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1883. (TV series) 1883 is an American Western drama miniseries created by Taylor Sheridan that premiered on December 19, 2021, on Paramount+. The series stars Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sam Elliott, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Audie Rick, Eric Nelsen, and James Landry Hébert. The story is chronologically the first of several ...
Frisco shootout. The Frisco Store in Lower Frisco Plaza. The Frisco shootout was an Old West gunfight that began on December 1, 1884, involving lawman Elfego Baca. The shootout happened in Reserve, New Mexico, and stemmed from Baca's arrest of a cowboy, Charlie McCarty, who had been shooting into the air and into buildings at random while ...
Both the Roman goddess Libertas and Sun god Sol Invictus ("The Unconquered Sun", pictured) influenced the design of Liberty Enlightening the World.. According to the National Park Service, the idea of a monument presented by the French people to the United States was first proposed by Édouard René de Laboulaye, president of the French Anti-Slavery Society and a prominent and important ...
Niederwald monument. / 49.98083°N 7.89972°E / 49.98083; 7.89972. The Niederwald monument ( German: Niederwalddenkmal) is a monument located in the Niederwald, near Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany, built between 1871 and 1883 to commemorate the Unification of Germany. The monument is located within the Rhine Gorge, a larger ...
Died. 1883 (aged 62–63) Other names. "Friend of freedom". Occupation (s) Businessman and politician. Political party. Liberal. John Batchelor (10 April 1820 – 29 May 1883) [ 1][ 2] was a prominent Welsh Victorian businessman and politician, who earned the epithet "Friend of Freedom".
Ioana Grațiela Brâncuși was born in Timișoara, Romania, on 23 July 1989. She is the great-grand-niece of Constantin Brâncuși. [ 2] Brancuși was raised by her mother after her parents' divorce. Her sister is eleven years older than she is. Brancuși is Romani on her father's side. [ 3] She moved to Los Angeles. [ 4]
The statue stands on a tall stone pedestal with the words "The Friend of Freedom" written on the front. [ 1] The statue is 2.89 metres (9.5 ft) high and the pedestal is 2.44 metres (8.0 ft) in height. [ 5] Batchelor's relatives were said to approve of the likeness. [ 4] The statue was originally much closer to the library than it is today.
The object was observed again in 1883 by astronomer William Brooks. After its close approach in the spring, the comet will not return to the inner solar system again for another 71 years.