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Harry Blackmun Biography
Harry BlackmunAge: 90 retired Supreme Court justice whose conservative stance shifted to the left during his 24-year tenure. Appointed to the post in 1970 by Richard Nixon, he later became…Richard Helms 2002 Deaths
Richard HelmsAge: 89 former CIA director (1966–73) and ambassador to Iran (1973–77) who attempted to overthrow Chilean president Salvador Allende and to assassinate Fidel Castro. In 1977 he…Caspar Weinberger 2006 Deaths
Caspar WeinbergerAge: 88 public servant who worked under Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Reagan. Highly suspicious of the Soviet Union, Weinberger, as Reagan's secretary of defense, requested—and…Hunter S. Thompson 2005 Deaths
Hunter S. ThompsonAge: 67 cynical and subjective writer known for his drug-fueled yet wickedly perceptive coverage of the American political scene. In Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail…Gilbert Harrison Biography
publisherDied: January 3, 2008 (Scottsdale, Arizona) Best Known as: owner and editor of The New Republic Former publisher of the liberal political…Emil Bus Mosbacher Biography
Emil “Bus” MosbacherAge: 75 skipper for two America's Cup winning yachts; defended the Cup successfully aboard the Weartherly, a 65-foot single masted sloop in 1962, winning the fourth race…James Vernon SMITH, Congress, OK (1926-1973)
SMITH James Vernon , a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Oklahoma City, Okla., July 23, 1926; educated in Tuttle public schools and attended Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts at Chickasha, Okla…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents
Contents George WashingtonThursday, April 30, 1789 George WashingtonMonday, March 4, 1793 John AdamsSaturday, March 4, 1797 Thomas JeffersonWednesday, March 4, 1801 Thomas JeffersonMonday,…Inaugural Trivia
Firsts and facts about presidential inaugurations Related Links Famous Presidential Speeches Inaugural Oratory Notable Inaugural Events George Washington's was the shortest…Hard Labor
How unions fought to honor the American worker In the 1930s, strikes like the one at the Paterson Silk Factory helped workers secure fair wages and decent working conditions. (Source/Arttoday)…Trending
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