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Hace 1 día · The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations ...
Hace 1 día · Irwin Allen Ginsberg (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ n z b ɜːr ɡ /; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation.He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression, and he embodied various aspects of ...
Hace 6 horas · The Burning of Smyrna as seen from an Italian ship, 14 September 1922. The vanguards of Turkish cavalry entered the outskirts of Smyrna on 9 September. On the same day, the Greek headquarters had evacuated the town. The Turkish cavalry rode into the town around eleven o'clock on the Saturday morning of 9 September.
Hace 6 horas · Bismarck manipulates the three emperors – Alexander III of Russia, William I of Germany and Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary – like a ventriloquist's puppets; John Tenniel 1884 PUNCH This article covers worldwide diplomacy and, more generally, the international relations of the great powers from 1814 to 1919. This era covers the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress ...
Hace 6 horas · The Netherlands won the toss yesterday and elected to bat first. They posted a total of 135 runs for the loss of five wickets. Zimbabwe, who have struggled with chasing, were again caught wanting ...
Hace 6 horas · Original Comic Art titled Friends ** Dennis Mukai ** 1987 , located in SwimmersGirl 's TOTALLY 80's! PAT NAGEL, DENNIS MUKAI, BRIAN ZICK, STEVE LEAL and more Comic Art Gallery (2016395)
Hace 6 horas · Durham ( / ˈdʌrəm / ⓘ DURR-əm, locally / ˈdɜːrəm / listen ⓘ) [a] is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham. [3] [4] The built-up area had a population of 50,510 ...
