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23 hours ago · Shirley Anita Chisholm ( / ˈtʃɪzəm / CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. [1] Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn [a] for ...
23 hours ago · Rudolf Walter Richard Hess ( Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second ...
23 hours ago · B. R. Ambedkar. / 19.02500°N 72.83389°E / 19.02500; 72.83389. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law ...
23 hours ago · His eldest sister Tsering Dolma, was 16 years his senior and was midwife to his mother at his birth. She would accompany him into exile and found Tibetan Children's Villages . [34] His eldest brother, Thupten Jigme Norbu , had been recognised at the age of three by the 13th Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the high Lama , the 6th Taktser Rinpoche . [35]
23 hours ago · Milwaukee State Normal School. Signature. Golda Meir [nb 1] ( née Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and only female head of government and the first in the Middle East.
23 hours ago · Newport Beach is a coastal city of about 85,000 in southern Orange County, California, United States. Located about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles, Newport Beach is known for its sandy beaches. The city's harbor once supported maritime industries. Today it is used mostly for recreation.
23 hours ago · The Void, a Hanley nightclub, developed a sister relationship with Sankey's Soap in Manchester, helping the latter to revive its fortunes during the late 1990s via the promotion of a club night called Golden. Lemmy, born in Burslem. Robbie Williams is the most famous pop star to hail from the city. Many of his songs refer to Stoke-on-Trent ...
