freedom Riders; 13 activists who protested the segregation of interstate transportation facilities, including bus stations, as being unconstitutional. Three former presidents attended Representative Lewis’s funeral; Clinton, Bush and Obama, while President Carter, 95,  and his wife, Rosalynn, were unable to attend. The Carter’s…

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    Emancipation Proclamation

    June 19, 2020 /

    Juneteenth Emancipation Order June 19, 1865 commemorates the day General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas leading the union occupation force and bringing with them the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. Read more about the holiday of Juneteenth: “Emancipation wasn’t a gift bestowed on the slaves; it was something they took for themselves, …” New York Times Opinion Piece Washington Post Article on George Floyd Protest

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    WWII Songstress Vera Lynn Dies at 103

    June 18, 2020 /

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  • pandemic,  World History

    History’s Worst Pandemics

    March 28, 2020 /

    1) Justinian Plague: Started in the year 541 C.E. in Constantinople. 2) The Black Death: Hit Europe in 1347 killing 200 million lives in four years. 3) Great Plague of London: In 1665 100,000 londoners died in seven months. 4) Smallpox: It was not until 1980 that the World Health Organization announced that smallpox was eradicated. 5) Cholera: In the early to mid 19th century tens of thousands were killed by cholera in England. Largely eradicated in developed countries cholera still plagues third world countries because of their lack of access to clean water and an untreated sewer system. Further reading on the history of pandemics

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  • America,  Presidential history

    American Presidential Impeachments

    October 10, 2019 /

    Donald John Trump was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021. Below is a summary of presidential impeachments in ascending order. In 1868 Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be charged for impeachable acts by the House of Representatives. The 11 articles of impeachment outlined these acts: 1) violation of the Tenure of Office act by attempting to fire Edwin M. Stanton, the secretary of war, 2) influencing a general of the army to violate an act of congress, 3) contempt of congress. Though President Andrew Johnson was impeached, he escaped conviction and removal when the Senate acquitted him by only one vote. Source Richard Nixon,…

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  • Economic History

    Alice M. Rivlin, Founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Dies at the Age of 88

    May 31, 2019 /

    Rivlin once described herself as, ” a professional critic of wishful thinking”. This critic of wishful thinking characteristic was an ideal trait for someone in charge of governmental purse strings; a perfect attribute for a budget official. Georgianna Alice Mitchell began life on March 4, 1931 in Philadelphia. She spent her childhood years primarily in Bloomington, Indiana. Her father, Allan C.G. Mitchell, was a physicist who helped develop the Atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project. Her mother, Georgianna (Fales) Mitchell, was a national officer of The League of Women Voters. Alice was a Havard graduate and recipient of the Brookings fellowship. Her Ph.D dissertation was on Projecting Demographic…

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  • America,  Presidential history

    The New Deal

    March 10, 2019 /

    When Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his 1932 acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, he said, “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.” His plan and pledge (The New Deal) was his promise for relief programs in the wake of the horrific devastation of the Great Depression; devastation made worse by President Herbert Hoover’s lack of an effective response. Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/New-Deal Roosevelt’s domestic programs brought immediate economic relief and dramatically expanded the scope of the Federal government’s power and involvement in the domestic sphere.

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  • Firsts in History,  Medicine

    Phineas Gage: An Accidental First in Neuroscience

    November 15, 2018 /

    After the accident, Phineas became unruly and unreliable; using profane language and changing his mind at every turn.

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