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Hace 15 horas · History. Two years before the Kentucky Derby was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, during its first spring race meet in 1873. Then Maryland governor Oden Bowie named the then mile and one-half (2.41 km) race in honor of the colt Preakness from Milton Holbrook Sanford's Preakness Stud in Preakness, Wayne Township, New Jersey, who ...
Hace 15 horas · The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ( / ˈroʊməni / ROH-mə-nee or / ˈrɒməni / ROM-ə-nee) and colloquially known as the Roma ( sg.: Rom ), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin [71] [72] [73] who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Romani originated in the Indian ...
Hace 15 horas · AC/DC/Diskografie. Diese Diskografie ist eine Übersicht über die musikalischen Werke der australischen Hard-Rock - Band AC/DC. Den Quellenangaben zufolge hat sie bisher mehr als 200 Millionen Tonträger verkauft, [1] wovon sie alleine in Deutschland bis heute über 13,5 Millionen Tonträger verkaufte und somit zu den Interpreten mit den ...
Hace 15 horas · The Sistine Chapel ceiling, with frescos done by Michelangelo The Forum of Pompeii with Vesuvius in the distance. The culture of Italy encompasses the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, and customs of the Italian peninsula and of the Italians throughout history. Italy has been a centre of Roman civilization and of the Catholic Church, as well as the starting point of movements with a great ...
Hace 15 horas · The Kentucky Derby (/ ˈ d ɜːr b i /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms).. Held annually on the first Saturday in May, the race is the first leg ...
Hace 15 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 ...
Hace 15 horas · Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien.Other notable films include the critically lauded drama ...
