Bitwa o wyspę Okinawa – ostatnia bitwa na dużą skalę w wojnie na Pacyfiku, przeprowadzona w ramach desantowej operacji Iceberg amerykańskich sił zbrojnych, mającej na celu opanowanie japońskiej wyspy Okinawa w archipelagu Riukiu.Rozpoczęta 1 kwietnia 1945 roku, została zakończona 21 czerwca zwycięstwem wojsk amerykańskich. Nazywana także operacją …

Extraterritorial and major domestic deployments. Portions of this list are from the Congressional Research Service report RL30172.. 1775–1799. 1775–1783: American Revolutionary War: an armed struggle for secession from the British Empire by the Thirteen Colonies that would subsequently become the United States.. 1776–1777: Cherokee War of 1776: a series of …

Location Date Description Deaths Injuries United States: September 11: A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda involving the hijacking and crashing of passenger jet airliners that killed 2,996 people, injured over 25,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage.: 2,996: 25,000+ India: December 13

The tomato is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word tomatl gave rise to the Spanish word tomate, from which the English word tomato derived. Its domestication and use as a cultivated food may have originated with …

Robert Beck (born Robert Lee Maupin or Robert Moppins Jr.; August 4, 1918 – April 30, 1992), better known as Iceberg Slim, was a former American pimp who later became a writer. Beck's novels were adapted into films. Early life. Robert Maupin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He spent his childhood in Milwaukee, ...

Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems or artificial entities in some environment. These systems can include other systems or organisms as well as the inanimate physical environment. It is the computed response of the system or organism to various stimuli or …

SS Californian was a British Leyland Line steamship.It is thought to have been the only ship to see the Titanic, or at least its rockets, during the sinking, but despite being the closest ship in the area, the crew took no action to assist. The United States Senate inquiry and British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking both concluded that the Californian could have saved …

The 10 percent of the brain myth asserts that humans generally use only 10 percent (or some other small percentage) of their brains.It has been misattributed to many celebrated people, notably Albert Einstein. By extrapolation, it is suggested that a person may harness this unused potential and increase intelligence.. Changes in grey and white matter following new …

Steel is an alloy made up of iron with added carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron. Many other elements may be present or added. Stainless steels that are corrosion- and oxidation-resistant typically need an additional 11% chromium.Because of its high tensile strength and low cost, steel is used in buildings, infrastructure, tools, ships, …

Julius Frazier Peppers (born January 18, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and outside linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he was recognized as a unanimous All-American, and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers second overall in the 2002 …

The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to Smith Peninsula.It is named after Captain Carl Anton Larsen, the master of the Norwegian whaling vessel Jason, who sailed along the ice front as far as 68°10' South during December 1893. In finer detail, the Larsen Ice Shelf …

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science-fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the script with William Wisher.Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong, it is the sequel to The Terminator (1984) and is the second installment in the Terminator franchise.In its plot, the malevolent artificial intelligence …

Dans la mythologie grecque, Narcisse (en grec ancien Νάρκισσος / Nárkissos, dérivant peut-être de narkê, « sommeil ») est un chasseur originaire de Thespies, en Béotie.Il est le fils de la nymphe Liriope et du dieu fleuve Céphise.Narcisse est doté d'une grande beauté ce qui lui vaut d'avoir tous les hommes et femmes à ses pieds.

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