The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937, but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom.he exact date of the war's end is also not universally agreed upon. It was generally accepted at the time that the war ended with the armistice of 14 August 1945 (V-J Day), rather than the formal surrender of Japan (2 September 1945).
Gabourey Sidibe. Gabourey Gabby Sidibe, the star of Precious, was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, is a former special education teacher who gave up her career and became a street performer/singer, while her father, Ibnou Sidibe, is a cab driver.
McBurnie has gone down in the history books not just as a dance legendâher protÃ©gÃ©s not only recognise her as the Grande Dame of Caribbean dance but also as a pioneer, a philosopher, a mother, queen of dance and researcher among many other accolades. The only dance theatre of its kind in the region, the LCTâs rich history speaks for itself.