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In 1860 the Franklin House, a four story brick building on Franklin Street, was raised with hydraulic apparatus by the engineer John C. Lane, [31] [32] of the Lane and Stratton partnership of San Francisco. Californian engineers had been using hydraulic jacks to raise brick buildings in and around San Francisco as early as 1853. [33] [34] [35]
In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The annual Terry Fox Run , first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is now the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$ 850 million has ...
1956. Minimum wage: $1 In 2025 money: $11.85 On Mar. 1, 1956, the minimum wage was raised by one-third, just as it had been in 1945. For the first time in history, those entering the workforce ...
Following the downgrade itself, the DJIA had one of its worst days in history and fell 635 points on August 8. [17] The GAO estimated that the delay in raising the debt ceiling raised borrowing costs for the government by $1.3 billion (~$1.74 billion in 2023) in 2011 and noted that the delay would also raise costs in later years.
Elbridge Colby, Trump’s pick to serve as Defense undersecretary for policy, and Darren Beattie, his choice to serve as undersecretary of State for public diplomacy, in particular have raised ...
Marte estimates that up to 50% of city bodegas have already raised prices on their classic BEC sandwich. He says the cost of a case of eggs has surged over 200%, jumping from $67 last month to ...
Time's Up (stylised in all caps) was a non-profit organization that raised money to support victims of sexual harassment. The organization was founded on January 1, 2018, by Hollywood celebrities in response to the Weinstein effect and the Me Too movement. As of January 2020, the organization had raised $24 million in donations.
But Clinton had held ten times as many campaign donor events as Sanders with many contributions of $2,700, the maximum amount allowed, while Sanders's contributions had mostly been under $200. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 60 ] Sanders raised $20,000,000 in the month of January 2016, $5,000,000 more than Clinton during the same time period, with an average ...