Новости за 08.04.2022

23 million birds deadMore than 23 million birds across the U.S. have died due to the current bird flu outbreak. The majority of the birds are chickens and turkeys culled across farms to prevent the further spread of the disease.…

Rising interest rates continue to curb demand in the mortgage market, with applications down from both buyers and homeowners looking to refinance, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Interest rates are nearing 5%, tamping down applications for the third week…

A group of disease detectives are tracing the spread of a deadly virus among the social animals. It's a recurring problem that's had a disastrous impact on marine mammal populations over the years.

In 1974, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run. See more sports moments from this date in history:

- Local school in Kinderhook, New YorkHannah Van Buren grew up in a Dutch community in Kinderhook, New York, where she attended a local school. Dutch was Van Buren's first language.

- No formal educationThere's no record of Rachel Jackson receiving any formal education, but historians assume that her upbringing in rural Virginia likely didn't include any education beyond basic reading and writing.

- French convent school, English boarding school, and private tutoringLouisa Adams was the first First Lady with a formal education. As a girl, she attended a Roman Catholic convent school in Nantes, France, and a girls' boarding school in England.…

- No formal educationThough no records of Elizabeth Monroe's education exist, historians assume she took lessons in French, Latin, music, literature, dancing, and other traditional social graces.You may also like: Counties with the highest rate of food insecure children

- No formal educationThe nation's fourth First Lady did not have a formal education either, though that didn't stop her from becoming an accomplished hostess and socialite.

- No formal educationTechnically, Martha Jefferson never served as First Lady because she died 19 years before her husband Thomas Jefferson became president. She also was not formally educated but was an accomplished musician.

- No formal educationAn early advocate for women's rights, Abigail Adams also did not receive a formal education. What education she had, she taught herself from the books in her family's library.

- No formal educationLike many women of her time, Martha Washington didn't receive a formal education. However, she did learn basic mathematics, reading, and writing at home, which is more than many girls at the time could say.

Harvard. Princeton. Yale. These elite alma maters ooze a sense of ambitious intellect—and yet several women alumni who went on to become residents at the White House are remembered more for their fashion sense, flair for interior design, or holiday…