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1758 – Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland. 1914 – World War I : During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German troops burned the town's Catholic university , destroying several medieval manuscripts.
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Between the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and the last ones to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympics in 1992, the Summer and Winter Games took place in the same country three times. Host cities are selected by the IOC membership, usually seven years in advance. [5] The selection process lasts approximately two years.
Last Year is an asymmetric survival horror video game developed by Canadian studio Elastic Games and currently owned by Undaunted Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 18 December 2018, distributed via Discord and later via Steam .
The Last Summer is a 2019 American romantic comedy film directed by William Bindley from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Bindley. The film stars KJ Apa, Maia Mitchell, Jacob Latimore, Halston Sage and Tyler Posey. It was released on May 3, 2019, by Netflix.
Lookout, transport steamer on the Tennessee River, c. 1860–1865 Dutch river steam-tugboat Mascotte II. A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years (except 2020, when it was delayed to 2021 due to COVID-19 lockdowns).
The Fifteen Guinea Special was the last main-line passenger train to be hauled by steam locomotive power on British Rail on 11 August 1968 [1] before the introduction of a steam ban that started the following day, [2] the extra day added to allow for the movement of locomotive BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell to Bressingham Steam Museum. [3]