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17 hours ago · Military band. A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the title of bandmaster or music director.
17 hours ago · George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. [2] Custer graduated from West Point and, though characterized as an inept for having been last in his graduating class, actually finished 34th out of a starting class of 108 ...
17 hours ago · The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 6 May 1989 in the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland.Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Télévision suisse romande (TSR) on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), and presented by Jacques Deschenaux and Lolita Morena, the contest was held ...
17 hours ago · Turkish War of Independence. Boundaries in 1920. In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political ...
17 hours ago · Dangerous. (Michael Jackson album) Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 26, 1991, more than four years after Jackson's previous album, Bad (1987). Co-produced by Jackson, Bill Bottrell, Teddy Riley, and Bruce Swedien, the album was Jackson's first since ...
17 hours ago · Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden with "Always on the Run" performed by Isaak. The German broadcaster ARD, in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), organised the national final Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024 in order to select the German entry for the 2024 contest.
17 hours ago · 1. August: Mike Tyson gewinnt seinen Boxkampf und Weltmeistertitel im Schwergewicht gegen Tony Tucker im Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, durch Sieg nach Punkten. 7. August: Die US-amerikanische Extremsportlerin Lynne Cox durchschwimmt zwischen den Diomedes-Inseln das kalte Wasser der Beringstraße und überquert dabei die Staatsgrenze ...
