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1 day ago · Carter's stated positions during his campaign included public financing of congressional campaigns, [106] his support for the creation of a federal consumer protection agency, [107] creating a separate cabinet-level department for education, [108] signing a peace treaty with the Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons, [109] reducing the defense budget, [110] a tax proposal implementing "a substantial increase toward those who have the higher incomes" alongside a levy reduction on taxpayers ...
5 hours ago · Post Second World War, Malta's Emigration Department would assist emigrants with the cost of their travel. Between 1948 and 1967, 30 percent of the population emigrated. [ 241 ] Between 1946 and the late-1970s, over 140,000 people left Malta on the assisted passage scheme, with 57.6% migrating to Australia, 22% to the UK, 13% to Canada and 7% to the United States. [ 242 ]
5 hours ago · John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont —the only U.S. president to be born on Independence Day. He was the elder of the two children of John Calvin Coolidge Sr. (1845–1926) and Victoria Josephine Moor (1846–1885). Although named for his father, from early childhood Coolidge was addressed by his ...
