1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. 1949 - Events. January 2 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. January 4 - RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 - February 22 - Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and Nevada - winds of up to 72 mph - tens of thousands of cattle and sheep perish January 5 - ...

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Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), popularly known as Al Capone, was an infamous American gangster in the 1920s and 1930s, although his business card reportedly described him as a used furniture dealer. A Neapolitan born in New York, Capone began his career in Brooklyn before moving to Chicago and becoming Chicago's most notorious crime figure. By the end of the 1920s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had placed Capone on its "Most Wanted" list. Capone's downfall occurred in 1931 when he was ind ...

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August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. August 25 - Events. 1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed. 1580 - Battle of Alcantara. Spain defeats Portugal. 1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. 1718 - New Orleans, Louisiana is founded. 1758 - Seven Years ...

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Benito Pablo Juárez García (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served two terms (1861-1863 and 1867-1872) as President of Mexico. Juárez is often regarded as Mexico's greatest and most beloved leader. He was the only Native American to serve as President of Mexico. Benito Juárez - Early Life. Benito Juárez was born in the village of San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca. His parents were peasants who died before his fourth birthday. He worked in the corn fields and as a shepherd until ...

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Warner Bros. Entertainment is one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment. It is currently a subsidiary of the Time Warner conglomerate, with headquarters in Burbank, California, U.S.A.. Warner Brothers includes several subsidiary companies, among them Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, WB Television, Warner Home Video, Castle Rock Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, Dark Castle Entertainment, DC Comics, and Cartoon Network Studios - formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Including:

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1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1967 - Events. 1967 - January. January 2 - Charlie Chaplin opens his last film, A Countess From Hong Kong in England. January 4 - Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 - Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. January 10 - Segregationist Lester Maddo ...

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By category Medieval 16th Century - 17th Century 18th Century -19th Century 20th Century - Contemporary Chronological list Writers by category Novelists - Playwrights Poets - Essayists Short Story Writers Émile Zola (April 2, 1840 – September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major ...

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1932 in film - Academy Awards. Best Picture: Grand Hotel - MGM Note: Prior to 1933 awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are no 'Best Actor' or 'Best Actress' awards for 1932 films. The 1931-32 awards went to 1931 films. 1932 in film - Movies released. Movies released in 1932 include: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis American Madness, starring Walter Huston, dir ...

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"Muni" is a common abbreviation for "municipal", and sometimes becomes a frequently-used name for a city-related service or organization: Saint Louis Municipal Opera, America's largest outdoor musical theatre (spelled MUNY in this case) Municipal bonds San Francisco Municipal Railway, a city transit agency in San Francisco, California Springfield Municipal Opera Muni Consortium (broadband communications) Municipal Bridge (Saint Louis, Missouri) slang term for a municipally-owned and -operated golf course

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June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. June 8 - Events. 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St. Silverius becomes Pope (probable date). 793 - The first Viking raid on British soil at Lindisfarne where a set date for the raid is known 1405 - First execution in England of a Bishop (Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York) by a King (Henry IV) 1624 - An earth ...

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1967 - January. January 2 - Charlie Chaplin opens his last film, A Countess From Hong Kong in England. January 4 - Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 - Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. January 10 - Segregationist Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia. January 13 - Military coup in Togo under the leadership of Etienne Eyadema. Janua ...

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Lviv - Early history. Recent archaeological excavations show that the area of Lviv has been populated since at least the 5th century. At the dawn of history, the area became incorporated into the Empire of Great Moravia, then became an area of contention between two emerging states: Poland (during the reign of Mieszko I, ruler of the Polans) and the Kievan Rus. Mieszko is thought to have controlled the area from 960 to 980. According to Nestor's chronicle, in 981 this area was conquered by Volodymyr ...

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The corporate name honors the four founding Warner brothers, Harry Warner (1881-1958), Albert Warner (1883-1967), Sam Warner (1887-1927) and Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). The three elder brothers began in the exhibition business in 1903, having acquired a projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Within a few years this led to the distribution of pictures across a four-state area. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the Warner Brothers studio on S ...

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Bogart did menial labor, joined the Naval Reserve, and eventually drifted into acting. He liked the late hours that actors kept, and enjoyed the attention that an actor got on stage. Most of all, he enjoyed the challenge of putting on a difficult scene, making the audience believe it. He dug deeply into the characters he portrayed, and found them a welcome escape from his own self. He began his acting career on the Brooklyn stage in 1921, playing a Japanese butler. He never took acting lessons, and had no formal training. An early rev ...

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List of Austrian Jews - Politicians. Viktor Adler, Austrian Socialist leader Otto Bauer, Austrian Socialist leader Rudolf Hilferding, German Finance Minister Walter Hollitscher, Austrian Marxist philosopher (1911 - 1988) Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem (1965-1993) Bruno Kreisky, Austrian Chancellor (1970-1983) List of Austrian Jews - Other. Friedrich Adler, son of Viktor Adler assassin of Count Karl von StürgkhSee also:

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The corporate name honors the four founding Warner brothers, Harry Warner (1881-1958), Albert Warner (1883-1967), Sam Warner (1887-1927) and Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). The three elder brothers began in the exhibition business in 1903, having acquired a projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Within a few years this led to the distribution of pictures across a four-state area. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the Warner Bros. studio on Suns ...

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Venice Film Festival - Mussolini Cup for best Italian Film. 1934 Teresa confalonieri by Guido Brignone 1935 Casta Diva by Carmine Gallone 1936 Squadrone bianco by Augusto Genina 1937 Scipione l'Africano by Carmine Gallone 1938 Luciano serra pilota by Goffredo Alessandrini 1939 Abuna Messias by Goffredo Alessandrini 1940 L'assedio dell'Alcazar by Augusto Genina 1941 La coronoa di ferro by Alessandro Blasetti< ...

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Alphonse Capone was born to Gabriele Capone (1865–1920) and his wife Teresina "T(h)eresa" Raiola (December 28, 1867–1952) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, at the turn of the 20th century. Gabriele was a barber from Castellammare di Stabia, a village about twenty-five miles south of Naples, Italy. Teresina was a seamstress and the daughter of Angelo Raiola from Angri, a town in the province of Salerno. T ...

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"Let us never forget the courage of a great writer who, taking every risk, putting his tranquility, his fame, even his life in peril, dared to pick up his pen and place his talent in the service of truth." - Jacques Chirac "Zola descends into the sewer to bathe in it, I to cleanse it." - Henrik Ibsen "Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church fa ...

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