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  • Dr James Barry: The Army Surgeon Who Lived a Secret Life

    Margaret's mother, Mary Ann Bulkley, moved the family to London in hopes of improving their circumstances These accomplishments helped improve medical care in several parts of the British Empire.

  • Exotic Adrian Street: The Welsh Miner’s Son Who Transformed Wrestling

    They survived cancer scares, natural disasters and industry changes, always moving forward as a pair.

  • The Assassination of Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister Ever Murdered

    He appealed again and again to the British Embassy without success and spent years in custody, part of His wife Mary returned to England to support their family. This document is part of a collection of notes on the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer

  • The Story of Sarla Thukra, a Trailblazer in Indian Aviation and Art

    Urmila Parikh was the first woman of Indian nationality to earn a licence in 1932.

  • Roberto Donetta: The Forgotten Photographer of Swiss Village Life

    They were left in the attic of the local parish building in Corzoneso and forgotten. The valley couldn't afford to pay him what he was worth.

  • Lady You Shot Me - The Final Night And Questions Surrounding Sam Cooke's Death

    Before long, the pair were cozied up in a booth. She then went to a nearby pay phone and called the police. Boyer’s call was logged in at 3:08 am. She testified that she met Sam at a “Hollywood dinner party” and that he sang a song at the party. For Sam’s part, he was always a womanizer.

  • Ross McWhirter: The Guinness World Records Co-Founder Killed by the IRA, and the Six-Day Siege That Followed

    The £50,000 Bounty By 1975, London had been living with IRA bombs for the best part of two years. Purnell was later awarded the George Medal for his part in it. John Matthews had his legs tied together with a pair of his wife's tights; Duggan reportedly dragged The gang, for their part, tried to hide their own numbers by giving Imbert only first names, Tom, Mick Gerry Adams and Hugh Doherty , during the party’s Ard Fheis (Party Conference) at the RDS Hall, Dublin

  • Gigi Rizzi: The Playboy King of Saint-Tropez and the Hedonistic Riviera of the 1960s and 70s

    natural charm, and impeccable sense of style quickly elevated him to the upper echelons of the Riviera’s party His companions included Beppe Piroddi, Franco Rapetti (known as The Prince ), and Rodolfo Parisi, each His parties were legendary, a constant whirl of glamorous guests, impromptu dancing, and endless drinks Yet it was not just his partying that made him famous. His renown was due in no small part to his relationship with Brigitte Bardot, the French actress and

  • The Crimes of Uday Hussein: Inside the Sadistic World of Saddam’s Son

    being groomed as his father’s successor, Uday’s erratic behaviour and viciousness made even Saddam wary These accounts, drawn from ex-staff, victims, defectors, and memoirs, form part of the wider historical In October 1988, at a party in honour of Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Uday brother Qusay were located in Mosul after Saddam’s former aide Abid Hamid Mahmud revealed that the pair Hussein, in a later audio message, praised his sons for their “martyrdom,” framing their deaths as part

  • Why NASA Trained Neil Armstrong on a Volcano in Iceland Before the Moon Landing

    Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) – Armstrong’s crewmate also took part in the 1967 training sessions, learning Team coordination: Each pair of astronauts trained to communicate clearly—one often acted as the observer

  • Mark Essex: The New Orleans Sniper

    The First Sniping Incident: New Year’s Eve 1972 On New Year's Eve 1972, around 10:55 p.m., Essex parked He positioned himself behind parked cars in a dimly lit parking lot across from the bustling central Weatherford swiftly sought refuge behind a parked car, while his fellow cadet Alfred Harrell ran across located at 330 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans' Central Business District, opposite City Hall and Orleans Parish There, he fired at and missed two police officers guarding the hotel's parking lot.

  • Diego Maradona's Scandals: Cocaine, the Camorra, Women and a Death Still on Trial

    Naples, the Camorra and a Very Public Bust This is the part of Maradona's story that sounds like it belongs blow landed in March 1991, when Maradona tested positive for cocaine after a Serie A match against Bari — https://meaww.com/diego-maradona-link-to-mafia-cocaine-women-partying-in-napoli-led-to-downfall-1994

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