One Day Like This : January 22
One Day Like This One Day Like This : April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining until…
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One Day Like This : January 21
// One Day Like This One Day Like This : January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 344 days remaining until the end of…
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One Day Like This : January 20
One Day Like This One Day Like This : January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 days remaining until the end of the…
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One Day Like This : January 19
One Day Like This One Day Like This : January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 346 days remaining until the end of the year (347 in leap years). One Day Like This : Events 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him power over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. 1419 – Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1511 – Mirandola surrenders to the French. 1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund. 1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines. 1661 – Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London. 1764 – John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. 1788 – The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay. 1795…
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One Day Like This : December 21
One Day Like This One Day Like This : December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining until…
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One Day Like This : November 26
One Day Like This One Day Like This : November 26 is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining until the end of the year. One Day Like This : Events 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus. 1476 – Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time. 1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui. 1784 – The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established. 1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress. 1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. 1825 –…
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One Day Like This : November 25
One Day Like This One Day Like This : November 25 is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining until the end of the year. One Day Like This : Events 571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies. Donnchad, the son of his daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. 1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England. 1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. 1343 – A tsunami, caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Maritime Republic of…
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Movie : “Life of Pi” (2012)(English Version)
Movie : “Life of Pi” (2012)(English Version) “Life of Pi” (2012) Life of Pi is a 2012 American action adventure drama film based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Yann Martel. The film is directed by Ang Lee, based on an adapted screenplay by David Magee, and stars Irrfan Khan, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, Suraj Sharma, and Adil Hussain. Visual effects are by Rhythm & Hues Studios. Official Website : Genres : Adventure, Drama Also Known As (AKA) Животът на Пи : Bulgaria A Vida de Pi : Portugal…
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One Day Like This : November 14
One Day Like This One Day Like This : November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days remaining until the end of the year. One Day Like This : Events 1533 – Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Empire 1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile 1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside’s plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg. 1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days. 1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first take off from a ship in…
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Movie : “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012)(English Version)
Movie : “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012)(English Version) “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012) Silver Linings Playbook is an upcoming romantic comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell, from a screenplay by Russell, adapted from the seriocomic novel of the same name by Matthew Quick. The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles and Chris Tucker in supporting roles. Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012, and is set to be released in the United States and the United Kingdom on November 21, 2012. Directed by David O. Russell Produced by :…
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