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She was named for Midshipman Henry A. Clemson (1820–1846), who was lost at sea when the brig USS Somers capsized in a sudden squall off Vera Cruz on 8 December 1846 while chasing a blockade runner. Entering service in 1919, the ship had a brief active life before placed in reserve in 1922.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York to psychiatrist Karen (née Kempner) and dentist Edward Zuckerberg. [2] [3] He and his three sisters (Arielle, Randi, and Donna) were raised in a Reform Jewish household [4] in Dobbs Ferry, New York. [5]
Illinois (/ ˌ ɪ l ɪ ˈ n ɔɪ / ⓘ IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.It borders Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south.
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. [3] [4] [5] It is a non-profit organisation open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test. [6]
An illumination of Stephen Harding (right) presenting a model of his church to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Municipal Library, Dijon). Cîteaux, c. 1125. At this period Cistercian illumination was the most advanced in France, but within 25 years it was abandoned altogether under the influence of Bernard of Clairvaux.
Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull House, named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull, opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to 13 buildings.
The first Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, on December 24, 1865, [29] by six former officers of the Confederate army: [30] Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones, and James Crowe. [31] It started as a fraternal social club inspired at least in part by the then largely defunct Sons of Malta. It borrowed ...
Prior to 1996, CPA exam content was readily made available to the public, for both CPA candidates and review courses. The exam became non-disclosed starting with the May 1996 exam, in preparation for an eventual (2004) computer-based examination, to be administered throughout the year, instead of the traditional May-November paper exam cycle.