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Hace 8 horas · Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1953, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republican from Kansas, took office following his landslide victory over Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election.Four years later, in the 1956 presidential election, he defeated Stevenson again ...
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Hace 8 horas · Chester Andrew Jastremski (January 12, 1941 – May 3, 2014) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist and world record-holder. Jastremski attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he swam for Doc Counsilman 's Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team. He and Counsilman invented the "whip kick" to replace the frog ...
Hace 8 horas · John Carroll Grimek (June 17, 1910 – November 20, 1998) was an American bodybuilder and weightlifter active in the 1930s and 1940s. Grimek was Mr. America in 1940 and 1941, and Mr. Universe in 1948. In 1949, he won his last contest, the AAU Mr. USA, against a field that included Steve Reeves, Clarence Ross, George Eiferman, and Armand Tanny. ...
Hace 8 horas · The town was placed along the contentious border of South Yemen and Saudi Arabia, and had some fifteen years prior, in 1954-1955, been the site of a border dispute between the Saudis and the British.. Al-Wadiah is a part of the geographic Hadhramaut region which had previously been part of the Qu'aiti Sultanate, itself part of the Protectorate of South Arabia, which had been incorporated into ...
Hace 8 horas · The 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2023, until May 31, 2024, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. [1] The awards will be presented on September 7 and 8, 2024. Nominations were announced on July 17, 2024.
Hace 8 horas · William David Friedkin (/ ˈ f r iː d k ɪ n /; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy ...
