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Hace 1 día · In 1960, John R. Everett became the first chancellor of the Municipal College System of the City of New York, later renamed CUNY, for a salary of $25,000 ($257,000 in current dollar terms). [9] [10] [11] CUNY was created in 1961, [12] by New York State legislation, signed into law by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.The legislation integrated existing institutions and a new graduate school into a ...
Hace 1 día · Alanis Nadine Morissette was born on June 1, 1974, at Riverside Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, [21]: 4 [22] the daughter of Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein) and Alan Richard Morissette. [23] Her older brother, Chad (born 1971), is an entrepreneur, [24] and her twin brother, Wade (12 minutes older), is a musician. [25] [26] Their father is of French and Irish descent, while their mother ...
Hace 1 día · Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch [2] (US: / x ə ˈ b ɑː d l u ˈ b ɑː v ɪ tʃ /; Hebrew: חב״ד לובביץּ׳; Yiddish: חב״ד ליובאוויטש), is a branch of Orthodox Judaism, originating from Eastern Europe and one of the largest Hasidic dynasties.Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups ...
Hace 1 día · 8,000 BCE – Chumash and Tongva Tribes inhabited the Los Angeles Basin for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the area. Angeles Mesa skeletons Remains of Indigenous people Discovered in Ballona Plain,1924; La Brea Woman 10,250 year old BP Remains of Indigenous woman Discovered in La Brea Tar Pits,1914; 2,000 BCE to 700 CE, the Uto-Aztecan (formerly known as Shoshonean ...
Hace 1 día · 1856 - Publication of Majama’ al-Bahrayn (1856) by al-Yaziji. It is a modern example of the maqama genre of picaresque short stories. [1] [2] [3] The illustrations of the genre tend to share formal qualities with the art of shadow play. [4]Shadow plays are considered a precursor to silhouette animation. [5]1857 - In 1857, the earliest known illustration of a vertical biunial magic lantern ...
