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Deadly Women is an American documentary television series focusing on true crime, specifically female killers. It first aired in 2005 on the Discovery Channel. It was originally based on a TV documentary film called Poisonous Women, which was released in 2003. Deadly Women started as a miniseries comprising three episodes: "Obsession", "Greed", and "Revenge". After a three-year hiatus, the ...
In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius, a stratovolcano located in the modern-day region of Campania, Italy, erupted, causing one of the deadliest eruptions in history. [2][3][4] Vesuvius violently ejected a cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km (21 mi), ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal ...
Maury Alan Chaykin (July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian actor. Described as "one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian cinema," [2] he was best known for his portrayal of Rex Stout 's detective Nero Wolfe on the television series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002), as well as for his work as a character actor in many films and television programs. [1] His notable ...
The Joan of Arc statue in the French Quarter of New Orleans prior to its defacement The following is a list of monument and memorial controversies in the United States excluding those dealing with the Confederate States of America. The first section is a chronological arrangement of monuments and memorials on which some action has already taken place, such as removal, defacement, and ...
Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny) with the Liam MacCarthy Cup, awarded to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The final of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the ultimate match in the annual hurling competition organised since 1887 by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Contested by the top hurling teams in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year ...
Jesus[e] (c. 6 to 4 BC – AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, [f] Jesus of Nazareth, and by various other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader in the Roman province of Judaea. [12] He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Most branches of Christianity consider Jesus the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited ...
List of people who died in traffic collisions This article is about notable people who died in traffic collisions. For a general list of traffic collisions, see List of traffic collisions (before 2000) and List of traffic collisions (2000–present). For people who died in aircraft crashes, see List of fatalities from aviation accidents.
Robert Maxwell was born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch [7][8] on 10 June 1923 [9] in the small town of Slatinské Doly on the border with Romania, in the region of Carpathian Ruthenia in Czechoslovakia (now Solotvyno, Ukraine). [10][11][12] His parents were poor Yiddish -speaking Orthodox Jews, growing up as the third of their seven children; [13] another brother and sister died in infancy ...