The USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship built by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. It was launched on January 30, 1862, from the Continental Iron…
Rod Blagojevich was the Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. In 2008, he was arrested on charges of corruption, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for…
World War II was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 and involved the majority of the world’s nations, including all of the great powers. The war was…
The American Civil War began in 1861, with several southern states seceding from the Union and forming the Confederate States of America. One of these states was Louisiana, which officially…
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist and the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal. On January 23, 2002, he was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan while working on…
Charles W. Nash was an American businessman and the founder of Nash Motors. He was born in 1864 in Cortland, Illinois and began his career as an upholsterer in the…
Steve Riley is an American drummer from Revere, Massachusetts best known for his work with the band L.A. Guns in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Riley began playing drums…
Michelle Obama is an American lawyer and activist who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is the wife of former President Barack…
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