Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, andContinue Reading
Looking for words within words is challenging, especially when trying to isolate a specific person or time. The words found in TOM JONES will reveal more of the person if his title is used, as in PROFESSOR TOM JONES or TOM JONES, ESQUIRE. Adding a nickname also makes the termsContinue Reading
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential electionsContinue Reading
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term. McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry and keptContinue Reading
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States from 1969 until 1974 and the only president to resign from the position. He had previously served as the 36th vice president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and priorContinue Reading
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States (1850–1853), the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former U.S. Representative from New York, Fillmore was elected the nation’s 12th vice president in 1848,Continue Reading
Marie Skłodowska Curie (born Maria Salomea Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win twice, and the onlyContinue Reading
George Washington (February 22, 1732[ – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father, who also served as the first president of the United States (1789–1797). Washington commanded Patriot forces in the new nation’s vital American Revolutionary War, and led them to an alliedContinue Reading
LOEB “LEVI” STRAUSS contains… BLUE OVERALL RIVETS ARE BEST TO RESIST TEARS In the 1800s, Jacob Davis, a tailor from Nevada, regularly purchased bolts of denim fabric from Levi Strauss & Company’s wholesale house. After one of Davis’ customers kept purchasing extra cloth to reinforce torn pants, he had anContinue Reading