Steven Spielberg Born: Cinema's Master Storyteller
Steven Spielberg redefined American cinema by directing both the highest-grossing blockbusters and the most powerful dramatic films of the twentieth century. From Jaws and E.T. to Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, his work earned three Academy Awards and co-founded DreamWorks, the first new major Hollywood studio in decades.
December 18, 1946
80 years ago
What Else Happened on December 18
en el río Trebia, cerca de Piacenza (Italia) ―en el marco de la segunda guerra púnica―, las tropas cartaginesas de Aníbal derrotan al ejército romano en la bata…
Hannibal had just crossed the Alps with elephants. Now he needed Rome to bleed. The Trebia River ran cold that December morning. Hannibal sent cavalry to provo…
King Alfonso I of Aragon seized Zaragoza from the Almoravid dynasty, ending centuries of Islamic rule in the Ebro Valley. This conquest transformed his kingdom …
Kublai Khan declared the new name Yuan, transforming a Mongol conquest into a recognized Chinese dynasty that integrated traditional imperial bureaucracy with s…
en Italia un terremoto destruye la ciudad de Potenza.
In der Bulle Licet dudum legt Papst Clemens V. fest, dass die Privilegien des verbotenen Templerordens auf den Orden vom Hospital des Heiligen Johannes zu Jerus…
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