24 Jul

Female United States Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates

In 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first female presidential candidate. Her candidacy preceded suffrage for women in the U.S. In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first female presidential candidate to receive electoral votes and win the national popular vote, although lost the election as she failed to secure a majority of the electoral college votes. Kamala Harris is the first female vice president of the United States after Biden won the 2020 election. The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice presidential nominees and invitees. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise [...]

14 Jul

List of United States Presidential Assassination Attempts and Plots

Assassination attempts and plots on the President of the United States have been numerous, ranging from the early 19th century to the 2020s. On January 30, 1835, Andrew Jackson was the first president to experience an assassination attempt when Richard Lawrence twice tried to shoot him in the East Portico of the Capitol after Jackson left a funeral held in the House of Representatives Chamber. The attempt failed when both of Lawrence’s pistols misfired.[1] Four sitting presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln (1865, by John Wilkes Booth), James A. Garfield (1881, by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (1901, by Leon [...]

26 Jun

Space Weapons

A United States Space Command impression of a conceptual satellite-based directed-energy weapon used to precisely strike targets on Earth Space weapons are weapons used in space warfare. They include weapons that can attack space systems in orbit (for example, anti-satellite weapons), attack targets on the earth from space or disable missiles travelling through space. In the course of the militarization of space, such weapons were developed mainly by the contesting superpowers during the Cold War, and some remain under development today. Space weapons are also a central theme in military science fiction and sci-fi video games. Space-to-space weapons The Soviet Almaz secret military space station program was [...]

19 Jun

Dictatorship

Members of the Reichstag salute Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 Part of the Politics series Basic forms of government List of forms of government List of countries by system of government show Source of power show Power ideology show Power structure show Related Politics portal v t e A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold governmental powers with few to no limitations. Politics in a dictatorship are controlled by a dictator, and they are facilitated through an inner circle of elites that [...]

12 Jun

Taiwan Independence Movement

A proposed flag for an independent Taiwan designed by Donald Liu in 1996 Flag of the World Taiwanese Congress Flag of the 908 Taiwan Republic Campaign The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations. Into the 21st-century, Taiwan’s political status is ambiguous. China claims it is a province of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), whereas the Tsai Ing-wen administration of Taiwan maintains that Taiwan is already an independent country as the Republic of China (ROC) and thus does not [...]

06 Jun

D-Day | Normandy Landings

Normandy landings Part of Operation Overlord and the Western Front of World War II Taxis to Hell – and Back – Into the Jaws of Death, an iconic image of men of the 16th Infantry Regiment, US 1st Infantry Division wading ashore from their landing craft on Omaha Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944 Date 6 June 1944; 80 years ago Location Normandy, France 49.34°N 0.60°W Result Allied victory Territorial changes Five Allied beachheads established in Normandy Belligerents Allies: United Kingdom United States Canada France Australia Czechoslovakia Poland Netherlands Norway New Zealand Greece South Africa Southern Rhodesia Germany Commanders and leaders Dwight [...]

29 May

Father’s Day (United States)

Father’s Day Observed by United States Type Commercial Significance Honors fathers and fatherhood Date Third Sunday in June 2023 date June 18 2024 date June 16 2025 date June 15 2026 date June 21 Frequency Annual Related to Mother’s Day Father’s Day is an annual holiday honoring people’s fathers and celebrating the fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. It was first proposed by Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, in 1909. It is currently celebrated in the United States annually on the third Sunday in June. History Father’s Day was inaugurated in the United States in the early 20th century to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating [...]

22 May

Baby Boomers

Part of a series on Social generations of the Western world Lost Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby boomers Generation X Millennials Generation Z Generation Alpha v t e Baby boomers, often shortened to boomers, are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X. The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964 during the mid-20th century baby boom. The dates, the demographic context, and the cultural identifiers may vary by country. Most baby boomers are the children [...]

16 May

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Dow Jones Industrial Average Historical logarithmic graph of the DJIA from 1896 to 2018 Foundation February 16, 1885; 139 years ago (as DJA) May 26, 1896 (as DJIA) Operator S&P Dow Jones Indices Exchanges New York Stock Exchange Nasdaq Trading symbol ^DJI $INDU .DJI DJIA Constituents 30 Type Large cap Market cap US$12.0 trillion (as of December 29, 2023) Weighting method Price-weighted index Website us.spindices.com/indices/equity/dow-jones-industrial-average The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (/ˈdaʊ/), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indexes. Many professionals [...]

10 May

Mark 84 (2,000-pound) bomb

Mark 84 General Purpose bomb Type Low-drag general-purpose bomb Place of origin United States Service history In service Since 1950s Production history Manufacturer General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Unit cost US$16,000 Variants GBU-10 Paveway II GBU-15 GBU-24 Paveway III GBU‐31 JDAM Specifications Mass 2,039 lb (925 kg) Length 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) Diameter 18 in (460 mm) Filling Tritonal, H6 or PBXN-109 Filling weight 946 lb (429 kg) References Janes[1][2][3][4][5] & The War Zone[6] The Mark 84 or BLU-117 is a 2,000-pound (900 kg) American general-purpose bomb. It is the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons. Entering service during the Vietnam War, it became a commonly used US heavy unguided bomb to be dropped. At the time, it was the third largest bomb by weight in the US inventory behind the 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) BLU-82 “Daisy [...]