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4 days ago · Jim Sinegal and Jeffrey H. Brotman [22] opened the first Costco warehouse in Seattle on September 15, 1983. [23] Sinegal had started in wholesale distribution by working for Sol Price at FedMart; Brotman, an attorney from an old Seattle retailing family, had also been involved in retail distribution from an early age.
2 days ago · The day was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983.
5 days ago · Democratic National Convention (DNC), quadrennial meeting of the U.S. Democratic Party, at which delegates select the party’s presidential and vice presidential nominees. The Democratic Party held its first national convention in May 1832 in Baltimore, Maryland. The party, which had been known.
3 days ago · The National Rifle Association of America ( NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. [3] [4] [b] Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent gun rights lobbying organization while continuing to teach firearm safety and competency. The organization also publishes several magazines ...
4 days ago · Negro league, any of the associations of African American baseball teams active largely between 1920 and the late 1940s, when Black players were at last contracted to play major and minor league baseball. The principal Negro leagues were the Negro National League (1920–31, 1933–48), the Eastern Colored League (1923–28), and the Negro ...
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5 days ago · Sudan's civil war has left tens of thousands dead, and displaced millions over the nearly 14 months since the Sudanese military and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces plunged the country into a ...
4 days ago · National Geographic's new series, 'Erased: WW2's Heroes of Colour', started airing on 26 May. Idris Elba, an executive producer on the show who does the voice-over, spoke to News24 about it.
