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Zusatztext 'Pure coffee-table dip-in dip-out indulgence' Venue Informationen zum Autor Gerard Cheshire has written a number of books on British and world history over a career spanning fifteen years, including British History and World History (both Flametree Publishing). He is a graduate of UCL and holds a postgraduate degree from Bath Spa College. He is based in Bath, England. John Farndon is the author of many books on contemporary issues, including China Rises and India Booms (Virgin), and Bird Flu and Iran in the Everything You Need to Know series (Icon). His most recent book for Icon was 101 Facts You Need to Know About Food. www.john-farndon-books.co.uk Klappentext From Nixon's resignation to the canonization of the first US saint, this book revels in the recent highs and lows of the US and the rest of the world. An entry for every day of the year provides the perfect dip-in-dip-out format for armchair historians. 2 February 1987: Punxsutawney Phil turns 100 14 May 1948: First Jewish state in 2000 years comes into being 23 October 2001: The iPod is born. Zusammenfassung Covering the years between 1944 and 2009, this title includes such events as: 18 March 1965 - a cosmonaut, and not an astronaut, becomes the first person to conduct a 'space walk'; 14 May 1948 - the first Jewish state in 2,000 years comes into being; and, 21 September 1995 - the 'Hindu Milk Miracle' causes mass hysteria in India.
