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1 day ago · Lyndon B. Johnson. Lyndon Baines Johnson ( / ˈlɪndən ˈbeɪnz /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th ...
1 day ago · The crown and the merchant guild (consulado) in Seville sought to capture the burgeoning Atlantic commerce within the fleet shuttling between Seville/Cadiz and Veracruz and restrict the silver flowing from Acapulco to Asia via the Philippines. Yet market forces defied most of the rules they put in place.
3 days ago · Sir Francis Drake ( c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall.
5 days ago · USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York -class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.
9 hours ago · Two new Leonardo AW139 helicopters specially configured to measure and map radiation levels from the air recently joined the Department of Energy’s fleet. The AW139s will replace a pair of aging ...
5 days ago · KrisFlyer Elite Silver members can now avail of priority airport check-in and priority boarding on SIA flights. They will also get an increased luggage allowance of 10kg or one extra piece of luggage on all SIA flights and connecting Scoot flights to and from the United States (three bags of up to 32kg in SIA Suites, First and Business Class; and three bags of up to 23kg in Premium Economy and ...
2 days ago · Published Jul 7, 2024 8:28 PM by The Maritime Executive. On Saturday, a 50,000 dwt product tanker went aground on coral heads in the Cayman Islands, prompting an emergency response from the local ...
