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Hace 19 horas · I grew up in a middle-class South Delhi colony in the 1970s and 1980s. We lived in a single-storey rented house with a small garden, shaded by a mango tree. There was space for a car to be parked ...
Hace 19 horas · e. Charles Sanders Peirce ( / pɜːrs / [8] [9] PURSS; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism ". [10] [11] According to philosopher Paul Weiss, Peirce was "the most original and versatile of America's philosophers and America ...
Hace 1 día · 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 19 horas · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States, who served from 1869 to 1877.As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.An effective civil rights executive, Grant signed a bill to ...
Hace 1 día · Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms. In the years before his presidency, he served as a mayor and as governor of New York state, winning fame as an anti ...
Hace 19 horas · The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions.Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission.The Parliament is composed of 705 members (MEPs), due to rise to 720 after the June ...
Hace 19 horas · The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy [c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d] [5] [6] [7] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [8] [9] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, [10] controlling vast portions of the Americas ...
