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The People's Party was an American political organisation organized during the National Union Conference at Cincinnati, on May the 19th, 1891, and formed chiefly from the various Farmers' Alliances. A national committee was appointed to look after the interests of the new organization, and the platform of the Farmers' Alliance was indorsed advocating free silver; the sub-treasury plan; equal taxation; revenues limited to the necessity of the Government; a graduated income tax;
the election of President, Vice-President and Senate by a direct vote of the people; and prohibition of alien ownership of land. The National Convention at Omaha, Nebraska on July the 2nd, 1893, nominated James B Weaver, of Iowa, for President, and James G Field, of Virginia, for Vice-president. James B Weaver obtained a popular vote of 1,030,128 and an electoral vote of twenty-three.
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The Union Pacific Railroad was the first railway built across North America. It started from the Missouri at Omaha and met the Central Pacific Railroad building eastwards from San Francisco.
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Buddy Baer (real name Jacob Henry Baer) was an American actor. He was born in 1915 at Omaha, Nebraska and died in 1986.
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Fred Astaire was the adopted name of Frederick Austerlitz, an American actor, singer and dancer. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1899 and died in 1987. He starred in numerous films, including Top Hat, Easter Parade, and Funny Face, many of the films contain inventive dance sequences which he designed and choreographed himself. He made ten classic films with the most popular of his dancing partners, Ginger Rogers. He later played straight dramatic roles in such films as On the Beach.
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Marlon Brando was an American actor. He was born in 1924 at Omaha and died in 2004. He studied at the Actors Studio in New York City and made his Broadway debut in 1944. The role of Stanley Kowalski in ' A Streetcar Named Desire' in 1947, by Tennessee Williams, was well-suited to his naturalistic ' method' style of acting and brought him immediate acclaim and his first of two Oscars.
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Max Baer was an American professional boxer and actor. He was born in 1909 at Omaha, Nebraska and died in 1959 of a heart attack. He was world heavyweight boxing champion 1934 to 1935.
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Montgomery Clift was an American actor. He was born in 1920 at Omaha, Nebraska and died in 1966 of a coronary occlusion.
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Nick Nolte is an American actor. He was born in 1940 at Omaha, Nebraska.
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Adele Astaire was an American actress. She was born in either 1896 or 1898 at Omaha, Nebraska and died in 1981.
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Dorothy McGuire was an American actress. She was born in 1916 at Omaha, Nebraska and died in 2001 of a cardiac arrest.
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