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Una operación estadounidense en Pakistán acabó con la vida del líder de Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, casi diez años después que comenzase su búsqueda internacional tras los atentados contra EEUU.
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer who has starred in high-profile Hollywood films including Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Assassins, Interview with the Vampire, Mariachi sequels, Philadelphia, The Mask of Zorro, and the Shrek sequels.
Banderas was born in Málaga, Andalucia, southern Spain to José Domínguez, a policeman in the Guardia Civil, and Doña Ana Banderas, a teacher. He also has a brother, Francisco. Banderas was raised a Roman Catholic, but no longer follows the religion.
Banderas initially wanted to play football professionally, but his dream ended when he broke his foot at age 14. As a young man, he traveled to Madrid, in order to make a career in the Spanish film industry.
Banderas' career began at the age of 19, when he worked in small theaters during the Movida period. Banderas first gained wide attention through a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar, between 1982 and 1990....
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678 – July 27 or 28, 1741), nicknamed Il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest"), was a Venetian priest and baroque music composer, as well as a famous violinist; he was born and raised in the Republic of Venice. The Four Seasons, a series of four violin concertos, are his best known works and highly popular Baroque music pieces.
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice, the capital of the Republic of Venice. He was baptized immediately at his home by the midwife. It is not known how the life of the infant was in danger, but the immediate baptism was most likely due to his poor health or to an earthquake that shook the city that day. Vivaldi's official church baptism (at least, the rites which remained other than the actual baptism itself) did not take place until two months later. His father, Giovanni Battista, a barber before becoming a professional violinist, taught him to play violin and then toured Venice playing the violin with his young son. Giovanni...
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