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[50] [51] The world's first commercial scale nuclear power station, Obninsk in the Soviet Union, began generation with its reactor AM-1 on 27 June 1954. Other early nuclear power plants were Calder Hall in England, which began generation on 17 October 1956, [ 52 ] and the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania , which began on 26 May ...
Michael Richard Pompeo (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ oʊ /; born December 30, 1963) is an American politician who served in the administration of Donald Trump as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018 and as the 70th United States secretary of state from 2018 to 2021.
Christianity in multiple forms is the state religion of the following 15 nations: Argentina (Catholic Church), [12] Armenia (Armenian Apostolic Church), Tuvalu (Church of Tuvalu), Costa Rica (Catholic Church), [13] Kingdom of Denmark (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark), [14] England (Church of England), [15] Greece (Church of Greece ...
Upon being told by McCarthy that "You're not fooling anyone", Symington replied: "Senator, the American people have had a look at you now for six weeks; you're not fooling anyone, either." [132] In Gallup polls of January 1954, 50% of those polled had a positive opinion of McCarthy. In June, that number had fallen to 34%.
The modern video game industry grew out of the concurrent development of the first arcade video game and the first home video game console in the early 1970s in the United States. The arcade video game industry grew out of the pre-existing arcade game industry, which was previously dominated by electro-mechanical games (EM games).
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York to psychiatrist Karen (née Kempner) and dentist Edward Zuckerberg. [2] [3] He and his three sisters (Arielle, Randi, and Donna) were raised in a Reform Jewish household [4] in Dobbs Ferry, New York. [5]
The move was condemned by Arab countries, and Palestinians broke off contacts with the Trump administration, [2] though maintaining intelligence cooperation with the CIA. [45] Trump reacted by ending both bilateral aid for Palestinians and contributions for UNRWA, [2] [46] citing the PA's refusal to take part in the administration's peace ...
As of July 20, 2020, debt held by the public was $20.57 trillion, and intragovernmental holdings were $5.94 trillion, for a total of $26.51 trillion. [19] Debt held by the public was approximately 77% of GDP in 2017, ranked 43rd highest out of 207 countries. [20]