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Hace 1 día · World oil prices escalated relentlessly through the early 1970s, and these price increases were led by OPEC, which was composed mostly (though not exclusively) of Arab- and Moslem-majority states. The main triggering event was the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War, when OPEC implemented a series of sudden, massive price increases.
Hace 1 día · The Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The institution was conceived in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan. Initially located in the Heckscher Building on Fifth Avenue, it opened just days after the ...
Hace 6 días · Bought by William Rockefeller in 1902 for lire 3,500 (the estimated equivalent then of $637, and today of around $17,600), it was installed at the zoo in 1903.
Hace 22 horas · In United States history, the Gilded Age is described as the period from about the late 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction Era and the Progressive Era. It was named by 1920s historians after an 1873 Mark Twain novel, although its publication was in the Reconstruction Era.
Hace 5 días · William’s death certificate lists his father’s name was Edward Rockefeller, but his mother’s name is marked “unknown.” While the Rockefeller children were fairly well taken care of after their mother’s death, that was not always the case in the 19th century for abandoned or orphaned children.
Hace 22 horas · Su compromiso con el cine la ha llevado a ser jurado de prestigiosas becas y premios, como las Becas Audiovisuales de la Fundación Rockefeller, las Becas de Cine Fulbright García-Robles, el J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding y la Iniciativa Artística Rolex Mentor y Discípulo.
Hace 5 días · The Prince and Princess of Wales released a joyous new photograph to celebrate the occasion, showing Prince William grinning as he leaps in the air alongside Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte.
