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4 hours ago · Name. The organization's legal name is National Public Radio and its trademarked brand is NPR; it is known by both names. In June 2010, the organization announced that it was "making a conscious effort to consistently refer to ourselves as NPR on-air and online" because NPR is the common name for the organization and the tag line "This ... is NPR" has been used by its radio hosts for many years.
- February 26, 1970; 53 years ago
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12 hours ago · Aashique Ahmed Iqbal. The Great Flap of 1942 ends with the summary execution of the “lions, tigers, panthers, bears and venomous snakes” of Madras Zoo by the Malabar Special Police on April 14, 1942. The killings were the culmination of a widespread hysteria occasioned by the prospect of a Japanese invasion of South India in 1942, an ...
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4 hours ago · AUGUSTA, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In 1970, the inaugural Earth Day marked a pivotal moment in history, galvanized by the collective efforts of over 20 million passionate individuals. Spearheaded by Senator Gaylord Nelson, this landmark event resonated with a global outcry against rampant pollution and the urgent need for environmental safeguards.
1 day ago · Early life. Wernher von Braun was born on 23 March 1912, in the small town of Wirsitz in the Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, then German Empire and now Poland.. His father, Magnus Freiherr von Braun (1878–1972), was a civil servant and conservative politician; he served as Minister of Agriculture in the federal government during the Weimar Republic.
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4 hours ago · How to Survive. How 1,500 Chinese Workers Built a Railroad in Only 9 Hours. Posted: April 20, 2024 | Last updated: April 20, 2024. China needed a railway station built - quickly.
1 day ago · The New York Times Building in Midtown Manhattan; some meanings of the term originated in reference to The New York Times.. A newspaper of record is a major national newspaper with large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and include some of the oldest and most widely ...
1 day ago · Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.
