Un libro electrónico, [1] libro digital o ciberlibro, conocido en inglés como e-book o eBook, es la publicación electrónica o digital de un libro.Es importante diferenciar el libro electrónico o digital de uno de los dispositivos más popularizados para su lectura: el lector de libros electrónicos, o e-reader, en su versión inglesa.. Aunque a veces se define como "una versión ...

The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. In America, it is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age", while in Europe the period is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Twenties" because of the economic boom following …

The Harlan County War, or Bloody Harlan, was a series of coal industry skirmishes, executions, bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) that took place in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the 1930s.The incidents involved coal miners and union organizers on one side and coal firms and law enforcement officials on the other. The Harlan County coal miners campaigned …

A format war is a competition between similar but mutually incompatible technical standards that compete for the same market, such as for data storage devices and recording formats for electronic media.It is often characterized by political and financial influence on content publishers by the developers of the technologies. Developing companies may be characterized as …

The 1918 H1N1 flu virus caused the deadliest pandemic of the 20th century. To better understand this deadly virus, an expert group of researchers and virus hunters set out to search for the lost 1918 virus, sequence its genome, recreate the virus in a highly safe and regulated laboratory setting at CDC, and ultimately study its secrets to better prepare for future pandemics.

The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1910s.The group, which grew out of the harsh economic deprivations of working-class Britain, [citation needed] consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to middle-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racketeering, illegal bookmaking, and control …

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. arrived as IBM's chairman and CEO on April 1, 1993. For the first time in the company's history IBM had found a leader from outside its ranks. Gerstner had been chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco for four years, and had previously spent 11 years as a top executive at American Express.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the following six films of the 2010s received 100% critics' ratings.. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013); Summer 1993 (2017); Leave No Trace (2018); Minding the Gap (2018); Honeyland (2019); Metacritic listed the following as the top ten highest rated films (at the time of their release) of the 2010s.. Boyhood; Moonlight; Roma; Manchester by the Sea ...

1909 – After enduring the "First Ward Ball" for over a decade, citizens groups pressured Mayor Fred Busse into putting an end to the "debauched" extravaganza in this year. 1910s. 1910 – Chicago police arrested over 200 known Italian gangsters and known Black Hand members in a raid in Little Italy.

Apr 08, 2020 · In his third decade of being the world's richest person, Vanderbilt turned to philanthropy and his $1 million seed money founded Vanderbilt University in Nashville. ... 1910s – John D ...

2nd millennium by century 20th century Sovereign states by decade: 1900s: 1910s: 1920s: 1930s: 1940s: 1950s: 1960s: 1970s: 1980s: 1990s

Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes.Broad elements include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs. Cinematic techniques used in horror films have been shown to provoke psychological reactions …

Martin B-10s were stationed at Clark Field with the 28th Bombardment Squadron in the late 1930s. When the 28th received new B-17s, three of these very outmoded B-10s were transferred to the Philippine Army Air Corps.. World War II: the 1940s Japanese attack. On 8 December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, who recently had been called back to active service and placed in …

List of notable aircraft hijackings 1910s. March–July 1919: Fleeing from the Hungarian Soviet Republic, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás seized a plane at gunpoint in Budapest to fly to Vienna.; 1920s. May 15, 1928: Harry W. Anderson was hijacked by Clarence Frechette while flying near Detroit.At 2,800 feet, Anderson was attacked by Frechette with a ballpeen hammer.