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Hace 3 días · Contemporary rankings. Note: The list includes families who, according to reliable sources, have a combined net worth of 5 billion US dollars and above. Historical. Excluding royal dynasties and land-owning aristocracy, the wealthiest families since the emergence of banking and early capitalism in the Italian Renaissance were: [citation needed]
Hace 2 días · The businessman William Rockefeller was the first of several Rockefeller family members to attend the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church; he became a major financial backer of the church in the 1870s. William and his brother John D. Rockefeller later became trustees of the church and many of its services were held at the Rockefellers' home ...
Hace 2 días · In the narrow Republican contest, conservative Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater defeated liberal New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton . Johnson championed a series of anti-poverty programs, collectively known as Great Society, and his passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Hace 5 días · William K. Vanderbilt II – known to family and friends as Willie K. – loved the oceans and the natural world. In his seagoing global travels, he collected fish and other marine life, birds, invertebrates and cultural artifacts for the personal museum he planned to build on his Long Island estate.
Hace 4 días · Robert F. Kennedy (born November 20, 1925, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.—died June 6, 1968, Los Angeles, California) was a U.S. attorney general and adviser during the administration of his brother Pres. John F. Kennedy (1961–63) and later a U.S. senator (1965–68). He was the son of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy.
Hace 5 días · Tammany Hall, the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City historically exercising political control through the typical ‘boss-ist’ blend of charity and patronage. It became synonymous with big-city government corruption during the period of its rule by ‘Boss’ William M. Tweed.
Hace 3 días · Located at the heart of Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, 30 Rockefeller Plaza stands as an iconic symbol of New York City’s architectural and cultural landscape. Completed in 1933, this 66-story, 850-foot Art Deco masterpiece was designed by Raymond Hood, the lead architect of Rockefeller Center. Initially known as the RCA ...
