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22 hours ago · 1 nomination: Sorrell and Son (Best Director) 1 nomination: The Patent Leather Kid (Best Actor) 1 nomination: Underworld (Best Writing—Original Story) 1 nomination: The Devil Dancer (Best Cinematography) 1 nomination: The Magic Flame (Best Cinematography) 1 nomination: Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (Unique and Artistic Production)
1 day ago · The Klondike Gold Rush [n 1] was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon, in north-western Canada, between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896; when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors.
5 days ago · THEY WERE SO YOUNG. Memorial Day and the old folks come. And stand in the sun feeling sad and dumb. The boys in the ground—there are so many, They’re eighteen, nineteen, maybe twenty—. They just moved out of a boy’s bedroom. And went to war, now they lie in a tomb.
3 days ago · The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase.The series revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster who struggles to balance his family life with his role as the leader of a criminal organization, which he reluctantly explores during therapy sessions with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).
4 days ago · John Wayne, the iconic actor, was born in Iowa on this day in history, May 26, 1907 — and went on appear in a myriad of films, starring in dozens of Westerns over the years.
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4 days ago · The Panic of 1907, the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the 1973 Oil Crisis, the Revolution in Iran, the Global Financial Crisis of 07/08, Brexit, Covid and the Ukrainian war all have one thing in common. When the economic system is in chaos and uncertainty prevails investors in general flee to the safe haven of gold.
5 days ago · Great Depression, worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory.
