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... She suggested using a monocle and this also set her apart. One song she popularized in the film was the now famous, "We're in the Money". In 1934, she starred with Dick Powell in "Twenty Million Sweethearts" (1934).
It was a well received film about the p... |
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| ... UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The 191-member UN General Assembly decided on Tuesday to designate Jan. 27 as an annual Holocaust Remembrance Day for the 6 million Jews and other victims killed during World War Two (Habár már 1914-ben is ennyi áldozatot jegyeztek ennek (és a zsidó központ változtatásának ellenére ahol már elérte a csök... |
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... 1944: Night-fighter ace, Major Prinz zu SaynWittgenstein who claimed 83 victories is killed.
1944: Diary entry by Hans Frank, Gauleiter of Poland, concerning the fate of 2.5 million Jews originally under his jurisdiction - "At the present time we still have in the General Government perhaps 100,000 Jews."
1944: Australian advances in New Guinea are announce... |
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... fact that the State Department under Cordell Hull still dragged its feet, they did succeed in a number of important rescue and relief actions. The Joint Distribution Committee raised $15 million, the Orthodox Vaad Hatzala $1 million, and the WJC around $300,000 for its activities.
1944: The U.S. Fifth Army lands two divisions (36,034 men and 3,069 vehicles) under Majo... |
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Január 20.
337 - 361 CONSTANTIUS (Roman Empire)
Son of Constantine. Weaker than his father Constantine, he relied on his Church advisors and began a series of anti-Jewish decrees banning Jewish pilgrimages to Jerusalem, the circumcising of Christian or Pagan slaves, and protecting Jewish converts to Christianity.
1008 CALIPH HAKIM (Egypt)
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| ... child. At a very young age she began studying tap dancing with Bill “Bojangles" Robinson among other teachers. She made her professional stage debut as "Miss New Years Eve 1923" at the Million Dollar Theater at the age of 3. The following year she made her first film appearance as an extra in the "Our Gang" short "Cradle Robbers". She spent much of her childhood appearing in... |
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... islands.
1942: Roosevelt's first War Budget includes $13,250 million of defense expenditure.
1942: The Soviet North West Front begins an offensive south of Lake Ilmen in an attempt to encircle Demyansk. At the same time the newly created Volkho... |
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... unfortunately without much success.
After 14-year layoff she returned in the 1998 film "La Rumbera", directed by Piero Vivarelli. In 1999, having been swindled out of several million francs in a business venture, Mercier had serious financial problems. She even planned to sell the famous wedding gown of Angélique. The actress confessed in Nice Matin: "I am ruined, I'll... |
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... retired from films in 1958.
Yates died in 1966, leaving his $10 million estate to Ralston. She suffered a nervous breakdown shortly thereafter, then remarried and lived quietly in southern California. She died on February 9, 2003, in Santa Barbara, Califor... |
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1939 November, VAAD HATZALA, OR RESCUE COMMITTEE (New York City, USA)
Was formed by Agudat HaRabbanim, with Rabbi Eliezer Silver as president. They raised more than $5 million, and succeeded in sending 2,000 emergency visas (over 500 were sent to Shanghai.) They used an exemption from the U.S. immigration quotas which allowed entry to ministers or religious stude... |
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