Origin of Name: Maryland is named on behalf of Queen Henrietta Maria (wife of Charles I of England) Motto: "Fatti maschii parole femine." ("Strong deeds, gentle words.") Slogan: "More Than You Can Imagine" State symbols Bird: Baltimore Oriole (1947) Boat: The skipjack (1985) Cat: Ca...
Both women were sentenced to life in prison; Moore was released on parole in 2009 while Fromme remains in jail. 9. His wife was one of the most popular first ladies in U.S. history. Less than two months after her husband became president, Betty Ford was diagnosed with breast cancer ...
Now if you're a stickler for history, you can argue that the actual hippiephenomenon began in the mid-1960's and ended perhaps ten years later. In that sense, then, the hippies no more exist today than do the beatniks of the 1940's and 1950's, the Harlem hipsters of the 1920's,...
July 1, 1898. The war ended on December 10 of the same year and the U.S. became a colonial power taking over Spain's holdings including Puerto Rico and Guam. The Philippines were purchased for $20 million and Cuba became an American protectorate. ...
On the way home from Tokyo, Percival stopped off in the Philippines to see Yamashita yield those islands to the Americans. He then became head of the Far East Prisoners of War Association (as Prisoner No. 1) and worked for the rest of his life to fight for medical and pension benefits ...
The Battle of San Juan, won by American troops, was the decisive bloody battle of the war, July 1, 1898. The war ended on December 10 of the same year and the U.S. became a colonial power taking over Spain's holdings including Puerto Rico and Guam. The Philippines were purchased for...
The Battle of San Juan, won by American troops, was the decisive bloody battle of the war, July 1, 1898. The war ended on December 10 of the same year and the U.S. became a colonial power taking over Spain's holdings including Puerto Rico and Guam. The Philippines were purchased for...
The California Legislative Analyst’s office estimates that California would save $150 million a year if it replaced the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole. That’s money that could go into schools, health care, or restorative justice programs.” —Kamala Harris, “Senator ...