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Hace 14 horas · Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state beginning in 1988, as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 ...
Hace 14 horas · June 6, 2024 2:04 pm (Updated 2:09 pm) Computer chipmaker Nvidia has become the world’s second most valuable company after the exploding demand for its highly-prized products saw its shares ...
Hace 14 horas · Deaths: 681,692 executions and 116,000 deaths in the Gulag system (official figures) 700,000 to 1.2 million (estimated): Perpetrators: Joseph Stalin, the NKVD (Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, Lavrentiy Beria, Ivan Serov and others), Vyacheslav Molotov, Andrey Vyshinsky, Lazar Kaganovich, Kliment Voroshilov, Robert Eikhe and others: Motive: Elimination of political opponents, consolidation of ...
Hace 14 horas · Normandy landings Part of Operation Overlord and the Western Front of World War II Taxis to Hell – and Back – Into the Jaws of Death, an iconic image of men of the 16th Infantry Regiment, US 1st Infantry Division wading ashore from their landing craft on Omaha Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944 Date 6 June 1944 ; 80 years ago (6 June 1944) Location Normandy, France Result Allied victory ...
Hace 14 horas · D-Day latest: King speaking as world marks 80 years since D-Day and hears emotional stories from heroes who survived. The King, Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak are attending events marking 80 years ...
Hace 4 horas · From Wisconsin to global tech ambassador for Microsoft, Brad Smith stays grounded in Midwest roots. A joint announcement in May with President Joe Biden that Microsoft will spend $3.3 billion on ...
Hace 14 horas · Detectives have found an email account linking Christian Brueckner to the death of Madeleine McCann, a court heard today. Detective Titus Stampa told a court the German FBI had identified two ...
