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Miley Cyrus. Miley Ray Cyrus ( / ˈmaɪli ˈsaɪrəs / MY-lee SY-rəs; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a pop icon, she has been recognized for her evolving artistry and style, having been dubbed the "Teen Queen" of the 2000s. Cyrus is also cited as one of the few examples ...
December 1: 1525 - Birth of Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) 1743 - Birth of Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817) 1750 - Death of Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671) 1792 - Birth of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856) 1925 - Birth of Martin Rodbell, American scientist, Nobel ...
Ikebana ( 生け花, 活け花, 'arranging flowers' or 'making flowers alive') is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. [1] [2] It is also known as kadō ( 華道, 'way of flowers'). The origin of ikebana can be traced back to the ancient Japanese custom of erecting evergreen trees and decorating them with flowers as yorishiro ( 依代) to ...
Las Mañanitas "Las Mañanitas" Spanish pronunciation: [las maɲaˈnitas] is a traditional Mexican [1] birthday song written by Mexican composer Alfonso Esparza Oteo. It is popular in Mexico, usually sung early in the morning to awaken the birthday person, and especially as part of the custom of serenading women. A famous rendition of "Las Mañanitas" is sung by Pedro Infante to "Chachita" in ...
In Nepal, Buddha's birthday is celebrated on the full moon day of May. The festival is known by various names, Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Vaishakh Purnima, Saga Dawa, and Vesak. Purnima means full moon day in Sanskrit. Among the Newars of Nepal, especially from the Shakya clan of Newars, it is of great importance because they consider it ...
Flowers for Algernon is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. [2] The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that ...
David Hamilton (15 April 1933 – 25 November 2016) was a British photographer and film director best known for his photography of young women and girls, mostly nude. [1] Hamilton's images became part of an "art or pornography" debate.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden, previously Model Floriculture Center, is a tulip garden in Srinagar, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the largest tulip garden in Asia spread over an area of about 30 ha (74 acres). [1] [2] It is situated at the base of the Zabarwan range, built on a sloping ground in a terraced fashion consisting of seven terraces with an overview ...