Belonging to the Olympic class of steamships, the White Star Line vessel, HMHS Britannic, was the most recent sister ship of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic. Built as a passenger liner, she served as a hospital ship from 1915 until she eventually sank in November 1916. She joined ...
Belonging to the Olympic class of steamships, the White Star Line vessel was the youngest sistership of the RMS Olympic and the RMS Titanic. It was constructed to be a passenger liner; however, she functioned as ahospital shipfrom 1915 until she finally sank in November 1916. She entered s...
Last Liberty ship built. Though currently landlocked, she is still in use as the home ofTrident Seafoods. The ship was withdrawn from the reserve fleet on 19 August 1964 and converted for use as the fish cannery shipStar of Kodiak.LAUNCHED:1945, September 18→FATE:Converted to a fish canner...
In 1939 he moved to the United States and became an American citizen in 1946. He taught from 1941 to 1945 in American universities, followed by occasional visiting professorships in the 1950s. From 1947 to 1957 he wintered in New York and summered in Ischia; from 1958 until the end of...
– Star Wars, 1977 102. It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.—Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark 103. “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.”– The Godfather, 1972 104. It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines...
His enduring legacy has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and induction into the Theater Hall of Fame. Birthplace: Vladivostok, Primorsky Province, Russia Also ranks #11 on 16 Celebrities With Names That Could Have Come From The 'Star Wars' Galaxy Also ranks #12 on...
“Try not. Do—or do not. There is no try.”– Frank Oz as Yoda in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back “I live my life a quarter mile at a time.”– The Fast and the Furious (2001) “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”– The Godfather: Part...
Yachting began in the 16th century when lightweight and easily manoeuvrable boats were built to evade pirates. Slowly, their designs and use evolved, and after the end of major world wars, they were mainly used for recreation as pleasure crafts. ...
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, we take a spin through history's greatest lovers—star crossed, cursed, life-long, and everything in between.