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15 hours ago · The official motto of modern Chernivtsi, "Спільними зусиллями!", is a Ukrainian-language version of the Latin Viribus Unitis ("With United Forces"), the personal motto of Franz Joseph, who personally bestowed the right to use it on Chernivtsi. This indicates a special attitude of the emperor to the city.
15 hours ago · The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three-cushion billiards, organized mostly annually by the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB). Until 1953 it was organized by the UIFAB (Union Internationale des Federations d'Amateurs de Billard). During a dispute between the UMB and ...
15 hours ago · The Strasbourg Cathedral in France, completed in 1439, was the world's tallest building until 1874. The first skyscraper was pioneered in Chicago with the 138 ft (42.1 m) Home Insurance Building in 1885. The United States would remain the location of the world's tallest building throughout the 20th century until 1998, when the Petronas Towers ...
15 hours ago · 1 Edward, Prince of Wales: 1330–1376 23 April 1348 2 Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster: c. 1310–1361 1348 Later Duke of Lancaster 3 Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick: d. 1369 1348 4 Jean de Grailly, captal de Buch: d. 1376 1348 5 Ralph Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford: 1301–1372 1348 Later Earl of Stafford 6 William Montagu, 2nd Earl ...
15 hours ago · Naval Jack of Egypt. Egypt (air force ensign) Presidential Flag of Estonia (on land) Presidential Flag of Estonia (at sea) Eswatini (Swaziland) Finland (state flag and ensign) Finland (war flag and naval ensign) Presidential Flag of Finland. Flores Department.
15 hours ago · Jacob Ten Broeck Stone House. Jacob Ten Broeck Stone House. November 15, 2002. ( #02001312) 169 Albany Ave. 41°56′00″N 74°00′34″W. / 41.933333°N 74.009444°W / 41.933333; -74.009444 ( Jacob Ten Broeck Stone House) Kingston. 1803 stone house expanded and renovated later in the 19th century; part of the Albany Avenue ...
15 hours ago · Jews played a prominent role, and were among the pioneers of Oakland in the 1850s. In the early years, the Oakland Hebrew Benevolent Society, founded in 1862, was the religious, social, and charitable center of the community. The first synagogue, the First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland, was founded in 1875.
