On this day: March 31

March 31: King Nangklao Memorial Day in Thailand; Cesar Chavez Day in various U.S. states Eiffel Tower 1492 – The Catholic Monarchs of Spain issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering all Jews to convert to Christianity or be expelled from the country. 1889 – The Eiffel Tower (pictured) was inaugurated in Paris, becoming a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. 1942 – Second World War: Because of a mutiny by...

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March 31 Wikipedia featured article

The Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar is a commemorative coin that was authorized on March 31, 1936, and struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint that year. Produced with the stated purpose of commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Cincinnati as a center of music, it was conceived by Thomas G. Melish, a coin enthusiast whose group bought the entire issue from the government, and who resold them at high prices. Melish had hired sculptor...

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On this day: March 30

March 30: Land Day (Palestinians) Usmar Ismail 1867 – U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska for US$7.2 million from Russia. 1899 – A committee of the German Society of Chemistry invited other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to form the International Committee on Atomic Weights. 1918 – Fighting began during the March Days revolt in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in up to 12,000 deaths. 1950...

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Juan Manuel de Rosas (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877) was an army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Like other wealthy provincial warlords, Rosas enlisted rural workers from his landholdings in a private militia, and took part in the numerous disputes and civil wars in his country. He eventually became the undisputed leader of the Argentine army and the Federalist Party. In 1831, he signed the...

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Devenez investisseur immobilier et générez un SMIC extra chaque mois (ou plus!)

Retrouvez le contenu original de l'article Devenez investisseur immobilier et générez un SMIC extra chaque mois (ou plus!) sur ABC Argent. Aujourd’hui sur ce blog nous allons parler immobilier, un sujet que j’évoque rarement mais qui pourtant mérite largement sa place sur ce blog. Ben oui, avec ne serait-ce qu’un petit investissement immobilier, vous pourriez générer bien plus d’argent qu’en répondant à des enquêtes rémunérées ou en pariant sur le sport. Je n’ai pas pour habitude […] L'article Devenez investisseur immobilier et générez un SMIC...

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March 29 Wikipedia featured article

Boise National Forest is a federally protected area of the U.S. state of Idaho in the national forest system. Created in 1908 from part of Sawtooth National Forest, it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The Idaho Batholith underlies most of Boise National Forest, forming its Boise, Salmon River, and West mountain ranges; the forest reaches a maximum elevation of 9,730 feet (2,970 m) on Steel Mountain. Common land cover includes sagebrush...

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On this day: March 29

March 29: Boganda Day in the Central African Republic; Martyrs' Day in Madagascar (1947) Flag of the New People's Army 845 – Viking raiders possibly led by the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok captured Paris and held the city for a huge ransom. 1882 – The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. 1942 – Second World War: The British Royal Air Force...

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March 27 Wikipedia featured article

Mayabazar (Market of Illusions) is an Indian epic fantasy film directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy and produced by B. Nagi Reddy and Aluri Chakrapani, first released on 27 March 1957. The film was shot in Telugu and Tamil with the same title, but with a few differences in the cast. The story is an adaptation of the folk tale Sasirekha Parinayam, which in turn is based on the epic Mahabharata. It tells the story of Krishna (N. T. Rama Rao) and Ghatotkacha (S. V. Ranga Rao), who try to reunite Arjuna's son Abhimanyu with his love, Balarama's daughter...

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On this day: March 27

March 27: Laetare Sunday (Western Christianity, 2017) CG rendering of the Tenerife airport disaster 1836 – Texas Revolution: Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna ordered the execution of about 400 Texian prisoners of war. 1884 – Outraged by a jury's decision to convict a man of manslaughter instead of murder, a mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., began three days of rioting. 1958 – First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union...

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March 26 Wikipedia featured article

Interstate 8 (I-8) is an Interstate Highway in the southwestern United States. From the southern edge of Mission Bay in San Diego, California, it runs eastward across the Cuyamaca Mountains and the Imperial Valley. Crossing the Colorado River into Arizona, it continues through the city of Yuma across the Sonoran Desert, to the junction with I-10, between Phoenix and Tucson. The first route over the Cuyamaca Mountains was dedicated in 1912, and...

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On this day: March 26

March 26: Independence Day in Bangladesh (1971) "The Gerry-Mander" 1169 – Saladin was inaugurated as Emir of Egypt. 1812 – The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon (pictured) coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry's approval of legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts. 1917 – First World War: Attempting to advance into Palestine, the British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza. 1974...

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March 20 Wikipedia featured article

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks and the Take-Two Interactive division 2K Games. Oblivion was released on March 20, 2006, for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360, and later for mobile phones and PlayStation 3. In the main storyline, the player character thwarts the fanatical Mythic Dawn cult from opening the gates to a realm called Oblivion. The player can travel anywhere in the game world at any time, develop the character's skills, and...

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On this day: March 20

March 20: March equinox (10:28 UTC, 2017); Nowruz in Iran, Central Asia, the Bahá'í Faith, and Zoroastrianism (2017); Independence Day in Tunisia (1956) Napoleon Bonaparte 235 – Maximinus Thrax succeeded to the throne of the Roman Empire, a so-called barracks emperor who gained power by virtue of his command of the army. 1600 – Five advisers to Polish–Swedish king Sigismund III Vasa were publicly executed, effectively ending his reign in Sweden. 1815...

