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It was the first $2 million gate in entertainment history. [citation needed] Tunney received a record purse of $990,445. [1] The match was broadcast by announcers Graham McNamee and Phillips Carlin to more than 60 NBC radio stations. [2] Fans filing into Soldier Field before the fight
Political tension increased, and two years later, in 49 BC, Caesar crossed the Rubicon, precipitating the Roman Civil War of 49–45 BC, which he won. After having been elected consul for each of the years of the civil war, and appointed to several temporary dictatorships , he was finally made dictator perpetuus (dictator for life), by the ...
Direct geologic observation of crustal thickening and submarine deposits in Central America It is postulated that the geological collision started about 25 million years ago, [7] the deep ocean connections had ceased by between 12 and 9.2 million years ago [8] and the final shallow temporary connection terminated at the latest by 2.45 million years ago.
To secure the release of Chiang, the KMT was forced to agree to a temporary end to the Chinese Civil War and the forming of a united front between the CCP and KMT against Japan on 24 December 1936. [citation needed] However, by the time Chiang arrived in Xi'an on 4 December 1936, negotiations for a united front had been in the works for two ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. Scientific projections regarding the far future Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see List of numbers and List of years. Artist's concept of the Earth 5–7.5 billion years from now, when the Sun has become a red giant While the future cannot be predicted with certainty ...
The total defeat of Sabinus spread revolutionary fervor, and the Atuatuci, Nervii, and their allies also rebelled. They attacked the camp of Quintus Cicero , brother to Marcus Cicero—the famed orator and a key political player whom Caesar wished to keep as a loyal ally.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight championship.
Three years later, in 272 BC, the Romans captured Tarentum. The Pyrrhic War was the first time that Rome confronted the professional mercenary armies of the Hellenistic states of the eastern Mediterranean.