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Hace 4 horas · June 14 is the date celebrated as Flag Day in the United States. It is in commemoration of the adoption of the flag of our country, following the resolution of the Second Continental Congress on that same day in 1777. Proclamations were issued by both President Wilson, in 1916, and President Coolidge, in 1927, asking for that date to be ...
Hace 1 día · The Iliad (/ ˈ ɪ l i ə d /; Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek:; "[a poem] about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter.
Hace 1 día · George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923).