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March 19 Wikipedia featured article

The Seri Rambai is a 17th-century Dutch cannon displayed at Fort Cornwallis in George Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site city and capital of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a fertility symbol, the subject of legends and prophecy, and the largest bronze gun in Malaysia. The cannon's history in the Malacca Straits began in the early 1600s when Dutch East India Company officers gave it to the Sultan of Johor in return for trading concessions....

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On this day: March 19

March 19 Clara Zetkin 1279 – Emperor Bing, the last emperor of the Song dynasty, died during the Battle of Yamen, bringing the dynasty to an end after three centuries. 1911 – Socialist German politician Clara Zetkin (pictured) established the first International Women's Day. 1915 – Pluto was photographed for the first time, 15 years before it was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. 1962 – Highly influential American...

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On this day: March 17

March 17: Saint Patrick's Day Golden Tara of Butuan 1001 – The Song Shi recorded a tributary mission from the Rajahnate of Butuan (Golden Tara pictured), centered on the Philippine island of Mindanao, to the Song dynasty of China. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The British Army garrison in Boston, Massachusetts, withdrew from the city, ending the 11‑month Siege of Boston. 1942 – The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Bełżec...

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George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) was an Irish playwright and critic who had a major influence on Western theatre, culture and politics. He was born in Dublin and moved to London in 1876 as a struggling writer and novelist. His first stage success was Arms and the Man in 1894; under the influence of Henrik Ibsen he brought a new realism into English-language drama, using his plays as vehicles to disseminate his often contentious political, social...

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Comment vendre en ligne grâce au dropshipping?

Retrouvez le contenu original de l'article Comment vendre en ligne grâce au dropshipping? sur ABC Argent. Aujourd’hui sur ce blog je reçois Kevin du blog Gagnargent.com, et qui va nous expliquer comment vendre en ligne grâce au dropshipping et nous raconter son expérience. Présentation du dropshipping Le dropshipping est un système qui nous vient tout droit des Etats-Unis. Il consiste à vendre en ligne des produits et à les faire expédier […] L'article Comment vendre en ligne grâce au dropshipping? est apparu en premier sur ABC Argent. from ABC...

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On this day: March 16

March 16 The FA Cup 597 BC – Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah. 1322 – Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years. 1872 – In the first-ever final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured), the world's oldest association football competition,...

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March 16 Wikipedia featured article

Powderfinger, an Australian rock band, formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 to 2010 the lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer Jon Coghill. The group's third studio album, Internationalist, peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart in September 1998. Their next studio album, Odyssey Number Five, reached number one in September 2000 and was certified eight times...

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On this day: March 15

March 15: Ides of March Talaat Pasha 856 – Byzantine emperor Michael III overthrew the regency of his mother Theodora to assume power for himself. 1311 – The Catalan Company defeated Walter V, Count of Brienne in the Battle of Halmyros and took control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. 1921 – Talaat Pasha (pictured), considered the main perpetrator of the Armenian Genocide, was assassinated by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. 1927...

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Allah jang Palsoe (Malay for The False God) is a 1919 stage drama from the Dutch East Indies that was written by the ethnic Chinese author Kwee Tek Hoay, based on E. Phillips Oppenheim's short story "The False Gods". Over six acts, the Malay-language play follows two brothers, one a devout son who holds firmly to his morals and personal honour, the other a man who worships money and prioritises personal gain. The two learn over the course of a decade...

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On this day: March 14

March 14: New Year's Day (Sikhism); White Day in East Asia; Pi Day The Lakeview Gusher 1757 – British Royal Navy Admiral John Byng was court-martialled and executed by firing squad when he failed to "do his utmost" during the Battle of Minorca at the start of the Seven Years' War. 1910 – Oil prospectors in Kern County, California, drilled into a pressurized oil deposit, resulting in the largest accidental oil spill (pictured) in history. 1937...

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Hugh de Neville (died 1234) was the Chief Forester under the kings Richard I, John, and Henry III of England, and a sheriff of several counties over his lifetime. Neville was related to royal officials and a bishop, and was a member of Prince Richard's household. After Richard became king in 1189, Neville continued in his service, accompanying him on the Third Crusade. Neville remained in the royal service following Richard's death in 1199 and the accession of King John to the throne, becoming one of the new king's favourites and often gambling...

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On this day: March 13

March 13: Holi (Hinduism, 2017) Pope Francis 1697 – Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. 1845 – German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, one of the most popular violin concertos of all time, was first played in Leipzig. 1954 – Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp opened fire with a massive artillery barrage on the French military to begin...

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God of War II is a third person action-adventure video game first released on March 13, 2007, and was the last major release for the PlayStation 2. The player controls Kratos, a Spartan warrior who became the new God of War after killing the former, Ares. Kratos is betrayed by Zeus, the King of the Olympian Gods, who strips him of his godhood and kills him. On his way to the Underworld, Kratos is saved by Gaia, who instructs him to find the Sisters of Fate. Acquiring their power, he travels back in time to avert his betrayal and take revenge on...

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