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5 days ago · Arved Birnbaum, 59, German actor (We Are the Night). Bùi Diễm, 98, Vietnamese diplomat, ambassador of South Vietnam to the United States (1965–1972). Erna de Vries, 98, German Holocaust survivor and lecturer. Sir John Morrison Forbes, 96, British Royal Navy admiral, Flag Officer, Plymouth (1977–1979).
17 hours ago · In 1118, Roger of Salerno, regent of Antioch, confirmed Hospitaller properties in the principality, including ones offered directly to Gerard, the leader of the Hospitallers, when they met in Jerusalem. Later documents from to the years immediately following his death and mention his name likely in accordance with an established custom.
17 hours ago · The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2019 . Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
1 day ago · Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( / ˈrʌdjərd / RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) [1] was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology ( The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895), Kim ...
17 hours ago · After saying sad and shocking goodbyes to the many stars who died in 2023, with Matthew Perry, Tina Turner , Andre Braugher , Suzanne Somers, and Lisa Marie Presley among them, we are once again ...
1 day ago · Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Signature. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English author, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. [2] His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
4 days ago · The Black Death is widely believed to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Modern genetic analyses indicate that the strain of Y. pestis introduced during the Black Death is ancestral to all extant circulating Y. pestis strains known to cause disease in humans.
