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1 day ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
1 day ago · Titanic ' s sinking has become a cultural phenomenon, commemorated by artists, film-makers, writers, composers, musicians and dancers from the time immediately after the sinking to the present day. On 1 September 1985, a joint US-French expedition led by Robert Ballard found the wreck of Titanic , [238] and the ship's rediscovery led to an ...
- Collision with iceberg on 14 April
- 1,490–1,635
- 14–15 April 1912; 111 years ago
1 day ago · Whitman did, however, in 1890 denounce any sexuality in the comradeship of his works, and historians debate whether he was a practicing homosexual, bisexual, etc. But this denouncement shows that homosexuality had become a public question by the end of the 19th century.
1 day ago · Early life Hirohito in 1902 as an infant Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito and Yasuhito. Hirohito was born at Aoyama Palace in Tokyo (during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji) on 29 April 1901, the first son of 21-year-old Crown prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 16-year-old Crown Princess Sadako (the future Empress Teimei).
- 25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989
- Emperor Taishō
- 24 February 1989, Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo
- Sadako Kujō
1 day ago · Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany.Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War.
- German
- Wolf Rüdiger Hess
- 1914–1918
- Nazi Party (1920–1941)
5 hours ago · The Great Pyramid of Giza [a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Built c. 2600 BC, over a period of about 27 years, the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact. It is the most famous monument of the Giza pyramid complex ...
1 day ago · The two most famous Phoenician women are political figures: Jezebel, portrayed in the Bible as the wicked princess of Sidon, and Dido, the semi-legendary founder and first queen of Carthage. In Virgil 's epic poem, the Aeneid , Dido is described as having been the co-ruler of Tyre, using cleverness to escape the tyranny of her brother Pygmalion ...
