Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting some seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, as well as the occupation of universities and factories.At the height of events, which have since become known as May 68, the economy of France came to a halt. The protests reached such a point that political leaders …

The 1960 year Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local time), and lasted for approximately 10 minutes.

Israel, also known as the Holy Land or Palestine, is the birthplace of the Jewish people, the place where the final form of the Hebrew Bible is thought to have been compiled, and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity.In the course of history, the region has come under the sway of various empires and, as a result, has historically hosted a wide variety of ethnic groups.

Zagreb (/ ˈ z ɑː ɡ r ɛ b, ˈ z æ ɡ r ɛ b, z ɑː ˈ ɡ r ɛ b / ZAH-greb, ZAG-reb, zah-GREB, Croatian: ()) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft ...

Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May Moscow Time).The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin.

LinkedIn (/ l ɪ ŋ k t ˈ ɪ n /) is an American business and employment-oriented online service that operates via websites and mobile apps.Launched on May 5, 2003, the platform is primarily used for professional networking and career development, and allows job seekers to post their CVs and employers to post jobs. From 2015 most of the company's revenue came from selling access to ...

This is a list of the Solar System's recent planetary conjunctions (in other words, when two planets look close together) for the period 2005–2020.. In astronomy, a conjunction is an event, defined only when using either an equatorial or an ecliptic celestial coordinate system, in which any two astronomical objects (e.g. asteroids, moons, planets, stars) have the same celestial longitude ...

Saros 128. This eclipse is a member of the Solar Saros cycle 128, which includes 73 eclipses occurring in intervals of 18 years and 11 days.The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 29, 984 AD. From May 16, 1417 through June 18, 1471 the series produced total solar eclipses, followed by hybrid solar eclipses from June 28, 1489 through July 31, 1543, and …

Snježana Kordić objavila je četiri knjige koje su prevedene na strane jezike (engleski, njemački ili španjolski) i 150 drugih jezikoslovnih radova u kojima je istraživala područja gramatike, sintakse, lingvistike teksta, pragmatike, korpusne lingvistike, leksika, sociolingvistike, jezične politike, standardologije. Poseban doprinos dala je u istraživanju relativnih ili odnosnih ...

Donna Theo Strickland CC FRS FRSC HonFInstP (born 27 May 1959) is a Canadian optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers.She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, together with Gérard Mourou, for the practical implementation of chirped pulse amplification. She is a professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.. She served as fellow, vice …