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Statues of Chaplin around the world, located at (left to right) 1. Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia; 2. Chełmża, Poland; 3. Waterville, Ireland; 4. London, UK; 5. Hyderabad, India; 6. Alassio, Italy; 7. Barcelona, Spain; 8. Vevey, Switzerland
Though he spent most of his career in the US, British-born silent-film legend Charlie Chaplin never applied for citizenship. The US took advantage of this fact in 1952, while Chaplin was overseas, revoking his re-entry permit over his alleged Communist ties. His political leanings, as well as his many affairs with young women, nearly cost him a knighthood, but after decades of debate, he was finally knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. What was stolen from Chaplin's grave shortly after his death? More...
2007 - The world's first national internet election is held
Estonia was the first country to allow its citizens to vote in a parliamentary election through the world wide web.
1980 - Robert Mugabe becomes Zimbabwe's first black prime minister
A hero of the black struggle against the white minority rule in his country, Mugabe won a landslide victory. More recently, his oppressive style of leadership has been condemned domestically and internationally.
1977 - The Vrancea earthquake claims over 1500 lives
Most of the victims were residents of Romania's capital Bucharest.
1918 - The first documented cases of the Spanish flu herald a deadly worldwide pandemic
The disease quickly spread around the world, causing over 25 million deaths.
1789 - The U.S. Constitution is put into effect
The law is one of the world's oldest constitutions still in use. The oldest is the Constitution of San Marino, which was issued in 1600.
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In an attempt to prove his conviction that coffee was toxic, Sweden's King Gustavus III (1746–1792) performed an unusual experiment. The experiment's subjects were two condemned prisoners, one of whom was given only coffee to drink, the other only tea. Two physicians monitored the two men. Gustavus believed that the coffee drinker would shortly die of acute poisoning, but the first person to die was one of the doctors, followed shortly by the other doctor. Then Gustavus was assassinated. Both of the prisoners survived for several years longer, with the tea drinker dying first.
Charlie Chaplin is Knighted
Statues of Chaplin around the world, located at (left to right) 1. Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia; 2. Chełmża, Poland; 3. Waterville, Ireland; 4. London, UK; 5. Hyderabad, India; 6. Alassio, Italy; 7. Barcelona, Spain; 8. Vevey, Switzerland
Though he spent most of his career in the US, British-born silent-film legend Charlie Chaplin never applied for citizenship. The US took advantage of this fact in 1952, while Chaplin was overseas, revoking his re-entry permit over his alleged Communist ties. His political leanings, as well as his many affairs with young women, nearly cost him a knighthood, but after decades of debate, he was finally knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. What was stolen from Chaplin's grave shortly after his death? More...
2007 - The world's first national internet election is held
Estonia was the first country to allow its citizens to vote in a parliamentary election through the world wide web.
1980 - Robert Mugabe becomes Zimbabwe's first black prime minister
A hero of the black struggle against the white minority rule in his country, Mugabe won a landslide victory. More recently, his oppressive style of leadership has been condemned domestically and internationally.
1977 - The Vrancea earthquake claims over 1500 lives
Most of the victims were residents of Romania's capital Bucharest.
1918 - The first documented cases of the Spanish flu herald a deadly worldwide pandemic
The disease quickly spread around the world, causing over 25 million deaths.
1789 - The U.S. Constitution is put into effect
The law is one of the world's oldest constitutions still in use. The oldest is the Constitution of San Marino, which was issued in 1600.
Historic Trivia pickIn an attempt to prove his conviction that coffee was toxic, Sweden's King Gustavus III (1746–1792) performed an unusual experiment. The experiment's subjects were two condemned prisoners, one of whom was given only coffee to drink, the other only tea. Two physicians monitored the two men. Gustavus believed that the coffee drinker would shortly die of acute poisoning, but the first person to die was one of the doctors, followed shortly by the other doctor. Then Gustavus was assassinated. Both of the prisoners survived for several years longer, with the tea drinker dying first.
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