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Surya Kiran, 49, Indian film actor and director (Satyam, Dhana 51, Brahmastram), jaundice. Dorie Ladner, 81, American civil rights activist. Horace Lanfranchi, 88, French teacher and politician, president of the general council of Var (2002–2015). (death announced on this date) Lisa Larson, 92, Swedish ceramicist and designer.
The Lei Áurea ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlej ˈawɾiɐ]; English: Golden Law ), officialy Law No. 3,353 of 13 May 1888, is the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. It was signed by Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921), an opponent of slavery, who acted as regent to emperor Pedro II, who was in Europe. [1] [2]
The 17th and 18th centuries were a turbulent period in the history of Poland, and also the time of the fall of Łódź. Wars, and especially the Swedish Deluge of 1655 destroyed the city very seriously. The Swedes burned 25 houses and murdered some of the townspeople. In 1661, a fire and plague passed through the city.
Dune. Dune (titled onscreen as Dune: Part One) is a 2021 American epic science fiction film directed and co-produced by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert.
Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 to Maria Branwell and an Irish father, Patrick Brontë. The family was living on Market Street, in a house now known as the Brontë Birthplace in the village of Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Emily was the second youngest of six siblings, preceded by Maria ...
Budget. $18 million [2] Box office. $216.6 million [3] Twins (rendered in its title sequence logo as TWiiNS) is a 1988 American buddy comedy film produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. The film is about unlikely fraternal twin brothers ( Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito) who were separated at birth. The core of the film is the contrast ...
Box office. $8.2 million. The Blob is a 1988 American science fiction horror film co-written and directed by Chuck Russell. A remake of the 1958 film of the same name, it stars Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul McCrane, Art LaFleur, Robert Axelrod, Joe Seneca, Del Close and Candy Clark.