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UPI
3 days ago
- Politics
- UPI
On This Day, May 31: Mark Felt reveals ID as Watergate figure 'Deep Throat'
1 of 6 | On May 31, 2005, Mark Felt (pictured) admitted that, while No. 2 man in the FBI, he was "Deep Throat," the shadowy contact whose help to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the 1972 Watergate break-in led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation. File Photo courtesy of the FBI On this date in history: In 1790, President George Washington signed a bill creating the first U.S. copyright law. In 1859, construction concluded and bells rang out for the first time from London's Big Ben clock tower. In 1889, a flood in Johnstown, Pa., left more than 2,200 people dead. In 1902, Britain and South Africa signed a peace treaty ending the Boer War. In 1916, the Battle of Verdun passed the 100-day mark. It would continue for another 200 days, amassing a casualty list of an estimated 800,000 soldiers dead, injured or missing. In 1921, the Tulsa race massacre was set off when a mob of White residents attacked the Black residents and businesses in the Greenwood District. The total number of those killed in the violence is unknown, with an Oklahoma commission established in 2001 estimating between 75 to 100 people dead. The number of displaced Black residents was far greater. In 1940, a thick fog hanging over the English Channel prevented the German Luftwaffe from flying missions against evacuating Allied troops from Dunkirk. Troops evacuated from Dunkirk on a destroyer about to berth at Dover, England, on May 31, 1940. File Photo courtesy of the Imperial War Museum In 1985, seven federally insured banks in Arkansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Oregon were closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. It was a single-day record for closings since the FDIC was founded in 1934. In 1996, Israeli voters elected opposition Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. In 2003, Eric Robert Rudolph, the long-sought fugitive in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing and attacks on abortion clinics and a gay nightclub, was arrested while rummaging through a dumpster in North Carolina. Rudolph, whose bombings killed two people and injured many others, was sentenced to four life terms in prison. In 2005, Mark Felt admitted that, while No. 2 man in the FBI, he was "Deep Throat," the shadowy contact whose help to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the 1972 Watergate break-in led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation. File Photo by Alexis C. Glenn/UPI In 2012, John Edwards of North Carolina, former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, was acquitted on a charge of taking illegal campaign contributions, and a judge declared a mistrial on five other charges against him. In 2014, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 28, captured in Afghanistan nearly five years earlier, was released by the Taliban in exchange for five detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. In March 2015, the Army announced that Bergdahl had been charged with desertion. In 2019, a shooting a a Virginia Beach, Va., municipal center left 12 victims and the shooter -- a disgruntled former employee -- dead. In 2021, China announced plans to allow couples to have a third child, scrapping its controversial two-child policy amid a slumping birth rate and aging population.
Hindustan Times
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Spice of life: Lord Wavell, a viceroy with the heart of a poet
For many in India, Lord Wavell shall be remembered as one of the last long-serving viceroys, having served at the helm from 1943-47 and as a man who held onto his colonial mindset till the very end, alienating not only Indian politicians but also his masters sitting in London. It would be apt to remember Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell this May, as the month brought him both his birth (May 5, 1883) as well as his death (May 24, 1950). Lord Wavell might not have been a success in the political office of viceroy but he was a great military man and what may surprise many, an even more successful writer and poet, having authored six books. Lord Wavell had a passion for poetry since childhood. He could memorise long poems with ease. He was often showed off by his parents to relatives and friends to recite reams of poetry. Apart from fighting the Boer War, two World Wars, attaining the highest rank of Field Marshal, earning an earldom and serving as viceroy of India, he was known to devote a lot of time to his duties as president of the Poetry Society, the Royal Society of Literature, the Kipling Society and Browning Society. His military aide, Peter Fleming (travel writer and brother of Ian Fleming, the man who created the character of James Bond), once asked him to compile his favourite poems for publishing. Initially hesitant, Lord Wavell took on the task and compiled the volume of 255 poems almost totally from memory. The result was Other Men's Flowers, published in 1944. Priced at 10 shillings and six pence, the book sold out immediately and remains in print even Times commended his book and welcomed him as 'the latest recruit to the ranks of anthologists'. To mend fences with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who was incarcerated in Ahmednagar Fort, he sent an inscribed copy of his book along with a personal letter. Pandit Nehru was delighted and described the book as 'a good one'. He dedicated this book to his son, who shared his love for poetry. Unfortunately, the poetry-loving son died a brave soldier battling the Mau Mau in Kenya after having lost his left arm in the Second World War. After four years of war when he visited the Madonna of the Cherries, he wrote a sonnet to all things beautiful that help us forget the dreariness of war. 'For all the loveliness, the warmth, that light, / Blessed Madonna, I go back to fight,' wrote Lord Wavell as the last lines of his sonnet (Page510, Other Men's Flowers), emphasising the fact that sometimes war has to be fought to safeguard the beautiful things in life. gurnoorgrewal572@ The writer is a Chandigarh-based freelance contributor.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
