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3 hours ago · John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.
3 hours ago · Tiger. The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail, and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is traditionally classified into nine recent subspecies, though some recognise only two ...
1 day ago · Oktober/November: Aufdeckung der Iran-Contra-Affäre. Verurteilung der USA vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof in Den Haag. Der deutsche Diplomat Gerold von Braunmühl wird von einem Kommando der RAF in Bonn getötet. Mit Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, erhält zum ersten Mal ein dunkelhäutiger Afrikaner einen Literaturnobelpreis.
3 hours ago · The First Opium War ( Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng ), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by ...
