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3 giorni fa · Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at the age of 12 for truancy, during which time he was assessed by a psychiatrist as "emotionally disturbed", due to a lack ...
1 giorno fa · Major-General Simon John Beardsworth CB (1929—2019), Royal Tank Regiment; Major-General Sir Guy Beatty (1870—1954), Regimental Colonel of the 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) General Henry Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp (1784-1863), Colonel of the 10th Royal Hussars; Major-General Edward Beck (1880—1974), GOC 9th (Highland) Infantry Division
3 giorni fa · A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War".
3 giorni fa · Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel.One of the best-selling music acts of the 1960s, their most famous recordings include three US number ones: "The Sound of Silence" (1965) and the two Record of the Year Grammy winners "Mrs. Robinson" (1968) and "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970).
2 giorni fa · Sir Eldon Griffiths; MP for Bury St Edmunds (1964–1992) Kate Griffiths; MP for Burton (2019–present) Peter Griffiths; MP for Smethwick (1964–1966) and Portsmouth North (1979–1997) Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham. Sir James Grigg; MP for Cardiff East (1942–1945) James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam.
3 giorni fa · James Boswell quoted Plutarch on writing lives, rather than biographies, in the introduction to his own Life of Samuel Johnson. Other admirers included Ben Jonson , John Dryden , Alexander Hamilton , John Milton , Edmund Burke , Joseph De Maistre , Mark Twain , Louis L'amour , and Francis Bacon , as well as such disparate figures as Cotton Mather and Robert Browning .
3 giorni fa · Eleanor of Castile. Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso. Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his ...
