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Falklands War
Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas), 2 April to 14 June 1982: Argentina's junta invaded the disputed Falkland Islands; Britain's 100-ship task force retook them in 74 days, with 649 Argentine, 255 British, and 3 islander deaths.
Falko Zandstra
Falko Zandstra (De Gespierde Spijker), Dutch speed skater born 1971 in Heerenveen; 1992 Olympic 5,000 m silver, 1994 1,500 m bronze, 1993 world and European allround champion, small- and big-combination world record holder.
Fall
Fall (2022) is a Tamil-language mystery thriller web series on Disney+ Hotstar, directed and shot by Siddharth Ramaswamy, adapted from the Canadian series Vertige, starring Anjali as Divya, who wakes from a coma with no memory of her fall; distinct from the 2022 Scott Mann film of the same name.
Fall (2022 film)
Fall (2022) is a Scott Mann survival thriller starring Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner as friends stranded atop a 2,000-foot tower; $18.2M gross on $3M budget, spawned Fall 2: Deadpoint.
Fall 2: Deadpoint
Fall 2: Deadpoint (2026) is the survival-thriller sequel to Fall, directed by the Spierig Brothers, in which Jax Hunter and Luce are stranded on Thailand's Mount Kwan plank walk; released September 2, 2026 by Lionsgate.
Fall armyworm
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), a noctuid moth native to the Americas and a major maize pest, invaded Africa in 2016 and Asia by 2018, causing estimated African maize losses of US$2.5–6.2 billion yearly without control; managed through integrated pest management, biopesticides, and biological control.
Fall Creek Falls State Park
Fall Creek Falls State Park, a Tennessee resort park in Bledsoe and Van Buren counties on the Cumberland Plateau, holds the 256-foot Fall Creek Falls, the highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains, plus CCC/WPA-era history, 226 campsites, and a lodge.
Fall for Me
Fall for Me is a 2025 German erotic thriller on Netflix, directed by Sherry Hormann, starring Svenja Jung and Theo Trebs, filmed on Mallorca, and reaching number 1 in over 60 countries despite mixed reviews.
Fall Guys
Fall Guys (Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout) is a free-to-play cross-platform party royale game by Mediatonic, published by Epic Games since the March 2021 acquisition; 60-player obstacle-course elimination, launched August 2020, free to play since June 2022.
Fall in Love (一见倾心)
Fall in Love (一见倾心) is a 2021 Chinese Republican-era romance drama, 36 episodes, starring Chen Xingxu and Zhang Jingyi, premiered November 9, 2021 on Youku; distinct from the 2019 and 2022 series of the same English name.
Fall in Love, You False Angels
Fall in Love, You False Angels (Koiseyo Mayakashi Tenshi-domo) is a shojo romantic comedy manga by Coco Uzuki, running in Kodansha's Dessert since April 2023, winner of the 49th Kodansha Manga Award, with a MAPPA TV anime set for 2027.
Fall Line Altitude
Fall Line Altitude Fund, LP is a San Mateo, California venture capital fund managed by Fall Line Capital, founded in 2011 by Eric O'Brien and Clay Mitchell to invest in farmland and agricultural technology.
Fall of Acre
The Fall of Acre (سقوط عكا) was the capture of Acre, the last Crusader stronghold on the Syrian coast, by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Khalil in 1291.
Fall of Addis Ababa
The fall of Addis Ababa was the capture of Ethiopia's capital by the EPRDF rebel coalition on 28 May 1991, a week after Mengistu fled, ending the Derg regime.
Fall of Aden (2026)
Fall of Aden (2026): the January capitulation of Aden, seat of Yemen's internationally recognized government, during the Southern Transitional Council's collapse, and the October Houthi missile attacks on the city during the renewed war.
Fall of Aksum
The Fall of Aksum, or Sack of Aksum by Gudit, is the traditional destruction of the Ethiopian capital Aksum around 960 by the tenth-century non-Christian queen Gudit.
Fall of al-Badhdh
The fall of al-Badhdh (سقوط البذ) was the capture of Babak Khorrami's mountain fortress in Azerbaijan in 837 by the Abbasid army of Caliph al-Mu'tasim under the general al-Afshin.
Fall of Alkalawa
The Fall of Alkalawa was the 1808 capture and destruction of Alkalawa, capital of the Hausa kingdom of Gobir, by Sokoto jihad forces, who killed its ruler Yunfa.
Fall of Alodia
The Fall of Alodia was the destruction of the Christian Nubian kingdom of Alwa and its capital, Soba on the Blue Nile, traditionally dated to 1504.
Fall of Amir Kabir
The Fall of Amir Kabir (عزل امیرکبیر) was the 1851 dismissal of Qajar Iran's reforming grand vizier by Nasir al-Din Shah, followed by his execution in January 1852.
Fall of Angkor
The Fall of Angkor, usually dated 1431, was the end of Angkor's role as the Khmer Empire's capital, when Siamese Ayutthaya took the city and the court moved south.
Fall of Antioch to Baybars
The Fall of Antioch to Baybars (سقوط أنطاكية) was the capture and destruction of Antioch by Mamluk sultan Baybars in May 1268, ending the Principality of Antioch.
Fall of Apasa
The Fall of Apasa was the capture of Apasa, capital of the Anatolian kingdom of Arzawa, by the Hittite king Mursili II around 1318 BC.
Fall of Arsuf (1265)
The Fall of Arsuf (أرسوف) was the capture and destruction of the fortified port town of Arsuf in 1265 by the Mamluk sultan Baybars after a month-long siege.
Fall of Arwad
The Fall of Arwad (سقوط أرواد) was the Mamluk capture of the island of Arwad from its Templar garrison in September 1302, ending crusader presence in the Levant.
Fall of Ashdod
The fall of Ashdod was the capture of the Philistine city of Ashdod by an Egyptian force under Psammetichus I, replacing Assyria as suzerain around 636 BC.
Fall of Assur
The Fall of Assur, or Sack of Assur, was the capture and sack of the Assyrian cult city of Assur by the Medes under Cyaxares in 614 BC, two years before Nineveh fell.
Fall of Assyria
The Fall of Assyria, or Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire, was the war of 626–609 BC in which Babylon and the Medes destroyed the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Fall of Avaris
The Fall of Avaris, also known as the Siege of Avaris, was the capture of the Hyksos capital in the Nile Delta by pharaoh Ahmose I around 1530 BCE.
Fall of Ayutthaya
The Fall of Ayutthaya was the capture and destruction of Siam's capital by a Burmese army on 7 April 1767, after a fourteen-month siege, ending the 417-year-old kingdom.