In the first episode of the second season, General Savage, played by Robert Lansing, was killed in action and replaced by Colonel Joe Gallagher, played by Paul Burke. (Burke, though considered more youthful-looking than Lansing, was actually two years older, a fact that TV critics were quick to point out.)…
After World War I, Iraq passed from the failing Ottoman Empire to British control. Kingdom of Iraq was established under the British Mandate in 1932. In the 14 July Revolution of 1958, the king was deposed and the Republic of Iraq was declared. Who got Iraq after WWI? Britain seized…
The pilot of the helicopter, David Gibbs, and the show’s cinematographer, Darren Rydstrom, were also killed, making the incident one of the deadliest for the California production community in many years. Fans of the popular show have been asking themselves these questions for twenty-four hours: Dual Survival Season Seven premiered…
Once a U.S. TV market leader, the Philips-owned Magnavox brand is now licensed by Funai Electric. The Japanese manufacturer also controls the U.S. licenses for the Emerson, Philips (see below), and Sanyo brand names. History. Philips exited the proprietary personal computer business in 1992. Philips sold the Greenville plant in…
Most recently, she has appeared as herself on a comedy web series called The Quarantine Bunch, a fictionalized “support group for former child actors” shot via Zoom during the pandemic. There, she became associated with the third Walton child. Though Mary Ellen was the oldest among the daughters, she was…
Eventually, Mike’s Dad insists that he release the grown birds back into the wild. However one particular pelican, named ’Mr Percival’ by Mike, returns. The bird forms a deep bond with the boy until sadly, Mr Percival is shot by duck shooters. Australian star pelican Mr Percival who starred in…
2010–2015: Cancellation of releasing on PC/Mac and new direction. In October 2010, PlayFirst announced a focus on the mobile and social market after raising $9.2 million from investors, and cancelled releasing further casual games in the near future. PlayFIrst is a San Francisco based publisher of casual games founded in…
The arrow looks like it has changed direction because of something called refraction. Refraction happens when light passes through one transparent (clear) thing into another, in this case, from air through the glass and water. This is sometimes called the bending of light. Just because light bends when it travels…
In 1927, the Supreme Court ruled that the oil leases had been corruptly obtained. The Court invalidated the Elk Hills lease in February 1927, and the Teapot Dome lease in October. Both reserves were returned to the Navy. Teapot Dome Scandal, also called Oil Reserves Scandal or Elk Hills Scandal,…
We inherit a set of 23 chromosomes from our mothers and another set of 23 from our fathers. One of those pairs are the chromosomes that determine the biological sex of a child – girls have an XX pair and boys have an XY pair, with very rare exceptions in…