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  2. 1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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    v. t. e. The 1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president .

  3. Philadelphia, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia, Mississippi. /  32.77417°N 89.11278°W  / 32.77417; -89.11278. Philadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Neshoba County, [3] [4] Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,118 at the 2020 census .

  4. PageNet - Wikipedia

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    PageNet. PageNet , also known as Paging Network, Inc., was founded in 1981 by entrepreneur George Perrin and ceased in 1999. The company grew to become the largest wireless messaging company in the world, with more than 10 million pagers in service, and $1 billion in revenues, before the paging industry's rapid decline in the late 1990s.

  5. States' rights speech - Wikipedia

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    States' rights speech. Tear down this wall! On August 3, 1980, presidential candidate Ronald Reagan appeared at the Neshoba County Fair in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to give a speech on states' rights. The location, which was near the site of the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner was, according to critics, evidence of racial bias.

  6. Old United States Post Office (Philadelphia, Mississippi)

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    The Old U.S. Post Office in Philadelphia, Mississippi was built in 1936. [2] It is a structure of historical significance, being one of 32 federal post offices built in Mississippi during the Great Depression as part of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal public buildings program. [3] The building was listed on the National Register of ...

  7. Neshoba County Fair - Wikipedia

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    Neshoba County Fair. The Neshoba County Fair, also known as Mississippi's Giant House Party, is an annual event of agricultural, political, and social entertainment held a few miles from Philadelphia, Mississippi. The fair was first established in 1889 and is the nation's largest campground fair. The event usually starts at the end of July and ...

  8. Political positions of Ronald Reagan - Wikipedia

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    Economics portal. Politics portal. v. t. e. Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Previously, he was the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and acted in Hollywood films from 1937 to 1964, the same year he energized the American conservative movement. Reagan's basic foreign policy was to equal ...

  9. Downtown Philadelphia Historic District (Mississippi) - Wikipedia

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    The Downtown Philadelphia Historic District is a designated area within the city limits of Philadelphia, Mississippi in Neshoba County. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, and is loosely bounded by the streets of Myrtle, Peachtree, Walnut, and Pecan. The district features a number of commercial buildings built in ...