Dec 29, 2021
A patron saint, patroness
saint, patron
hallow or heavenly
protector is a saint who
in Catholicism, Anglicanism,
or Eastern
Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a
nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.
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Dec 22, 2021
Juan Pujol Garcia MBE (14 February 1912 – 10 October 1988), also known as Joan Pujol Garcia, was a Spanish spy who acted as a double agent loyal to Great Britain against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out fictitious spying activities for the Germans. He was given...
Dec 15, 2021
The diamond hoax of 1872 was a
swindle in which a pair of prospectors sold a false
American diamond deposit to
prominent businessmen in San
Francisco and New York City. It
also triggered a brief diamond prospecting craze in the
western United
States, in Arizona, New
Mexico, Utah, Wyoming,
and Colorado.
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Dec 8, 2021
On the evening of 8 December 1980, English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and fatally wounded in the archway of The Dakota, his residence in New York City. His killer was Mark David Chapman, an American Beatles fan who was incensed by Lennon's lavish lifestyle and his 1966 comment that the...
Dec 1, 2021
The Narváez expedition was a Spanish journey of exploration and colonization started in 1527 that intended to establish colonial settlements and garrisons in Florida.[1] The expedition was initially led by Pánfilo de Narváez, who died in 1528. Many more people died as the expedition traveled west along the explored