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  1. 12 hours ago · In 1848, he built a sawmill at the falls, and the community of Saint Anthony developed along the east side of the falls. Steele told one of his employees, John H. Stevens, that land on the west side of the falls would make a good site for future mills. Since the land on the west side was still part of the military reservation, Stevens made a ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cold_WarCold War - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AlaskaAlaska - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area, comprising more total area than the next three largest states of Texas, California, and Montana combined, and is the seventh-largest subnational division in the world. It is the third-least populous and most sparsely populated U.S. state, but is, with a population of 736,081 as of 2020, the continent's ...

  4. 12 hours ago · e. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955. Apart from 1922 to 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a ...

  5. 12 hours ago · Albany ( / ˈɔːlbəni / ⓘ AWL-bə-nee) is the capital and oldest city in the U.S. state of New York, and the seat of and most populous city in Albany County. It is located on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River . The city has a rich history, and is known for its ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jon_StewartJon Stewart - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · Early life and education. Stewart was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz at Doctors Hospital in the Upper East Side of New York City.His father Donald Leibowitz (1931–2013) was an energy coordinator for the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, and his mother Marian Leibowitz (née Laskin) was a teacher and later an educational consultant.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_DeanJames Dean - Wikipedia

    12 hours ago · James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor with a career that lasted five years. His roles typified teenage disillusionment and social estrangement of his time. He had several uncredited roles from 1951 to 1953 before starring as a rebellious son attempting to win his father's approval in East of Eden (1955).