U.S. Department of State Background Note
Index:
Historical Highlights Government Economy Defense and Military Issues Foreign Relations U.S.-Belarusian Relations
HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS…
Born: Apr. 17, 1820Baseball engineer and draftsman who spread gospel of baseball from New York City to California gold fields; widely regarded as the father of modern game; his guidelines included…
(Jay Scott Greenspan)actorBorn: 09/23/1959Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Jason Alexander is known to most Americans as George Costanza, Jerry Seinfeld's neurotic friend on the hit TV series…
Czechoslovakian statesmanBorn: 11/27/1921Birthplace: Uhrovek, Slovakia Dubcek joined the Communist Party in 1939 and became the Party's first secretary in 1968. His economic and political reforms,…
Great American statesman In the years after the Revolutionary war, Hamilton practiced law. He often defended pro-British Loyalists. Not only did he feel it was time to put the bitter…
design and construction engineerBorn: 1888 A 1912 recipient of a civil engineering degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Archibald “Archie” Alexander joined the Marsh Engineering Company…
physicist, chemistBorn: 1852Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Bouchet was the first African American to graduate (1874) from Yale College. In 1876, upon receiving his Ph.…
Born: 1847Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland Telegraphy—In addition to the telephone, Bell held patents for the telegraph, photophone, phonograph, aerial vehicles, hydroairplanes, and a selenium cell…
