Wales soccer boss Gary Speed hangs himself
The world of football was in shock today after Wales manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home in Cheshire. The former Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle and Bolton star, who appeared on BBC’s Football Focus show yesterday, was aged 42. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death, which is thought to … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1945
Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II. The Nuremberg Trials were conducted by an international tribunal made up of representatives from the United States, the Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain. It was the first trial of its kind in history, and the defendants faced charges … [Read the full story]
Ned Kelly gets his final wish
Infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly has had his final wish granted 131 years after being executed, with officials agreeing to release his remains so he can be buried with his family. Anthony Griffiths, a grandson of Kelly’s sister, said Wednesday that Victorian state attorney general Robert Clark had decided to return his bullet-ridden bones to … [Read the full story]
On the wagon
In London, the Old Bailey is on the site of a dreadful prison. In olden times the prisoners sentenced to death were taken by horse and cart from the prison to Marble Arch where they were hanged. Which was down Holborn along what is now Oxford Street to Park Lane, alongside Hyde Park to Marble … [Read the full story]
