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Archaeological evidence indicates Native American Indian tribes relocated to the area at least 4,000 years ago, where they settled around the Anacostia River. [2] Early European exploration of the region took place early in the 17th century, including explorations by Captain John Smith in 1608.
Luke Bryan was born in Leesburg, Georgia, [7] to LeClaire and Tommy Bryan, who owned a peanut farm. [8] [9] Shortly before Luke was going to move to Nashville at age 19, his elder brother Chris was unexpectedly killed in a car accident.
John Allan Jones (born January 14, 1938) is an American singer [2] and actor. Jones is primarily a straight-pop singer (even when he recorded contemporary material) whose forays into jazz are mostly of the big-band/swing variety. He has won two Grammy Awards [2] and has received a total of five nominations. [3]
In the same month, American singer Madonna released the single "Hung Up", which contains a sample of the keyboard melody from ABBA's 1979 song "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"; the song was a smash hit, peaking at number one in at least 50 countries. [85]
Jay founded the New York Manumission Society in 1785, for which Hamilton became an officer. They and other members of the Society founded the African Free School in New York, to educate the children of free blacks and slaves. When Jay was governor of New York in 1798, he helped secure and signed into law an abolition law; fully ending forced ...
The Clemson Tigers are the American football team at Clemson University. The Tigers compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In recent years, the Tigers have been ranked among the most elite college football programs in the ...
American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, [b] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. [4] English is the most widely spoken language in the United States; the de facto common language used in government, education and commerce; and an official language of most U.S. states (32 out of 50). [5]
Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country pop singer. He competed in the sixth season of The Voice , originally as a member of Usher 's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine 's team.