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Biography of Olympia SnoweName: Olympia SnoweBirth Date: February 21, 1947 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Augusta, Maine, United States Nationality: American Gender: Female Occupations: senator Olympia Snowe Olympia Snowe (born 1947) overcame the early deaths of both of her parents and her first husband to build a strong political career grounded in fiscal conservatism and to forge a fulfilling personal life based on a strong second marriage and community involvement.Olympia Snowe's career is characterized by a number of firsts. Most notably, when she was elected to Congress from the Maine second congressional district in 1978 at the age of 31, she was the youngest Republican and the first Greek American woman to serve in Congress. As a U.S. Senator representing the state of Maine, Snowe is well-known for her work on budget-deficit reduction, fiscal issues, health care, women's issues, and foreign affairs.Snowe was born Olympia Jean Bouchles in 1947 in Augusta, Maine. Her father, George, emigrated to the United States from Mytilene, Greece, and her mother, Georgia Goranites Bouchles, was a second-generation Greek whose parents had come to …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Truman was the president of the United StatesThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was establishedTennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire was publishedThe times:1946-1987: The Cold War1950-1953: Korean War1957-1975: Vietnam War1983: American invasion of Grenada1991: Persian Gulf War1992-1996: Civil war in BosniaSnowe's contemporaries:Bill Clinton (1946--) American presidentCarol Moseley Braun (1947--) American senatorNolan Ryan (1947--) American baseball playerTipper Gore (1948--) American wife of vice presidentAnnie Leibovitz (1949--) American photographerSelected world events:1954: The U.S. Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional1955: Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was used for the first time in the U.S.1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba failed1969: Woodstock Music and Art Festival was held in upstate New York1981: Attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan failed1986: Nuclear reactor at Chernobyl exploded1992: Riots erupted in Los Angeles following the Rodney King court decision1993: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed1993: Janet Reno became the first female U.S. Attorney General |