Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ion Perdicaris, June 1904, Tacoma Times The Perdicaris affair, also known as the Perdicaris incident, refers to the kidnapping of Greek-American Ion Hanford Perdicaris (1840–1925) [1] and his stepson, Cromwell Varley, a British subject, by Ahmed al-Raisuni and his bandits on 18 May 1904 in Tangier, Morocco.
Ion convinced the Sultan to create the Tangier Hygienic Commission. Around the same period, the practice of arresting debtors in Morocco was a harsh tactic allowed by local laws and customs. Perdicaris was an advocate for the poor and destitute Moors and Arabs that could not repay certain debts and were harshly imprisoned.
The First Moroccan Crisis or the Tangier Crisis was an international crisis between March 31, 1905, and April 7, 1906, over the status of Morocco. [1] Germany wanted to challenge France 's growing control over Morocco, aggravating France and Great Britain.
Tangier Incident is a 1953 American thriller film directed by Lew Landers and starring George Brent, Mari Aldon and Dorothy Patrick. It was one of several Hollywood films set in Tangier during the International Zone period.
The last 20 seconds of that video shows Novick’s comments to police after he was shot, along with officers handcuffing Novick, and then checking the handcuffs twice. "I was trying to put it down ...
Justine Lupe is getting candid about a less-than-ideal situation she found herself in on set! The Nobody Wants This star, 35, opened up about an embarrassing moment she once endured on set that ...
The Perdicaris Park, also known as the Rmilat Forest and formerly as Villa Aidonia or Place of the Nightingales, is a public park covering 70 hectares in the Rmilat neighborhood of Tangier, Morocco. It is located on the northern slopes of the Jebel Kebir hill facing the Strait of Gibraltar , between the Cape Spartel reserve to its west and the ...
Janet Jackson suffered one of the most infamous wardrobe malfunctions in history during her 2004 Super Bowl halftime show performance with Justin Timberlake.Now, the pop star has revealed she had ...