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3 days ago · Menard Correctional Center. John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least 33 young men and boys in Norwood Park Township, near Chicago, Illinois. He became known as the Killer Clown due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his ...
2 days ago · In his novel The Clansman, Thomas Dixon Jr. borrows the idea that the first Klan had used fiery crosses from 'the call to arms' of the Scottish Clans, and film director D.W. Griffith used this image in The Birth of a Nation; Simmons adopted the symbol wholesale from the movie, and the symbol and action have been associated with the Klan ever since.
2 days ago · Paul Joseph Goebbels ( German: [ˈpaʊ̯l ˈjoːzɛf ˈɡœbl̩s] ⓘ; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler 's closest and most ...
3 days ago · Griffith completed his four laps in the Class 3A boys portion of the meet at 3 minutes, 57.08 seconds. Not only did that destroy the former state mark of 4:01.56, held by Archbishop Wood's Gary ...
3 days ago · Geneva, city, capital of Genève canton, in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland that juts into France. One of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities, Geneva has served as a model for republican government and owes its preeminence to the triumph of human, rather than geographic, factors. It developed its unique character from the 16th ...
4 days ago · Tomas Machac captured the biggest win of his career on Friday at the Gonet Geneva Open, where he upset World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 0-6, 6-1 to reach his first ATP Tour final. The Czech, who was competing in his maiden tour-level semi-final, moved freely and struck the ball well against Djokovic. In a roller-coaster match, Machac rallied ...
3 days ago · This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Sheetz. Geneva Conventions, a series of international treaties concluded in Geneva between 1864 and 1949 for the purpose of ameliorating the effects of war on soldiers and civilians. Two additional protocols to the 1949 agreement were approved in 1977.
