Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"God Blessed Texas" is a song recorded by American country music group Little Texas. It was released on July 17, 1993 [1] as the second single from their second album Big Time. The song was their seventh single overall. It was written by the band's lead guitarist Porter Howell, and keyboardist and vocalist Brady Seals.
Older songs, such as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and "Dixie", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. [5] [6] [7] Although the song has been sung since the 41st legislature in 1929, [8] [9] it was officially adopted by the 73rd legislature as the state song in 1993. [10]
The Song of Estonia festival was held at the Song Festival Grounds on 11 September. [6] Trivimi Velliste, Chairman of the Estonian Heritage Society, first voiced the public ambition to regain independence. [10] The Supreme Soviet of Estonia issued the Estonian Sovereignty Declaration on 16 November. [8]
Their secret Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact required Heinz Guderian to hand the city over to the Red Army. After the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact on 23 August 1939, Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, [7] [8] and the Soviet Union invaded Poland on 17 September, [7] [9] resulting in the occupation of Poland by the Soviet Union and ...
Red Dawn has influenced a number of video games. Freedom Fighters is a 2003 video game that takes place during a Soviet invasion of New York. This game is heavily influenced by Red Dawn's characters, costumes, and design. The game's last mission closely resembles one of the movie's final scenes, when the Wolverines attack the Soviet base.
This song's MTV music video featured caricatures of United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Konstantin Chernenko in a wrestling match. Other songs expressed fear of World War III, as in the Sting song, " Russians ", with lyrics such as "I don't subscribe to his [Reagan's or Khrushchev's] point of view" (that Reagan ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The Litvinov pact was an enrichment of the Kellogg-Briand pact to ensure that the USSR had sufficient time to recuperate and rebuild the Soviet state in the 1920s. During the 1930s, the pact began to deteriorate, as disputes by member states increased in frequency and severity.