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The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
A check or check mark ( American English ), checkmark ( Philippine English ), tickmark ( Indian English) or tick ( Australian, New Zealand and British English) is a mark ( , , etc.) used in many countries, including the English-speaking world, to indicate the concept "yes" (e.g. "yes; this has been verified", "yes; that is the correct answer ...
Gross Domestic Product ( GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value [2] of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country [3] or countries. [4] [5] [6] GDP is often used to measure the economic health of a country or region. [3] Definitions of GDP are maintained by several national and ...
The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. At the time, the United States was a neutral country in the World War II conflict.
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ( Arabic: محمد بن سلمان آل سعود, romanized : Muḥammad bin Salmān ʾās-Su‘ūd; born 31 August 1985) is the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia. The heir apparent to the Saudi Arabian throne, he is currently Crown Prince and Prime Minister.
Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek [a] (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and military leader. He was the head of the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party, General of the National Revolutionary Army, known as Generalissimo, and the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) in mainland China from 1928 until 1949.
This list of countries by life expectancy provides a comprehensive list of countries alongside their respective life expectancy figures. The data is differentiated by sex, presenting life expectancies for males, females, and a combined average.