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129,000–226,000. On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August, six days ...
- 6 and 9 August 1945
Space Shuttle Columbia disasterDate February 1, 2003; 21 years ago () Time 8:59 am EST (13:59 UTC)Location Over Texas and LouisianaCause Damage to the left wing's edge by debris from the external tank during launchOutcome Loss of Columbia and seven astronauts; Space Shuttle fleet grounded for 29 months and subsequently retired after completion of the International Space Station.
- February 1, 2003; 20 years ago
- Damage to the left wing's edge by debris from the external tank during launch
Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court starting in 1994, in which O. J. Simpson, a former National Football League (NFL) player and actor, was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. The two were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium ...
What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Download QR code This chronological list of school shootings in the United States from the year 2000 includes school shootings in the United States that occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses.
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After graduating with a BA, Pistorius began working in public relations, which included writing press releases, before moving into journalism. Starting at a local newspaper, she moved on to working as a radio news journalist at the South African Broadcasting Corporation(SABC) in Pretoria, which also involved some work in television. After moving to...
Pistorius then applied for and was accepted into the psychology honours and master's programmes at the University of Pretoria, acquiring both degrees cum laude.She started lecturing in psychology, earning a reputation for eccentricity. Pistorius joined the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 1994, where she founded and headed the Investigative P...
A UK publisher invited her to write an autobiography, which became her international bestselling book Catch Me a Killer (2000), after Penguin South Africabought the manuscript and published it. While working for the private firm, Pistorius wrote Strangers in the Street: Historical overview of SA serial killers (2002) again published by Penguin SA, ...
Pistorius then joined the TV production company Zyron (owned by actress Sandra Prinsloo and producer Jan Groenewalt), and wrote scripts and co-presented two crime documentary series. She also featured in a number of local and international crime documentaries, including by the SABC, M-Net, KykNET, BBC, and others. Canal Plus in France aired a docum...
Pistorius opened a private practice as psychologist and consultant and wrote a few in-house pieces, before making another turn in her career. In 2010 she enrolled for an honours degree in Biblical archaeology. She completed the degree within a year after researching and submitting 15 articles. Also in 2010, she gave expert advice as a clinical psyc...
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob[33][34][35] of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. They sought to keep Trump in power by occupying the Capitol and preventing a joint session of Congress counting the ...
The World Wide Web functions as an application layer protocol that is run "on top of" (figuratively) the Internet, helping to make it more functional. The advent of the Mosaic web browser helped to make the web much more usable, to include the display of images and moving images ( GIFs ).
