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  1. 1 day ago · Events leading to World War I. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.

  2. 3 days ago · This essay is about the arguments in favor of the death penalty, highlighting its role in delivering justice and acting as a deterrent. It discusses how the death penalty provides closure for victims’ families, matches the severity of heinous crimes, and prevents reoffending by dangerous individuals.

  3. 3 days ago · The second bill lists the number of deaths in London for just one week in September 1665. It shows that 7,165 people died from plague. Other deaths recorded point to the high infant mortality of early modern England; 17 chrisomes, or infants who died in the first month of life; 121 teeth, or infants who died when still teething. Fifteen ...

  4. 3 days ago · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the ...

  5. 4 days ago · Annotation. Maximillien Robespierre, a leading Jacobin deputy in the Convention, had originally opposed the trial, believing that to try the King was to imply the possibility of his innocence. Nevertheless, once it was under way, Robespierre took the lead in arguing that on trial was not "the man Louis Capet" but the institution of the monarchy .

  6. 3 days ago · Columbia Correctional Institution, Portage, Wisconsin. Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer ( / ˈdɑːmər /; May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, [4] was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen males between 1978 and 1991. [5]

  7. 2 days ago · 1:17. The Peoria County Coroner said Tuesday that a woman found dead in the Illinois River last week perished due to drowning, not due to any sort of physical harm. Coroner Jamie Harwood said in a ...

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