Search results
1 day ago · Escaping the new gilded age. Tech billionaires such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk are not just among the richest people in human history. They also are exceptionally powerful – socially, culturally, and politically. While this is partly a reflection of the social status that our society attaches to wealth in general, that is ...
1 day ago · It seems that he has chosen players he has seen play live, as he did not mention legendary players like Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain. He was not very original in selecting Michael Jordan and LeBron James , like 99% or more of the population, but he did name three players who are not in everyone's best five.
4 hours ago · Political parties. Elections. The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. [ 10 ] Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPGB founded the Daily Worker (renamed the Morning Star in 1966).
4 hours ago · The Project Gutenberg eBook of Something of Men I Have Known This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States andmost other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictionswhatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the termsof the Project Gutenberg Lic...
4 hours ago · Share this: Image: 1793 – French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed. October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 76 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire. 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang …
1 day ago · Hector Toe Blake (C), Émile "Butch" Bouchard, Erwin Murph Chamberlain, Bill Durnan, Bob Fillion, Ray Getliffe, Glen Harmon, Gerry Heffernan, Elmer Lach, Leo Lamoureux, Fern Majeau, Mike McMahon, Sr., Herbert Buddy O'Connor, Maurice Richard & Phil Watson – Dick Irvin, Sr. 1945 – Förlorade i andra ronden mot Toronto Maple Leafs med 4-2 i ...
1 day ago · Bill Dillard: US-amerikanischer Jazz-Trompeter 83 16. Januar Karl-Dietrich Gundermann: deutscher Chemiker 72 16. Januar Hans-Jürgen Nierentz: deutscher Schriftsteller und Fernsehintendant zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus 85 16. Januar Elisabeth Stepanek: österreichische Schauspielerin 42 17. Januar Rolf Böger: deutscher Jurist und Politiker ...
