Shaw Dies at 94: Theater's Sharpest Wit Falls Silent
George Bernard Shaw left behind more than sixty plays that used razor-sharp wit to demolish class hypocrisy and social convention. His works, from Pygmalion to Saint Joan, earned him both the Nobel Prize in Literature and an Academy Award, making him the only person to win both honors.
November 2, 1950
76 years ago
What Else Happened on November 2
A foreign ruler was murdered inside a Chinese imperial palace — and the emperor signed off on it. Tong Yabghu Qaghan, powerful leader of the Western Turkic Khag…
Donus wird nach 77-tägiger Sedisvakanz als Nachfolger von Papst Adeodatus II. inthronisiert.
en la región de la desembocadura del río Yser (en Bélgica) y en el resto de la costa de Flandes, una marejada ciclónica genera una inundación, que se menciona e…
l'archevêque de Cantorbéry Thomas Becket s'embarque clandestinement pour la France, à la suite de son différend avec son compatriote le roi d'Angleterre Henri I…
Érard de Brienne renonce à ses droits sur la Champagne.
renvoi des États-Généraux par le dauphin, futur roi de France Charles V.
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