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Hace 17 horas · Lubbock (/ ˈ l ʌ b ə k / LUB-ək) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Lubbock County.With a population of 266,878 in 2023, the city is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northwestern part of the state (the region is the Great Plains), an area known historically and geographically as the Llano Estacado ...
Hace 17 horas · Politics and wars See also: List of sovereign states in the 1980s Cold War Map of Communist & Socialist countries in 1985 Wars Main article: List of wars 1945–89 § 1980–1989 The most prominent armed conflicts of the decade include: International wars Invasion of Grenada, October 1983 The most notable wars of the decade include: The Cold War (1947–1991) Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989 ...
Hace 17 horas · The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States.It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932.California was the home state of the incumbent U.S. President Ronald Reagan ...
Hace 17 horas · The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. They left behind artifacts and archeological evidence. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records. The state received its name from that conquistador, who called the ...
Hace 17 horas · William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS ( / ˈɡlædstən / GLAD-stən; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-consecutive terms (the most of any British prime minister) beginning in 1868 and ...
Hace 17 horas · Barack Obama, then junior United States senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for president of the United States on February 10, 2007, in Springfield, Illinois. After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 2008, on August 23, leading up to the convention, the campaign announced that Senator Joe Biden of Delaware would be the vice presidential nominee.
Hace 17 horas · Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert.It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast. Being a country of slightly over 2.4 million people, and ...
