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Colonel Norman Dane Vaughan (December 18, 1905 – December 23, 2005) was an American dogsled driver and explorer whose first claim to fame was participating in Admiral Byrd's first expedition to the South Pole.
The Invitation of the Varangians by Viktor Vasnetsov: Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truvor arrive to the lands of Ilmen Slavs. A caricature on disagreement between Nikolay Kostomarov and Mikhail Pogodin on issue of whom were Varangians (Litvins or Normans)
1906 weekly magazine cover. The frontier myth or myth of the West is one of the influential myths in American culture.The frontier is the concept of a place that exists at the edge of a civilization, particularly during a period of expansion.
The English name "Normans" comes from the French words Normans/Normanz, plural of Normant, [17] modern French normand, which is itself borrowed from Old Low Franconian Nortmann "Northman" [18] or directly from Old Norse Norðmaðr, Latinized variously as Nortmannus, Normannus, or Nordmannus (recorded in Medieval Latin, 9th century) to mean "Norseman, Viking".
The United States invaded Panama in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.The stated purpose of the invasion was to depose the de facto ruler of Panama, General Manuel Noriega, who was wanted by U.S. authorities for racketeering and drug trafficking.
Only Visiting This Planet, often ranked as Norman's best album, [10] "mixed his Christian message with strong political themes", and "was meant to reach the flower children disillusioned by the government and the church" with its "abrasive, urban reality of the gospel". [10] In a 1980 interview, Norman explained its purpose:
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont, released in the UK as Spirit of the Wild, is a 1976 American Western adventure film directed by Richard Friedenberg, starring Dan Haggerty and Denver Pyle.
Sison was highly critical of Lava and his policies during the past decade, referring to his "adventurism" and mishandling of the HMB rebellion. [2] The document was suppressed and tensions between the Lava leadership and Sison's group grew, eventually causing in a split in PKP ranks in 1967.