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Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Александрович Архипов, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxʲipəf]; 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a senior Soviet Naval officer who prevented a Russian submarine from launching a nuclear torpedo against ships of the United States Navy at a crucial moment in the Cuban Missile Crisis of ...
In order to do this, he has to set out to find Circe, the witch who turned him into a pig in the first place, and ask her to change him back. Sibyl, the ex-priestess, and Homer, the soon to be epic poet, come along for the ride. The Pig Who Saved the World won the Nestlé Bronze Award in 2006. [1]
Monument to Those Who Saved the World in the city of Chernobyl, dedicated to Chernobyl liquidators. On the night of April 26, 1986 at 1:23 an explosion occurred at the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. [1] A large fire broke out on the roof of the reactor.
Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (né Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who helped to rescue refugee children, mostly Jewish, whose families had fled persecution by Nazi Germany.
Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World (人間不信の冒険者たちが世界を救うようです, Ningen Fushin no Bōkensha-tachi ga Sekai o Sukuu Yō Desu, lit. "Adventurers Who Lost Faith in People Will Apparently Save the World") is a Japanese light novel series written by Shinta Fuji and illustrated by Susumu Kuroi.
WASHINGTON — Retiring President Biden will present the Medal of Valor Friday to two FDNY heroes who saved New Yorkers from raging fires. Biden, 82, will present the nation’s highest award for ...
Flameless candles flicker in front of a picture of Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger, who died after being shot on Jan. 4, during a March for Our Lives vigil for gun violence victims at ...
Major Francis Edward Foley CMG (24 November 1884 – 8 May 1958) was a British Secret Intelligence Service officer. As a passport control officer for the British Embassy in Berlin, Foley "bent the rules" and helped thousands of Jewish families escape from Nazi Germany after Kristallnacht and before the outbreak of the Second World War. [1]