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Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

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The Death of Shakespeare

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World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

All Saints Day. All Souls Day. Candles in cemetery in Poland on All Saints Day, November 1. All Souls Day, November 2. Christian church, All Hallows, Solemnity of All Saints, Feast of All Saints, purgatory, Roman Catholic church

7 Unique Burial Rituals Across the World

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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Trump administration seeks to defund public broadcasters • Apr. 22, 2025, 3:43 AM ET (Straits Times)

Chicago Tonight | Skunk Cabbage Emerges at the Chicago Botanic Garden | Season 2025 • Apr. 18, 2025, 11:16 PM ET (PBS)

Trump administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR • Apr. 16, 2025, 11:42 AM ET (PBS)

Trump Targets NPR, PBS, Foreign Aid in $9 Billion Spending Cut • Apr. 15, 2025, 7:52 AM ET (Bloomberg.com)

White House to ask Congress to cut $9B in funds, including for NPR, PBS, USAID • Apr. 14, 2025, 11:23 AM ET (The Hill)

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Also Known As	PBS • public television
Date	1969 - present
Headquarters	Alexandria
Areas Of Involvement	broadcasting • public enterprise • television
Related People	Walter Cronkite • Edward Gorey • Jim Lehrer • Charlayne Hunter-Gault • Mark Shields • Lincoln Filene • Bill Moyers • Diane Ackerman

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