Though Prussia had not fought in a war since 1795, its military leaders were confident that they could win against Napoleon's troops. After a small incident concerning an anti-French pamphlet occurred, King Frederick William was finally pressured by his wife and family to break off his uneasy peace and enter the war against the French emperor. Prussian troops began mobilizing, culminating in the October 1806 Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, which was a disaster for Prussia, as the ability of its armed forces to continue the war were effectively wiped out. The king and queen had accompanied their troops into battle at Jena (with Louise apparently dressed "like an Amazon"), but had to flee from French troops.
Napoleon himself occupied Berlin, and the king, queen and the rest of the royal family had to flee, despite Louise's illness, in the dead of winter to Königsberg in the easternmost part of the kingdom. On the journey there, there was no food or clean water, and the king and queen were forced to share the same sleeping arrangements in "one of the wretched barns they call houses", according to one witness traveling with them.
Napoleon demanded, from a highly superior position, peace terms in what was to be called the Peace of Tilsit (1807). In the midst of these negotiations, the emperor agreed to keep half of Prussia intact. Louise reluctantly agreed to meet the emperor at Tilsit, but only to save "her Prussia." She tried to use her beauty and charm to flatter him into more favorable terms. Before she had called him "the Monster", but now she made a request for a private interview with the emperor. She threw herself at his feet; Napoleon was impressed by her grace and determination, but he refused to make any concessions. Queen Louise's efforts to protect her adopted country from French aggression became well admired by future generations.
On 19 July 1810, the Queen died in her husband's arms from an unidentified illness. The queen's subjects attributed the French occupation as the cause of her early death. Louise's death left her husband alone during a period of great difficulty, as the Napoleonic Wars and need for reform continued. Napoleon remarked the king "has lost his best minister."
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ("On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres") is great work of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543).
The book, first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, offered proof that the Earth went round the Sun, and not vice versa, as had been thought.
This was an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's Earth-centered system, which had been accepted since ancient times.
Copernicus had worked his ideas out many years before, but was afraid to publish, fearing the anger of the Roman Catholic Church. Finally, the book was published just before he died.
In its standard English edition, the book contains 330 folio pages, 100 pages of tables, and over 20,000 tabulated numbers.
The book is dedicated to Pope Paul III in a preface that argues that mathematics, not physics, should be the basis for understanding and accepting his new theory.
"De revolutionibus" is divided into six "books" (sections or parts):
This book is often referred to as the start of modern science.
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake was an earthquake that happened in the San Francisco Bay Area. It happened on October 17, 1989, just after 5pm local time. The earthquake caused over 67 deaths. It caused billions of dollars worth of property damage. The earthquake happened during one of the games of the 1989 World Series. Because of that, it is sometimes called the "World Series Quake".
International Energy Agency
The International Energy Agency (IEA; ) is an autonomous intergovernmental organization created in 1974 after the 1973 oil crisis. It is based in Paris.
On 1 September 2015, Fatih Birol succeeded the 2011 Executive Director of the IEA, Maria van der Hoeven.
Lee Majors
Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an American actor.
Majors began his career in small roles for movie and television. One role was in "Strait-Jacket" (1964), with Joan Crawford.
In 1965, he got the role of Heath Barkley on the ABC series "The Big Valley", with Barbara Stanwyck as the owner of the ranch, and mother of three of the Barkleys. Majors played the character for 112 episodes between 1965 and 1969. It was the first hit of his career.
After the success of "Big Valley". Major starred in the TV movie "The Ballad of Andy Crocker" (1969). He played a man who, after returning from Vietnam, loses the most precious things in his life.
In 1970, he was invited to join the cast of "The Virginian", starring James Drury. In "The Virginian", the role played by Roy Tate, during the 1970-1971 season of the series.
In 1971, he played Jess Brandon, assistant attorney, in "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law".
In 1978, starred in the movie about Vikings "The Norseman". Then came "Killer Fish" (1979) and "Agency" (1980) with Robert Mitchum.
In 1980, he starred in the television remake of "High Noon". In "High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane" (1980), Majors played Will Kane. In this movie were two big western stars David Carradine and Pernell Roberts.
In 1981, he returned to television. He was successful in a number of television series. In "The Fall Guy", he played Colt Seavers, a stunt double who worked to solve criminal cases. The series was one of the biggest hits of Majors and remained in the air between 1981 and 1986.
In the 1990s, he co-starred in the series "Tour of Duty" and "Raven". He was a guest star on the series "Daytona Beach" (1996) and "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1998). In recent years he was a guest star on "Will & Grace" (2005), "Cold Case" (2007), "According to Jim" (2008), and "Human Target" (2010).
In 2011, the movie version of "The Big Valley" started being made. Majors plays Tom Barkley.
One of Majors' most famous roles is that of Col. Steve Austin in the ABC series "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974-1977). In that series, he played an astronaut whose body was rebuilt with bionic parts after a plane crash. His co-star was the actor Richard Anderson.
There were three movies pilots: "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1973), "The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War" (1973) and "The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping" (1973).
Majors was in a reunion movie, "The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman" (1987), "Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman" (1989), and "Bionic Ever After?" (1994).
In 1977, Majors was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as best actor for "The Six Million Dollar Man".
Machel Montano
Machel Montano (born 24 November 1974) is a artist from Trinidad and Tobago. He is the lead of the soca band Xtatik. He had his first hit as a youth with "Too Young To Soca". He then won the 1987 Caribbean Song Festival.
Montano was born in Curepe (Northwestern Trinidad), and his family moved to Siparia, (Southwestern Trinidad), when he was very young.[6] He attended Siparia Boys' R.C., then Presentation College, a prestigious secondary school in San Fernando, where he was in the choir led by Mrs Cynthia Lee-Mac.[6] Machel first shot to fame as a nine-year-old boy with the song "Too Young To Soca" while he was still in primary school. In 1984, along with his older brother Marcus and neighbours, the group Pranasonic Express was started and, in 1989, the band became Xtatik. In April, 1986, at the age of 11, Montano appeared on the mainstream television show, Star Search.[7] In 1987, he took part in the Trinidad and Tobago National Song Writers Festival, and placed second with his song "Dream Girl". He also won the Caribbean Song Festival in Barbados. Such a win made Machel the first Trinidadian and youngest contestant to win this competition.