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3 hours ago · A stained-glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180, depicting the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. It is the second of the three traditional divisions of Western history: antiquity, medieval, and modern. Major developments ...
1 day ago · carnival/sideshow worker. Years active. 1896–1942. Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of various genres between 1915 [a] and 1939, but was ...
1 day ago · Helsinki [a] [b] is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About 675,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.25 million in the capital region and 1.58 million in the metropolitan area. As the most populous urban area in Finland, it is the ...
1 day ago · Valencia (Spanish: [baˈlenθja] ⓘ, officially in Valencian: València) is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain.It is the third-most populated municipality in the country, with 807,693 inhabitants within the administrative boundaries of the municipality (2023) and 1,582,387 inhabitants (2021) within the metropolan area.
1 day ago · The Albanians ( / ælˈbeɪniənz, ɔːl -/ a (w)l-BAY-nee-ənz; Albanian: Shqiptarët, pronounced [ʃcipˈtaɾət]) are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. [66] They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, as well as North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Croatia ...
3 hours ago · Representations vary according to cultural context; British ads usually portray the white middle-class housewife as the smiling pilot of the vacuum cleaner, reflecting the decline of domestic service, whereas American ads often place the appliance in the hands of a black “maid,” whose labour is lightened by the vacuum cleaner only for the benefit of her white employers.
1 day ago · While the 24-year-old American film actress was on location in San Antonio, Texas filming the American Civil War drama The Warrens of Virginia, a lit match was carelessly tossed by a crew member, which ignited the hoop skirts and ruffles of her Civil War costume. Mansfield had just finished filming her scenes and retired to a car when her clothing burst into flames.
