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23 hours ago · According to Robert Conquest in his 1968 book The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, with respect to the trials of former leaders, some Western observers were unintentionally or intentionally ignorant of the fraudulent nature of the charges and evidence, notably Walter Duranty of The New York Times, a Russian speaker; the American Ambassador, Joseph E. Davies, who reported, "proof ... beyond reasonable doubt to justify the verdict of treason"; and Beatrice and Sidney Webb, authors ...
23 hours ago · The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.
23 hours ago · Nazi Germany, [h] officially known as the German Reich [i] and later the Greater German Reich, [j] was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, [k] meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim ...
23 hours ago · January 1 – Townes Van Zandt dies of a cardiac arrythmia. January 6 – Scottish band Texas release first single, "Say What You Want" from their 6× Platinum album "White on Blonde" [1] January 7 – The Spice Girls release their debut single, "Wannabe" in the U.S. and premiere the music video eighteen days later.
23 hours ago · 【公演直前まで購入OK!】宝塚月組『Eternal Voice 消え残る想い』『Grande TAKARAZUKA 110!』のイベント・チケット一覧。日時や公演会場を指定して、全40枚の中からあなたにピッタリのチケットを探せます!
23 hours ago · 宝塚歌劇団所属の演出家・正塚晴彦のオリジナル作品『Eternal Voice 消え残る想い』は、ヴィクトリア女王統治下のイギリスを舞台に、死者と交信できる主人公の青年ユリウスと、超自然現象を研究しているアデーラが死者の言葉をもとに事件を解決していく ...