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- 271: John Fitzgerald Kennedy and His Accomplishments in Office
- ... office, changed America and the world. January 21, 1961 (Inauguration Day), after becoming the youngest ever elected president as well as the first Roman Catholic and beating out Republican Richard Nixon he gave what was one of the shortest speeches ever given by a newly inaugurated president. In his speech, he Offered the country not simple solutions, but the challenge of ...
- 272: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... Most historians now agree that his record as Governor was average neither very good nor very bad. Reagan first sought the Republican nomination in 1968 but lost to Richard M. Nixon. In 1976, Reagan narrowly lost the nomination to President Gerald R. Ford Reagan immediately began his campaign for the 1980 nomination. In the primary contest, he called on his skills ...
- 273: Stephen Coonts' "Flight of the Intruder": Summary
- ... bombardier, Virgil Cole miss the building completely and just hit a few bystanders and blow craters in the sidewalk. Just when the two are about to be court-martialed, President Nixon gives the orders of unauthorized bombings anywhere in North and South Vietnam. Grafton and Cole fly their next mission with a EA-6B for SAM (surface-to-air missiles) suppression ...
- 274: Important African American Figures
- ... the U.S. House of Representatives. She took a seat on the Judiciary Committee, where she earned national attention for her eloquent speech in favor of impeaching President Richard M. Nixon (1969-74) during the Watergate affair. She also delivered the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic Convention. In 1978 Jordan left the House to teach public policy at the University ...
- 275: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... to deal with this so he decided that for the good of the nation he would not re-run for presidency. Afterwards Johnson retired to his ranch in Texas. President Nixon succeeded Johnson and took office in 1969. Johnson died of a fatal heart attack near the end of the Vietnam conflict. The space center near Houston was named Lyndon B ...
- 276: Richard Joseph Daley
- ... providing him with the delegates who helped him win a first-ballot nomination and a massive Chicago vote that delivered Illinois for Kennedy in his narrow victory over Richard M. Nixon. Daley hosted the 1968 Democratic National Convention at President Lyndon B. Johnson's request. Daley's national reputation was seriously tarnished as the result of violence between anti-Vietnam War ...
- 277: John F. Kennedy
- ... for a seat in the Senate and won. During a stint with sickness Kennedy wrote a Politzer price winning book about military heroes. In 1960 Kennedy ran for president against Nixon, and because Kennedy looked good on TV he won the vote. But by less then 115,000 popular votes. For Kennedy the most important part of his presidency came on ...
- 278: Duke Ellington
- ... and his band played with such greats as Miles Davis, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and Louis Armstrong. They entertained everyone from Queen Elizabeth II to President Nixon. Before passing away in 1974, Duke Ellington wrote and recorded hundreds of musical compositions, all of which continue to have a lasting effect upon people worldwide for a long time ...
- 279: George Carlin
- ... For instance, "these rationales could justify the banning from radio a myriad of literary works...they could support the suppression of a good deal of political speech, such as the Nixon tapes; and they could even provide the basis for imposing sanctions for the broadcast of certain portions of the bible."(Gunther, 1991) Carlin's monologue was speech, there is no ...
- 280: Jazz Movement In The 1960s
- ... in the 1960's was the Vietnam War. "The Vietnam War was highly unpopular with the American people. Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson lost the election to Republican Richard M. Nixon. Young people carried on anti-war demonstrations at the Democratic convention in Chicago. The high expenditures for war influenced inflation that gripped our country. In the mid 1960's we ...
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