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 | Culture Global culture, including music, art, film, music, the producers and the consumers, this is our entertainment section. | |
| | | | | Jalal al-Din Rumi (30 Sept 1207 - 17 Dec 1273) by Rene Wadlow Rumi, a poet and mystic of Persian culture, was born in what is today Afghanistan and died in what is now Turkey. He used the image of a person as the flute of the Spirit. Man is a flute for the breath of God... | | | James Byron Dean, the legend's end by The Ovi Team On September 30, 1955, Dean and his mechanic Rolf Wutherich set off from Competition Motors, where they had prepared his Porsche 550 Spyder that morning for a sports car race at Salinas, California. | | | Miles Davis by The Ovi Team On September 28, 1991, jazz trumpet legend Miles Davis dies in a California hospital at the age of 65. | |
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| | European Day of Languages by The Ovi Team September 26th; there have never been more opportunities to work or study in a different European country - but lack of language competence prevents many people from taking advantage of them. | | | Michael Douglas by The Ovi Team September 25th; on this day in 1944, Michael Douglas, who will become one of Hollywood's A-list stars in the 1980s with such blockbuster films as Wall Street and Fatal Attraction, is born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. | | | Muhammad completes Hegira by The Ovi Team September 24th 622, the prophet Muhammad completes his Hegira, or "flight," from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution. In Medina, Muhammad set about building the followers of his religion - Islam - into an organized community and Arabian power. | | | Three Days of the Condor by The Ovi Team September 24th; On this day in 1975, Three Days of the Condor, a political thriller directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, opens in New York City. In the film, Redford... | | | The Shawshank Redemption by The Ovi Team September 23rd; on this day in 1994, The Shawshank Redemption, starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, opens in theaters around the United States. Based on a short story titled "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,"... | | | Paulo Freire: Popular Participation by Rene Wadlow In the Declaration of Principles and Programme of Action adopted by the 1976 World Employment Conference it is stated, "A basic needs-oriented policy implies the participation of the people in making the decisions which... | | | US Immigration vs. Charlie Chaplin by The Ovi Team September 19th 1952; The United States is to prevent the film legend, Charlie Chaplin, from returning to his Hollywood home until he has been investigated by the Immigration Services. | | | | next | |
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