Etiket: history
MLB | Max Scherzer enters top 10 in strikeouts history
(Arlington) Three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer reached the top 10 in major league baseball in career strikeouts Thursday. Published at 5:19 p.m. Stephen Hawkins Associated Press The Rangers right-hander…
Between Lyon and the Games, a thwarted Olympic history
Overtaken by Mexico in the race to host the 1968 Olympic Games, the city will host 11 football matches for the 2024 edition. Hervé Renard’s Les Bleues have taken up…
Kamala Harris | Another chance to make history
(Washington) President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race and endorse his running mate, Kamala Harris, gives Harris – already the first woman and first black person to…
Baltimore Ravens | Lamar Jackson can become the ‘best quarterback in NFL history’
(Owings Mills) Quarterback Lamar Jackson was off the field due to a virus, but head coach John Harbaugh made sure he was talked about after Sunday’s practice at team camp.…
Baltimore Avens | Lamar Jackson can become the ‘best quarterback in NFL history’
(Owings Mills) Quarterback Lamar Jackson was off the field due to a virus, but head coach John Harbaugh made sure he was talked about after Sunday’s practice at team camp.…
Objective: to perform the largest line dance in Quebec history
Comedian Pascal Morrissette and a host of artists — Mitsou, Laurence Nerbonne, Mona de Grenoble and many others — plan to bring together 10,000 people on the Place des Festivals…
A short history of the construction holidays
For over 50 years, almost all construction workers have been hanging up their helmets and tools at the same time to take two weeks off in the middle of summer.…
At the MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises, the history of Montreal as you have never seen it before
In the public space at the entrance to the MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises, an installation gently mocks two symbols of the metropolis: an orange cone—what else?—and a series…
In the United States, a White House with a history tinged with red
Political violence, such as the one that nearly cost former President Donald Trump his life this Saturday, has been a feature of the American narrative since its beginnings. A look…
The History of US Assassination Attempts
The circumstances surrounding the apparent assassination attempt on Saturday against Donald Trump, who was slightly injured after being shot at a campaign rally, remain unclear but are part of an…
The Pompidou Metz Center offers “a great walk” through the history of photography
The exhibition “Seeing time in colors or the challenges of photography” traces 150 years of the history of photography with more than 250 photographs. A unique exhibition to see in…
Quiz | How well do you know… US history?
The United States occupies a large place on the international stage, both for its popular culture and for its political debates. But how well do we really know our neighbors…
Cape Cod Coastline | Stranding of 146 dolphins is largest in U.S. history
Rescuers who helped free more than 100 dolphins from the Cape Cod coast said they have confirmed that the mass stranding that began June 28 was the largest involving dolphins…
Top scorer in the history of the Blues, Olivier Giroud leaves the French team through the back door
The striker with 57 goals for the Blues played little during the Euro, and played his last match for the national team in the semi-finals on Tuesday, before ending his…
Writings | The Course of History: Seeing the World Change
During the referendums of 1980 and 1995, Jocelyn Coulon was outside the country. This speaks volumes about the interest that this researcher, author, journalist, director of a peacekeeping center and…
Moment Factory’s Parallel Village: The Successful Bet to Rewrite History
This text is part of the special Pleasures notebook “Tonight, nothing is going well, our time machine has completely broken down!” This is the basic premise of the new immersive…
Gas chambers “detail of history” complaint in France against a far-right candidate
The SOS Racisme association announced on Thursday that it had filed a complaint after a French far-right candidate slipped up and claimed that party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen’s comments on…
Xi and Putin advocate a ‘multipolar’ world to be on the ‘right side of history’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday in Central Asia for a “multipolar” world order, countering the American unilateralism that they denounce, during a summit…
The e-tron GT sedan, the most powerful model in Audi’s history
The war on horses has not disappeared with electrification, quite the contrary. Audi is exposing it with its e-tron GT 2025 sedan accompanied by a considerable injection of power. Published…
“Absalom, Absalom!”, a sensory dive into the segregationist history of the United States that resonates in the present
Director Séverine Chavrier adapts William Faulkner’s masterpiece of American literature at the Avignon festival. Published 07/02/2024 12:54 Reading time: 2 min Séverine Chavrier adapts “Absalom, Absalom!” in Avignon, a masterpiece…