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- 891: Tom Clancy
- ... incident happens in a Swiss bank where terrorists have taken control and have hostages. Team 2 successfully takes them out, losing only one hostage, who was killed before they arrived. The second mission is in Germany. An international trader is taken hostage in his mansion/castle. This mission goes well too, thanks to the snipers. No hostage deaths, but all the terrorists are killed. The last mission that they are called ...
- 892: Thomas Edison
- ... from still frames to a moving, talking spectacle" (Williams 171). People loved this new form of entertainment, but they still wanted more. Inventors from all over the world, including the United States, France, England, and Germany, continued to work as hard as possible to get these "movies" onto the big screen. Once Edison has his new invention working better then Muybridges zoopraxiscope, he tried once again to link his phonograph ...
- 893: Stephon Marbury
- ... numbers. He was frustrated that very few people could comprehend how much pressure was exerted on him to do this. Mr. Marbury even had international recognition by making the covers of magazines in France and Germany. A news show on the American Broadcasting Company, "Nightline", profiled him. Mr. Marbury says: It's real hard for people to understand if they don't come from New York, I was scrutinized for every ...
- 894: St. Francis Of Assisi
- ... run by ministers, who explained the responsibilities to the followers. During Pentecost in 1217, Francis sent his followers past Italys borders to both Pagan and Christian territories. His followers set out to France, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Portugal and Syria. 100 years later, he had gained an additional 30,000 followers to his Order. Two years later, Francis left Italy on an unbelievable missionary endeavour. He travelled to Damietta, Egypt, where ...
- 895: Rasputin
- ... as the light of her life. But there is no further evidence this theory as of yet. When the Czar decided to leave his palace and take charge of his troops in the fight against Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I, the people of Russia believed the Czar had left the Czarina - and, many believed, Rasputin - at the head of the Government. Although Rasputin rarely offered political advice (he ...
- 896: Raoul Wallenberg
- ... for "imigration" to Sweden. Later more jews were moved in with out authorities permission. Soon, the number of Jews in safe houses was more that double the number authorized. Jews could not be transported through Germany. So, they were granted to take off theie yellow star. This gave them more protection and movement. They stayed under Swedish protection in these safe houses until the killing was over (Anger 57, 58). Using ...
- 897: Ralph Lauren
- ... quality and elegance, a menswear institution that maintains a readily identifiable image and a devoted following. MENSWEAR LICENSES Polo/Ralph Lauren's men's apparel is distributed by licences in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hongkong, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Panama, Scandinavia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, The United Kingdom and Uruguay, all under the Polo by Ralph Lauren label. Under the Chaps by Ralph Lauren label ...
- 898: Queen Victoria
- ... was a wedlock of state, it was a highly extravagant and prosperous one, and Victoria was devoted to her family responsibilities. The first of their nine children was Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, later queen of Germany. Their first son, Albert Edward, prince of Wales and later monarch of Great Britain as Edward VII, was born in 1841. When the cautious Prince Albert persuaded her that Liberal policy jeopardized the coming of ...
- 899: Peter The Great
- ... all of the population consisted of serfs, the merchants, nobles, and elite only populated five percent of Russia. The elite, like the serfs, were not very well educated at all. Timmerman, a knowledgeable man from Germany, taught and showed Peter all of the nautical instruments need to navigate a ship. Peter became very interested in nautical things. Peter soon left Russia and plundered Europe for knowledge, inventions, and great minds to ...
- 900: Nicholas: The Last Tsar
- ... the imprisonment and execution of Nicholas and his family. The relationship between Nicholas II and Alexandra began in 1884. Alexandra, the daughter of Louis IV, the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, a tiny state in Germany, was born in 1872.2 Her grandmother was Queen Victoria of England, her oldest sister married an English prince, her second sister married a Russian Grand Duke and her third sister married a German prince ...
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