Web1996 – Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (b. 1911) 1996 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906) 1998 – Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (b. 1917) 1998 – Don Taylor, American actor and film director (b. 1920)

WebJohn Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist leader. First reaching national prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, he was eventually captured and executed for a failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry preceding the American Civil War.. An evangelical Christian of strong religious …

WebGeorge John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British Whig politician. He served as Home Secretary from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.He was also the father of The Venerable Father Ignatius Spencer, a Roman Catholic convert to …

WebThe man who stood nearest to President Lincoln at Washington—nearer than any clergyman or newspaper correspondent—was his private secretary, Col. John G. Nicolay. In a letter dated May 27, 1865, Colonel Nicolay says: "Mr. Lincoln did not, to my knowledge, in any way change his religious ideas, opinions, or beliefs from the time he left ...

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WebAfter Dark was a British late-night live television discussion programme broadcast weekly on Channel 4 between 1987 and 1991, and which returned for specials between 1993 and 1997; it was later revived by the BBC for a single season broadcast on BBC Four in 2003.. Roly Keating of the BBC described it as "one of the great television talk formats of all time".

WebSalem's harbor was defended by Fort Miller in Marblehead from 1632 to 1865, and by Fort Pickering on Winter Island from 1643 to 1865. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Salem was involved in the Atlantic slave trade, surpassing Boston in terms of the town's engagement with the triangular trade.Beginning in 1701 there was a steady political and …

WebEvents Pre-1600. 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.; 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire.; 1147 – Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.; 1147 …

WebRichard Melancthon Hurd (1888), real estate executive: 36–37 Amos Alonzo Stagg (1888), college football Hall of Fame coach: 126 Charles Otis Gill (1888), clergyman, author, college football coach: 179 Henry L. Stimson (1888), Governor-General of the Philippines, US Secretary of War, US Secretary of State: 182

WebGreat Yarmouth (/ ˈ j ɑːr m ə θ /), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located 20 miles (30 km) east of Norwich. A population of 38,693 in the 2011 Census made it Norfolk's third most populous. Its fishing …