Search results
7 hours ago · Ang Lee’s 2005 classic Brokeback Mountain arrives on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD from Kino Lorber, which commissioned a sparkling new 4K scan of the original camera negative. The company also ported ...
1 day ago · Louis XIV(Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great(Louis le Grand) or the Sun King(le Roi Soleil), was King of Francefrom 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1][a]Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the Age of Absolutismin Europe,[3]the King surrounded himself with a ...
7 hours ago · Tehran ( / tɛəˈræn, - ˈrɑːn, ˌteɪ -/; Persian: تهران Tehrân [tehˈɾɒːn] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Iran and also the largest city in Tehran Province. It also serves as the capital of the province, county and the Central District. [6] With a population of around 9.4 million in the city, and 16.8 million in the ...
7 hours ago · Bob Dole. Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney from Kansas who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1960s and the United States Senate from 1969 to his resignation in 1996 to campaign for President of the United States.
7 hours ago · Appalachia ( / ˌæpəˈlætʃə, - leɪtʃə, - leɪʃə /) is a geographic region formally located by the federally legistated Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) as following "the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi " (and so lying entirely in the the eastern United States ), [4] but that has ...
1 day ago · The Battle of Gettysburg ( locally / ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ / ⓘ) [14] was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle, which was won by the Union, is widely considered the Civil War's turning point, ending the Confederacy's aspirations to establish an independent ...
