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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 February 2025. "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 ...
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; [3] born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, [4] [5] [6] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career.
Rev. John Andrews, D.D. (1746–1813): Academy and College of Philadelphia, A.B., with distinguished honors, class of 1765, and M.A. class of 1767), professor of moral philosophy and logic (1789–1813) (where his courses included a course on United States Constitution); 4th Provost (1810–1813), 3rd vice provost (1789–1810) [2]
May 4: Freedom Riders: Civil rights activists travel on public buses and trains across the American South to personally confront and challenge segregation. [93] June 4: Kennedy meets with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, and reports no progress on issues concerning a partitioned Germany. Another Berlin Crisis ensues. [94] [95]
In contrast, critics condemned the new regime as un-democratic. The U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter announced that Cuba was adopting the Soviet model of communist rule, with a one-party state, government control of trade unions, suppression of civil liberties and the absence of freedom of speech and press. [78]
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
A study from the Mediterranean Migration Observatory maintains that the 2001 census recorded 762,191 persons residing in Greece without Greek citizenship, constituting around 7% of the population. Of the non-citizen residents, 48,560 were EU or European Free Trade Association nationals and 17,426 were Cypriots with privileged status.