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3 days ago · This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...
1 day ago · 1904: The Fleming valve, the first vacuum tube and diode, is invented by John Ambrose Fleming. 1907: The first free flight of a rotary-wing aircraft is carried out by Paul Cornu . 1907: Leo Baekeland invents bakelite , the first plastic made from synthetic components.
1 day ago · Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol gcYC (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí (/ ˈ d ɑː l i, d ɑː ˈ l iː / DAH-lee, dah-LEE, Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli], Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli]), was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in ...
- 23 January 1989 (aged 84), Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
Apr 18, 2024 · St. Louis. United States. St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in St. Louis, Missouri, that took place July 1–November 23, 1904. The St. Louis Games were the third occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Like the 1900 Olympics in Paris, the 1904 Games took a secondary role. The Games originally were scheduled for Chicago, but ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 16, 2024 · Historic Newspapers own the largest archive of Daily Express back issues, dating back to when the publication began. As well as ordering via our online service, we also offer a specialist archive search where a member of the archive team will locate your chosen issue of the Daily Express. Once you’ve selected your newspaper, the gift is ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Magazines published from 1890 to 1928, and digitized by university libraries (), the Internet Archive or Google (Google Books), are generally freely available to the public.
Apr 5, 2024 · In the early morning of Aug. 11, 1904, von Trotha ordered his 1,500 troops to attack. Standing against an estimated 40,000 Herero, of whom only some 5,000 carried arms, the Germans relied on the element of surprise as well as their modern weaponry. The strategy worked. Continuous shelling by the artillery sent Herero combatants into a desperate ...
