Thomas the Slav

Thomas the Slav was a 9th-century Byzantine military commander. He led a revolt against Emperor Michael II the Amorian in ...
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Theramenes

Theramenes was an Athenian oligarch, prominent in the final decade of the Peloponnesian War. Successful in replacing a narrow oligarchy ...
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Tarrare

As a child, Tarrare had a huge appetite and by his teens could eat a quarter of a bullock in ...
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Samantha Smith

Samantha Reed Smith was an American schoolgirl, peace activist, and child actress from Manchester, Maine. She became famous during the ...
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Sabrina Sidney

Sabrina Sidney was abandoned at the Foundling Hospital in London as a baby. She was taken in at the age ...
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John Sherman

John Sherman was a politician from the U.S. state of Ohio during the American Civil War and into the late ...
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Jack Sheppard

Jack Sheppard was a notorious English thief and prison escapee of early 18th-century London. Born into a poor family, he ...
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Wail al-Shehri

Wail Mohammed al-Shehri: A Life Cut Short by Tragedy Imagine a life cut short not just by tragedy but by ...
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Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer. He led three British expeditions to the ...
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Laura Secord

Laura Secord was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles out ...
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