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La Retirada (English: the withdrawal or the retreat) was the exodus to France from Spain between 28 January 1939 and 15 February 1939 of nearly 500,000 Republican soldiers and civilians near the end of the Spanish Civil War.
The book is narrated as if it is a true report (The author of the book stated that the journal is actually real and it is left for the readers interpretation) of how the author was approached by an unnamed retired US Air Force pilot, referred to as "The Major" throughout the book (Jasón in later books), who in an elaborated indirect way tells the author how to find classified documents ...
Plaques of numbers retired by the New York Yankees in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. Major League Baseball (MLB) and its participating clubs have retired various uniform numbers over the course of time, ensuring that those numbers are never worn again and thus will always be associated with particular players or managers of note.
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This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
Gabriela de la Caridad Azcuy Labrador (18 March 1861 – 15 March 1914) [1] was a Cuban nurse and poet who participated in the Cuban War of Independence.On 10 February 1896, she joined the militia of Miguel Lores near Gramales as an army medic.
A tall central defender, Palacios started his career with Olimpia and also played for Victoria.After a 2003 friendly match between Olimpia and Chilean powerhouse Colo-Colo, Iván Zamorano (then a Colo-Colo player) recommended him for the Chilean club; [1] however, both teams failed to reach an agreement despite Colo-Colo having registered the player, and Palacios remained in Olimpia.
"The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" was first published in the US in Liberty in December 1926. It was published in the UK in The Strand Magazine in January 1927. [1] The story was published with four illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele in Liberty, and with five illustrations by Frank Wiles in the Strand. [2]