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20 hours ago · James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- 6 February 1685 – 23 December 1688
- Henrietta Maria of France
20 hours ago · Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York.
- 26 June 1483 – 22 August 1485
- Cecily Neville
20 hours ago · Not until 2008 did a Northern Democrat, Barack Obama of Illinois, again win a presidential election. In 2020, another Northern Democrat, Joe Biden of Delaware, won a presidential election. Another important result of this election was that it led to several reforms in how the Democratic Party chose its presidential nominees.
- New York [a]
- Republican
- Richard Nixon
- Spiro Agnew
20 hours ago · Today New Zealand First will introduce a Member’s Bill that will protect women’s spaces. The ‘Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill’ will require, primarily in the interest and safety of women and girls, that all new non-domestic publicly accessible buildings provide separate, clearly demarcated, unisex and single sex bathrooms.
20 hours ago · Their work heavily influenced Parsons' view and was the foundation for his social action theory. Parsons viewed voluntaristic action through the lens of the cultural values and social structures that constrain choices and ultimately determine all social actions, as opposed to actions that are determined based on internal psychological processes.
20 hours ago · Results of the 1929 mayoral election, in which La Guardia did not carry a single State Assembly district. La Guardia's supporters wanted him to run for mayor in the 1925 election, but he declined as he would be unlikely to defeat Jimmy Walker. He received the Republican nomination on August 1,1929. In 1929, La Guardia ran for Mayor once again.
20 hours ago · The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed attempt by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro in 1961. The invasion was a major setback for the United States and a boost for the Cuban Revolution. Learn more about the causes, events and consequences of this historical episode on Wikipedia.
