The Battle of Leyte Gulf (Filipino: Labanan sa golpo ng Leyte, lit. 'Battle of Leyte gulf'; Japanese: レイテ沖海戦, romanized: Reite oki Kaisen, lit. 'Leyte Open Sea Naval Battle') was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. [page needed] It was fought in waters near the …

The Juche calendar, named after the Juche ideology, is the system of year-numbering used in North Korea.. The Juche calendar begins with the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea.His birth year, 1912 in the Gregorian calendar, became "Juche 1" in the Juche calendar. The calendar was adopted in 1997, three years after the death of Kim Il-sung

October 8 – Mikey Welsh, American musician and artist (b. 1971) October 10 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer, composer and musician (b. 1941) October 11 – Frank Kameny, American gay rights activist (b. 1925) October 12 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (b. 1941) October 16 – Dan Wheldon, English racing car driver (b. 1978)

This is a list of video games that have sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox game released by Mojang in May 2009 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling more than 238 million copies across all platforms. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris are the only other known video games to have …

This is a list of countries by external debt, it is the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods or services, where the public debt is the money or credit owed by any level of government, from central to local, and the private debt the money or credit owed by private households or private corporations based on the …

Thanksgiving (French: Action de grâce) or Thanksgiving Day (French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), is an annual Canadian holiday and harvest festival, held on the second Monday in October, which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year.. Thanksgiving has been officially celebrated as an annual holiday in Canada since November 6, 1879. ...

Hae Min Lee (Korean: 이해민; born October 15, 1980) was a Korean-American high school student who was last seen alive on January 13, 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland.Her body was found four weeks later in Leakin Park; she had been killed by manual strangulation.. Lee's ex-boyfriend, Adnan Masud Syed (born May 21, 1981), was initially convicted of first-degree …

Cast Couples. Good Morning America announced the professional dancers who would be competing in the upcoming season. Alan Bersten, a troupe member since season 20, was promoted to pro. Drew Scott was announced as the first celebrity competing for the season, partnered with Emma Slater. On September 6, the rest of the cast was revealed on Good …

Sachin Tendulkar is a retired Indian cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsman of all time, he is the most prolific run-scorer in international cricket. Tendulkar has scored the highest number of centuries (100 or more runs) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council.His total of 51 centuries in Test …

The following is a list of on-demand music streaming services.These services offer streaming of full-length content via the Internet as a part of their service, without the listener necessarily having to purchase a file for download. This type of service is somewhat similar to Internet radio.Many of these sites have advertising and offer non-free options in the style of a digital music store.