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To the New York City Police Department and Medical Examiner’s Office, he was John Simon Ritchie, a 22-year-old Englishman
February 2, 2013
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To the New York City Police Department and Medical Examiner’s Office, he was John Simon Ritchie, a 22-year-old Englishman
Grigory Rasputin, a self-fashioned Russian holy man, is murdered by Russian nobles eager to end his sway over the
On this day in 1973, The Exorcist, a horror film starring the actress Linda Blair as a girl possessed
On this day in 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery
German physicist Max Planck publishes his groundbreaking study of the effect of radiation on a “blackbody” substance, and the
In August 1969, the massive, three-day Woodstock Music & Art Fair had proved that hundreds of thousands of young
Twelve nations, including the USA and the Soviet Union, sign the Antarctica Treaty, which bans military activity and weapons
This is an Australian story, but it starts in Spain. Two young, well educated men lived in Spain six
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English explorer, soldier and writer who was imprisoned in the Tower of London and
On this day in 1985, the first Blockbuster video-rental store opens, in Dallas, Texas. At a time when most
To the New York City Police Department and Medical Examiner’s Office, he was John Simon Ritchie, a 22-year-old Englishman
Grigory Rasputin, a self-fashioned Russian holy man, is murdered by Russian nobles eager to end his sway over the
On this day in 1973, The Exorcist, a horror film starring the actress Linda Blair as a girl possessed
On this day in 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery
German physicist Max Planck publishes his groundbreaking study of the effect of radiation on a “blackbody” substance, and the
In August 1969, the massive, three-day Woodstock Music & Art Fair had proved that hundreds of thousands of young
Twelve nations, including the USA and the Soviet Union, sign the Antarctica Treaty, which bans military activity and weapons
This is an Australian story, but it starts in Spain. Two young, well educated men lived in Spain six
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English explorer, soldier and writer who was imprisoned in the Tower of London and
On this day in 1985, the first Blockbuster video-rental store opens, in Dallas, Texas. At a time when most
