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WebThe roots of IBM date back to the 1880s, tracing from four predecessor companies: The Bundy Manufacturing Company was the first manufacturer of time clocks.The company was founded in 1889 by Harlow Bundy in Binghamton, New York.; The Tabulating Machine Company was the first manufacturer of punch card based data processing machines. …

WebThe 1896 United States presidential election was the 28th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1896.Former Governor William McKinley, the Republican candidate, defeated former Representative William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candidate. The 1896 campaign, which took place during an economic …

WebOct 27, 2009 · The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. Among its leaders were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the ...

WebThe first edition of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece, in 1896, while the first winter edition was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Since 1994, the Olympic Games have alternated between a summer and winter edition every two years within the four-year period of each Olympiad.

WebThe history of Sudan refers to both the territory of the Republic of the Sudan, including what became in 2011 the independent state of South Sudan.The territory of Sudan is geographically part of a larger African region, also known by the term "Sudan".The term is derived from Arabic: بلاد السودان bilād as-sūdān, or "land of the black people", and has …

WebHistory. The rate of change since the mid-20th century is unprecedented over millennia. Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 800,000 years, there have been eight cycles of ice ages and warmer periods, with the end of the last ice age about 11,700 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era — and of human …

WebJun 18, 2015 · See also: Ancient History/Rome The city of Rome was founded (traditionally in the year 753 BCE). Slowly, Rome grew from a kingdom to a republic to a vast empire, which, at various points, included most of present-day Britain (a large part of Scotland never belonged to the empire), France (then known as Gaul), Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, …

WebRepublican dominance: 1860–1896 Civil War. National Union ticket in 1864 as party men gave these to voters to deposit in the ballot box. The election of Lincoln as president in 1860 opened a new era of Republican dominance based in the industrial North and agricultural Midwest. ... Donald Trump is the first president in US history to be ...

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