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The paper changed its name to The Standard in 1977 but the name East African Standard was revived later. It was sold to Kenyan investors in 1995. In 2004 the name was changed back to The Standard. It is the main rival to Kenya's largest newspaper, the Daily Nation. In 1989, at a time when Kenya was going into multi-party era, the Standard Group ...
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Chester Arthur Franklin, or "C.A.", [2] (1880–1955) founded The Call newspaper in May 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri. He owned and operated it until his death on May 7, 1955, establishing an office also in Kansas City, Kansas. Franklin was born in Texas on June 7, 1880, [2] the only child of George F. Franklin, a barber, and Clara Belle (née ...
Slave ship Whydah Gally was commissioned in 1715 in London, England, by Sir Humphrey Morice, a member of parliament (MP), who was known as 'the foremost London slave merchant of his day'. A square-rigged three-masted galley ship, she measured 110 feet (34 m) in length, with a tonnage rating at 300 tuns burthen, and could travel at speeds up to 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph). Christened Whydah ...
Internet outage felt across East Africa. Damian Zane - BBC News. May 14, 2024 at 5:53 AM. [Getty Images] Internet users in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda have been complaining about poor ...
George Washington Carver George Washington Carver c. 1910 Born c. 1864? Diamond, Missouri, U.S. Died January 5, 1943 (1943-01-05) (aged 78–79) Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. Resting place Tuskegee University Education Iowa State University (BA, MSc) Awards Spingarn Medal (1923) Signature George Washington Carver (c. 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who ...
The Kansas City Kansan is an online newspaper that serves Kansas City and other communities in Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States. History [ edit ] Arthur Capper started the newspaper on January 31, 1921, when Kansas City, Kansas, did not have a daily newspaper while neighboring Kansas City, Missouri , had three dailies—the Kansas City ...
Kansas City City Hall. / 39.100569; -94.577997. Kansas City City Hall is the official seat of government for the city of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Located in downtown, it is a 29-story skyscraper with an observation deck. [3] Completed in 1937, the building has a Beaux-Arts and Art-Deco style with numerous architectural features and ...