Baron Wolfgang von Strucker was the Supreme Hydra, the leader of Hydra bent on world domination.[4] During World War II, he was with the Nazi Party, though he was only using them for resources.[14] In Japan, Strucker helped form what became modern Hydra
Earth Day was established in 1970 and has become a worldwide holiday celebrated by over 1 billion people. See key highlights in the movement.
In the Second World War, the Western Desert Campaign began in Italian Libya. Warfare in the desert offered great scope for tacticians to use the large open spaces without the distractions of casualties among civilian populations. Tanks and armoured vehicles were able to travel large distances unimpe...
However, Germania was seized by England during World War I, and it was later sold and renamed the Half Moon. Then, it sailed down to Miami, where it was repurposed as a floating cabaret during the Prohibition era. The schooner-yacht sank in 1930, when a storm ran it aground, according...
War, expanding wars, which require astronomical amounts of debt to be borrowed into the system will have much the same effect on world stock markets as central bank quantitative easing. A problem which will lead to much greater price distortions across the spectrum of assets-and set the stage...
Background:Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist dictatorship was followed by a military junta that took power in...
(ERA) of 2.28. In 1916 he led the American League in ERA. He was a pitcher on three Boston Red Sox World Series championship teams. He wanted to be an everyday player and converted to an outfielder. The Red Sox made one of the worst trades in baseball history and traded their star...
Historically, magnesite is best known as a key to the process of making steel. Before World War I, 70 percent of all magnesite was imported from Austria and Greece. As a result, the need for vast amounts of steel during the Great War spurred a magnesite rush in the Diablo Range. ...
After the outbreak of World War I in July 1914 Greek forces occupied the area and tried to incorporate it into Greece, until they were driven out by French and Italian forces in 1916. With the support of Italy, in 1921 the area was formally ceded to Albania though calls for independence ...
1916–2016. Cien años de vida institucional del Servicio Geológico Colombiano. Colección Centenario del Servicio Geológico colombiano. Bogotá: Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Vol. 1. Farro, Máximo. 2009. La formación del Museo de La Plata. Coleccionistas, comerciantes, estudiosos y naturalistas...