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Financial Impact: $382 million (1954 dollars), equivalent to ~$3.8 billion today This Category 4 storm killed at least 469 people in Haiti before landing between North and South Carolina.
Under the country's official fixed exchange rate to the US dollar the new currency was devalued by roughly 95% compared to the old hard bolívar. [44] The day was declared a bank holiday to allow the banks to adjust to the new currency. [45] Initially, during a transition period the sovereign bolívar was to be run alongside the hard bolívar. [46]
General George C. Marshall, the 50th U.S. Secretary of State. The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred $13.3 billion (equivalent to $173.8 billion in 2024) in economic recovery programs to Western European ...
Neither party has made a serious effort to reduce the nation's $35.3 trillion debt when in power, with Republicans unwilling to raise taxes and Democrats largely opposed to spending reductions.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line was founded in 1968 by three Norwegian shipping companies: Anders Wilhelmsen & Company, I.M. Skaugen & Company, and Gotaas Larsen. [citation needed] The newly created line put its first ship, Song of Norway, into service two years later. A year later, the line added Nordic Prince to the fleet and in 1972 it added Sun ...
In addition to free cheeseburgers, the fast food chain is offering several deals from Sept. 16 to Sept. 22 ... Sept. 21, while the following day comes with a refreshing free soft drink of any size.
The same day, Lopez also dismissed Free Speech Systems’ bankruptcy case after Jones and the families could not reach agreement on a final plan. The sell-off order Lopez intends to approve would put Infowars' intellectual property up for auction on Nov. 13 including its trademarks, copyrighted material, social media accounts and websites.
The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; [2] [3] and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.