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12 hours ago · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [3] Twain's novels include The Adventures of ...
12 hours ago · The 19-year-old model airplane enthusiast was partially decapitated by the blade of his radio-controlled helicopter while performing aerobatic maneuvers in Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn, New York. Denver Lee St. Clair 21 December 2013: The 58-year-old was asphyxiated by an "atomic wedgie" administered by his stepson during a fight. After he had ...
12 hours ago · Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun ( US: / ˌvɜːrnər vɒn ˈbraʊn / VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer [3] and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, the leading figure in the development of rocket ...
12 hours ago · The global African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas. [39] The African populations in the Americas are descended from haplogroup L genetic groups of native Africans. [40] [41] The term most commonly refers to the descendants of the native West and Central ...
12 hours ago · Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers and the newest stadium in Major League Baseball. A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into two field sections called the infield and the outfield. The infield is an area whose dimensions are rigidly defined in part based on the ...
12 hours ago · The 1990s (often referred to as the "' 90s " or " Nineties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s are culturally imagined as the period between the Revolutions of 1989 and the September 11 attacks in 2001. [1] The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the ...
12 hours ago · History 19th century Officers of the 8th New York Infantry Regiment at Arlington House in June 1861, two months after the launch of the American Civil War The Custis-Lee Mansion, originally known as Arlington House, with Union Army soldiers on its lawn during the American Civil War on June 28, 1864 Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon in December 2012 The Old Guard transports the flag-draped casket of the second Sergeant Major of the Army, George W. Dunaway, who was ...
