Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Collection. 1959 - 1960. Motion Picture Films. 1959 - 1960. EYE WITNESS TO HISTORY

Cronkite, Walter, 1916-2009

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For newspapers, radio, and television, Walter Leland Cronkite (1916-2009) covered almost every major news event in the world from World War II to his retirement in 1982. Since then, he worked on special projects and continued a career in writing. He was born Nov. 4, 1916 in St. Joseph, Mo., and grew up in Houston, where he attended high school. While attending the University of Texas, he worked at the capital bureau of the Scripps-Howard newspapers and in his junior year, he left ...

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Eisenhower, John S. D., 1922-2013

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John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born August 3, 1922, in Denver, Colorado, the son of Dwight David Eisenhower (34th President of the United States) and Mamie Geneva (Doud) Eisenhower. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1944, then from Columbia University in 1950. In 1955, he graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. In 1969, he authored The Bitter Woods: A Comprehensive Study of the War in Europe. From the description of Eisenhower, John S. D. (John ...

Karamanlis, Konstantinos, 1907-1998

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Firestone, Raymond Christy, 1908-1994

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Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986

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Biographical/Historical Note Prime minister of Great Britain, 1957-1963. From the guide to the Harold Macmillan speech, 1960, (Hoover Institution Archives) Prime minister of Great Britain, 1957-1963. From the description of Harold Macmillan speech, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869741 Publisher and later British Prime Minister. From the description of Letter : London, to Ralph Ho...

Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938

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Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966

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American statesman; assistant to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, 1919-1924; secretary of state, 1959-1961. From the description of Christian Archibald Herter miscellaneous papers, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123458502 Christian Archibald Herter (1895-1966) was born in Paris, France. He was a diplomat, politician, publisher, editor, and author. In 1959 Herter, who served as governor of Massachusetts during the mid-1950's, was appointed by President Dwight Eisen...

Eisenhower, Barbara Jean Thompson, 1926-

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Barbara Jean Thompson Eisenhower Foltz was born June 15, 1926 in Fort Knox, Kentucky. She married John Eisenhower, son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1947. From the description of Eisenhower, Barbara Jean Thompson, 1926- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10610501 ...

Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992

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Arnold Eric Sevareid (b. November 26, 1912-d. July 9, 1992) was born in Velva, North Dakota. He was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977....

Bayar, Celâl, 1883-

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Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967

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Konrad Adenauer was born in 1876 in Cologne, Germany. He was chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963. He died in 1967. From the description of Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581751 Chancellor of West Germany, 1949-1963. From the description of Konrad Adenauer miscellaneous papers, 1953-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869086 Politician, statesman and C...

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (b. 26 October 1919, Tehran, Persia–d. 27 July 1980, Cairo, Egypt) was the last Shah of Iran from Sept. 1941 until Feb. 11, 1979 (the Iranian Revolution). He replaced his father as Shah after British and Soviet forces forced his father to abdicate during World War II. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi made changes to modernize Iran during the White Revolution in the 1960s. However, he lost support from clergy and working class due to his modernization, relations with Israel, and corr...

Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1901-1964

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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964

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Epithet: Prime Minister of India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0003da Along with his father, Motilal, and Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru was the most visible and significant force for Indian independence. Raised partly in England, Nehru left his promising law practice to work for Indian independence, and was jailed often. He became the first Prime Minister of India, and is responsible for many of his count...

Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970

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Charles Gaulle (b. November 22, 1890, Lille, France-d. November 9, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France) was a French general, statesman, and veteran of World War I and World War II. He led the Free French Forces during World War II and later served as France's President, 1944-1945; Prime Minister, 1958-1959; and Minister of Defense, 1958-1959, before founding the French Fifth Republic and serving as its first president, 1959-1969. ...

Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975

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John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963

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Segni, Antonio.

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Antonio Segni (1891-1972), twice the prime minister of Italy, was president of the Italian Republic from 1962 to 1964. From the description of Segni, Antonio, 1891-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597960 ...