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9 hours ago · The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) / ˌ s iː. aɪ ˈ eɪ /, known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting ...
9 hours ago · Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history ...
- 22 June 1941 – 7 January 1942, (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
- Axis captured approximately 600,000 square kilometres of Soviet territory but failed to reach the A-A line
- Soviet Victory, Axis operational failure
1 day ago · Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States. For decades, activists and congress members (led by many African Americans) proposed legislation, advocated for, and built support for state and national observances. During his campaign for president in June 2020, Joe Biden publicly celebrated the holiday. [122]
- Festivals, partying, parades, church services
- United States
- June 19
9 hours ago · Marie Brémont. Marie Marthe Augustine Lemaitre Brémont (née Mésange; 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001) [2] was the oldest recognised person in the world from November 2000 until her death at age 115 years and 42 days. [1] She was born in Noëllet, Maine-et-Loire, on April 25, 1886. [18] Her first husband, railway worker Constant Lemaître ...
9 hours ago · Klaus Menzel (director/screenplay); Douglas Day Stewart (screenplay); Sharon Stone, Andy García, Iain Glen, José Coronado, Maia Morgenstern. [54] Stranger in the Woods. Red Hound Films / Wonk. Adam Newacheck (director); Holly Kenney (screenplay); Holly Kenney, Brendin Brown, Paris Nicole, Radek Antczak, Teddy Spencer.
1 day ago · The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2024.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
9 hours ago · The Best Things in Life Are Free: Buddy DeSylva: Gordon MacRae: Ray Henderson: Dan Dailey: Lew Brown: Ernest Borgnine: Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer: Daniel Boone: Bruce Bennett: The Eddy Duchin Story: Eddy Duchin: Tyrone Power: The Conqueror: Genghis Khan: John Wayne: Heneral Paua: Heneral Paua: Danilo Montes: The King and I: Anna Leonowens ...
