Henry Bellmon, was a former Oklahoma governor and United States senator who took a judicious approach to conservative politics and who was a leading figure in Richard M. Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign.

Mr. Bellmon was the first Republican governor of Oklahoma elected in 1963 since it became a state in 1907.

He was invited to the White House at the end of the Nixon presidency, along with about 20 other Nixon supporters, on the afternoon of Aug. 8, 1974. There the president informed them that he would go on television that night to announce his decision to resign the next day, to avoid impeachment because of the Watergate scandal.

Bellmon had been serving as the national chairman of the Nixon for President Committee when he resigned to run for the Senate.

Bellmon did not play any role in Nixon impeachment trial due to his moderate positions that put him at odds with the largely conservative Oklahoma Republican Party.

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3 years ago

What could you explain the eight-month gap between the mutiny at San Julian and the navigation of the Strait of Magellan?

gavmur [86]

After Magellan and his crew sailed the Río de la Plata, they find a suitable place to spend the winter, which they called Port San Julián on March 30, 1520. Magellan decided to stay in that port for 148 days, a very long period, and this is not understood by many expedition members and a mutiny happened. During this period another important event took place: the ship "Santiago", commanded by Juan Serrano, Portuguese and possibly a cousin of Magellan, had been sent to explore something more to the South while the others remained in the Port of San Julián. Apparently it is stuck by the great oscillation of the tide, losing the ship.

When finally Magellan decided to leave on August 24, 1520, apparently they found very bad weather conditions and stopped, this time in Port of Santa Cruz, for another 53 days. Only three days after leaving Port Santa Cruz, on October 21, 1520, they discovered Cabo Vírgenes and began to enter, without yet knowing it, into the crossing on the other side of America.

The navigation of the Strait of Magellan (not known at that moment) will take them no less than 28 days, and finally, on November 18, 1520, 8 months after arriving at Port of San Julián, they will flow into the ocean they called Pacific.

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