Tidewater Finance Company. WHO WE ARE! Tidewater Finance Company is proud to serve as one of the leading sub-prime lenders in the automobile and home furnishings industry. Our operations center located in Virginia Beach, VA, services over 550 automobile and furniture dealers throughout the United States.
Gunnar Myrdal (December 6, 1898 â May 17, 1987) was a Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician. His work contributed to the establishment of a welfare state in Sweden following the Second World War.
Mandela Sentenced for Sabotage. 1  Nelson Mandela, leader in the African National Congress, an organization dedicated to protesting the South African governmentâs policy of apartheid, had been arrested in 1956 on treason charges, but was acquitted. The ANC was banned by the government in 1960, following the Sharpeville massacre.