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3 days ago · The Smithsonian Institution (/ smɪθˈsoʊniən / smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."
2 days ago · Bonham was a British hard rock band founded in 1989 by drummer Jason Bonham, the son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. The band's most successful line-up included singer Daniel MacMaster, bassist/keyboardist John Smithson and guitarist Ian Hatton.
4 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
2 days ago · John Quincy Adams (/ ˈkwɪnzi / ⓘ; [a] July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825.
4 days ago · John Smith, English explorer and early leader of the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He played an equally important role as a cartographer and a writer who vividly depicted the natural abundance of the New World, encouraging prospective English settlers.
3 days ago · By Sharyl Attkisson | October 5, 2021. The following is according to firsthand accounts. U.S. Embassy left behind biometrics on Afghans who helped U.S. Taliban used the information to contact the Afghans with spoof emails, telling them report to fake “safe houses,” where they were executed.
3 days ago · Ranging from Smithson's best known works such as Spiral Jetty and Partially Buried Woodshed to his photographs, films, and theoretical readings and writings, Shapiro's masterful book analyzes Smithson's art in relation to the legacy of American art of the 1960s and central philosophical themes in its contemporary reception.
