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Lord Killanin 1999 Deaths
Lord KillaninAge: 84 sixth president of the International Olympic Committee who guided the organization through the turbulent tragedies of the 1970s between the reigns of Avery Brundage and…King Birendra 2001 Deaths
King Birendra(Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva)Age: 55 King of Nepal who was shot to death by his son, Crown Prince Dipendra, in a massacre that nearly wiped out the entire royal family. His…Kosovo Bleeds
1998 News of the World Since Feb. 1998 the Yugoslav army and Serbian police have fought against the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army, but their scorched-earth tactics have been concentrated…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Feelings of a Republican on the Fall of Bonaparte
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To WordsworthLinesFeelings of a Republican on the Fall of Bonaparte I hated thee, fallen tyrant! I did groan To think that a most unambitious slave, Like thou,…The Farming of the Bones
Author:Edwidge DanticatPublisher:Soho Press Edwidge Danticat possesses a gift for narrating excruciating scenes with a poetic economy. This talent makes the 1937 Haitian massacre a perfect…We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Author:David Gourevitch Publisher:Farrar Straus & Giroux Over the course of a 100 grim days in 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were killed by their neighbors, co-workers, fellow church-…Ta Mok 2006 Deaths
Ta MokAge: 80 Khmer Rouge leader who was in charge of Cambodia's southwest region under Pol Pot's reign of terror that claimed about 1.7 million victims from 1975 to 1979. Ta Mok's troops…Gustavus Miller BOWER, Congress, MO (1790-1864)
BOWER Gustavus Miller , a Representative from Missouri; born near Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., December 12, 1790; attended the public schools; studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pa.; moved to…Lord Killanin Biography
Lord KillaninMichael MorrisOlympic Committee president, journalistBorn: 7/30/1914Birthplace: London, England sixth president of the International Olympic Committee who guided the organization…Edward the Black Prince
(Encyclopedia) Edward the Black Prince, 1330–76, eldest son of Edward III of England. He was created duke of Cornwall in 1337, the first duke to be created in England, and prince of Wales in 1343.…Trending
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