Islander purchases fake mummy from Cairo and more in the County Press archives
The Isle of Wight County Press has been bringing the news to Islanders since 1884. We've delved into the archives to find out what was happening in days gone by. 125 years ago, in May 1900: Cowes infants celebrated the relief of Mafeking, a breakthrough in the Boer War, by dressing up in warlike garb and marching in procession to Holy Trinity Vicarage and on to St Mary's Vicarage, where they sang the National Anthem. Some £45 worth of gold was stolen from a property in Dodnor Lane whilst the owners were out celebrating the relief of Mafeking. Read more: 'Worst ever" Cowes Week firework display and more in days gone by Landlords of popular pub to step down after two years Captain Seely was returned to parliament as the Island's Liberal MP. An Islander travelling in Çairo purchased a 'genuine' mummy, and for £20 was able to transport it home. But on closer examination, the so-called artefact contained copies of 1898 newspapers, stones and copious quantities of bullrushes. 100 years ago, in May 1925: The 124-year-old ketch, Bee, had made 40,000 trips between Southampton and Cowes. A proposition to save the crumbling cliff path between Sandown and Shanklin by employing a series of groynes was put before Sandown District Council. 75 years ago, in May 1950: Wartime radio traitor Gerald Hewitt was released from Parkhurst Prison after serving a sentence for making broadcasts on behalf of the Germans from Berlin and Paris. Yarmouth police went to the rescue of two runaway boys from London, who telephoned them saying: "Please, we want to give ourselves up." They had run away that morning, and after spending the night in the care of the police, were put on a train home. A witness at the County Petty Sessions at Ryde swore that the evidence he would give "might be the truth", amid much laughter. 50 years ago, in May 1975: Sixteen-year-old Janet Rann was the latest member of the magical Randini family to be accepted into the International Brotherhood of Magicians. She had been assisting her father, John, since the age of nine. 25 years ago, in May 2000: Six Southern Vectis vehicles were withdrawn from service after pupils completing their GCSEs vandalised them, mostly with flour and eggs.
IOL News
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Something has just given birth on the International Space Station, turning back the clock
334BC Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia. Alexander remains undefeated in battle until his death in 323BC, by which time he had built one of the largest empires in ancient history. 1176 The Hashshashin (from whom we get the word 'assassins') attempt to assassinate Saladin, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria. 1455 Richard, Duke of York, captures King Henry VI of England at St Albans, beginning the War of Roses. 1840 The transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished. 1849 Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats. He is the only US president to hold a patent. 1859 Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes author, Boer War medic, and editor at Bloemfontein's The Friend, is born. 1919 Dendrochronology – using growth ring patterns in wood to date sites – comes into being. 1927 An earthquake near Xining, China, causes 200 000 deaths. 1939 Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel, a co-operation agreement. 1973 US President Richard Nixon confesses to his role in Watergate cover-up. 1977 The storied Orient Express makes its final, scheduled European run, after 94 years. 1987 The first Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand beating Italy in Auckland. 2010 Inter Milan becomes the only team to win the treble of Serie A, Coppa Italia, and Champions League. 2012 Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world, at 634m. 2017 Twenty-two people are killed by an Islamist extremist suicide bomber at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. 2017 Donald Trump becomes the only sitting US president to visit Jerusalem's Western Wall. 2017 Researchers report on the birth of mice from frozen sperm stored on the International Space Station. 2017 The Western Cape declares a drought disaster – the worst for 113 years. 2020 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 slams into a residential area in Karachi, killing 97 out of the 99 people on board. DAILY NEWS
Perth Now
07-05-2025
- Health
- Perth Now
Relics from one of WA's oldest hospitals found during reno
Artefacts believed to be relics from one of WA's oldest hospitals have been discovered at the site of an Albany arts centre during carpark renovations. Two old medicine bottles, several pieces of broken glass from bottles, and fragments of porcelain were found under the Vancouver Arts Centre while fixing up its carpark in recent months. City of Albany manager of arts and culture Paul Nielsen said the city believes the artefacts to be from the building's former occupation as a hospital. A medicine bottle from the centres history. Credit: City of Albany The Albany Cottage Hospital was operational from 1888 to 1962. Credit: City of Albany 'The Vancouver Arts Centre was originally built as the Albany Cottage Hospital, operating from 1888 to 1962, and we believe these artefacts date from that period,' he said. 'This discovery provides another connection to the centre's important role in Albany's early health services and community history. 'The items will be safely stored while we explore opportunities to develop a display showcasing the Vancouver Arts Centre's history, including medical equipment, porcelain items, and other artefacts associated with its time as a hospital.' The centre, formerly known the Albany Cottage Hospital is one of the oldest hospital buildings in WA and the oldest surviving one in Albany. During its operational years, the hospital was the main port of call for patients throughout the Great Southern, and dealt with cases involving infectious diseases coming in from the port, returned soldiers from the Boer War and both World Wars, shipping and mining accidents and other day-to-day incidents. It was transformed into a hostel for the boarding students at Albany District High School in 1962, before its transformation into an arts centre in 1980.
