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County Down takes its name from dún, the Irish word for dun or fort, which is a common root in Gaelic place names, such as Dundee, Dunfermline and Dumbarton in Scotland and Donegal and Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland. [12] The fort in question was in the historic town of Downpatrick, originally known as Dún Lethglaise ("fort of the green side" or "fort of the two broken fetters"). [13][14 ...
This is a list of notable directors and their first commercial cinematic films, listed chronologically by release date.
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and inflicting civilian casualties. The surprise attacks were launched during negotiations between Iran and the US. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel, US bases, and US allies in ...
In a 6 March statement, Vladimir Putin expressed condolences over the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and declared the Russian support for Iran through the "need for an immediate cessation of hostilities, the abandonment of forceful solutions to problems around Iran and throughout the Middle East, and a swift return to the path of ...
The highest-grossing American films released in 2007, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: [1]
State flag of Louisiana Location of Louisiana in the U.S. map The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the American state of Louisiana.
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve slavery in the United States, which they saw as threatened because of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the growing ...
Prominent Indigenous Australians Cathy Freeman surrounded by world media and carrying the Aboriginal and Australian flags following her victory in the 400 m final of the Sydney Olympics, 2000 ABC footage and interviews of Australians celebrating Freeman's Olympics win – many noting how it brought the country together "as one"