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18 hours ago · Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director, producer and writer. [ 1 ] He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. Active in both Britain and Hollywood, Howard played Ashley Wilkes in ...
18 hours ago · Peter Sellers CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers featured on a number of hit comic songs, and became known to a worldwide audience through his many film roles, among them Chief ...
18 hours ago · Billie Holiday(born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazzand swing musicsinger. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and popsinging. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of ...
18 hours ago · 1975 Operation Frequent Wind: Am Ende des Vietnamkriegs evakuieren die Vereinigten Staaten tausende Flüchtlinge aus der südvietnamesischen Hauptstadt Saigon auf Flugzeugträger vor der Küste Vietnams.
18 hours ago · The Finnish Civil War in 1918 between the Reds and the Whites—won by the Whites—left behind a popular wave of anti-Russian and anti-Communist feelings in Finland. [179] Hundreds of ethnic Russians were executed in 1918 in the city of Vyborg. [180] According to polls in 2004, 62% of Finnish citizens had a negative view of Russia. [53]
18 hours ago · John (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n / JON) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ion, Ihon, Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), [2] from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, [2] or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, [3] which is from ...
18 hours ago · Angela Yvonne Davis(born January 26, 1944) is an American Marxistand feministpolitical activist, philosopher, academic, and author. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Consciousnessat the University of California, Santa Cruz.[3] Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA(CPUSA) and a founding ...
