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Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead, and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 25 mi (40 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction; nearly a million people tour the dam each year. Heavily travelled U.S. 93 ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.
Did you know?
- ... that Michele S. Jones (pictured) was the first woman in the U.S. Army to attain the rank of command sergeant major before she retired to a military liaison position in the Obama Administration?
- ... that Grant Park Symphony Orchestra began a tradition of Independence Day Eve concerts in Grant Park accompanied by fireworks when the Petrillo Music Shell was relocated in 1978?
- ... that the Action of 9 February 1799 fought between the frigates USS Constellation and L'Insurgente during the Quasi War was the first ever victory for the United States Navy?
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Raised in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969, and earned a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas and married future president Bill Clinton in 1975; the two had met at Yale. In 1977, she co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She was appointed the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978, and became the first female partner at Little Rock's Rose Law Firm the following year. The National Law Journal twice listed her as one of the hundred most influential lawyers in America. Clinton was the first lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992. As First Lady of the United States, Clinton advocated for healthcare reform. In 1994, her major initiative—the Clinton health care plan—failed to gain approval from Congress. In 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a leading role in advocating the creation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act. Clinton advocated for gender equality at the 1995 UN conference on women. Her marital relationship came under public scrutiny during the Lewinsky scandal, which led her to issue a statement that reaffirmed her commitment to the marriage.
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The cuisine of the antebellum United States characterizes American eating and cooking habits from about 1776 to 1861. During this period different regions of the United States adapted to their surroundings and cultural backgrounds to create specific regional cuisines, modernization of technology led to changes in food consumption, and evolution of taverns into hotels led to the beginnings of an American temperance movement. By the beginning of the Civil War, the United States cuisine and food culture could define itself separately from that of the rest of the world. Read more...
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The comprises five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. With over 8.2 million residents within an area of 322 square miles (830 km²), it's the most densely populated major city in the United States.
Many of the city's neighborhoods and landmarks are known around the world. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they arrived at Ellis Island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wall Street is home to the New York Stock Exchange. The city has had several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center.
New York is the birthplace of many cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism in painting, and hip hop, salsa and Tin Pan Alley in music. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36% of its population was born outside the United States. With its 24-hour subway and constant bustling of traffic and people, New York is known as "The City That Never Sleeps."
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Witherspoon married actor and Cruel Intentions co-star Ryan Phillippe in 1999; they have two children, Ava and Deacon. The couple separated at the end of 2006 and divorced in October 2007. Witherspoon owns a production company, Type A Films, and she is actively involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation.
In the news
- July 25: On the campaign trail in the USA, June 2020
- July 2: Iran issues arrest warrants for 36 people, including US President Trump; seeks Interpol's aid
- June 28: Neanderthals 'knew what they were doing': Archæologist Dr Naomi Martisius discusses her findings about Neanderthals' behaviour with Wikinews
- June 19: On the campaign trail in the USA, May 2020
- June 4: Power firm helicopter strikes cables, crashes near Fairfield, California
- May 31: SpaceX successfully launches its first crewed spaceflight
- May 29: SARS-CoV-2 surpasses 100,000 confirmed deaths in the United States
- May 8: US Supreme Court overturns fraud convictions in Kelly v. United States
- April 29: SARS-CoV-2 surpasses one million confirmed infections in the United States
- April 16: Elizabeth Warren endorses Joe Biden in 2020 US presidential election
- April 15: Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden in 2020 United States presidential election
- April 14: English mathematician John Horton Conway dies after contracting COVID-19
- April 14: Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
- April 10: Bernie Sanders ends 2020 US presidential bid
- April 7: US state of Wisconsin holds 2020 election amidst COVID-19 concerns
- April 5: SARS-CoV-2 surpasses one million infections worldwide
- March 26: Florida frog skull survey shows spikes, say scientists
- March 20: Arizona, Florida, Illinois hold 2020 US presidential primaries; Ohio postpones
- March 16: US President Trump declares COVID-19 national emergency
- March 15: Native American groups sue US state of Montana over ballot law
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As of 23 October 2020, there are 1,273 featured and 3,566 good articles within WikiProject United States scope. This makes up 5.69% of the articles on Wikipedia, 13.37% of all featured articles and lists, and 10.91% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are 1,112,798 pages in the project.
Featured culture biographies:
Actors and filmmakers –
James Thomas Aubrey, Jr.
