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This version was released in Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto cinemas on 5 October 2007, and as an elaborate DVD release in December 2007. [42] Today, Blade Runner is ranked by many critics as one of the most important and influential science fiction films ever made, [43] partly thanks to its much imitated portraits of a future cityscape ...
The term "squall" is used to refer to a sudden wind-speed increase lasting minutes. In 1962 the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defined that to be classified as a "squall", the wind must increase at least 8 metres per second (29 km/h; 18 mph) and must attain a top speed of at least 11 metres per second (40 km/h; 25 mph), lasting at least one minute in duration.
December 2019 was the twelfth and final month of that common year. The month, which began on a Sunday, ended on a Tuesday after 31 days. It was the last month of the 2010s decade. Portal:Current events. This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from December 2019.
In 2019, Calagione had informal talks with Jim Koch, co-founder of the Samuel Adams brewing Boston Beer Company, at the annual Extreme Beer Fest in Boston.Within a few months, they were purchased by Boston Beer Co. [16] Dogfish Head announced the acquisition by the Boston Beer Company for $300 million on May 9, 2019. [17]
A "really rare" thundersnow storm occurred near Vancouver, British Columbia on December 17–18, 2022. [ 5 ] The South Region of Brazil registered episodes of thundersnow in 1984 and 2005, in the state of Santa Catarina , and in August 2011, in some municipalities of the highland region of Serra Gaúcha , in the southern state of Rio Grande do ...
USS Constellation was a nominally rated 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate of the United States Navy.. The ship was built under the direction of David Stodder at The Joseph and Samuel Sterett shipyard on Harris Creek in Baltimore's Fell's Point maritime community, and was launched on 7 September 1797.
Character Title Year Actor Notes Ref. Lando Calrissian: The Empire Strikes Back: 1980 Billy Dee Williams: Lando, a gambler, con artist, playboy, mining engineer, and businessman who administered Cloud City, was confirmed as pansexual, and having fluidity in his sexuality, by a co-writer of Solo, Jonathan Kasdan.
To rectify the top-heaviness and stability problems of the preceding Benson and Gleaves classes, the Fletcher class was greatly increased in size over the older designs. This allowed them to accept additional anti-aircraft (AA) guns and electronic equipment as well as their operators without sacrificing guns or torpedoes as the older ships were forced to do during the war. [3]