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Skeleton of Three Musketeers hero d’Artagnan may have been found
Archaeologists believe remains found in Maastricht, Netherlands, may be of soldier who inspired novel character
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trying to get in on that car park - king richard story from somewhere in the midlands near a decade ago. And I have a vague memory of another bogus skeleton story that ended in tears.Skeleton of Three Musketeers hero d’Artagnan may have been found
Archaeologists believe remains found in Maastricht, Netherlands, may be of soldier who inspired novel characterwww.theguardian.com
'A succulent Chinese meal' - iconic Australian quote immortalised in national film archive
The theatrical monologue given by Jack Karlson as he was arrested in 1991 has been officially recognised as a "lasting piece of cultural folklore".
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Well worth a read if you're interested in Aztec/Mesoamerica history.
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Still played in Armagh and Cork. There is some sort of national association.
It's two weeks late, but the Jaguar E type was debuted 65 years ago at the 1961 Geneva motor show.
Famously Enzo Ferrari said of it "the most beautiful car ever made".
It's on a Persian rug for some reason. It had been driven last minute overnight to make it for the 10am opening.
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Famously Enzo Ferrari said of it "the most beautiful car ever made".
It's on a Persian rug for some reason. It had been driven last minute overnight to make it for the 10am opening.
"We never thought you'd make it!" Remembering Norman Dewis' overnight race against the clock | Hagerty UK
It was a drive that would lose you your license and livelihood today, but in 1961, things were different. This is the story of Norman Dewis' dash to Geneva.
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Seem to recall top gear did a feature on this and the journey to get the car to the showIt's two weeks late, but the Jaguar E type was debuted 65 years ago at the 1961 Geneva motor show.
Famously Enzo Ferrari said of it "the most beautiful car ever made".
It's on a Persian rug for some reason. It had been driven last minute overnight to make it for the 10am opening.
"We never thought you'd make it!" Remembering Norman Dewis' overnight race against the clock | Hagerty UK
It was a drive that would lose you your license and livelihood today, but in 1961, things were different. This is the story of Norman Dewis' dash to Geneva.
Was interesting
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Take the Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s
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Take the Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s
June 28, 201312:30 PM
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Update, 7.3: Read more about my hunt for an original, archival copy of this test here.
This week’s Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder overturned Section 4(b) of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which mandated federal oversight of changes in voting procedure in jurisdictions that have a history of using a “test or device” to impede enfranchisement. Here is one example of such a test, used in Louisiana in 1964.
After the end of the Civil War, would-be black voters in the South faced an array of disproportionate barriers to enfranchisement. The literacy test—supposedly applicable to both white and black prospective voters who couldn’t prove a certain level of education but in actuality disproportionately administered to black voters—was a classic example of one of these barriers.
The website of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans, which collects materials related to civil rights, hosts a few samples of actual literacy tests used in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the 1950s and 1960s.
In many cases, people working within the movement collected these in order to use them in voter education, which is how we ended up with this documentary evidence. Update: This test—a word-processed transcript of an original—was linked to by Jeff Schwartz, who worked with the Congress of Racial Equality in Iberville and Tangipahoa Parishes in the summer of 1964. Schwartz wrote about his encounters with the test in this blog post.
Most of the tests collected here are a battery of trivia questions related to civic procedure and citizenship. (Two from the Alabama test: “Name the attorney general of the United States” and “Can you be imprisoned, under Alabama law, for a debt?”)
But this Louisiana “literacy” test, singular among its fellows, has nothing to do with citizenship. Designed to put the applicant through mental contortions, the test’s questions are often confusingly worded. If some of them seem unanswerable, that effect was intentional. The (white) registrar would be the ultimate judge of whether an answer was correct.
Try this one: “Write every other word in this first line and print every third word in same line (original type smaller and first line ended at comma) but capitalize the fifth word that you write.”
Or this: “Write right from the left to the right as you see it spelled here.”
There was little room for befuddlement. The test was to be taken in 10 minutes flat, and a single wrong answer meant a failing grade.
klanmanship. a disgrace.
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Eye witness accounts from Rorkes Drift.
www.1879zuluwar.com
Pte: 716 Robert Jones Account. Rorkes Drift Defender.
Published in The Strand Magazine January - June 1891 in the series 'Stories of the Victoria Cross: Told by Those Who Have Won It.' An Account by 716 Private Ro
Gold watch of Titanic hero could get £100k in Penshurst auction
The item was awarded to John Richardson for his efforts in rescuing survivors of the 1912 disaster.
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Titanic life jacket sells for £670,000 at auction in Wiltshire
It is the only life jacket from the Titanic to be sold at auction in 114 years.
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not macabre at all...
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Now you know - thread.