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2 days ago · Visiting Janeites Down Under. June 24, 2024 by Brenda S Cox. By Brenda S. Cox. “In 1775, Cassandra Austen gave birth to her second daughter whom she named Jane. The same year Captain James Cook was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, in recognition of his achievements in reaching Botany Bay, claiming New South Wales for the British Government ...
23 hours ago · Deaths in 2024. The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
1 day ago · Explore the beloved sound-of-music-cast, where are they now and how they enchanted audiences then and continue to charm us today.
2 days ago · You can view the murder sites and other locations as they were at the time of the killings and as they are today. You can also view general street shots of the East End of London, and see photographs and images of the victims of Jack the Ripper.
1 day ago · The wife of the Los Angeles barber Robert James died from drowning in a fishing pond after being bound and thrust into a den of rattlesnakes. The Los Angeles Police Department later arrested a 38-year-old night manager of a nearby night club, who said that he was the one who bought the snakes from a Pasadena farm and took them to James's La ...
5 days ago · Jay Gatsby (originally James "Jimmy" Gatz) – a young, mysterious millionaire with shady business connections (later revealed to be a bootlegger), originally from North Dakota. During World War I , when he was a young military officer stationed at the United States Army's Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, Gatsby encountered the love of his life, the debutante Daisy Buchanan.
3 days ago · A Tucson couple was sentenced to prison on Friday after they pled guilty to killing a 72-year-old veteran in 2019. On Friday, Blane Barksdale was sentenced to 22 years in prison and Susan...
