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19 hours ago · The Secret Agent (completed 1906) was inspired by the French anarchist Martial Bourdin's 1894 death while apparently attempting to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. Conrad's story " The Secret Sharer " (completed 1909) was inspired by an 1880 incident when Sydney Smith, first mate of the Cutty Sark , had killed a seaman and fled from justice ...
19 hours ago · Team-by-Team Saves+Holds Rankings Analysis Arizona: Paul Sewald’s start to 2024 was delayed by a Grade 2 oblique strain but he’s showing no signs of rust upon returning (6 IP, 3 SV, 6 K, 1.50 ...
19 hours ago · Paper round earnings increased 2% (45p) to £23.10 a week. However, it's been a less good year for reselling - with earnings down 15% to £22.62 a week. Arguably the most interesting part of the ...
19 hours ago · The assassination team was helped by the Black Hand [citation needed], a Serbian secret nationalist group; support came from Dragutin Dimitrijević, chief of the military intelligence section of the Serbian general staff, as well as from Major Vojislav Tankosić and Rade Malobabić, a Serbian intelligence agent.
19 hours ago · Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban [a] PC ( / ˈbeɪkən /; [5] 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), known as Lord Verulam between 1618 and 1621, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon led the advancement of both natural philosophy and the scientific ...
19 hours ago · Melvin James Brooks ( né Kaminsky; [1] born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, Brooks is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. [2] A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 19 entertainers to win ...
19 hours ago · The First Opium War ( Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng ), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by ...
