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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Max von Sydow has always been one of my favourite actors, we also happen to share the same birthday.(well obviously I am a bit younger). Unfortunately we had to say farewell to this legend of the silver screen last Sunday March 8,. He was one of the most versatile…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We will never know what you might have become. We will never know if you would discover a cure for cancer. We will never know if you would write the most beautiful love songs. We will never know how many house you might have built. We will never know…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: At Auburn Prison in New York, the first execution by electrocution in history was carried out against William Kemmler, who had been convicted of murdering his lover, Matilda Ziegler, with an axe. William Kemmler was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both of his parents were immigrants from Germany and both of them were…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Cynical me would have probably given this blog the title “Hey, karma is a b*tch” but I am aware that my audience is bigger then just me and therefore I aim to remain unbiased. Bruno Mussolini (22 April 1918 – 7 August 1941) was the son of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and Mussolini’s wife Rachele.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In the wider perception of European history, the late 1930s is remembered as the time when Nazi Germany began to cast its shadow over Europe leading ultimately to the most destructive conflict in history – World War II. At the same time however, old grievances were bubbling to the…
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