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George Washington (February 22, 1732 [a] – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States, military officer, and planter who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
Random House published the novel on October 10, 1957. The initial print run was 100,000 copies. The first paperback edition was published by New American Library in July 1959, with an initial run of 150,000. [39] A 35th-anniversary edition was published by E. P. Dutton in 1992, with an introduction by Rand's heir, Leonard Peikoff. [40]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
Rochester (/ ˈ r ɒ tʃ ɛ s t ər,-ɪ s-/ ROTCH-ess-tər, -iss-) is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Monroe County.It is the fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality [3] in New York, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 census. [4]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
Batchelor's admission as the first known African American member of DAR sparked international interest after it was featured in a story on page one of The New York Times. [36] In 1984, Lena Lorraine Santos Ferguson , a retired school secretary, was denied membership in a Washington, D.C. chapter of the DAR because she was Black, according to a ...
The prototype of what would become TV Guide Magazine was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), [5] who was the circulation director of MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities.