Showing results for "1971" in Biographies & Memoirs

An under-strength Gorkha battalion undertakes the Indian Army's first heliborne operation deep behind enemy lines, defeating a Pakistani force twenty times its strength. Fighters of the Indian Air force target the Government House in Dhaka in a daring air raid, forcing the Pakistani...

The incredible story of a braveheart. Chunni Lal grew up among heroes. And at the age of nineteen, he became a hero himself. In the 1987 Siachen attack, he was the first to reach the enemy post and was, subsequently, awarded the Sena Medal. Lt Gen. Satish Dua (Retd.) was his commanding officer...

In May 1999, the Kargil insurgency was still being viewed as a routine affair. No one quite understood the magnitude of the situation. However, it soon emerged that infiltrators had captured high-altitude posts vacated by Indian soldiers during the winter months and thus had a tactical upper...

"1971-1985" er en højhastighedsskildring af den danske kunstner Martin Halls barndom og tidlige ungdom, en teenagekrønike der stiller skarpt på en både personlig og kulturel brydningstid i et spraglet og ramponeret København. Fra 70'ernes hårdt rastede sorthvide fotos til 80'er-dekadencens polaroidbilleder, fra glamrock til punk og fra Madame Arthur til Rockmaskinen: Turen er lang fra Francos Spanien, hvor Martin Hall som ung dreng en overgang boede, til Vesterbrogades pornobiografer.

Christine Evert, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful players of all time, she was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 260 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Alongside Martina Navratilova, vert dominated women's tennis from the mid-1970s to the mid-'80s. In the following audio clips from 1971, Evert is interviewed prior to the US Open by Howard Cosell at the tournament, and then after her return home after her loss to Billy Jean King at the Open.

An insightful portrait of Muhammad Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed and The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural and political implications of Ali's refusal of service in the military—and the key moments in a life that was as high profile and...

Screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook presents a captivating behind-the-scenes memoir of the making of Junior Bonner, a 1972 Western classic starring Steve McQueen and directed by Sam Peckinpah.

The rugged routes to Kabul teemed with worldwide youth in search of cheap drugs and enlightenment. With the idyllic dreamers came hard core criminals. Sent to Kabul to take on the criminals was Federal Narcotics Agent, Terrence Burke. Working undercover, often without backup, Burke dismantled smuggling operations in Afghanistan and India. The issues he portrays in Afghanistan are still confronting us today.

Spiritualität und Showbusiness – und wie das zusammenpasst! Guido Cantz zählt ohne Zweifel zu Deutschlands führenden Spaß-Experten. Ob als Comedian, Showmaster, oder Kabarettist – in Sachen Humor macht dem blonden Multitalent kaum jemand etwas vor. Vom Kölner Karneval ging es für ihn direkt in die erste Liga der Samstagabendunterhaltung. Doch in seinem Leben gab es Punkte, an denen ihm Humor nicht weiterhalf. In seiner Biografie gewährt er einen Blick hinter die Kulissen – die des Fernsehens und der Bühne, aber auch hinter die seines Privatlebens.

क्या सुलझा पाएंगे व्योम और केशव ५० साल पुराना डबल मर्डर केस? Unveil the secrets of a 50-year-old murder with ACP Vyom Tendulkar in our gripping new fiction mystery podcast by CURIOUSThey say ACP Vyom a "Gone Case", a jaded cop who's lost his edge, buried under paperwork just like the cold cases he's assigned. But Vyom's a different breed. Sure, he's got a laid-back style, but beneath the surface lies an uncanny investigative mind.Dive headfirst into a thrilling whodunit as Vyom tackles a ...

“I am opposed to heart disease and cancer the way one is opposed to sin.” With that as her battle cry, health activist and philanthropist Mary Woodard Lasker had a singular goal: saving lives by increasing medical research. Together with her husband, advertising genius Albert, they created the Lasker Foundation, bestowing the Lasker Awards. But the real increase in medical research funding occurred when Mary discovered a revolutionary source: the federal government. “I’m just a catalytic agent,” she would insist, while she tirelessly lobbied Congress and presidents alike.

Jeffrey Joseph Juliana, nee Geoffrey Giuliano, nee Jaganntha Dasa, is a man of many faces and adventures. A plumber's son from Western, New York, now in his mid-sixties, this transient soul has experienced a wide swath of poverty, riches, fame, anonymity, hedonism and piety. At the same time 50% monk and 50% monkey, Giuliano is best known as the author of a shelfful of books on the Beatles and other rock icons, a well-known film actor, world traveler, vegetarian activist, and very public devotee of Sri Krishna. Here is his rags-to-riches-then-back-to-rags story as told by himself.

Det var en strålande vårmorgon den 1 juni 1970. Vanligtvis var det inga människor på denna plats i Laksevåg utanför Bergen. Platsen ligger nämligen avsides. Men denna morgon hade det uppstått något fel med klortillförseln i dricksvattnet i Laksevåg och två vattenverksarbetare hade skickats upp till klorhuset vid vattenreservoaren för att reparera felet. Det var inte många minuter de båda vattenverksarbetarna klarade av att vara inne i klorhuset, De hann bara stänga av klorapparaten, innan de måste ut för att andas frisk luft.