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James R. Splaine (born 1947), New Hampshire state legislator, Portsmouth vice-mayor [74] Clement Storer (1760–1830), US congressman, senator [ 75 ] Daniel Webster (1782–1852), US senator from Massachusetts and the 14th and 19th US Secretary of State [ 76 ]
Bollywood actress Geeta Basra, was born and raised in Portsmouth [5] [6] Sir Walter Besant, a novelist and historian was born in Portsmouth, [7] writing one novel set exclusively in the town, By Celia's Arbour, A Tale of Portsmouth Town [8] Roger Black, Olympic medallist, was also born in Portsmouth and attended the Portsmouth Grammar School, [9]
The Greatest American was a four-part American television series hosted by Matt Lauer in 2005. The show featured biographies and lists of influential persons in U.S. history, and culminated in a contest in which millions in the audience nominated and voted for the person they felt was the "greatest American".
He had returned to Portsmouth after the war and became a draftsman at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. [2] Eileen Foley, who had become Portsmouth city clerk in 1946, signed her own marriage license as part of her official duties. [2] The couple had three children, Mary Carey, Jay and Barry. The couple remained married for 44 years, until his ...
An American family watching television together in 1958. The 1950s are known as the Golden Age of Television by some people. Sales of TV sets rose tremendously in the 1950s and by 1950 4.4 million families in America had a television set. Americans devoted most of their free time to watching television broadcasts.
Centre, L-R: US tests its first thermonuclear bomb with code name Ivy Mike in 1952. A 1954 thermonuclear test, code named Castle Romeo, is shown here; In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrows Fulgencio Batista in the Cuban Revolution, resulting in the creation of the first communist government in the Western hemisphere; Elvis Presley becomes the leading figure of rock and roll in the mid-1950s.
American money and manufactured goods flooded into Europe, South Korea, and Japan and helped in their reconstruction. US manufacturing dominance would be almost unchallenged for a quarter-century after 1945. The American economy grew dramatically in the post-war period, expanding at a rate of 3.5% per year between 1945 and 1970.
1951 – See It Now, an American newsmagazine and documentary series broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1958. It was created by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly , Murrow being the host of the show. 1951 – The Catcher in the Rye is published by J. D. Salinger and invigorates the rebellious youth of the period, eventually earning the title of a ...