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  • The Night John Lennon Lost a Bet and Elton John Made Him Sick: Resulting in Lennon's Final Stage Performance

    recording his track Whatever Gets You Thru the Night  when Elton John dropped by the studio to lend some Like many rock stars of the 1970s, they occasionally indulged in some wild escapades — and one of them Lennon with Elton, in a wig for some reason. Some fans even believe that the show helped spark their reconciliation not long after. Sometimes history doesn’t come wrapped in grand gestures or careful planning.

  • Horatio Nelson: From Frail Boy to National Hero

    Wind, tide, and even luck played as much of a role as strategy. Despite these dangers, some men willingly chose this life. He distinguished himself at the Siege of Bastia in 1794, where he played a crucial role in capturing

  • Beslan School Siege: The Story Russia Still Struggles To Tell

    Some people thought at first it was a training exercise by special forces. Parents, grandparents, and even younger siblings had come to watch. Some 50 people managed to flee. A handful hid in the boiler room. A hole blew out in one wall, and some hostages tried to run. Militants opened fire. Some want the remains of the gym preserved forever as a warning.

  • Jack the Ripper and His Victims: Why the Prostitute Myth Is Wrong

    Some turned to casual sex work to survive. Some historians believe the killer was interrupted. Only: Elizabeth Stride had some links to prostitution. The Role of the Press If the police planted the seed, newspapers watered it.

  • The Day Miss Whiplash Was On The Receiving End Of A Blow From The UK Taxman

    She bolted from her rural home at just 14, landing in London with few choices and plenty of streetwise

  • MugShots From The 1800s And The Criminal Stories That Accompany Them

    She listed her home as Chicago and her occupation as prostitute. Martin was unknown to Omaha police, but some detectives speculated to newspaper reporters he could be Upon close examination, authorities discovered a human hand, some hair from a man’s head, part of a coat

  • A Timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King's Assassination

    Many, including some members of King’s own family, suspect that Ray was a scapegoat and argue the assassination I remember Ralph Abernathy coming out and saying, ‘Get back my friend, my friend, don’t leave us now,

  • The Kidnapping And Murder of Muriel McKay, The Woman Mistaken For Rupert Murdoch's Wife

    She had driven her housekeeper home. Her husband was still at work.

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

    Some students speculated that Barry might actually be a boy who had entered university unusually early Some accounts suggest Barry had considered travelling to Venezuela, where General Miranda’s revolutionary Over time Barry rose steadily through the medical ranks of the British Army. This role placed Barry in charge of overseeing hospital administration across large regions of the empire Some historians interpret Barry primarily as a woman who adopted a male identity in order to pursue a

  • Tempest Anderson: the Yorkshire Doctor Who Chased Volcanoes

    Yet from the early 1880s until his death in 1913, Anderson would spend much of his life travelling to some The caldera of Kilauea, Hawaii 1909 His earliest trips were relatively close to home.

  • The Liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau and What the Red Army Found in January 1945

    Auschwitz, however, would come to occupy a unique place in post war memory. But it took them some time to understand the reality of the murders of hundreds of thousands of people Some of the children are wearing adult clothing they were dressed in by Soviet soldiers.

  • The Horror of Newgate Prison

    His body danced on the rope, but the story of his daring courage lived on. Some accounts estimate thousands packed into the area on execution mornings. Instead of spectators awaiting the fall of a rope, the pub now hosts detectives, lawyers and journalists David Brandon ISBN: 9780750946226A deep exploration of London’s execution culture, including Newgate’s role

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