New York did not want Vermont to become a state because they still said the land was their own. In 1790, representatives of both states met and decided that Vermont would pay $30,000 to New York in exchange for New York respecting the border between the two states at Lake Champlain. After this, Vermont became the 14th state in 1791. At that time, the population was about 85,000.
The Green Mountain Boys were the militia and only military force of Vermont. They began in 1775 after an argument about land between New York and New Hampshire.
The militia was lead by Major General Ethan Allen, who was born in Vermont and was in the military from 1757 (British Army) until 1780 (Vermont militia).
In 1780, 300 soldiers of the Green Mountain Boys defended against 307 British and Iroquois soldiers in the Royalton raid. The British and Iroquois attacked Vermont as a part of many raids by the British in the American Revolutionary War.
The Green Mountain Boys fought with the Continental Army in the Battle of Ticonderoga and the Battle of Bennington.
Robert Brylewski
Robert Maksymilian Brylewski, also known as. Afa and Robin Goldroker (25 May 1961 – 3 June 2018), was a Polish musician and singer-songwriter. He was born in Warsaw. Brylewski was the co-founder of bands Kryzys, Brygada Kryzys, Izrael and Armia.
Brylewski died in Warsaw on 3 June 2018 at the age of 57, after being assaulted and falling into a coma.
Mario Toros
Mario Toros (9 December 1922 – 3 June 2018) was an Italian politician. He was born in Milan. He served as a Deputy from 1958 to 1972, and as a Senator from 1972 to 1987.
Toros died on 3 June 2018 in Milan at the age of 95.
Omar Razzaz
Omar Razzaz () (born 1 January 1960) is a Jordanian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Jordan from 4 June 2018 to 7 October 2020. He became Prime Minister when his predecessor, Hani Al-Mulki, resigned as a result of widespread protests . From 4 January 2017 until 4 June 2018, he was the Minister of Education. Before, he was the chairman of the board of directors of Jordan Ahli Bank.
Adnan Badran
Adnan Badran () (born 15 December 1935) is a Jordanian scientist, academic and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Jordan from 6 April 2005 to 27 November 2005.
Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan, on 15 December 1935. He received his bachelor of science from Oklahoma State University and his MS and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University.
Mudar Badran
Mudar Mohammad Ayesh Badran () (born 1934) is a former Jordanian politician and government minister, and starting 1993, a Jordanian industrialist mainly in steel manufacturing. He served as Prime Minister of Jordan from 1976 to 1979, again from 1980 1984 and again from 1989 to 1991.
Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan in 1934.
Zaid al-Rifai
Zaid al-Rifai () (born 27 November 1936) is a Jordanian politician. He was born in Amman, Jordan.
He served as Prime Minister of Jordan and formed four different governments, the last of which was Jordan's longest lasting government in the history of the kingdom. It lasted for a term of 4 years and 20 days from (4 April 1985 to 24 April 1989).
His father, Sameer al-Rifai, and his son, Samir Rifai, all served as Jordanian prime minister.
Zaid al-Rifai was the President of the Senate of Jordan from 1997 to 2009. On 12 December 2009, he resigned from office.
Chicago Pride Parade
The Chicago Pride Parade, also (and formerly) called the Chicago Gay Pride Parade or PRIDE Chicago, is the annual pride parade held on the last Sunday of June in Lake View, Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is funded and organized by the Chicago City Council and Mayor of Chicago. Chicago's Pride Parade is one of the largest, by attendance, in the world.
The first parade was organized on Saturday, June 27, 1970, as a march from Washington Square Park ("Bughouse Square") to the Water Tower, but then many of the participants marched on to the Civic Center (now Richard J. Daley) Plaza.
For many years, the parade was held only in Lake View East, a neighborhood in Chicago. Recent parades have expanded their routes by extending it to the Uptown neighborhood, beginning at the corner of Broadway and Montrose. The parade then goes south on Broadway to Halsted, continues south on Halsted to Belmont, then east on Belmont to Broadway and finally south again on Broadway to Cannon Drive and Lincoln Park.
In June 2017, the Grand Marshall of the parade was Lea DeLaria and over 1,000,000 attended the parade.
There was no parade in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It returns in 2021.
Washington Square Park (Chicago)
Washington Square, also known as Washington Square Park, is a park in Chicago, Illinois. It is a registered historic landmark that is better known by its nickname Bughouse Square.
It is located in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was the most celebrated open air free-speech center in the country as well as a popular Chicago tourist attraction.
It is Chicago's oldest existing small park. It is one of four Chicago Park District parks named after persons surnamed Washington. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1991.
Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago)
The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, located in Chicago's Near North Side community area. It is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street.
The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire.
In 1882, millionaire Potter Palmer moved to the area from the Prairie Avenue neighborhood on the city's south side. He filled in a swampy area which later became Lake Shore Drive. Other wealthy Chicagoans followed Potter into the neighborhood, which became one of the richest in Chicago.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
As of 2011, Gold Coast ranks as the 7th richest urban neighborhood in America with a median household income of $153,358.
Harry R. Truman
Harold R. "Harry" Truman (October 30, 1896 – May 18, 1980) was an American small business owner. He was a resident of the U.S. state of Washington who resided on Mount St. Helens.
He was the owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake, at the foot of the mountain, he came to fame as a folk hero in the months following the volcano's 1980 eruption after he refused to leave his home despite evacuation orders.
Truman is thought to have been killed by a that overtook his lodge and buried the site under of volcanic debris.
David A. Johnston
David Alexander Johnston (December 18, 1949 – May 18, 1980) was an American USGS volcanologist. He was killed by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington. He was a principal scientist on the USGS monitoring team,
Johnston was killed in the eruption while observing the post away on the morning of May 18, 1980. He was the first to report the eruption, transmitting "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" before he was swept away by a lateral blast.
Rosemont Theatre
The Rosemont Theatre (formerly the Akoo Theatre at Rosemont) is a concert hall in Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The venue, which has seats for 4,400 people. It opened in 1995. It hosts many different musical artists and shows. It is located near O'Hare International Airport, Allstate Arena and Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, formerly known as the Rosemont Convention Center, is a convention center located in Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It was built in 1975.
The center has exhibition space of and parking available via a Skybridge connected parking garage, which is able to fit 8,000 vehicles.
It is located near O'Hare International Airport, Allstate Arena, Rosemont Theatre, and Fashion Outlets of Chicago. The facility is named after the late mayor of Rosemont, Donald E. Stephens.
Fashion Outlets of Chicago