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(The). (1864-1876.) A secret society in the Southern States of America against the negro class, to intimidate, flog, mutilate, or murder those who opposed the laws of the society. In…Calvin Glover, 1999 News
18, Army private, was found guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison in Dec. In July, he murdered Private First Class Barry Winchell by pounding in his skull with a…Joy Adamson
Name at birth: Friederike Viktoria GessnerJoy Adamson and her husband George were among the most famous wildlife conservationists of the 1960s. Born in Austria, Joy went to Kenya, then a British…May 2004
WorldEuropean Union Expands (May 1): Ten countries join, bringing number of member nations to 25. Foreigners Killed in Saudi Arabia (May 1): Two Americans, two Britons, and an Australian die…Chauncey Judd: Wooster's Well
David Wooster's Search for the Fugitives Wooster's Well Meanwhile, how passed the time with their prisoner in his place of confinement? Let our young readers imagine it, for it is…The Devil's Dictionary: Technicality
by Ambrose Bierce TARIFFTEDIUMTECHNICALITY -n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were: "Sir Thomas Holt…Nidal Malik Hasan
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the U.S. Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 12 fellow soldiers and a civilian in a shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas on 5 November 2009. Hasan was born in Virginia to…Jack Henry Abbott 2002 Deaths
Jack Henry AbbottAge: 58 convicted murderer and writer whose prison letters to Norman Mailer were published as the best-selling In the Belly of the Beast (1981). Mailer helped Abbott, who was…Pol Pot
Name at birth: Saloth SarPol Pot and his army, called the Khmer Rouge, came to power in Cambodia (Kampuchea) in 1975. He was named prime minister of the new communist government in 1976 and began a…Jim Jones
Jim Jones is said to have caused the deaths of 909 members of his own cult-like church, the People's Temple, in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978. Jim Jones was an untrained preacher in Indiana when in 1956…Trending
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