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May 13, 2024 · Eddie Koiki Mabo (born June 29, 1936, Las, Mer (Murray Island), Queensland, Australia—died January 21, 1992, Brisbane) was a Meriam activist who fought for and established land rights for Torres Strait Islander peoples in the 1980s and ’90s.
May 14, 2024 · Updated May 14, 2024. Nicodemus, which means "conqueror of the people," was a Pharisee, a ruler of the Jews, and a teacher of Israel ( John 3:1, John 3:10 ). His secret visit to our Lord led to a significant discourse recorded only by St. John. Nicodemus showed noble candor and a simple love of truth despite his hesitation and fear of man.
May 3, 2024 · The Fall Guy is an action thriller from Bullet Train and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch. Ryan Gosling stars as a stuntman who is forced to find a missing movie star, investigate a conspiracy, and repair his relationship with the love of his life. The film was written by Drew Pearce and inspired by the 1980s TV series of the same name.
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6 days ago · Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. He became the first Black U.S. marshal and was the most photographed American man of the 19th century.
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15 hours ago · Beatrice Worsley [4] Signature. Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS ( / ˈtjʊərɪŋ /; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. [5] Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the ...
May 13, 2024 · Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England (1618–21), lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue. He is remembered for the sharp worldly wisdom of a few dozen essays, for his power as a speaker in Parliament and in famous trials, and as a man who claimed all knowledge as his province.
May 20, 2024 · Item 1 of 7 People take part in a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Brussels as the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's last-ditch appeal against his extradition to the U.S. is heard in London ...
