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22 hours ago · Lithuanian ( endonym: lietuvių kalba, pronounced [lʲiəˈtʊvʲuː kɐɫˈbɐ]) is an East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of the official languages of the European Union.
22 hours ago · Background Main articles: Davidian Seventh-day Adventist, Mount Carmel Center, Branch Davidians, and David Koresh The Branch Davidians (also known as "The Branch") were a religious group that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Shepherd's Rod (Davidians) following the death of the Shepherd's Rod founder Victor Houteff. Houteff founded the Davidians based on his prophecy of an imminent ...
- Suspected weapons violations, Cause of fire disputed
- Fire destroys compound: 86 dead in total
- February 28 – April 19, 1993 (51 days)
22 hours ago · Vytautas Šustauskas, 78, Lithuanian politician, MP (2000–2004). Vũ Khoan, 85, Vietnamese politician, deputy prime minister (2002–2006). George Winterling, 91, American television meteorologist . Robin F. Wynne, 70, American jurist, associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (since 2014). 22
22 hours ago · The Rhodesian Bush War, also called the Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwean War of Liberation, [13] was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 [n 1] in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe ). [n 2] [24] The conflict pitted three forces against one another: the Rhodesian white minority ...
- 4 July 1964 – 12 December 1979, (15 years, 5 months, 1 week and 1 day)
- Lancaster House Agreement, End to armed hostilities, Free elections with ZANU and ZAPU participation, Formation of Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe gains internationally recognised independence
22 hours ago · Amarnath Temple is a Hindu shrine located in the Pahalgam tehsil of the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is a cave situated at an altitude of 3,888 m (12,756 ft), [1] about 168 km from Anantnag city , the district headquarters, 141 km (88 mi) from Srinagar , the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir , reached through either ...
- 3,888 m (12,756 ft)
- Pahalgam
22 hours ago · The Burning of Smyrna as seen from an Italian ship, 14 September 1922. The vanguards of Turkish cavalry entered the outskirts of Smyrna on 9 September. On the same day, the Greek headquarters had evacuated the town. The Turkish cavalry rode into the town around eleven o'clock on the Saturday morning of 9 September.
