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17 hours ago · Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War".
17 hours ago · Alfre Woodard (/ ˈ æ l f r i ˈ w ʊ d ər d / AL-free WUUD-ərd; [1] born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Grammy Awards.
17 hours ago · Apocalypse Now. Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.
17 hours ago · Enoch Brown school massacre: Franklin County Pennsylvania: During Pontiac's War, Four Lenape Indians killed a schoolmaster, 10 pupils and a pregnant woman. Two pupils were scalped but survived. 12 (non-Indians) [125] 1765: May 4: Anderson's barn massacre: Staunton Virginia
17 hours ago · Einstein's doctoral dissertation on molecular dimensions (1905), submitted to the University of Zurich under the supervision of Alfred Kleiner. The following chronology of Einstein's scientific discoveries provides a context for the publications listed below, and clarifies the major themes running through his work.
17 hours ago · Der nationalsozialistische Ideologe Alfred Rosenberg übersetzte das Pamphlet von Mousseaux 1921 ins Deutsche. [111] Ab 1881 begann das Jesuiten-Organ La Civiltà Cattolica eine jahrelange antisemitische Artikelserie, die laufende Ritualmordprozesse zum Erneuern der Ritualmordlegende benutzte. Der Autor versuchte zu beweisen, dass das Purimfest ...
17 hours ago · This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
