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Hace 12 horas · In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baháʼí Faith), Gabriel (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ b r i ə l / GAY-bree-əl) is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to mankind. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Quran and the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.Many Christian traditions – including Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism ...
Hace 12 horas · Don Van Vliet (/ v æ n ˈ v l iː t /; born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart.Conducting a rotating ensemble known as the Magic Band, he recorded 13 studio albums between 1967 and 1982.His music blended elements of blues, free jazz, rock, and avant ...
Hace 12 horas · Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American ...
Hace 12 horas · Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon.Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.As of 2020, Portland's population was 652,503, making it the 26th-most ...
Hace 12 horas · Sandy Koufax. Sanford Koufax ( / ˈkoʊfæks /; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed " the Left Arm of God ", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Koufax was the ...
Hace 12 horas · Giacomo Casanova, porträtiert von seinem Bruder Francesco, Anfang der 1750er Jahre, Staatliches Historisches Museum (Moskau). Giacomo Girolamo Casanova [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva] (* 2. April 1725 in Venedig; † 4. Juni 1798 auf Schloss Dux im Königreich Böhmen), in älteren Publikationen auch Jakob Casanova, war ein venezianischer promovierter Jurist, Schriftsteller und ...
Hace 12 horas · The Beatles (im Deutschen auch Die Beatles) war eine aus Liverpool stammende britische Beat-, Rock-und Pop-Band in den 1960er Jahren, bestehend aus John Lennon (1940–1980), Paul McCartney (* 1942), George Harrison (1943–2001) und Ringo Starr (* 1940). Mit mehr als 600 Millionen – nach Schätzungen ihrer Plattenfirma EMI sogar mehr als einer Milliarde – verkauften Tonträgern ist sie ...
