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Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in New Orleans on 18 October 1939, two months after the death of his father. His mother, Marguerite Claverie Oswald, had two older children.
Oswald enlisted in the US Marine Corps...
Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home served as British Prime Minister for one year from October 1963 to October 1964.
He became famous for a series of records: he was the last member of the House of Lords to...
Routemaster Bus
Arguably the most famous bus in the world, the iconic Routemaster (RM) double-decker was designed by London Transport and nearly 3,000 were built by AEC, with the first prototype being tested in 1954, with the...
Boris Yeltsin
In 1985 Boris Yeltsin was appointed head of the Moscow City Party Committee. He alienated party conservatives via his attempts to eradicate corruption and was dismissed in 1987.
He was elected to the Russian Federal Supreme...
Game of Jaws, The
Steven Spielberg’s 1975 summer blockbuster shark flick didn’t spawn a whole lot of licensed merchandise, but it made up for it with The Game of Jaws.
The movie had scared some kids (and adults) so much...
