The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981).
It happened after a group of Iranian students supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the US Embassy in Tehran. President Jimmy Carter called the hostages "victims of terrorism and anarchy," adding that "the United States will not yield to blackmail."
The U.S. tried to free the hostages during the crisis, but failed when rescue officials were killed in a helicopter crash.
The hostages were released just as Ronald Reagan was being inaugurated as President.
M. Karunanidhi
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (born Dakshinamurthy; 3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five different times. He is the head of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N. Annadurai, in 1969.
Karunanidhi was born in Thirukuvalai, Tiruvarur, British India. He was an atheist. Karunanidhi died in Chennai at a hospital from multiple organ failure on 7 August 2018, aged 94.
Oath of office of the President of the United States
The oath of office of the President of the United States is an oath that the president as he takes office. The Chief Justice of the United States gives the oath to the President of the United States.
The oath is ordered by the United States Constitution (Article II, Section One, Clause 8), and is given before the President begins his term of office.
This is what the oath says:
It is unknown how many presidents used a Bible or added the words "So help me God" at the end of the oath, or in their acceptance of the oath, as neither is required by law.
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin (), (born Pietro Cardin; 2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020) was an Italian-born French fashion designer. Cardin was known for his avant-garde style and his Space Age designs. Cardin was made UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 1991 and FAO Goodwill Ambassador in 2009.
He was gay, however he was in a four year relationship with actress Jeanne Moreau in the 1960s.
Cardin died on 29 December 2020 at a hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, at the age of 98.
Pac (wrestler)
Benjamin Satterly (born 22 August 1986) is a English professional wrestler. He currently wrestles under the ring name "PAC”. He has also wrestled under the ring names Adrian Neville in the WWE's developmental territory, NXT and Pac in the Independent circuit. He is currently signed to AEW. He is a former one-time NXT Champion and a two-time NXT Tag Team Champion with Oliver Grey and Corey Graves."
On the 16 January 2013 episode of "NXT", he made his WWE debut under the ring name Adrian Neville defeating Sakamoto.
On the 13 February episode of NXT (originally taped on 31 January), Neville along with Oliver Grey, won the finals of tournament to crown the first ever NXT Tag Team Champions by defeating the Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan). When Grey suffered a torn ACL (in storyline caused by the Wyatt Family), Neville decided to choose Bo Dallas as his new partner in April. On the 8 May episode of NXT (taped on 2 May), during the team's first defence, Neville and Dallas lost the championships to the Wyatt Family.
At NXT Arrival, Neville was able to win the NXT Championship when he defeated Bo Dallas in a ladder match. On December 11, at the event, Neville lost the championship to Sami Zayn.
33 BC
Year 33 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Tullus.
Frozen (2013 movie)
Frozen is a 2013 American computer-animated musical fantasy-comedy movie based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen". It is produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
The movie is about a princess named Anna, and her sister Elsa who becomes queen. There is also a funny talking snowman called Olaf. In the popular movie, Elsa sings a song called "Let It Go," which became very popular and it is a 52nd movie. "Frozen" was released on November 27, 2013 and has the voices of Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel in speaking and singing roles.
"Frozen" got great reviews from movie critics. It was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film.
Anna and Elsa are two princess sisters who live in Arendelle. Elsa, now queen of Arendelle, has the power of working with snow and ice, but her power gets out of control and upsets the people of Arendelle. Not wanting to hurt anyone, Elsa runs away and makes her own palace for herself. Meanwhile, Anna sets off in the snow and ice to bring Elsa back and make things right with her. On the way, she meets Kristoff, a friendly iceman, and Olaf, a funny snowman made alive by Elsa and who dreams of seeing summer.
Hans wants to marry Anna, but he tells her he only wants to marry her to destroy Elsa and get her royal status. As Hans raises his sword over Elsa, Anna stops Hans and as a result turns to a frozen statue. Elsa weeps out of love for the frozen Anna, and this thaws Anna back to life. Seeing this, Olaf realizes that an act of true love is what thaws a frozen heart. With the power of love, Elsa stops the icy spell over Arendelle, and all of Arendelle live happily ever after, including Olaf, who is able to see summer with a snow flurry over his head to keep the summer heat from melting him.
Plans to make a movie based on "The Snow Queen" were started in the 1940's. The writers were not sure how its story could go and so the movie could not be made. Later, in 2011, the writers finally found a story to use for the movie and the production team began making the movie, naming it "Frozen". The plans said that "Frozen" would be hand-drawn, but the team later decided to use computer animation. It took only two years to make "Frozen", which was a very fast production time for a computer-animated movie.
"Frozen" is also probably one of the most difficult animated movies to make. The animation team had to travel to a snowy area in Wyoming so that they could study the behavior of snow and simulate that with a computer. They also used a program that could generate a lot of strands for Elsa's hair. An average human has about 100,000 strands of hair, while Elsa's hair was made of 400,000 strands.
This is a list of songs heard in the movie "Frozen". These can be found on the movie's soundtrack CD. The CD also contains the background music pieces used for "Frozen". Most of the songs were made by husband and wife Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, while the movie's background music was made by Christophe Beck. The first song in the movie, "Frozen Heart," was made by South Sami composer Frode Fjellheim and is in a traditional Sami style called Vuelie.
The character Kristoff is meant to be Sami, a member of an indigenous group that lives in northern Europe. Some viewers complained that Kristoff was not a good way to show Sami because he is light-skinned and blond. Although, today, some Sami look like Kristoff, most have darker skin and hair. When making the 2019 sequel, "Frozen II", Disney signed a contract with Sami leaders and hired Sami experts to make sure the culture would be shown respectfully.
Frozen Fever is a short movie made by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It continues the events of "Frozen". It was released with the longer movie "Cinderella" on March 13, 2015. The movie is about Elsa who catches a cold and finds it hard to surprise Anna on her birthday. "Frozen Fever" runs for about 8 minutes. It has one new song sung by Elsa.