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Hace 1 día · The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election.It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. In a closely contested election, Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy defeated the incumbent Republican Vice President Richard Nixon.This was the first election in which 50 states participated, marking the first participation of Alaska and Hawaii, and the last in ...
Hace 4 días · President Kennedy was the only Catholic to have held the highest office in the land until Joseph Biden was inaugurated in 2021. Anti-Catholic prejudice was still very much in the mainstream of American life when JFK decided to seek the presidency in 1960.
Hace 5 días · Included are shots of landmarks in Washington, D.C., John F. Kennedy's arrival at the White House and motorcade to the Capitol, Inaugural ceremonies, the Inaugural Address, the Inaugural Parade, the Inaugural Ball, and the swearing in of the Cabinet.
Hace 3 días · “The Making of the President 1960” by Theodore H. White “Quiet Revolution” by Byron E. Shafer. Salam Fayyad. Building the Palestinian State With Salam Fayyad (Feb. 9, 2024)
Hace 4 días · Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren ...
Hace 4 días · Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( / mænˈdɛlə / man-DEH-lə; [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Hace 5 días · Adolfo López Mateos was a Mexican president (1958–64) who expanded industrial development and agrarian reform. A librarian and teacher of Spanish-American literature, López began his public career with an assignment to the UN. He was elected federal senator (1946–52) and later appointed.
