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2 days ago · Four U.S. presidents have been assassinated in the country's history: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy. Lincoln was attending a performance at Ford's Theatre ...
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2 days ago · Orwell was in decline and was visited by an assortment of visitors including Muggeridge, Connolly, Lucian Freud, Stephen Spender, Evelyn Waugh, Paul Potts, Anthony Powell, and his Eton tutor Anthony Gow. Plans to go to the Swiss Alps were mooted.
2 days ago · On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. Five people were killed, including the Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry; over thirty people were injured.
3 days ago · Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981 outside the Hilton in Washington, DC, after giving a speech. His press secretary, James Brady, was more seriously wounded than Reagan and later became an activist ...
6 days ago · Netherlands captain Ronald Koeman reaches out with his right arm and hauls Platt to the turf. Referee Karl-Josef Assenmacher instantly charges over pointing to the penalty spot - and surely his...
6 days ago · A man wearing leopard-print pajamas was found with hamsters down his pants and arrested after allegedly breaking into a pet store. Matthew Pancake, 31, was charged with breaking and entering and...
Jun 18, 2024 · 18 June 2024. Summary. Boeing's chief executive David Calhoun faced questions from US lawmakers over the company’s safety and quality control. The aircraft manufacturer has been in the...
