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Selected Worldwide Religious Sites

—By Kate Pritchard Amritsar, India: Site of the Golden Temple (Sikhism). Axum, Ethiopia: Church of St. Mary of Zion (Ethiopian Orthodox), where the Ark of the Covenant is believed to be kept.…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: October 5, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark October 4, 1804October 6, 1804October 5, 1804 5th of October Friday 1804 Frost this morning, Set out early passed a Small Creek on the L. S. saw…

Phoolan Devi

Of a lower-caste background from a small village in India, Phoolan Devi was known as the "Bandit Queen," a gun-slinging gang leader who fought authority and became a champion of the downtrodden. She…

Butch Cassidy

Name at birth: Robert Leroy ParkerButch Cassidy was one of the most notorious outlaws of the old American west, the leader of the Wild Bunch gang out of Wyoming. Butch and his gang robbed banks and…

Brewer's: Rogation Week

used to be called Gang Week, from the custom of ganging round the country parishes to mark their bounds. Similarly, the weed Milkwort is still called Rogation or Gang-flower, from the…

Phoolan Devi, 37, 2001 News

  India's “bandit queen,” was assassinated by masked gunmen in July. As a teen, she and her lover, Vikram Mallah, led a gang of murderous desperadoes. Eventually some gang members turned on them,…

The Sundance Kid

Name at birth: Harry Alonzo LongabaughOne of the most famous outlaws of the American west, The Sundance Kid was a member of Butch Cassidy's gang of thieves known as The Wild Bunch. After years of…

Al Capone

Name at birth: Alphonsus CaponeAlphonse "Al" Capone was one of America's most famous gangsters during the years between the world wars. A Chicago-based crime boss, he was involved in illegal gambling…

Charlie Hunnam

English actor Charlie Hunnam is best known for playing the leader of a California biker gang in the TV series Sons of Anarchy. Hunnam began working in television when he was a teenager, and his…