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Hace 1 día · The 81st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951, during the fifth and sixth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency.. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was ...
Hace 2 días · The House of Habsburg (/ ˈ h æ p s b ɜːr ɡ /, German: Haus Habsburg, pronounced [haʊ̯s ˈhaːpsˌbʊʁk] ⓘ), also known as the House of Austria, is one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.. The house takes its name from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in the 1020s in present-day Switzerland by Radbot of Klettgau, who named his fortress Habsburg.
Hace 2 días · The 1952 Alberta general election was held on August 5, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.. Ernest C. Manning in his third election as leader of the Social Credit Party, and its first election since the Social Credit Party paid off Alberta's first debt in 1949, led it to its fifth consecutive election victory, increasing its share of the popular vote, and winning ...
Hace 1 día · Rudolf Walter Richard Hess ( Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War.
Hace 2 días · Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz; German: [ˈdøːnɪts] ⓘ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later.
Hace 1 día · Synova interviews Criminologist and award-winning crime author, Judith A. Yates. Yates presents an all – encompassing account of one of the most infamous con...
Hace 2 días · Richard Wagner. Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( / ˈvɑːɡnər / VAHG-nər; [1] [2] German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ⓘ; 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera ...
