Jean Henri Dunant published A Memory of Solferino in 1862 and his ideas led to the creation of this:

The reference to the Democratic party as the party of “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion” played a large part in this presidential candidate’s defeat.

Author and social philosopher Ayn Rand, whose work espoused her political-economic philosophy of Objectivism, capitalism and what she called “rational selfishness,” was born here in 1905.

He described the position of vice president of the U.S. as “not worth a bucket of warm spit.”

Mary Ludwig Hays is better known by this name.

He firmly opposed a proposed U.S. visit by Nikita Khrushchev, warning it would confer recognition on the “Kremlin gangsters” and dispirit the captive people of Eastern Europe.

He formulated what became known as the Freeport Doctrine.

In 1964 this caused an outbreak of violence in Panama that resulted in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and four American soldiers.

The chief item in the Peace of Sistova was the return of this city to Turkey.

This American president began the tradition of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch to open the baseball season: