Victim’s Justice. Was Maria Right or Was She Wrong?
She poured the fuel over him and set him on fire. Cosme suffered severe burns and died ten days later in the hospital.
The Modest Beginning of the McDonald Empire
Impressed by their streamlined ‘Speedee Service System,’ he saw potential far beyond a single location. He negotiated a franchise agreement in 1954 and opened his first McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955.
The Tooth Fairy man who saved children
Lead coated the walls of homes. It sat inside the pipes carrying drinking water. And it was pumped into the air every single day through the exhaust of every car on every road in America.
Forget the Roman Empire – Spain’s Empire was far greater
Spanish is one of the world’s most influential languages. It ranks 3rd globally by number of native speakers and around 4th by total speakers. More than 635 million people are able to speak it today.
In Tribute to the Extraordinary Power of Women
From ancient times, the rise and fall of landscapes and panoramas have enchanted man. Yet none captivated him as much as the rise and fall of a woman’s flowing curves.
The Warrior of World War I Whose Story you Cannot Tell
He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class on December 2, 1914. He was also awarded the Bavarian Military Medal, 3rd class, with a bar, and later the Iron Cross, 1st class. He received, as did all wounded soldiers, the Cross of Military Merit.
The Little Match Girl: A Heartbreaking Tale
Her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, had told her this. Her grandmother was now dead. She had told her that when a star falls, a soul is going up to God.
The Nonconforming British Historian Who Tried to Warn the World
American historian Robert Conquest (1917-2015) documented Bolshevik mass murder in Ukraine. He also investigated the Gulag system. Meanwhile, Western academics were celebrating the ‘Soviet experiment.’
Ireland’s Pioneers in Medicine: A Lasting Legacy
Take Robert James Graves, a Dublin-born physician whose insistence on careful observation helped drag medicine from superstition into science.
Marcus Daly: The Irish Copper King of Montana
What he discovered underground was not merely silver, but the unmistakable glint of copper. Others saw a struggling silver prospect, but Marcus Daly saw something else entirely: the future.
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