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December 25: Christmas (Western Christianity; Gregorian calendar); Quaid-e-Azam Day in Pakistan. Halley's Comet. AD 36 – After the death of Emperor Gongsun Shu of Chengjia, the empire was conquered by the Eastern Han dynasty. 1758 – Based on predictions by Edmond Halley in 1705, Johann Georg Palitzsch observed a comet that was later named ...
Sol Invictus ( Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs], "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in AD 274 and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire. [ 1][ 2] From Aurelian onward, Sol Invictus often ...
Raymond Parks. (m. 1932; died 1977) Signature. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom ...
HANNA ARHIROVA. August 2, 2024 at 11:26 AM. PARIS (AP) — He calls himself a “troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among the photographers with expensive cameras and ...
Christmas. Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 [ a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the liturgical year in Christianity, it follows the season of Advent (which begins four Sundays before) or the Nativity ...
Sabrina Carpenter celebrated her birthday over the weekend and treated her party guests to a cake adorned with Leonardo DiCaprio's face. On Saturday, the "Espresso" hitmaker marked her 25th ...
In the course of her work, Angelou changed her views about Black-white relationships and learned to accept different points of view. It was the changes in how she regarded race and her views of white people that provided Angelou with freedom. According to Hagen, one of Angelou's themes was that humans tend to be more alike than different. [29]
Robyn Rabinovitch said she'd been crying all day after watching son Ivan swim the men's 10K, the only American in the race.