By Rainer Sousa After the outbreak of the 1929 crisis – an economic shock that hit the United States hard – there was a sudden increase in criminal activities in that country. However, in the San Francisco area there was a small “mound of earth” capable of causing the shivers of many bandits of tha
The First Boer War would be an insignificant little conflict among the thousands recorded in history if it did not have the impact it had on the prestige of the most powerful empire the world has ever known, the British. In 1852 the Boers proceeded to establish their own state, the South African
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière, baptized on January 15, 1622 and died on February 17, 1673, was a French playwright and actor. Considered the boss of the Comédie-Française, he is still its most performed author. Ruthless for the pedantry of false scholars, the lies of ignorant doctors, th
James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 - September 27, 1993) was an American pilot who made a career in the USAAF and finished with the rank of general. He was born in California on September 14, 1896. During the first world war he remained in the United States as an instructor. He received the