2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium, the 13th year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium, the 14th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.
Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), best known for the original screen portrayal of Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1931, was in a large number of movies during the course of his career. The following list is believed complete.
This article lists events from the year 2005 in France.
This article lists events from the year 2006 in France.
The Order of the Paulownia Flowers is an order presented by the Japanese government. Established in 1888 during the Meiji Restoration as the highest award in the Order of the Rising Sun; however, since 2003 it has been an Order in its own right. The only grade of the order is Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, which ranks higher than the Order of the Rising Sun but lower than the Order of the Chrysanthemum.
The Communist Party of Byelorussia, known as Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Byelorussia until 1952, was a communist party in Belarus 1918–1991, created following the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was created as part of the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks) December 30–31, 1918 with 17,800 members. It was important in creating the Belorussian Soviet Republic in January 1919. From February 1919 until 1920 it functioned as a single organisation together with the Communist Party of Lithuania, known as the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Lithuania and Belorussia.
Philo McCullough was an American actor. He appeared in 255 films between 1914 and 1969. He was born in San Bernardino, California and died in Burbank, California.
This article lists events from the year 2008 in France.
The 24 class was a class of minesweeping sloops. They were derived from the preceding Flower-class sloop, but designed to appear double-ended. Twenty-four ships to this design were ordered between December 1916 and April 1917 under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I, although two of them were cancelled before launch. All were named after famous racehorses, but they were not named Racehorse class as the Admiralty realised that this could easily be confused in communications with the Racecourse class of paddle minesweepers, and they officially became the 24 class.
HMS Scythe was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered on 23 June 1917 from John Brown & Company, Clydebank; construction began on 14 January 1918, she was launched on 25 May 1918 and completed on 7 July 1918: a total of 25 weeks. On trials she obtained a speed of 33.485 knots at 1,198 tons displacement. She saw service during the First World War and was involved in the Irish Civil War in the interwar period before being discarded in 1931.
F. Ray Comstock was an American theatrical producer and theater operator. He pioneered the intimate musical comedy, staging several successful comedies at his Princess Theatre in Manhattan. He also produced spectacular musicals, variety shows and serious plays by authors such as Henrik Ibsen and Maxim Gorky.
The Naval Ordnance Department, also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Ordnance, was a former department of the Admiralty responsible for the procurement of naval ordnance of the Royal Navy the department was managed by a Director supported by various assistants and deputy's it existed from 1866 to 1958.
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