Lyndon Baines Johnson , President John F. Kennedy Often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th vice president of the United States from 1961 to 1963, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy In domestic policy, Johnson designed the […]
Read More »He was President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba’ath Party Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq. Saddam nationalized oil and foreign banks leaving the system […]
Read More »This war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq War, George Herbert Walker Bush An American politician who […]
Read More »The civil rights movement (also known as the American civil rights movement and other terms) in the United States was a decades-long struggle with the goal of enforcing constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already enjoyed. After the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery in the 1860s, the Reconstruction Amendments to the United States Constitution granted emancipation and constitutional rights of citizenship to […]
Read More »The Watergate scandal was a major American political scandal that lasted from 1972 to 1974, following a burglary by five men of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972, and President Richard Nixon’s subsequent attempt to cover up his administration’s involvement. The scandal led […]
Read More »An American initiative passed in 1948 to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity, and prevent the spread of Communism. The largest recipient of Marshall Plan money was the United Kingdom […]
Read More »Harry S. Truman: Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as vice president. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO. Truman Doctrine: The Truman Doctrine […]
Read More »Iranian Hostage Issue: The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, after a group of Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line, who supported […]
Read More »Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. He is best known for the civil rights through non-violence and civil disobedience. His leadership to the Civil rights movements was ending the legal segregation of the African – Americans in the south and other parts of United States of America. The […]
Read More »Introduction Introduction Between the august 1978 and February 1979, a period of less than the seven months, iran witnessed a revolution that brought down the Pahlavi regime and abolished the institution of monarchy, wiped out all privileges of the Pahlavi elite, and significally weakened its secularised middle classes. In its stead Ayatollah Khomeini and his […]
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Unveiling the Mysteries of the Zam Zam Well: History, Significance, and Controversies
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