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3 days ago · The Selk'nam Genocide was the genocide of the Selk'nam people, indigenous inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego in South America, from the second half of the 19th to the early 20th century. Spanning a period of between ten and fifteen years the Selk'nam, which had an estimated population of between three and four thousand, saw their numbers reduced ...
2 days ago · Early 20th century. Among significant writers in this genre in the early 20th century were Erskine Childers' The Riddle of the Sands (1903), who wrote spy novels, Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy) author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, an historical romance which recounted the adventures of a member of the English gentry in the French Revolutionary period.
3 days ago · Michael Jackson 's Thriller, estimated to have sold over 70-100 million copies worldwide, [4] is the best-selling album ever. [5] [6] [7] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
2 days ago · Current: 2023–24 English Football League. The English Football League ( EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from ...
5 days ago · Paul Williams, President and chairman, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) The top thirty most-played holiday songs for the 2015 holiday season are ranked here, all titles written or co-written by ASCAP songwriters and composers. Most of these songs in some way describe or are reminiscent of Christmas traditions, how Western Christian countries tend to celebrate the ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Muslim Wolof mercenary in colonial Portuguese Guinea at the turn of the 20th century. Frederic Ives Lord: 1897–1967 1917–1919 1936–1945 Mexico United Kingdom White Army Spanish Republic: Royal Flying Corps flying ace during the First World War and Russian Civil War. He was also served as a military advisor to the Mexican air force during ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Alexei Kosygin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1964–1980) Nikolai Tikhonov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1980–1985) Nikolai Ryzhkov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1985–1991) Valentin Pavlov, Prime minister (1991) Ivan Silayev, Chairman of the Interstate Economic Committee (1991) Russia.
