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An Indian Social and educational reformer and the founder of the Brahmo Sabha.
A German composer and conductor who is primarily known for his operas.
An English Co-founder of Community of Peace People, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905.
A British writer and physician, whose Sherlock Holmes, a detective novel is considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.
England's 30-year Wars of the Roses begin with the defeat of King Henry VI's Lancastrian forces by the Yorkists in the Battle of St. Albans.
German dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini sign the "Pact of Steel," establishing a military alliance between their countries.
Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to visit the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Johnny Carson ends his 30-year reign as the popular host of television's "The Tonight Show."
Golfer Annika Sorenstam tees up for the Colonial tournament, becoming the first woman to compete in a PGA Tour event since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945.
A British story writer, physician and novelist, was born on 22nd May 1859, in Scotland. He is best known as the creator of the character of master sleuth Sherlock Holmes. He abandoned his medical practice for years after his first works were published. His most notable work includes, Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles and three short story collections, The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and His Last Bow. He received international fame through his theses stories.Conan Doyle served in the Boer War as a physician, and on his return to England wrote the nonfiction books The Great Boer War and The War in South Africa: Its Causes and Conduct, attempting to justify England's participation in the fighting. For these works he was knighted in 1902. During World War I he wrote History of the British Campaign in France and Flanders as a tribute to British bravery. An advocate of spiritualism beginning in the late 1880s, his lectures and writings on the subject increased markedly after the death of his eldest son in the war. Conan Doyle's autobiography, Memories and Adventures, was published in 1924.
He died on July 7, 1930 in Crowborough, Sussex, England.
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