Tag: historia

Still whipping it good, Devo looks back on 50 years via a new Sundance documentary
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Directed by Chris Smith, 'Devo' dives into the history of the plastic-clad band of Ohio art students who brought subversive ideas to the 1980s mainstream.

22/01/24 | www.latimes.com
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Mourning Google
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On March 15, 2010, I started a new job at Google. The fourteen years since that day feel like a century. The title of my announcement was Now A No-Evil Zone and, OK, I can hear the laughing from ten...

20/01/24 | www.tbray.org

Rais Hamidou: El pirata del Mediterráneo que cometió dos grandes errores
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Rais Hamidou, el temido corsario argelino que cambió la historia de Argelia... a peor, claro.

17/01/24 | elretohistorico.com

El hedor de la mentira: ni Isabel la Católica olía mal ni los musulmanes eran más limpios
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El libro 'El olor de la Edad Media. Salud e higiene en la Europa Medieval' desmonta falsos mitos sobre esa época y demuestra que no fue un periodo oscuro, sucio y nauseabundo

11/01/24 | www.elconfidencial.com

David Bowie’s Final Ziggy Stardust Concert: The Full Story - Dig!
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Having become ‘completely bored’ with Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie performed his ‘last’ show to 5,000 shocked fans on 3 July 1973.

11/01/24 | www.thisisdig.com

What it was really like to be a medieval physician - Medievalists.net
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A look at the day-to-day problems of a medieval physician.

09/01/24 | www.medievalists.net

Notre Dame fire revealed cathedral’s innovative use of iron
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The 2019 fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris unexpectedly led to discovery of the building’s use of iron staple reinforcements throughout its structure. It’s the first Gothic cathedral known...

08/01/24 | www.newscientist.com

Los elefantes de batalla en Grecia y Cartago
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Los elefantes de batalla fueron usados como representación de poder militar y político para los herederos de Alejando Magno durante el helenismo y más tarde por Cartago

03/01/24 | ocesaronada.net

The Teddy Bear Was Once Seen as a Dangerous Influence on Young Children
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Inspired by a moment of empathy from President Theodore Roosevelt, the huggable toy had a rocky start before it became the stuff of legend

03/01/24 | www.smithsonianmag.com

'Navidad negra': la venganza oculta de Simón Bolívar contra el pueblo más leal a España
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El 24 de diciembre de 1822, medio millar de realistas de San Juan de Pasto fueron masacrados por el ejército a las órdenes del mariscal Antonio José de Sucre

28/12/23 | www.abc.es

Recessions: It’s Been a While
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It’s been a while since we’ve had a recession…

26/12/23 | collabfund.com

Horses & The Mechanized Myth of the Eastern Front
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Nazi Germany’s reliance on horses on the Eastern Front is downplayed in modern accounts, but the animals played an essential role during World War II.

21/12/23 | warfarehistorynetwork.com