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| Born | May 10, 1838 |
| Hometown | Bel Air, Maryland, U.S. |
| Height | 5'8" (1.73m) |
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How the Buffalo massacre is part of US tradition: ‘We’ll continue to see killings’
- Brandi Collins-Dexter of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center spoke to the Guardian about how the massacre is rooted in America’s long history of white supremacist violence
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Stage Fright: Hitchcock thriller makes theatre a crime scene
Stage Fright: Hitchcock thriller makes theatre a crime scene. A long-lost London playhouse and Rada’s headquarters feature in this 1950 caper starring a showstopping Marlene Dietrich The stage on screen: more films about theatre
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US inaugurations: High drama and sore losers
Outgoing US President Donald Trump will be far from the first to boycott his successor Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday -- but his absence will be the first since 1869.
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Joe Biden’s inauguration will bring us some much needed glamour
J. Lo! Gaga! Michelle Obama! Tom Hanks! Your favourite celebrities will be out in force at the ceremony on Wednesday
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BBC presenter Lucy Worsley apologises for using n-word in history programme
History presenter Lucy Worsley has apologised for using the n-word in a programme broadcast on BBC Two, saying it 'wasn't acceptable'.
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BBC presenter Lucy Worsley apologises for use of n-word: ‘It wasn’t acceptable’
Lucy Worsley has apologised after citing the n-word in her BBC show American History’s Biggest Fibs.The programme, which aired on BBC Two on Saturday (1 August), covered the US confederacy and the history of slavery.
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'It's a deliberate strategy': Trump uses civil war as culture war in bid to beat Biden
'It's a deliberate strategy': Trump uses civil war as culture war in bid to beat Biden. Trump has dug in over statues, protests and the Confederate flag – and experts say it’s all part of a calculated election plan