• Kroger Babb
• Eric Bana
• Joseph Barbera
• Bette Davis
• Kirsten Dunst
• Judy Garland
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Anthony Michael Hall
• William Hanna
• Phil Hartman
• Ethan Hawke
• Katie Holmes
• Janet Jackson
• Michael Jackson
• Angelina Jolie
• Diane Keaton
• Madonna (entertainer)
• Austin Nichols
• Brad Pitt
• Nancy Reagan
• Ronald Reagan
• Aaron Sorkin
• KaDee Strickland
• Sharon Tate
• Reese Witherspoon
• Anna May Wong;
Arts and entertainment –
James Robert Baker
• William D. Boyce
• Stephen Crane
• H.D.
• Emily Dickinson
• George Washington Dixon
• Zelda Fitzgerald
• Margaret Fuller
• William Gibson
• Rufus Wilmot Griswold
• Ernest Hemingway
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
• Jenna Jameson
• James Russell Lowell
• Master Juba
• I. M. Pei
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Roman Vishniac
• Nathaniel Parker Willis;
Musicians –
Aaliyah
• Alice in Chains
• Audioslave
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Big Star
• Mariah Carey
• Damageplan
• Bob Dylan
• Flea (musician)
• Black Francis
• John Frusciante
• Godsmack
• The Greencards
• Insane Clown Posse
• Janet Jackson
• Michael Jackson
• Bradley Joseph
• Maynard James Keenan
• Frank Klepacki
• David Lovering
• Madonna (entertainer)
• John Mayer
• Metallica
• Nine Inch Nails
• Nirvana (band)
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• Leo Ornstein
• Ellis Paul
• Pearl Jam
• Pixies
• Elvis Presley
• Selena
• Slayer
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• Elliott Smith
• Gwen Stefani
• The Supremes
• Tool (band)
• Uncle Tupelo
• Wilco
• Frank Zappa;
Sports and games –
Nick Adenhart
• Shelton Benjamin
• Moe Berg
• Tim Duncan
• Bobby Eaton
• Orval Grove
• Art Houtteman
• Magic Johnson
• Michael Jordan
• Bart King
• Sandy Koufax
• Jimmy McAleer
• Bob Meusel
• Stan Musial
• Ben Paschal
• CM Punk
• J. R. Richard
• Jackie Robinson
• Bill Russell
• Sigi Schmid
• Lee Smith (baseball)
• Ozzie Smith
• Paul Stastny
• Jim Thorpe
• Tyrone Wheatley
Featured society biographies: Military – Daniel Boone • James Bowie • Simon Bolivar Buckner • Henry Cornelius Burnett • Frederick Russell Burnham • Wesley Clark • Brian Eaton • Gerald Ford • Winfield Scott Hancock • Benjamin Harrison • William Henry Harrison • Rutherford B. Hayes • Thomas C. Hindman • Thomas C. Kinkaid • Eli Lilly • John McCain • George B. McClellan • Fred Moosally • Sylvanus Morley • Edwin Taylor Pollock • Ronald Reagan • Uriel Sebree • Lawrence Sullivan Ross • Isaac Shelby • William Tecumseh Sherman • Myles Standish • Edward Teller • Benjamin Franklin Tilley • Stephen Trigg • Harriet Tubman; Politics and government – Samuel Adams • J. C. W. Beckham • Daniel Boone • William O'Connell Bradley • Simon Bolivar Buckner • Henry Cornelius Burnett • Charles Carroll the Settler • Murray Chotiner • Wesley Clark • Grover Cleveland • Calvin Coolidge • Richard Cordray • John J. Crittenden • Gerald Ford • Wendell Ford • William Goebel • Emma Goldman • John W. Johnston • Franklin Knight Lane • John McCain • George B. McClellan • Bob McEwen • Thomas R. Marshall • Harvey Milk • Edwin P. Morrow • Pat Nixon • Barack Obama • Rosa Parks • Paul E. Patton • Edwin Taylor Pollock • Nancy Reagan • Ronald Reagan • Theodore Roosevelt • Lawrence Sullivan Ross • Terry Sanford • Antonin Scalia • Solomon P. Sharp • Isaac Shelby • Augustus Owsley Stanley • Stephen Trigg • Jerry Voorhis • Daniel Webster • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Harry S. Truman; Science and academia – Edward Drinker Cope • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. • David A. Johnston • Eli Lilly • Glynn Lunney • Barbara McClintock • Sylvanus Morley • Gerard K. O'Neill • Hilary Putnam • Edward Teller • Roman Vishniac • Otto Julius Zobel
Featured lists: There are over 230 Featured lists in the scope of United States including:
109th United States Congress
• Commandant of the Marine Corps
• Korean War Medal of Honor recipients
• Most populous counties in the United States
• National Parks of the United States
• Tallest buildings in Washington, D.C.
• U.S. state name etymologies
• U.S. states by population
• United States Secretary of Energy
• Volcanoes in the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain
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