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15 hours ago · The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, [2] [3] was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
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- Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862; 161 years ago
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Presidential proclamation
15 hours ago · Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age 48 in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of ...
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- 1942–1945 (Marine Corps), 1946–1957 (Reserve)
15 hours ago · The phenomenon of Minnesota Timberwolves fans tattooing Naz Reid's name on their bodies has captured the attention of sports enthusiasts and the public alike. This unique fan behavior has sparked widespread interest and curiosity. The Underdog Story of Naz Reid. Naz Reid's journey from going undrafted out of LSU in 2019 to becoming a key player ...
15 hours ago · The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone.After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where Prospero, a complex and contradictory character, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two servants: Caliban, a savage ...
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15 hours ago · Defence Secretary Grant Shapps - who has delayed his scheduled departure for a trip to Lithuania - has also arrived at No 10. Watch a live feed of the Downing Street front door and all cabinet ...
15 hours ago · Each team would play nine conference games and three non-conference games, as before. Within a four-year period, each team would play at least two games against every other team – one at home and one away. This plan called for 11 protected matchups to take place every year; these included Michigan–Ohio State and ten other regional rivalries.
15 hours ago · Properties and chemistry DDT is similar in structure to the insecticide methoxychlor and the acaricide dicofol. It is highly hydrophobic and nearly insoluble in water but has good solubility in most organic solvents, fats and oils. DDT does not occur naturally and is synthesised by consecutive Friedel–Crafts reactions between chloral (CCl 3 CHO) and two equivalents of chlorobenzene (C 6 H 5 ...
