In May 1980 smallpox was globally eradicated, a feat largely because of the efforts of WHO. In March 2020 WHO declared the global outbreak of COVID-19, a severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus that first appeared in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, to be a pandemic. The ...
the Who between January 1965 and March 1966—“I Can’t Explain,”“Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere,”“My Generation,” and “Substitute”—declared themselves in an unprecedented fury of compressed sonic aggression, an artistic statement matched and intensified onstage by Townshend’s habit of smashing...
and Great Britain declared war on Germany. In the summer of 1941, Germany turned its attention to the East and invaded the Soviet Union. At this point the United States was neutral, but that would change following the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in December of 1941. ...
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It was declared a national historic site in 1993. There are several international regulatory bodies that also govern shipwrecks. These include the Committee Maritime International, the United Nations Division of Ocean Affairs and the International Maritime Organization. The United Nations “Law of the ...
"Our great American comeback starts by sending [President] Joe Biden back to his basement in Delaware," he declared then, going on to criticize the "failed policies" flowing out of Washington -- on crime, on the southern border, on energy production and on the state of the economy, inclu...
Most who have served in the armed forces have at least one common conviction: They love the United States of America. They take the words in our founding documents very seriously, and truly believe ours is the land of the free and the home of the brave. Thus it is not surprising that ...
Born and educated in Russia, Rand moved to the United States in 1926. In 1957, she published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward she turned to nonfiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own magazines and releasing several collections of essays until her death in...
my pledge to you is this: If you nominate me you can set your clock to January 20, 2025 at high noon, because on the west side of the U.S. Capitol I will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States. No excuses. I will get the job done...
the Mirabal sisters are national heroes with monuments and honors commemorating their struggle. In 1999, the United Nations declared November 25th, the anniversary of their deaths, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Their courageous fight for justice has inspired genera...