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MSNBC and its website were founded in 1996, under a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, hence the network's name. Microsoft divested itself of MSNBC in 2005, and its stake in msnbc.com in 2012.
Its name is a combination of "MSN" and "NBC". MSNBC (similarly to Fox News ) was created as an alternative to CNN . The following are highlights from the network's first 11 years; its history from 2008 to 2015 is separately covered.
Jan 17, 2024 · March (Martius) was named for Mars, the god of war, because this was the month when active military campaigns resumed. May (Maius) and June (Junius) were also named for goddesses Maia and Juno. April (Aprilis) is thought to stem from the Latin aperio, meaning “to open”—a reference to the opening buds of springtime.
Nov 13, 2023 · Many theories have circulated, including that the name derives from stores earning profit from holiday sales, or going "into the black" after operating at a loss throughout the year...
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The naming of the Americas, or America, occurred shortly after Christopher Columbus 's first voyage to the Americas in 1492. It is generally accepted that the name derives from Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer, who explored the new continents in the following years on behalf of Spain and Portugal. However, some have suggested other ...
Feb 25, 2021 · By 1703, the house which forms the core of today's palace had been built and named Buckingham House for who was, by then, Duke of Buckingham. William Winde designed the impressive structure and years later it was sold off by Buckingham's illegitimate son, Sir Charles Sheffield. It fell into the hands of George III for £21,000.
Jun 18, 2018 · The modern-day name for Russia (Rossiya) is derived from the Greek word for the Rus’. As the Kievan Rus’ was evolving and separating into different states, what we now know as Russia was being called Rus’ and Russkaya Zemlya (the land of the Rus’). Finally, when the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow united, some of the former Kievan ...
