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editJeremy Thorpe (1929–2014) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979, and as leader of the Liberal Party between 1967 and 1976. After graduating from Oxford University, he became one of the Liberals' brightest stars in the 1950s. Thorpe capitalised on the growing unpopularity of the Conservative and Labour parties to lead the Liberals through a period of electoral success. This culminated in the general election of February 1974, when the party won 6 million votes. In May 1979 he was tried at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder, arising from an earlier relationship with Norman Scott, a former model. Thorpe was acquitted on all charges, but the case, and the scandal, ended his political career. By the time of his death he was honoured for his record as an internationalist, a supporter of human rights, and an opponent of apartheid and all forms of racism. (Full article...)
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edit- ... that the British National Hospital Service Reserve (poster pictured) trained volunteers to carry out first aid in the aftermath of a nuclear or chemical attack?
- ... that a 1917 agreement between France and Russia was rendered void within days because of the February Revolution?
- ... that Goethe used his unrequited love to Maximiliane Brentano as inspiration for his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther?
- ... that the cupola of Homer House is part of a 19th-century cooling system?
- ... that Grant Nel, at the age of nine, switched from gymnastics to diving after breaking both of his hands?
- ... that the New York City Police Department shut down highway and bridge traffic for the funeral of the owner of Neary's, an Irish pub?
- ... that a drone attack by the Houthi military hit a target in Tel Aviv, but no sirens were activated?
- ... that the general manager of a California TV station canceled the interview show he hosted because of its lack of quality?
- ... that the regent of the Mongol Empire between 1248 and 1251 was named "We Were Searching for a Boy"?
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“
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.~ Reinhold Niebuhr ~
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