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2 days ago · A well-known public intellectual, he was a major voice of progressive education and liberalism. [13] [14] While a professor at the University of Chicago, he founded the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, where he was able to apply and test his progressive ideas on pedagogical method.
23 hours ago · According to Aguinaldo, Pratt had communicated with Commodore George Dewey (commander of the Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy) by telegram and passed assurances from Dewey to Aguinaldo that the United States would recognize the independence of the Philippines.
3 days ago · At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Commodore George Dewey sailed from Hong Kong to Manila Bay leading the United States Navy’s Asiatic Squadron. On May 1, 1898, Dewey defeated the Spanish in the ‘Battle of Manila Bay’, which effectively put the US in control of the Spanish colonial government.
4 days ago · Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) [1] is an American actor. He was one of the original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series Mad TV, where he stayed for five seasons.
2 days ago · George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head of Production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including What Price Hollywood?
3 days ago · The first ever official ticker tape parade to honor a person took place in 1889 for Admiral George Dewey, who is generally attributed as the hero of the Battle of Manila Bay in the Spanish...
2 days ago · Answer: George Dewey On February 25, while his boss was absent, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt sent cables to the Pacific to prepare for military action with Spain. When McKinley found this out, he countermanded all the cables except Dewey's, who was told to attack the Spanish fleet in the Philippines if war broke ...
