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20 hours ago · People who stutter include British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, orator Demosthenes, King George VI, actor James Earl Jones, US President Joe Biden, and country singer Mel Tillis. Churchill, whose stutter was particularly apparent to 1920s writers, [5] was one of the 30% of people who stutter who have an associated speech disorder—a lisp ...
20 hours ago · Chris Cannon, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2009). Gérard César, 89, French politician, three-time deputy, senator (1990–2017). Lázaro Chiappe, 87, Argentine lawyer and politician, senator (2001–2003) and vice-governor of Corrientes Province (1993–1995).
20 hours ago · John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure. Sir John Ingram, 90, New Zealand engineer and businessman. Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, 89, Croatian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist for Yugoslavia (1952, 1956).
20 hours ago · 29 February –. 2024 Rochdale by-election: In an unusually chaotic by-election, George Galloway wins for the Workers Party of Britain, marking his return to parliament. Independent candidate David Tully comes second, with the Conservative candidate Paul Ellison coming third.
20 hours ago · James VI and I (1566–1625), King of Scots and of England and Ireland. Christine James (born 1954), Welsh poet and academic. Clive James (1939–2019), Australian author, poet and memoirist. Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), Austrian writer, poet and translator. Klemens Janicki (1516–1543), Polish poet in Latin.
20 hours ago · The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
20 hours ago · The Rt Hon Bob Stewart: Ind Beckenham: Conservative whip was suspended in November 2023 153 The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris: Con Daventry: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: 154 Iain Stewart: Con Milton Keynes South: Chair of the Transport Select Committee: 155 Andrew Bridgen: Ind
