Top 10 Lefties - TIME
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Jimi Hendrix played guitar upside down and backwards, and to his devout fans' parents, it probably sounded like it. The six-string revolutionary favored a right-handed Fender Stratocaster, slung upside-down across his shoulders, that didn't even need to be restrung: Hendrix taught himself how to hit the strings in reverse order, producing a unique sound and allowing him to alternate between left- and right-handed playing if he so desired. (He could play right-handed but generally preferred not to).
14. 6. 2020 | Study in the Czech Republic Are you considering studying abroad but you can’t make up your mind? Here’s top 10 reasons why you definitely should!
1. You’ll learn a foreign language Not everyone is good at learning languages. Surely, learning a totally different language might be just as difficult as mastering maths if you aren’t a passionate linguist. However, if you go abroad, absorbing a foreign language is unavoidable because it’ll leave you with no other choice when communicating with locals.
U.S. At War: Career for Joe Lash
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February 2, 1942 12:00 AM GMT-5
Mrs. Roosevelt had ambitious plans for her bouncing friend Joseph P. Lash. She thought that Joe, a gradually aging youth leader, should get a commission and make his wartime career in the Office of Naval Intelligence. Joe, no doubt, had plenty of intelligence. His latest job was General Secretary of the International Student Service, which is also under Mrs. Roosevelt’s widespreading wings. But the Navy did not cotton to Joe.
Vox Pop: May 27, 1991
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David Ellis
May 27, 1991 12:00 AM EDT
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CREDIT: From a telephone poll of 500 American adults taken for TIME/CNN on May 8 by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman. Sampling error is plus or minus 4.5%. “Not sures” omitted.
CAPTION: Should tobacco companies be prohibited from sponsoring sporting events?
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What Happened on June 14
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Calendar Fun Fact About June 14 First mammal made extinct by human-induced climate change announced - the Bramble Cay melomys from Torres Strait
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Famous Weddings 1541 William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg marries Jeanne d'Albret, daughter of King Henry II of Navarre - against her will, she has to be carried to the altar (marriage annulled 1545) 1871 Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (40) weds Julie Vellay in London 1904 Ragtime composer Scott Joplin (35) weds Freddie Alexander (19) in Arkansas Famous Divorces 1941 American stage and screen actress Tallulah Bankhead (39) divorces American actor John Emery (36) in Reno, Nevada after less than 4 years of marriage 1960 Actress Laraine Day (39) divorces manager Leo Durocher (53) due to incompatibility after 12 years of marriage 2012 New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton (48) divorces Beth Shuey due to conflict of personalities after nearly 20 years of marriage More June 14 Weddings Articles, Photos and Quiz June in History Get Our Daily Email
Thailand’s new Prime Minister is a scion of the country’s influential Shinawatra clan and the youngest person to assume the post, as she looks to bring stability after her predecessor Srettha Thavisin was ousted by a court citing ethics violations.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 37, is the second woman to serve as Thailand’s Prime Minister and she follows two former Prime Ministers from her family. Former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, her billionaire father who was in the post from 2001 to 2006 before being pushed out in a military coup, returned to Thailand from 15 years of self-imposed exile last year and is expected now to play a bigger role in Thai politics.
November 27, 2015 10:01 AM EST
Harry Potter named his son after the character Professor Severus Snape in tribute to him dying for “for Harry out of love for Lily [Potter],”JK Rowling revealed on Friday.
The Harry Potter novelist shed light on Twitter over the epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which revealed that Harry named his son Albus Severus.
“Why did you pick Snape to name Harry’s kid after?
Why most Koreans can't have body odour
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