1645 –
Qing dynasty regent
Dorgon issued an edict ordering all
Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue(pictured) identical to those of the
Manchus.
Between 1942 and 1978, a total of 22 Australians were decorated with the
George Cross (GC), the highest
civil decoration for heroism in the United Kingdom and in several countries comprising the
Commonwealth of Nations. Fourteen of these medals were awarded directly: nine to military personnel and five to civilians. At the time of the institution of the GC, living recipients of the
Empire Gallantry Medal automatically became recipients of the new award, and were required to return their previous medal; two Australians became GC holders through this method. In 1971, when the British Government announced that living recipients of the
Albert Medal would be invited to exchange their medals for the GC, six of the 27 Australian holders of the Albert Medal were living and all opted to exchange their insignia for the GC. Australians received the GC under the
Imperial honours system until the establishment of the
Australian honours system in 1975. One further award of the GC, however, was granted after this date to Constable
Michael Kenneth Pratt in 1978. (Full list...)
Beppe Grillo (b. 1948) is an Italian comedian, actor, blogger and political activist who established the
Five Star Movement in 2009. Born in
Genoa, Grillo became well-known as a comic through several television shows in the 1980s, but following jokes which attacked the corruption of the
Italian Socialist Party and its leader
Bettino Craxi he was banned from television. Grillo continued to tour as a comedian while speaking out against corruption and banking scandals, and in 2005 Time named him a European hero.
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1645 –
Qing dynasty regent
Dorgon issued an edict ordering all
Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue(pictured) identical to those of the
Manchus.
Between 1942 and 1978, a total of 22 Australians were decorated with the
George Cross (GC), the highest
civil decoration for heroism in the United Kingdom and in several countries comprising the
Commonwealth of Nations. Fourteen of these medals were awarded directly: nine to military personnel and five to civilians. At the time of the institution of the GC, living recipients of the
Empire Gallantry Medal automatically became recipients of the new award, and were required to return their previous medal; two Australians became GC holders through this method. In 1971, when the British Government announced that living recipients of the
Albert Medal would be invited to exchange their medals for the GC, six of the 27 Australian holders of the Albert Medal were living and all opted to exchange their insignia for the GC. Australians received the GC under the
Imperial honours system until the establishment of the
Australian honours system in 1975. One further award of the GC, however, was granted after this date to Constable
Michael Kenneth Pratt in 1978. (Full list...)
Beppe Grillo (b. 1948) is an Italian comedian, actor, blogger and political activist who established the
Five Star Movement in 2009. Born in
Genoa, Grillo became well-known as a comic through several television shows in the 1980s, but following jokes which attacked the corruption of the
Italian Socialist Party and its leader
Bettino Craxi he was banned from television. Grillo continued to tour as a comedian while speaking out against corruption and banking scandals, and in 2005 Time named him a European hero.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
4,561,511 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.