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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Women in France obtained many reproductive rights in the second half of the 20th century. The Neuwirth Act of 1967 authorized contraception. [9] The Veil Law of 1975 legalized abortion. [9] The maternal mortality rate in France is 8.00 deaths/100,000 live births (as of 2010). [10] France's HIV/AIDS rate is 0.4% of adults (aged 15–49 ...
These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
For others, attributing death to drowning means adding to a legend. [26] Enrique Granados drowned after jumping out of a lifeboat to rescue his wife following the torpedoing of their ship by the German navy during World War I in 1916. [27] Tom Thomson, Canadian painter who died in a canoeing accident in Algonquin Provincial Park in 1917.
France is “standing firm” after several very young children were stabbed in Annecy, French prime minister Elisabeth Borne said. She told a press conference that the attacker was a Syrian ...
The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
Films about women in France (4 C, 21 P) French women (29 C, 19 P) Women in Guadeloupe (2 C, 3 P) Women in French Guiana (2 C, 2 P)
All men, women and children in the town killed with swords and the town razed and burned to the ground by royal army under prince Louis. [5] Labécède massacre 1227: Labécède: Unknown Crusaders Men killed and Cathar Perfect burnt to death by Crusader forces of Humbert V de Beaujeu: Moissac massacre 1234: Moissac: 210 Papal Inquisition