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2026 date. October 12 (United States) Frequency. Annual. Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on ...
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Over 8,120,531,329 (estimated) Fertility rate. 2.27 (2021) Earth has a human population of over 8 billion as of 2024, with an overall population density of 50 people per km 2 (130 per sq. mile). Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, with more than 2.8 billion in the countries of India and China combined.
Lebanon (/ ˈ l ɛ b ə n ɒ n,-n ə n / ⓘ LEB-ə-non, -nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized: Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the country's coastline
Agatha Harkness is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #94 (October 1969). [ 1 ] Agatha Harkness is a powerful witch and one of the original witches from the Salem witch trials. [ 2 ]
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was the fourth-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record in terms of storms with 20 named storms forming, [ nb 1 ] tied with 1933. Among them, 7 became hurricanes, with 3 reaching major hurricane strength. [ nb 2 ] The season also had an above‑normal accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 148 ...
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cowboys on October 26, 1881. While lasting less than a minute, the gunfight has been the subject of books and films into the 21st century. Taking place in the town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory, the ...
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) [2] is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. [3] Dubbed the "Prince of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of his generation. [4][5] According to Billboard, Timberlake is the best performing solo act on Pop Airplay, and remains one of the best ...