Tag: history
Incredible Finnish history! Wilma Murto stretched again for European Championship gold
Wilma Murro became the first Finnish track and field athlete to win EC gold both indoors and outdoors. Hinn Hirvonen, Emma Jump 4.3. 19:41•Updated 4.3. 22:48 Pole vaulter Wilma Murto…
Does Joseph Stalin’s Death Mark the End of Soviet Totalitarianism?
On March 5, 1953, Iossif Vissarionovitch Djougachvili, known throughout the world by his pseudonym Stalin, derived from the Russian сталь “steel”, officially died at 6 a.m. in his dacha in…
Iraqi National Museum opens for free to attract visitors
For the second consecutive week, the Baghdad museum opened its doors free of charge to the public on Friday. A desire of museum officials to make it known to locals…
Finland is at the top of the world in terms of English skills, but tourist country Spain ranks 33rd – a Finnish-Spanish family finds the reason in history
MADRID From Madrid Snare and by Rafael Canomanuel the family ponders the one-year-old Ralph– his son’s language education. A Finnish mother and a Spanish father believe that a bilingual home…
When Petter Northug did what no one had ever dared before the finish line – with the biggest mockery of Sweden in skiing history
There is only one Petter Northug.For better or worse.For example, who can forget the time he did what no one else had done before before a finish – just to…
Little People’s Dictionary: silence this language that we cannot hear!
/ Podcasts / In person(s) “You, little provincials, who have left the simple scarf for the rich cashmere, buy my Dictionary, you will soon be grateful to me for the…
The WC icon has passed away – he wrote unforgettable history in Sweden
PHOTO: Bildbyrån + TT Nyhetsbyrån Today came the news that sent the football world into mourning.WC icon Just Fontaine has passed away, aged 89.He made history during the 1958 World…
Really good zombie movie based on true (!) history
The Walking Dead has been one of the dominant series of the past decade and was instrumental in Boom in new zombie adventures responsible. In the meantime, however, the franchise…
The American who made World Cup history is Aino-Kaisa Saarinen’s sauna buddy – “Jessie is crazy”
Jessie Diggins made North American sports history when he became the first US cross-country world champion in individual distances. The 10-kilometer freestyle skiing world championship made Diggins emotional. Diggins hugged…
“Hello”, “Blessings”… The little history of polite expressions
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS NEWSLETTER FOR FREE? >> Click here Would it occur to you to end one of your letters thus: “You love justice too much not…