Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. (April 21, 1908 – December 26, 1978) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Edward Sittler was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents to Uniontown, Pennsylvania while still an infant. He graduated from Brown University in 1930. He worked as a salesman for an ice cream company from 1931 to 1937. He was elected to the Uniontown School Board in 1934 and served as president of the board in 1936 and 1937. He became a became field underwriter for Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York in 1937. He enlisted as a private in the United States Army in February 1943 and served in the Ordnance Corps in the European Theatre of World War II until released to the Inactive Reserve as a captain in August 1946. He was mayor of Uniontown from 1948 to 1951. In 1950, he was elected as a Republican to the 82nd United States Congress in the Pennsylvania 23rd district, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman Anthony Cavalcante, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 when re-districting forced him into an election against incumbent Democratic Congressman Thomas E. Morgan in the 26th district. He served as Republican State committeeman for Fayette County, Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1972. He was the minority Fayette County Commissioner from 1968 to 1971. (Wikipedia).
Lyndon B. Johnson: A Tragic Figure (1963 – 1969)
Lyndon Johnson ascended to the presidency upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was a large, imposing man, who had been an influential Senate Majority Leader and Vice President. And as President, it is difficult to say whether he is remembered better for his incredible domestic acc
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Four-Term Phenomenon (1933 – 1945)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is a colossal figure in American History. He led the nation through the Great Depression, as well as World War II. He is the only president to be elected four times, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents of all time, along with Washington and Li
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#ASUgrad Graduate Commencement 2019 | Arizona State University
We are live, from Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe Arizona, at ASU Graduate Commencement 2019. Congratulations graduates! #ASUgrad Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/asu About ASU: Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the country’s most innovative school, Arizona State University is whe
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Interview with Alexander Goncharov
Prof. Alexander Goncharov is the first Gretchen and Barry Mazur Chairholder at IHES and a Professor in Mathematics at Yale University. In this interview he explains how he became interested in mathematics, his connection with IHES and with Barry Mazur, and talks about his research interest
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Lagrange Bicentenary - Luigi Pepe's conference
Scientific biography of Joseph Louis Lagrange Part one, Lagrange in Turin : calculus of variation and vibrating sring Part two, Lagrange in Paris : didactical works and Dean for Scientific activities at the National Institute
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Hazel V. Carby, the Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of African American Studies and American Studies at Yale University, delivered the seventh annual Henry L. Gates Jr., Lecture, “Difficult Times," on April 11, 2019, at the Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, Yale University.
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The Economy of The U.S.A (Part 2): The Modern Global Empire
This video was made possible by our Patreon community! ❤️ See new videos early, participate in exclusive Q&As, and more! ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/EconomicsExplained ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The United States became the world's largest economy in the early 20th century and though massi
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Lagrange Bicentenary - Jacques Laskar's conference
Lagrange and the stability of the Solar System
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Alexander Evans: The Relationship between the U.S. and South Asia
Mr. Evans recently was the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress, and previously worked at the Department of State as a senior advisor, first to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and then to Ambassador Marc Grossman, the U.S. Special R
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Where Are the Ants Carrying All Those Leaves? | Deep Look
Ants don’t eat leaves. They use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own underground cities and huge half-inch soldiers to patrol them. DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4
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December 7th - Today In History | British Pathé
There are dates that changed history for the better and for worse. Some very important events took place on the 7th of December. So what happened today many years ago? We will present you 7 events that changed or made history on that day. Tell us your thoughts in the comment section belo
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Brief History of the Royal Family
The Royal Family from 1066 until today. Support the videos: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey Research help from: Dr. Carolyn Harris, University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, author of "Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada" http://www.amazon.com/Magna-Carta-Its-Gifts-Canada-eb
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Kick-Off of the Franklin Thomas Laboratory of Engineering Renovation - 4/4/2014
Transforming the Thomas Laboratory The renovation of the Franklin Thomas Laboratory of Engineering began with a wall breaking ceremony on April 4, 2014. The donors who made this renovation possible are: the Gate Frontiers Fund and Diane Gates Wallach who made the gift in honor of her fath
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Who Would Be King of America if George Washington had been made a monarch?
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Ultimate Motorsports Collection Tour | Car Collection Tour Justice Brothers
Today, we explore an epic car collection steeped in American motorsports history. We were lucky enough to have Ed Justice Jr. take us through the Justice Brothers collection and garage on this exclusive tour. Watch Pt. 2 here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWAB4XTdPq8&feature=youtu.be
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Lagrange Bicentenary - Cédric Villani's conference
From the stability of the Solar system to the stability of plasmas
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The M2-F1, NASA's "Flying Bathtub."
In its 64 years of existence, NASA has tested some truly innovative and inspiring ideas. None, perhaps, were more radically weird than the wingless “flying bathtub,” towed by a hopped up Pontiac Catalina. It was a little remembered low-budget program in a time when NASA and the entire ide
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