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19 hours ago · The Second World War. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. v. t. e. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.
19 hours ago · Paul Cézanne (/ s eɪ ˈ z æ n / say-ZAN, UK also / s ɪ ˈ z æ n / siz-AN, US also / s eɪ ˈ z ɑː n / say-ZAHN, French: [pɔl sezan]; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation and influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century.
- 22 October 1906 (aged 67), Aix-en-Provence, France
- 19 January 1839, Aix-en-Provence, France
- French
- Saint-Pierre Cemetery
19 hours ago · Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula ( / kəˈlɪɡjʊlə / ), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus ' granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire.
- 16 March 37 – 24 January 41
- Germanicus
19 hours ago · Great Expectations at Wikisource. Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (the book is a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story). It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person.
- Charles Dickens
- 544 (first edition 1861)
- 1860
- Novel, Bildungsroman
19 hours ago · Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times. The Torah and Talmud prescribe stoning as punishment for a number of offenses. Over the centuries, Rabbinic Judaism ...
19 hours ago · Ottoman illustration depicting a young man used for group sex (from Sawaqub al-Manaquib), 19th century According to Georg Klauda, in the 19th and early 20th century, homosexual sexual contact was viewed as relatively commonplace in parts of the Middle East, owing in part to widespread sex segregation , which made heterosexual encounters outside ...
19 hours ago · Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English television presenter, journalist, and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes Top Gear and The Grand Tour alongside Richard Hammond and James May. He also currently writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun.
