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Apr 30, 2024 · Lyndon B. Johnson (born August 27, 1908, Gillespie county, Texas, U.S.—died January 22, 1973, San Antonio, Texas) was the 36th president of the United States (1963–69). A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the United States Senate, Johnson was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency in 1963 upon the assassination ...
May 1, 2024 · Apr. 9, 2024, 12:00 PM ET (AP) George Lucas to receive honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. George Lucas (born May 14, 1944, Modesto, California, U.S.) is an American motion-picture director, producer, and screenwriter who created several of the most popular films in history.
The Last Outlaw (1993 film) Lianna. Limbo (1999 film) Lone Star (1996 film)
6 days ago · Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Lincoln and his cabinet.
Jackie Coogan. John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. [2] Coogan's role in Charlie Chaplin 's film The Kid (1921) made him one of the first child stars in the history of Hollywood.
2 days ago · Jack Ruby (born March 25?, 1911, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 3, 1967, Dallas, Texas) American nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin of Pres. John F. Kennedy, on November 24, 1963, as Oswald was being transferred to a county jail. Despite Ruby’s claims to the contrary—and a lack of evidence—some ...
Mar 28, 2024 · Malcolm X (born May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.—died February 21, 1965, New York, New York) was an African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam who articulated concepts of race pride and Black nationalism in the early 1960s. After his assassination, the widespread distribution of his life story— The Autobiography ...
