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Hace 7 horas · The Killing is a 1956 American film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by James B. Harris. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on Lionel White 's novel Clean Break . It stars Sterling Hayden , Coleen Gray , and Vince Edwards , and features Marie Windsor , Elisha Cook Jr. , Jay C. Flippen and Timothy Carey .
Hace 1 día · Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history, with around 10 million combatants taking part, and over 8 ...
Hace 1 día · The War Against the Chtorr is a series of science fiction novels by American writer David Gerrold. The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.For a time, he was uncertain how many books there would be in the end but plans on seven.
Hace 1 día · Russia and China have held joint air patrols near Alaska, prompting US and Canadian defence command to intercept four bombers. Meanwhile, Bashar al Assad, the Syrian president, is in Russia to ...
Hace 7 horas · Greek operations during the First Balkan War.. After being under Ottoman rule from the mid-15th century until the 1820s, Greece gained independence in 1821 with support from the United Kingdom, France, and Russia.They appointed Prince Otto of Wittelsbach as the monarch of the new Kingdom of Greece.In 1862, King Otto I was overthrown, and the "protecting powers" selected Prince William of ...
Hace 7 horas · The Dogs of War – 1980 film by John Irvin in which a mercenary plans to kill a fictional African dictator in the course of a coup d'état. The Kidnapping of the President – 1980 film by George Mendeluk in which the U.S. President is kidnapped by a South American terrorist and sealed in an armoured car wired to explode.
Hace 7 horas · Name of person Image Date of death Details Menes: c. 3200 BC According to Manetho, the Egyptian pharaoh and unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt was carried off and then killed by a hippopotamus.: Sisera: 1200 BC According to Judges 4-5, Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite Army for King Jabin of Hazor, was killed in his sleep when the Kenite woman Jael stabbed him in the temple with a tent peg.
