Blood was an Irish-born adventurer who served under Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War. In 1663 he tried to seize the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from Dublin Castle, and in 1670 he attempted to assassinate the Duke of Ormonde. A year later, Blood and three accomplices made an infamous attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England. Having befriended the jewel keeper, Blood arranged a private viewing, during which time the men made off with the treasures. Why did the king pardon Blood?read more »
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Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and dramatist best known for creating the character Peter Pan, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. Educated at Dumfries Academy and Edinburgh University, he became a journalist and, later, a celebrated novelist who counted Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Hardy amongst his friends and acquaintances. Why was Barrie disappointed with the statue of Peter Pan erected in Kensington Gardens, London?read more »
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From the New York Times: Mrs. Loving and her husband, Richard, were in bed in their modest house in Central Point in the early morning of July 11, 1958, five weeks after their wedding, when the county sheriff and two deputies, acting on an anonymous tip, burst into their bedroom and shined flashlights in their eyes. A threatening voice demanded, “Who is this woman you’re sleeping with?” Mrs. Loving answered, “I’m his wife.” Mr. Loving pointed to the couple’s marriage certificate hung on the
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Gwendolyn L. Fincher; Retha Hill Harris; Robert Clay Plemmons; Brandi Miller Reigle; Bobby E. 'Fuzzy' Schooler; Eleno Quinonez; Julia Villarreal; Donald Lou Winn
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Darlington and Stockton Times, UK - 23 hours ago THE family of a farmer who died of a brain tumour has raised more than £4000 to help research into the disease. Bernard Lowther, from Kirby Sigston, ... |
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Yesterday we had our HomeBuilders meeting and I can't think of anything greater than getting together with God's people over coffee and talking about Jesus! We had worked hard preparing our home for the day, de-winterizing our yard, touch up paint indoor and outdoors, several yards of mulch thrown down, and plenty of gardening from the last few weeks (more on this later), and not to mention cleaning the house. But it was all worth it in the end--(I love that having people over gives us that l
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Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - 7 hours ago By GRETYL MACALASTER PORTSMOUTH — Momma D's was packed with people Monday night, doing just what Patty Wojnar did every day of her life, helping out and ... |
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Lavoisier was a French nobleman known today as the "father of modern chemistry." He stated the first version of the Law of Conservation of Matter, co-discovered and named oxygen, wrote the first detailed list of elements, and introduced the metric system. Lavoisier also worked to improve economic and social conditions in France, holding various government posts. He was beheaded during the Reign of Terror because, as a member of the farmers general, one of his duties was to do what?read more »
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