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3 days ago · John George Diefenbaker PC CH QC FRSC FRSA ( / ˈdiːfənbeɪkər / DEE-fən-bay-kər; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was a Canadian politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Canada, from 1957 to 1963.
3 days ago · Background. The Rockefeller family originated in the Rhineland region in Germany and can be traced to the town Neuwied in the early 17th century. The American family branch is descended from Johann Peter Rockefeller (1681-1763), who migrated from the Rhineland to Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania around 1723.
5 days ago · Updated 4:52 AM PDT, July 26, 2024. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When it comes to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s name, it’s complicated. The senator from Ohio introduced himself to the world in 2016 when he published his bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” under the name J.D. Vance — “like jay-dot-dee-dot,” he wrote ...
17 hours ago · A random footnote fact I gathered since that visit was that Edward De Vere, seventeenth Earl of Oxford, was educated not at Oxford, as one might reasonably expect, but at Queen’s College, Cambridge. Attempts were later made to claim him as the ‘real’ author of Shakespeare’s plays, an idea launched by the splendidly named John Thomas Looney.
2 days ago · John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977–1985).
4 days ago · The J.D. Vance Couch Story Will Never Die. Just Ask Richard Gere. Allen Salkin. Fri, July 26, 2024, 11:45 AM PDT · 6 min read. 713. J.D. Vance will, very likely, until the end of his days, hear ...
17 hours ago · Key Takeaways. John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher and political theorist whose ideas helped lay the foundation for the Enlightenment. Locke studied at Oxford and pursued medicine as ...
