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The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968.The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace.
(The National) (Iraqi News Agency) A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off the eastern coast of Kamchatka Krai, Russia with a tsunami warning being issued. A Fouga Magister aircraft operated by the French Air Force performing an air show crashes off the coast of Le Lavandou, France, killing the pilot. (AFP via Euronews) Law and crime
The Twilight Saga is a series of romance fantasy films based on the book series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.The series has grossed over $3.36 billion worldwide. The first installment, Twilight, was released on November 21, 2008. [1]
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. [7] [11] The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, [10] making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.
However, the other UK nations had a cut-off period of 28 days. [186] On 14 August, thousands of UK holidaymakers in France were rushing to the borders to the UK, following the announcement of anyone returning from France after 4 am on 15 August to self-isolate for fourteen days, causing massive queues and traffic jams at the harbours and ...
The government made preparations to ration food in 1925, in advance of an expected general strike, and appointed Food Control Officers for each region.In the event, the trade unions of the London docks organised blockades by crowds, but convoys of lorries under military escort took the heart out of the strike, so that the measures did not have to be implemented.
[3] [25] The acute symptoms usually resolve after three to six weeks; [25] about 25% of people may present with a recurrence of secondary symptoms. [ 23 ] [ 26 ] Many people who present with secondary syphilis (40–85% of women, 20–65% of men) do not report previously having had the classical chancre of primary syphilis.
The Free Software Foundation considers the development of a free compatible client for Google Earth to be a High Priority Free Software Project. [59] Google Earth was released for Android on February 22, 2010, [ 60 ] and on iOS on October 27, 2008.