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Há 5 dias · In the 20th century, and especially in the years since the Second World War, Lichfield has developed as a residential area, with extensive light industry and a growing emphasis on tourism. There has been a corresponding growth in the city's population, which nearly tripled between 1951 and the later 1980s. Many commute to work outside the city.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Woodstock, the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals, held on a farm property in Bethel, New York, August 15–18, 1969. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was organized by four inexperienced promoters who nonetheless signed a who’s who of current rock acts, including Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Janis ...
7 de mai. de 2024 · Apartheid was a policy in South Africa that governed relations between the white minority and nonwhite majority during the 20th century. Formally established in 1948, it sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites. Apartheid legislation was largely repealed in the early 1990s.
Há 3 dias · The prevailing attitude before the 1960s can be summed up by the mayor's declaration in 1955 that 'we are not a lot of old fogies living on our traditions'. (fn. 1) The difficulty in nurturing civic pride was compounded because many Cestrians lived in suburbs outside the county borough; although they were provided with services by the city council they paid rates to the county.
Há 5 dias · Six-Day War, brief war that took place June 5–10, 1967, and was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars. Israel ’s decisive victory included the capture of the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem, and Golan Heights; the status of these territories subsequently became a major point of contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Há 3 dias · The Iranian Revolution ( Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn] ), also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution ( انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī ), [4] was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
Há 4 dias · By nearly every metric, the Vietnam War was, in the common sense of the word, a war.The United States committed some 550,000 troops to the Vietnam front at the height of the conflict, suffered more than 58,000 casualties, and engaged in battle after battle with communist forces in the region until its withdrawal in 1973.
