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23 hours ago · Eugene G. Rochow (1909–2002), inorganic chemist and winner of the Perkin Medal [19] Frederick Schauer (1946–2024), legal scholar who was known for his work on American constitutional law, freedom of speech and on legal reasoning [20] Gaddis Smith (1932–2022), historian at Yale University and an expert on U.S. foreign relations and ...
23 hours ago · t. e. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky[a] (née Hahn von Rottenstern; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian and American mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an international following as the primary founder of Theosophy as a belief system.
23 hours ago · Children. 5, including Dodi and Omar. Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed[a] (/ ælˈfaɪ.ɛd /; 27 January 1929 – 30 August 2023) was an Egyptian billionaire businessman whose residence and primary business interests were in the United Kingdom from the mid-1960s.
23 hours ago · Pete Seeger. Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly 's " Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 14 weeks in ...
23 hours ago · Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
23 hours ago · Carl Gustav Jung [b] was born 26 July 1875 in Kesswil, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, as the first surviving son of Paul Achilles Jung (1842–1896) and Emilie Preiswerk (1848–1923). [15] His birth was preceded by two stillbirths and that of a son named Paul, born in 1873, who survived only a few days. [16][17]
23 hours ago · The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Danish: Muhammed-krisen) [1] began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam. The newspaper announced that this was an attempt to ...
