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Aktion T4 (German, pronounced [akˈtsi̯oːn teː fiːɐ]) was a campaign of mass murder by involuntary euthanasia in Nazi Germany.The term was first used in post-war trials against doctors who had been involved in the killings. [4]
Michael Fred Phelps II [5] OLY (born June 30, 1985) [6] is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time [7] with a total of 28 medals. [8]
Canada's annual average temperature over land has warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F), with changes ranging from 1.1 to 2.3 °C (2.0 to 4.1 °F) in various regions, since 1948. [4] The rate of warming has been higher across the North and in the Prairies. [ 4 ]
Winsome Sinclair, 58, American casting director (Belly, Cadillac Records, All Eyez on Me) and film producer, colon cancer. [149] Milan Špinka, 73, Czech speedway rider (Rudá Hvězda Praha, Ipswich Witches, Swindon Robins), ice speedway world champion (1974). [150] Heinrich Thun, 85, Austrian Olympic athlete (1960, 1964), heart attack. [151]
Temperature Town/Location Date Record Info Australia: 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) Marble Bar, Western Australia: 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924 (160 days) Most consecutive days above 37.8 °C (100 °F) [187] - Iran: 70.7 °C (159.3 °F) Lut Desert: 2005: Highest natural ground surface temperature 70.7 °C (159.3 °F) [188] [189] - USA ( California)
Congress can admit more states, but it cannot create a new state from territory of an existing state or merge two or more states into one without the consent of all states involved, and each new state is admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. [7] The United States has control over fourteen territories.
The Times called it "one of the six best books to help understand Trump's win", [47] and The Washington Post called Vance the "voice of the Rust Belt". [48] In The New Republic , Sarah Jones criticized Vance as "liberal media's favorite white trash –splainer" and a "false prophet of blue America ", calling the book "little more than a list of ...
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]