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The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
Pohang Tower 1 Chongjin: 138 m (453 ft) 40 It is planned to build the tallest tower complex in North Korea located in Chongjin's residential construction project. Pohang Tower 2 Chongjin: 138 m (453 ft) 40 There are plans to build the tallest tower complex in North Korea, located in a housing project. Pohang Tower 3 Chongjin: 138 m (453 ft) 40
Magic Knight Rayearth begins with the protagonists' field trip to the Tokyo Tower (pictured).. Magic Knight Rayearth focuses on three eighth-grade girls: the tomboyish, headstrong but short Hikaru Shidou (獅堂 光, Shidō Hikaru); the quick-tempered and no-nonsense only child Umi Ryuuzaki (龍咲 海, Ryūzaki Umi); and the intelligent and ladylike Fuu Hououji (鳳凰寺 風, Hōōji Fū).
The Imagine Peace Tower ( Icelandic: Friðarsúlan [ˈfrɪːðarˌsuːlan], lit. 'the peace column') is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland. Installed in 2007, it consists of a tall tower of light, [1] projected from a white stone monument that has the words ...
In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Pillar of Defense (Hebrew: עַמּוּד עָנָן, ʿAmúd ʿAnán, literally: "Pillar of Cloud"), which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, beginning on 14 November 2012 with the killing of Ahmed Jabari, chief of the Gaza military wing of Hamas, by ...
The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict beginning in 1948, when 200,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes, settling in the Gaza Strip as refugees. [1] Since then, Israel has fought 15 [2] wars against the Gaza Strip. The number of Gazans reportedly killed in the most recent 2023 ...
Teller's War: The Top-Secret Story Behind the Star Wars Deception. New York: Simon & Schuster. Guertner, Gary; Snow, Donald (1986). The Last Frontier: An Analysis of the Strategic Defense Initiative. D.C. Heath and Company. ISBN 0-669-12370-6. Linenthal, Edward Tabor (1989). Symbolic Defense: The Cultural Significance of the Strategic Defense ...
Timeline of the 2012 Gaza War. Timeline of Operation Pillar of Defense. The 2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip was a military operation carried out in the Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces starting on 14 November 2012, following rocket attacks on Israeli territory launched from Gaza during the preceding days.