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23 hours ago · On 23 May Apis and eight of his associates were sentenced to death; two others were sentenced to 15 years in prison. One defendant died during the trial and the charges against him were dropped. The Serbian High Court reduced the number of death sentences to seven.
4 days ago · Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este (born December 18, 1863, Graz, Austria—died June 28, 1914, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary [now in Bosnia and Herzogovina]) was the archduke of Austria-Este. His assassination in 1914 was the immediate cause of World War I.
23 hours ago · By the beginning of 1841 only 1900 of the 3300 men who had originally occupied Dinghai were left, with many of those remaining incapable of fighting. An estimated 500 British soldiers died from disease, with the Cameron and Bengali volunteers suffering the most deaths, while the Royal Marines were relatively unscathed.
23 hours ago · Mohammad Reza died in exile in Egypt, where he had been granted political asylum by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. Following his death, his son Reza Pahlavi declared himself as the new Shah of Iran in exile.
5 days ago · On August 2, 1858, less than a month after Canning proclaimed the victory of British arms, Parliament passed the Government of India Act, transferring British power over India from the East India Company, whose ineptitude was primarily blamed for the mutiny, to the crown.
1 day ago · The Crown Office has lodged first notices for fatal accident inquiries into the deaths of 57-year-old Stephen Charters and 19-year-old Harris James Macdonell. Stephen Charters, an inmate within HMP Edinburgh, died on 19 June 2022 after becoming unwell and suffering a collapse. A preliminary hearing
4 days ago · Red tape isn't what's feeding housing crisis, IRIS study suggests `I can't guarantee' it won't happen again. QUOTE OF THE DAY. WEATHER. LOTTERIES. Crown wants man who attacked officer declared a dangerous offender. Protesters question investments. STM spent $77,000 on reusable bottles for bus drivers. Man's death in Angrignon Park was not a ...
